State trees

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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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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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