Key to Leaves of Virginia Trees
Elevation |
1238 |
Latitude: |
N 78 degrees |
Longitude: |
W 78 degrees |
School Built |
1989 |
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:
- Red maple ( Acer rubrum )
- White ash (Fraxinus americana)
- Honeylocust ( Gleditsia triacanthos )
- Black walnut (Juglans nigra)
- Eastern white pine (Pinus strobus)
- Sweet cherry ( Prunus avium )
- Callery pear ( Pyrus calleryana )
- Scarlet oak ( Quercus coccinea )
Saplings:
- Red maple ( Acer rubrum )
- Sugar maple ( Acer saccharum )
- Paper birch ( Betula papyrifera )
- European white birch ( Betula pendula )
- Chinese chestnut ( Castanea mollissima )
- Redbud ( Cercus canadensis )
- Flowering dogwood ( Cornus florida )
- Eastern white pine (Pinus strobus)
- Sweet cherry ( Prunus avium )
- Scarlet oak (Quercus coccinea)
Other trees and shrubs:
- Tree of Heaven ( Ailanthus altissima )
- Eastern redcedar ( Juniperus virginiana )
- Black cherry ( Prunus serotina )
- Northern red oak (Quercus rubra)
- Black locust ( Robinia pseudoacacia )
Survey
by:
Rodney Nice; 1/13/2002
Page update: 2/20/06
Tracey S. Sherman
Virginia Tech Dept of Forestry