List of U.S. state trees

This is a list of U.S. state trees, including official trees of the following states and U.S. possessions.

Table

State State tree Binomial
nomenclature 		Image Year
Alabama Longleaf Pine Pinus palustris 1949
clarified 1997[1]
Alaska Sitka Spruce Picea sitchensis 1962
Arizona Blue Palo Verde Parkinsonia florida 1954
Arkansas Loblolly Pine Pinus taeda 1939
American Samoa Pandanus Pandanus
California Coast Redwood Sequoia sempervirens 1937
Giant Sequoia Sequoiadendron giganteum 1937
Colorado Colorado Blue Spruce Picea pungens 1939
Connecticut White Oak "See Also: Charter Quercus alba 1947
District of Columbia Scarlet Oak Quercus coccinea
Delaware American Holly Ilex opaca 1939
Florida Sabal Palm Sabal palmetto 1953
Georgia Southern Live Oak Quercus virginiana 1937
Guam Ipil Intsia bijuga
Hawaii Candlenut Tree Aleurites moluccanus 1959
Idaho Western White Pine Pinus monticola 1935
Illinois White Oak Quercus alba 1973
Indiana Tulip Tree Liriodendron tulipifera 1931 [2]
Iowa Bur Oak Quercus macrocarpa
Kansas Eastern Cottonwood Populus deltoides 1937[3]
Kentucky Tulip-tree Liriodendron tulipifera [4]
Louisiana Bald Cypress Taxodium distichum
Maine Eastern White Pine Pinus strobus 1945
Maryland White Oak
(see also: Wye Oak) 		Quercus alba
Massachusetts American Elm Ulmus americana 1941
Michigan Eastern White Pine Pinus strobus 1955
Minnesota Red Pine Pinus resinosa
Mississippi Southern Magnolia Magnolia grandiflora
Missouri Flowering Dogwood Cornus florida
Montana Ponderosa Pine Pinus ponderosa
Nebraska Eastern Cottonwood Populus deltoides
Nevada Single-leaf Pinyon Pinus monophylla[5] 1959
Great Basin Bristlecone pine Pinus longaeva[5] 1987
New Hampshire American White Birch Betula papyrifera 1947
New Jersey Northern Red Oak Quercus rubra
New Mexico Piñon Pine Pinus edulis 1949[6]
New York Sugar Maple Acer saccharum
North Carolina Longleaf Pine Pinus palustris 1963[7]
North Dakota American Elm Ulmus americana 2007
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 1964
South Carolina Sabal Palm Sabal palmetto 1939[8]
South Dakota Black Hills Spruce Picea glauca
var. densata 		1947[9]
Tennessee Tulip-tree Liriodendron tulipifera
Texas Pecan Carya illinoinensis 1919
US Virgin Islands Yellow Elder Tecoma stans
Utah Quaking Aspen Populus tremuloides 2014[10]
Vermont Sugar Maple Acer saccharum 1949
Virginia Flowering dogwood Cornus florida
Washington Western Hemlock Tsuga heterophylla [11]
West Virginia Sugar Maple Acer saccharum
Wisconsin Sugar Maple Acer saccharum 1949[12]
Wyoming Plains Cottonwood Populus deltoides
subsp. monilifera

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ "Official Alabama Tree". Alabama Emblems, Symbols and Honors. Alabama Department of Archives & History. 2003-11-06. Retrieved 2007-03-22.
  2. ↑ Ind. Code §1-2-7-1 (1931)
  3. ↑ "Tidbits". Ludington Daily News. Aug 4, 2001. p. 33. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  4. ↑ http://www.lrc.ky.gov/krs/002%2D00/095.pdf KRS002.095
  5. 1 2 "Nevada Facts and State Emblems". State of Nevada. Retrieved 2016-02-04.
  6. ↑ "New Mexico Secretary of State: KID'S Corner". Retrieved 2009-05-09.
  7. ↑ "North Carolina State Tree".
  8. ↑ "South Carolina Statehouse student web page". Archived from the original on 2007-06-22. Retrieved 2007-07-15.
  9. ↑ "South Dakota State symbols and emblems". Retrieved 2008-10-20.
  10. ↑ from KSL.com "Utah state tree changes thanks to elementary students" page. Retrieved on March 27, 2014
  11. ↑ "Symbols of Washington State". Washington State Legislature. Archived from the original on March 9, 2007. Retrieved 2007-03-11.
  12. ↑ "Wisconsin State Symbols". State of Wisconsin. Retrieved 2011-12-19.

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