Key to Leaves of Virginia Trees
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:
- Fraser fir (Abies fraseri )
- White oak (Quercus alba )
- Scarlet oak (Quercus coccinea )
- Chestnut oak (Quercus prinus )
- Norway spruce (Picea abies )
- Blackgum (Nyssa sylvatica )
- Red maple (Aceraceae Acer rubrum )
- Flowering dogwood (Cornaceae Cornus florida )
- Mockernut hickory ( Juglandaceae Carya tomentosa)
- Yellow poplar (Magnoliaceae Liriodendron tulipifera)
- Red spruce (Pinaceae Picea rubens )
- Eastern white pine (Pinaceae Pinus strobus )
- Northern red oak (Fagaceae Quercus rubra )
- Black walnut (Juglandaceae Juglans nigra )
- Sugar maple (Aceraceae Acer saccharum )
- Silver maple (Aceraceae Acer saccharinum )
- White ash (Oleaceae Fraxinus americana )
- Black locust (Fabaceae Robinia pseudoacacia )
- Pignut hickory ((Juglandaceae Carya glabra )
- Black oak (Fagaceae Quercus velutina )
- Black cherry (Rosaceae Prunus serotina )
- Black willow (Salicaceae Salix nigra )
- Black birch (Betulaceae Betula lenta )
- American chestnut (Fagaceae Castanea dentata )
- Sassafras (Lauraceae Sassafras albidum )
- Cucumbertree (Magnoliaceae Magnolia acuminata )
- Tree-of-Heaven(Simaroubaceae Ailanthus altissima )
Survey
by:
Data was collected by the students of Mr. Zach Olinger, Grayson County High School, December 2001.
Page update: 12/27/05
Tracey S. Sherman
Virginia Tech Dept of Forestry