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.
Saplings:
- Leyland cypress (x Cupressocyparis leylandii)
- Sugar maple (Acer saccharum)
- Honey locust (Gleditsia triacanthos)
- Red maple (Acer rubrum)
- River birch (Betula nigra)
- Bradford pear (Pyrus calleryana)
- Kousa dogwood (Cornus kousa)
- Southern magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora)
Other:
- Sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua)
- Loblolly (Pinus taeda)
- Black cherry (Prunus serotina)
- Blackgum (Nyssa sylvatica)
- Tulip tree (Liriodendron tulipifera)
- Eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana)
- Southern red oak (Quercus falcata)
- Scarlet oak (Quercus coccinea)
- Persimmon (Diospyros virginiana)
- Post oak (Quercus stellata)
- Pignut hickory (Carya glabra)
- Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis)
- Bigtooth aspen (Populus grandidentata)
Survey by:
Jeff
Kirwan, 5/7/04
Virginia Tech Dept of Forestry
Page update: 7/27/04
Tracey S. Sherman
Virginia Tech Dept of Forestry