Key to Leaves of Virginia Trees
Elevation |
1107' |
Latitude: |
N 38 0 16' 45.1” |
Longitude: |
W 78 0 49' 16.9” |
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 )
- Redbud ( Cercis canadensis )
- Flowering dogwood ( Cornus florida )
- Sweet cherry ( Prunus avium)
- Bradford pear ( Pyrus calleryana )
- Crabapple ( Malus spp. )
Other trees and shrubs:
- Tree-of-Heaven ( Ailanthus altissima )
- Downy serviceberry ( Amelanchier arborea)
- White ash ( Fraxinus americana )
- Honeylocust ( Gleditsia triacanthos )
- Eastern Redcedar (Juniperus virginiana )
- American sycamore ( Platanus occidentalis )
- Black cherry ( Prunus serotina )
- Shining sumac ( Rhus copallinum )
- Sassafras ( Sassafras albidum )
Survey
by:
Rodney Nice; 1/13/02
Page update: 3/23/06
Tracey S. Sherman
Virginia Tech Dept of Forestry