Key to Leaves of Virginia Trees

Trees:

• Southern red oak (Quercus falcata)
• Crapemyrtle (Lagerstroemia indica)
• American holly (Ilex opaca)
• Norway maple (Acer platanoides)
• White ash (Fraxinus americana)
• Pin oak (Quercus palustris)
• Black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia)
• Sugar maple (Acer saccharum)
• Sassafras (Sassafras albidum)
• Pignut hickory (Carya glabra)
• Flowering dogwood (Cornus florida)
• Black cherry (Prunus serotina)
• Hackberry (Celtis occidentalis)
• Black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia)
• Black walnut (Juglans nigra)
• Red maple (Acer rubrum)
• Willow oak (Quercus phellos)
• River birch (Betula nigra)
• Virginia pine (Pinus virginiana)

Saplings:

• Chinese holly (Ilex cornuta)
• Flowering dogwood (Cornus florida)
• Alternate-leaf dogwood (Cornus alternifolia)
• Willow oak (Quercus phellos)
• American holly (Ilex opaca)
• Red maple (Acer rubrum)

Other:

• Green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica)

Survey by:
Jeff Kirwan, 9/24/04
Virginia Tech Dept of Forestry

Page update: 9/27/04
Tracey S. Sherman
Virginia Tech Dept of Forestry