Key to Leaves of Virginia Trees
Elevation |
1213' |
Latitude: |
N 38 degrees |
Longitude: |
W 78 degrees |
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:
- Hazel alder ( Alnus rugosa )
- River birch ( Betula nigra )
- Flowering dogwood (Cornus florida)
- White ash ( Fraxinus americana )
- White spruce ( Picea glauca )
- Eastern white pine (Pinus strobus)
- Pin oak (Quercus palustris)
Other trees and shrubs:
- Red maple ( Acer rubrum )
- Tree of Heaven ( Ailanthus altissima )
- Bitternut hickory ( Carya cordiformis )
- Hackberry ( Celtis occidentalis )
- Persimmon ( Diospyros virginiana )
- Eastern redcedar ( Juniperus virginiana )
- American sycamore ( Platanus occidentalis )
- Black cherry ( Prunus serotina )
- Black locust ( Robinia pseudoacacia )
Survey
by:
Rodney Nice; 1/13/2002
Page update: 2/20/06
Tracey S. Sherman
Virginia Tech Dept of Forestry