Key to Leaves of Virginia Trees

Campus Trees:

• Flowering cherry (Prunus serrulata)
• White pine (Pinus strobus)
• Red maple (Acer rubrum)
• Norway spruce (Picea abies)
• Crabapple (Malus spp.)
• Loblolly pine (Pinus taeda)
• Blue spruce (Picea pungens)
• Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii)
• Persimmon (Diospyros virginiana)
• Flowering dogwood (Cornus florida)

Saplings (< 5inch):

• Flowering dogwood (Cornus florida)
• Norway spruce (Picea abies)
• White pine (Pinus strobus)
• Downy serviceberry (Amelanchier arborea)
• Kousa dogwood (Cornus kousa)
• Flowering cherry (Prunus serrulata)
• Green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica)
• Sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua)
• Eastern redbud (Cercis canadensis)
• Chinese juniper (Juniperus chinensis)
• Willow oak (Quercus phellos)
• Red mulberry (Morus rubra)
• Pin oak (Quercus palustris)
• Sawtooth oak (Quercus acutissima)
• Scarlet oak (Quercus coccinea)
• Persian parotia (Parrotia persica)
• Callery pear (Pyrus calleryana)
• Boxelder (Acer negundo)
• Unidentified oak
• Unidentified maple
• Unidentified cherry

Other trees and shrubs:

• American elm (Ulmus americana)
• Black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia)
• Norway maple (Acer platanoides)
• Black cherry (Prunus serotina)
• Sweet cherry (Prunus avium)
• Blackberry (Rubus ursinus)
• Poison-ivy (Toxicodendron radicans)
• Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica)
• Multiflora rose (Rosa multiflora)
• Forsythia (Forsythia spp.)
• Catawba Rhododendron (Rhododendron catawbiense)

Survey by:
Jeff Kirwan, 03/07/03
Virginia Tech Dept of Forestry

Page update:04/04/03
Tracey S. Sherman
Virginia Tech Dept of Forestry