Key to Leaves of Virginia Trees

Elevation: 881'
Latitude: N 38⁰ 39’ 34.3”
Longitude: W 78⁰ 27’ 13.8”

Trees:

• Silver maple (Acer saccharinum)
• Sugar maple (Acer saccharum)
• Bradford pear (Pyrus calleryana)
• White pine (Pinus strobus)
• Norway maple (Acer platanoides)
• Flowering dogwood (Cornus florida)
• Flowering cherry (Prunus serrulata)
• Goldenraintree (Koelreutaria paniculata)

Saplings:

• Flowering dogwood (Cornus florida)
• Green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica)
• White pine (Pinus strobus)
• River birch (Betula nigra)
• Virginia pine (Pinus virginiana)
• Redbud (Cercis canadensis)
• Eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis)
• Bradford pear (Pyrus calleryana)
• Flowering cherry (Prunus serrulata)
• American holly (Ilex opaca)
• Red spruce (Picea rubens)
• Saucer magnolia (Magnolia x soulangiana)
• Alternate-leaf dogwood (Cornus alternifolia)
• White oak (Quercus alba)
• Crab apple (Malus (Pyrus) fusca)
• Spruce (unidentified)
• Holly (unidentified)

Other:

• Yew (Taxus baccata)
• Arbor vitae (Chamaecyparis thyoides)
• Siberian elm (Ulmus pumila)
• Privet (Ligustrum japonicum)
• Eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana)

Survey by:
Jeff Kirwan, 5/7/04
Virginia Tech Dept of Forestry

Page update: 9/6/04
Tracey S. Sherman
Virginia Tech Dept of Forestry