Key to Leaves of Virginia Trees
| elevation: | 1200 feet |
| latitude: | N38 22.314' |
| longitude: | W78 44.198' |
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:
- White oak ( Quercus alba )
- Pin oak ( Quercus palustris)
- Red mulberry ( Morus rubra )
- Red maple ( Acer rubrum )
- Green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica)
- Bradford pear ( Pyrus calleryana )
- Purple leaf plum (Prunus cerasifera)
- Norway spruce ( Picea abies)
- Eastern white pine ( Pinus strobus )
- Black walnut ( Juglans nigra)
- Norway maple ( Acer platanoides)
- Japanese white pine ( Pinus parviflora)
- Siberian elm ( Ulmus thomasii )
Other trees and shrubs:
- Hackberry (Celtis occidentalis )
- Mockernut hickory ( Carya tomentosa)
- Black cherry ( Prunus serotina)
- Black locust ( Robinia pseudoacacia )
- Tree of heaven ( Ailanthus altissima)
- Douglas fir ( Pseudotsuga menziesii )
Survey
by:
Jeff Kirwan; 7/14/00
Page update: 2/21/06
Tracey S. Sherman
Virginia Tech Dept of Forestry