List of U.S. state trees

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This List of U.S. state trees includes official trees of the following states and U.S. possessions:

State State tree Binomial
nomenclature
Image Year
Alabama Longleaf Pine Pinus palustris 1949
clarified 1997[1]
Alaska Sitka Spruce Picea sitchensis
Arizona Palo verde Parkinsonia florida
Arkansas Loblolly Pine Pinus taeda
California California redwoods Sequoiadendron giganteum
and
Sequoia sempervirens
Colorado Colorado Blue Spruce Picea pungens
Connecticut Charter white oak Quercus alba
District of Columbia Scarlet Oak Quercus coccinea
Delaware American Holly Ilex opaca
Florida Sabal Palmetto Sabal palmetto
Georgia Live oak Quercus virginiana
Guam Ipil Intsia bijuga
Hawaii Kukui nut tree Aleurites moluccana
Idaho Western White Pine Pinus monticola
Illinois White oak Quercus alba
Indiana Tulip-tree Liriodendron tulipifera 1931[citation needed]
Iowa Bur Oak Quercus macrocarpa
Kansas Cottonwood Populus deltoides
Kentucky Tulip Poplar Liriodendron tulipifera [2]
Louisiana Bald cypress Taxodium distichum
Maine Eastern White Pine Pinus strobus
Maryland White oak
(see also: Wye Oak)
Quercus alba
Massachusetts American Elm Ulmus americana 1808[citation needed]
Michigan Eastern White Pine Pinus strobus
Minnesota Red Pine Pinus resinosa
Mississippi Magnolia Magnolia
Missouri Flowering dogwood Cornus florida
Montana Ponderosa Pine Pinus ponderosa
Nebraska Cottonwood Populus deltoides
Nevada Single-leaf Pinyon Pinus monophylla
New Hampshire American White Birch Betula papyrifera
New Jersey Northern red oak Quercus rubra
New Mexico Pinyon Pinus edulis
New York Sugar Maple Acer saccharum
North Carolina Pine Pinus 1963[3]
North Dakota American Elm Ulmus americana 2007[citation needed]
Northern Marianas Flame tree Delonix regia
Ohio Ohio Buckeye Aesculus glabra
Oklahoma Eastern Redbud Cercis canadensis
Oregon Douglas-fir Pseudotsuga menziesii
Pennsylvania Eastern Hemlock Tsuga canadensis
Puerto Rico Silk-cotton tree Ceiba pentandra
Rhode Island Red maple Acer rubrum
South Carolina Cabbage Palmetto Sabal palmetto 1939[4]
South Dakota Black Hills Spruce Picea glauca
var. densata
Tennessee Tulip-tree Liriodendron tulipifera
Texas Pecan Carya illinoinensis
Utah Blue Spruce Picea pungens 1933[5]
Vermont Sugar Maple Acer saccharum
Virginia Flowering dogwood Cornus florida
Washington Western Hemlock Tsuga heterophylla [6]
West Virginia Sugar Maple Acer saccharum
Wisconsin Sugar Maple Acer saccharum
Wyoming Plains cottonwood Populus deltoides
subsp. monilifera

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Official Alabama Tree. Alabama Emblems, Symbols and Honors. Alabama Department of Archives & History (2003-11-06). Retrieved on 2007-03-22.
  2. ^ http://www.lrc.ky.gov/krs/002%2D00/095.pdf KRS002.095
  3. ^ State tree. North Carolina General Statutes § 145‑3.
  4. ^ South Carolina Statehouse student web page. Retrieved on 2007-07-15.
  5. ^ Utah Symbols - Blue Spruce from utah.gov "Pioneer - Utah's Online Library" page. Retrieved on 2008-03-25
  6. ^ Symbols of Washington State. Washington State Legislature. Retrieved on 2007-03-11.
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