Key to Leaves of Virginia Trees

School trees:

• Eastern redcedar ( Juniperus virginiana )
• Eastern white pine ( Pinus strobus )
• Silver maple ( Acer saccharinum )
• Blue spruce ( Pinea pungens )

Additional natural area species:

• White oak ( Quercus alba )
• Black oak ( Quercus velutina )
• Flowering dogwood ( Cornus florida )
• Mockernut hickory ( Carya tomentosa )

Other Trees and Shrubs:

• Willow oak ( Quercus phellos )
• Southern red oak (Quercus falcata )
• White oak ( Quercus alba )
• Pin oak ( Quercus palustris)
• Post oak ( Quercus stellata )
• Black oak ( Quercus velutina )
• Sassafras ( Sassafras albidum )
• Red mulberry ( Morus rubra )
• Hackberry ( Nyssa sylvatica )
• Red maple ( Celtis occidentalis )
• Mockernut hickory ( Acer rubrum)
• Black cherry ( Carya tomentosa )
• American elm ( Prunus serotina )
• Black willow ( Ulmus americana )
• White ash ( Salix nigra )
• Green ash ( Fraxinus americana )
• Downy serviceberry ( Amelanchier arborea )
• Tree-of-heaven ( Ailanthus altissima )
• Elm ( Ulmus spp. )

Survey by:
Jeff Kirwan; 6/30/00
Page update: 1/16/06
Tracey S. Sherman
Virginia Tech Dept of Forestry