Key to Leaves of Virginia Trees
| elevation: | 370 feet |
| latitude: | N37 36.870' |
| longitude: | W77 36.870' |
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:
- Sweetgum ( Liquidambar styraciflua )
- Willow oak ( Quercus phellos )
- Southern red oak ( Quercus falcata )
- White oak ( Quercus alba )
- Post oak ( Quercus stellata )
- Black oak ( Quercus velutina )
- Flowering dogwood ( Cornus florida )
- Mockernut hickory ( Carya tomentosa )
- Eastern redbud ( Cercis canadensis )
- Pignut hickory ( Carya glabra )
- Shortleaf pine (
Pinus echinata )
Other Trees and Shrubs:
- Loblolly pine ( Pinus taeda )
- Sassafras ( Sassafras albidum )
- Blackgum ( Nyssa sylvatica )
- Red maple ( Acer rubrum )
- Flowering dogwood ( Cornus florida )
- Eastern redcedar ( Juniperus virginiana )
- Persimmon ( Diospyros virginiana )
- White ash ( Fraxinus americana )
- Royal paulownia ( Pawlownia tomentosa )
Survey
by:
Jeff Kirwan; 7/20/00
Page update: 11/2/05
Tracey S. Sherman
Virginia Tech Dept of Forestry