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:
- Sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua )
- Loblolly pine (Pinus taeda )
- Willow oak (Quercus phellos )
- Southern red oak (Quercus falcata )
- Pin oak (Quercus palustris )
- Post oak (Quercus stellata )
- Live oak (Quercus virginiana )
- Black cherry (Prunus serotina )
- Persimmon (Diospyros virginiana )
- Honeylocust (Gleditsia triacanthos )
- Chinese holly (Ilex cornuta )
Other Trees and Shrubs:
- Red mulberry (Morus rubra )
- Blackgum (Nyssa sylvatica )
- Sugar maple (Acer saccharinum )
- American sycamore (Platanus occidentalis )
Survey
by:
Jeff Kirwan
Page update: 1/5/06
Tracey S. Sherman
Virginia Tech Dept of Forestry