Key to Leaves of Virginia Trees

Trees:

• Silver maple (Acer saccharinum )
• Redbud (Cercis canadensis )
• Flowering dogwood (Cornus florida)
• Honey locust (Gleditsia triacanthos )
• Loblolly pine (Pinus taeda)
• Willow oak (Quercus phellos )
• Black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia )

Saplings:

• Red maple (Acer rubrum)
• Norway maple (Acer platanoides )
• Honey locust (Gleditsia triacanthos )
• Southern magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora )
• Willow oak (Quercus phellos )

Natural area trees:

• Red maple (Acer rubrum)
• Mockernut hickory (Carya alba (tomentosa)
• Pignut hickory (Carya glabra )
• Eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana)
• Sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua)
• Tulip poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera )
• Blackgum (Nyssa sylvatica)
• Loblolly pine (Pinus taeda)
• Virginia pine (Pinus virginiana)
• White pine (Pinus strobus)
• White oak (Quercus alba)
• Scarlet oak (Quercus coccinea)
• Southern red oak (Quercus falcata)
• Blackjack oak (Quercus marilandica)
• Chestnut oak (Quercus prinus)
• Willow oak (Quercus phellos )
• Post oak (Quercus stellata )
• Black oak (Quercus velutina )

Survey by:
Jeff Kirwan, 8/13/07
Virginia Tech Dept of Forestry

Page update: 9/18/07
Tracey S. Sherman
Virginia Tech Dept of Forestry