Key to Leaves of Virginia Trees

Trees:

• Black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia)
• White pine (Pinus strobus)
• White oak (Quercus alba)
• Flowering dogwood (Cornus florida)

Saplings:

• Crab apple (Malus (Pyrus) fusca)
• Bradford pear (Pyrus calleryana)
• Flowering dogwood (Cornus florida)

Other:

• Eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana)
• Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis)
• Virginia pine (Pinus virginiana)
• White oak (Quercus alba)
• Black cherry (Prunus serotina)
• Tree-of-heaven (Ailanthus altissima)
• Mockernut hickory (Carya alba (tomentosa))
• Scarlet oak (Quercus coccinea)
• Shortleaf pine (Pinus echinata)
• Multiflora rose (Rosa multiflora)

Survey by:
Jeff Kirwan, 3/30/04
Virginia Tech Dept of Forestry

Page update: 9/16/04
Tracey S. Sherman
Virginia Tech Dept of Forestry