Key to Leaves of Virginia Trees

Trees:

• Loblolly pine (Pinus taeda)
• Red maple (Acer rubrum)
• Sweet gum (Liquidambar styraciflua)
• Post oak (Quercus stellata)
• American holly (Ilex opaca)
• Sugar maple (Acer saccharum)
• Willow oak (Quercus phellos)
• Scarlet oak (Quercus coccinea)
• Crab apple (Malus (Pyrus) fusca)
• Silver maple (Acer saccharinum)
• Bradford pear (Pyrus calleryana)
• Flowering dogwood (Cornus florida)
• Black cherry (Prunus serotina)
• Southern red oak (Quercus falcata)

Saplings:

• Flowering dogwood (Cornus florida)
• Black cherry (Prunus serotina)
• Sweet gum (Liquidambar styraciflua)
• Water oak (Quercus nigra)

Other:

• Mockernut hickory (Carya alba (tomentosa)
• Winged elm (Ulmus alata)
• Red mulberry (Morus rubra)
• Tulip tree (Liriodendron tulipifera)
• Eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana)

Survey by:
Jeff Kirwan, 05/19/04
Virginia Tech Dept of Forestry

Page update: 7/22/04
Tracey S. Sherman
Virginia Tech Dept of Forestry