Key to Leaves of Virginia Trees

Trees:

• River birch (Betula nigra)
• Sawtooth oak (Quercus acutissima)
• Willow oak (Quercus phellos)
• Red maple (Acer rubrum)
• Bradford pear (Pyrus calleryana)
• Deodar cedar (Cedrus deodara)
• Japanese black pine (Pinus thunbergiana)
• Honeylocust (Gleditsia triacanthos)

Saplings:

• Chinese holly (Ilex cornuta)
• Foster's holly (Ilex x attenuata)
• Red maple (Acer rubrum)
• Flowering cherry (Prunus serrulata)
• Honeylocust (Gleditsia triacanthos)
• Ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba)
• Willow oak (Quercus phellos)
• American holly (Ilex opaca)
• Sugar maple (Acer saccharum)
• Pin oak (Quercus palustris)
• Northern red oak (Quercus rubra)
• Deodar cedar (Cedrus deodara)
• Little-leaf linden (Tilia cordata)
• Arbor vitae (Thuja occidentalis)
• Bradford pear (Pyrus calleryana)
• Crab apple (Malus (Pyrus) fusca)

Nature trail:

• American beech (Fagus grandifolia)
• Tulip tree (Liriodendron tulipifera)
• Basket oak (Quercus prinus)
• Sweet gum (Liquidambar styraciflua)
• Hornbeam (Carpinus caroliniana)
• American holly (Ilex opaca)
• Red maple (Acer rubrum)
• White oak (Quercus alba)
• Black gum (Nyssa sylvatica)
• Devil's walking stick (Aralia spinosa)
• Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis)
• Loblolly pine (Pinus taeda)
• Eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana)
• Black willow (Salix nigra)
• Black cherry (Prunus serotina)
• Pignut hickory (Carya glabra)
• Sassafras (Sassafras albidum)

Survey by:
Jeff Kirwan, 4/29/04
Virginia Tech Dept of Forestry

Page update: 9/24/04
Tracey S. Sherman
Virginia Tech Dept of Forestry