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.
School trees:
- Hornbeam (Carpinus carolinia)
- European beech (Fagus sylvatica)
- Yellow-poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera)
- American sycamore (Platanus occidentalis )
- Black cherry (Prunus serotina)
- Pin oak (Quercus palustris)
- Willow oak (Quercus phellos)
- Sassafras (Sassafras albidum)
- Chinese elm (Ulmus parvifolia)
Saplings:
- Red maple (Acer rubrum)
- European beech (Fagus slyvatica)
- Red mulberry (Morus rubra)
- Cherry (Prunus spp.)
- Bradford pear (Pyrus calleryana)
- Sassafras (Sassafras albidum )
Survey
by:
Jeff Kirwan; 09/2006
Page update: 09/2006
Tracey S. Sherman
Virginia Tech Dept of Forestry