Key to Leaves of Virginia Trees

Campus Trees:

• Flowering dogwood (Cornus florida)
• Common apple (Malus spp.)
• Virginia pine (Pinus virginiana)
• American sycamore (Platnanus occidentalis)
• Black cherry (Prunus serotina)

Saplings:

• Eastern redbud (Cercis canadensis)
• Flowering dogwood (Cornus florida)
• Crapemyrtle (Lagerstroemia indica)
• Black cherry (Prunus serotina)
• Bradford pear (Pyrus calleryana)

Other Trees and Shrubs:

• Red maple (Acer rubrum)
• Tree of heaven (Alianthus altissima)
• American beech (Fagus americana)
• White ash (Fraxinus americana )
• Green ash (Fraxinus pennslyvanica )
• Eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginana )
• Yellow-poplar (Liriodendron Tulipfera )
• Pitch pine (Pinus rigida )
• Eastern white pine (Pinus strobus)
• American sycamore (Platanus occidentalis)
• Southern red oak (Quercus falcata)
• Black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia)
• Multiflora Rose (Rosa multiflora )

Survey by:
Jeff Kirwan, 3/21/2001
Virginia Tech Dept of Forestry

Page update: 5/24/05
Tracey S. Sherman
Virginia Tech Dept of Forestry