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.
Trees of the Riverside Trail:
- Boxelder (Acer negundo)
- American sycamore (Platanus occidentalis)
- Tulip tree (Liriodendron tulipifera)
- River birch (Betula nigra)
- Flowering dogwood (Cornus florida)
- Black walnut (Juglans nigra)
- Hackberry (Celtis occidentalis)
- Eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana)
- Virginia pine (Pinus virginiana)
- American beech (Fagus grandifolia)
- Green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica)
- Spicebush (shrub) (Lindera benzoin)
Other Common Trees:
- Southern red oak (Quercus falcata)
- White oak (Quercus alba)
- Scarlet oak (Quercus coccinea)
- White pine (Pinus strobus)
Survey by:
Jeff
Kirwan, 01/15/03
Virginia Tech Dept of Forestry
Page update: 01/30/03
Tracey S. Sherman
Virginia Tech Dept of Forestry