Key to Leaves of Virginia Trees
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:
- Loblolly pine (Pinus taeda)
- Willow oak (Quercus phellos)
- Southern red oak (Quercus falcata)
- White oak (Quercus alba)
- Scarlet oak (Quercus coccinea)
- Pin oak (Quercus palustris)
- Post oak (Quercus stellata)
- Black oak (Quercus velutina)
- Sassafras (Sassafras albidum)
- Blackgum (Nyssa sylvatica)
- Red maple (Acer rubrum)
- Flowering dogwood (Cornus florida)
- Mockernut hickory (Carya tomentosa)
- Eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana)
- Yellow poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera)
- Southern magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora)
- Eastern redbud (Cercis canadensis)
- Eastern white pine (Pinus strobus)
Shrubs:
- Mountain Laurel (Kalmia latifolia)
- Smooth Sumac (Rhus glabra)
Other trees and their locations:
- Front of school:
Dogwood, Redbud, Willow Oak, Pin Oak, Magnolia, White pine
- North West boundary:
Mockernut Hickory, Black Oak, Sassafras, Black Gum, Loblolly Pine, Virginia Pine, Pignut Hickory, Post Oak, Chestnut Oak, Scarlet Oak, Southern Red Oak, Sourwood, Eastern Red Cedar, White Pine, White Oak, Shortleaf Pine.
- Back of school:
Shortleaf Pine, Black Gum, Southern Red Oak, Red Maple, Eastern Red Cedar, Sourwood, White Oak, Northern Red Oak, Pignut Hickory, Black Oak, Dogwood, Virginia Pine, Sassafras, Scarlet Oak, Loblolly Pine, Yellow Poplar, Smooth Sumac, Black Jack Oak, Post Oak, Black Cherry.
- South East Boundary:
Virginia Pine, Red Maple, Chestnut Oak, Black Gum, White Oak, Black Oak, Eastern Red Cedar, Dogwood, Shortleaf Pine, Yellow Poplar, Loblolly Pine, Southern Red Oak, Black Jack Oak, Black Cherry, Northern Red Oak, Sassafras, Sourwood, Mockernut Hickory, Pignut Hickory, Smooth Sumac, Post Oak, Mountain Laurel.
Survey
by:
Data was collected by the students of Mr. Pete Senger, Buckingham High School - 9/00
Page update: 10/4/05
Tracey S. Sherman
Virginia Tech Dept of Forestry