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UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE LIBRARY
BOOK NUMBER
933488
1.962
A2L69
1957
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State Tree Adopted
ALABAMA southern pine (Pinus spp. ) 1949
ARIZONA * *blue paloverde; palo verde (Cercidium 1953
floridum Benth.)
ARKANSAS pine (Pinus spp.) 1939
CALIFORNIA "California redwood" 1937, 1953
Coast redwood (Sequoia semper virens (D. Don) Endl. ) "Redwood" is name ap¬ proved by U. S. Forest Service.
Sierra redwood (Sequoia gigantea (Lindl. ) Decne. ) "Giant sequoia" is name approved by U. S. For est Service .
COLORADO
CONNECTICUT DELAWARE FLOR IDA
GEORGIA
*blue spruce; Colorado blue spruce (Picea pungens Engelm. )
white oak (Quercus alba L. )
American holly (Ilex opaca Ait. )
cabbage palmetto (Sabal palmetto (Walt.) Lodd. )
live oak (Quercus vir giniana Mill. )
1939
(Unofficial)
1947
1939
1953
1937
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State |
Tree Adopted |
|
IDAHO |
^western white pine; white pine 1935 (Pinus monticola Dougl. ) |
|
ILLINOIS |
native oak (Quercus spp.) 1908 |
|
INDIANA |
^yellow -poplar ; tuliptree 1931 (Lir iodendron tulipifera L. ) |
|
KANSAS |
cottonwood (Populus spp. ) 1937 |
|
KENTUCKY |
^yellow-poplar , tulip-poplar Unofficial (Liriodendron tulipifera L. ) |
|
LOUISIANA |
^southern magnolia; magnolia (Magnolia Unofficial grandiflora L. ) |
|
MAINE |
^eastern white pine; white pine 1945 (Pinus strobus L. ) |
|
MARYLAND |
white oak (Quercus alba L. ) 1941 |
MASSACHUSETTS American elm (Ulmus amer icana L . ) 1941
|
MICHIGAN |
eastern white pine (Pinus strobus L.) 1955 |
|
MINNESOTA |
*red pine; Norway pine 1953 (Pinus resinosa Ait.) |
|
MISSISSIPPI |
^southern magnolia; magnolia 1938 (Magnolia grandiflora L.) |
|
MISSOURI MONTANA |
flowering dogwood (Cornus florida L. ) 1955 ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa Laws . ) 1949 |
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MONTANA
1949
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3/ue spruce
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Western lohtfe p/ne
|
State |
Tree |
Adopted |
|
NEBRASKA |
American elm (Ulmus americana L. ) |
Unofficial |
|
NEVADA |
'■'singleleaf pinyon; pinon pine (Pinus monophylla Torr. & Frem.) |
1953 |
|
NEW HAMPSHIRE |
*paper birch; white birch (Betula papyrifera Marsh. ) |
1947 |
|
NEW JERSEY |
^northern red oak; red oak (Quercus rubra L. ) |
1950 (Unofficial) |
|
NEW MEXICO |
*pinyon; nut pine or pinyon (Pinus edulis Engelm. ) |
1949 |
|
NEW YORK |
sugar maple (Acer saccharum Marsh. ) |
1956 |
|
NORTH DAKOTA |
American elm (Ulmus americana L. ) |
1947 |
|
OHIO |
*Ohio buckeye; buckeye (Aesculus glabra Willd. ) |
Unofficial |
|
OKLAHOMA |
^eastern redbud; redbud (Cercis canadensis L.) |
1937 |
|
OREGON |
Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga taxifolia (Poir . ) Britt. )--Latin name given in law. |
1939 |
|
PENNSYLVANIA RHODE ISLAND |
^eastern hemlock; hemlock (Tsuga canadensis (L. ) Carr. ) maple (Acer spp.) |
1931 1894 (Unofficial) |
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State
Tree
Adopted
|
SO. CAROLINA |
^cabbage palmetto; palmetto (Sabal palmetto (Walt. Lodd. ) |
1939 |
|
SOUTH DAKOTA |
* white spruce; Black Hills spruce (Picea glauca densata) - -Latin name given in law. |
1947 |
|
TENNESSEE |
^'yellow-poplar; tulip -poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera L. ) |
1947 |
|
TEXAS |
pecan (Carya illinoensis (Wangenh. ) K. Koch) |
1919 |
|
UTAH |
blue spruce (Picea pungens Engelm. ) |
1933 |
|
VERMONT |
sugar maple (Acer saccharum Marsh. ) |
1949 |
|
VIRGINIA |
*f lowering dogwood; American dogwood (Cornus florida L. )--state flower. (No official state tree. ) |
1918 |
|
WASHINGTON |
western hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla (R af . ) Sar g . ) |
1947 |
|
WEST VIRGINIA |
sugar maple (Acer saccharum Marsh. ) |
1949 |
|
WISCONSIN |
sugar maple (Acer saccharum Marsh. ) |
1949 |
|
WYOMING |
*balsam poplar; cottonwood (Populus balsamifera L.) |
1947 |
^Indicates common name approved by U. S. Forest Service followed by other common name given.
Records do not indicate a state tree for Iowa, North Carolina, Alaska, District of Columbia, or Puerto Rico. "Cocoanut palm" or coconut (Cocos nu c i f e r a L.) has been listed in some publications as the unofficially adopted tree of Hawaii.
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