Key to Leaves of Virginia Trees
The Virginia Forestry Educational Foundation provides
this 92 page book free to students who learn ten trees. Contact your
4-H Extension Agent
for details.
School trees:
White pine (Pinus strobus)
Flowering pear (Pyrus calleryana)
Sugar maple (Acer saccharum)
Norway maple (Acer platanoides)
Dogwood (Cornus florida)
Eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis )
Sweet cherry (Prunus spp.)
Siberian elm (Ulmus pumila)
Crab apple (Malus spp. )
Other Trees and Shrubs:
Hackberry (Celtis occidentalis)
Chinquapin oak (Quercus muehlenbergii)
Black cherry (Prunus serotina)
Persimmon (Diospyros virginiana)
Black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia)
Mulberry (Morus rubra)
Survey
by:
Jeff Kirwan
Page update: 1/31/06
Tracey S. Sherman
Virginia Tech Dept of Forestry