Virginia Tech Forestry Outreach Site

Camp Wilderness Adventure

Virginia Tech Forestry Outreach Site

Craig County, Virginia

Common Forest Trees of Virginia Book

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.

Trees and Shrubs at the Kid's Camping Area:

Virginia pine (Pinus virginiana)
Eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana)
Black oak (Quercus velutina)
Scarlet oak (Quercus coccinea)
Highbush blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum)
Black gum (Nyssa sylvatica)
Black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia)
Redbud (Cercis canadensis)
Greenbrier (Smilax rotundifolia)
Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia)

Other Trees and Shrubs Nearby:

Northern red oak (Quercus rubra)
Southern red oak (Quercus falcata)
White oak (Quercus alba)
Sassafras (Sassafras albidum)
Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis)
Tulip tree (Liriodendron tulipifera)
Red maple (Acer rubrum)
Sugar maple (Acer saccharum)
Green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica)
Black cherry (Prunus serotina)
Princess tree (Paulownia tomentosa)
Slippery elm (Ulmus rubra)

Shagbark hickory (Carya ovata)
Serviceberry (Amelanchier laevis)
Red mulberry (Morus rubra)
Elderberry (Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis)
Black haw (Viburnum prunifolium)
Privet (Forestiera acuminata)
American plum (Prunus americana)
Witch-hazel (Hamamelis virginiana)
Multiflora rose (Rosa multiflora)
Poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans)
Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica)
Wild grape (Vitis aestivalis)

Survey by:
Jeff Kirwan,
Virginia Tech Dept of Forestry

Page update: 6/18/03
Tracey S. Sherman
Virginia Tech Dept of Forestry

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