Key to Leaves of Virginia Trees

Trees:

• Red maple (Acer rubrum)
• Pin oak (Quercus palustris)
• Dogwood (Cornus florida)
• Norway spruce (Picea abies)
• Northern red oak (Quercus rubra)
• Corkscrew willow (Salix matsudana)
• Siberian elm (Ulmus pumila)
• Sweet gum (Liquidambar styraciflua)
• Southern magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora)
• Willow oak (Quercus phellos)
• Bradford pear (Pyrus calleryana Dcne)

Saplings:

• Pin oak (Quercus palustris)

Other:

• Boxelder (Acer negundo)
• Black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia)
• Siberian elm (Ulmus pumila)
• Tree-of-heaven (Ailanthus altissima)
• Black cherry (Prunus serotina)
• Norway maple (Acer platanoides)
• Virginia pine (Pinus virginiana)
• Purple leaf plum (Prunus cerasifera)
• Red mulberry (Morus rubra)
• Willow oak (Quercus phellos)
• Bradford pear (Pyrus calleryana)
• Foster's holly (Ilex x attenuata)
• Silver maple (Acer saccharinum)
• Japanese black pine (Pinus thunbergiana)

Survey by:
Jeff Kirwan
Virginia Tech Dept of Forestry

Page update: 12/20/04
Tracey S. Sherman
Virginia Tech Dept of Forestry