List of U.S. state and territory trees
This is a list of U.S. state, federal district, and territory trees, including official trees of the following of the states, of the federal district, and of the territories.
Table[]
State federal district or territory |
State tree | Binomial nomenclature |
Image | Year |
---|---|---|---|---|
Alabama | Longleaf Pine | Pinus palustris | ![]() |
1949 clarified 1997[1] |
Alaska | Sitka Spruce | Picea sitchensis | ![]() |
1962 |
American Samoa | Pandanus | Pandanus | ![]() |
|
Arizona | Blue Palo Verde | Parkinsonia florida | ![]() |
1954 |
Arkansas | Loblolly Pine | Pinus taeda | ![]() |
1939 |
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 |
Delaware | American Holly | Ilex opaca | 1939 | |
District of Columbia | Scarlet Oak | Quercus coccinea | ![]() |
|
Florida | Sabal Palm | Sabal palmetto | 1953 | |
Georgia | Southern Live Oak | Quercus virginiana | ![]() |
1937 |
Guam | Instia bijuga / Pacific Teak | Intsia bijuga | ![]() |
1969[2] |
Hawaii | Candlenut tree (kukui) | Aleurites moluccanus | ![]() |
1959[3] |
Idaho | Western White Pine | Pinus monticola | ![]() |
1935 |
Illinois | White Oak | Quercus alba | ![]() |
1973 |
Indiana | Tulip Tree | Liriodendron tulipifera | 1931 [4] | |
Iowa | Bur Oak | Quercus macrocarpa | ![]() |
|
Kansas | Eastern Cottonwood | Populus deltoides | ![]() |
1937[5] |
Kentucky | Tulip-tree | Liriodendron tulipifera | [6] | |
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[citation needed] |
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 | ![]() |
1972[7] |
Nevada | Single-leaf Pinyon | Pinus monophylla[8] | ![]() |
1959 |
Great Basin Bristlecone pine | Pinus longaeva[8] | ![]() |
1987 | |
New Hampshire | American White Birch | Betula papyrifera | ![]() |
1947 |
New Jersey | Northern Red Oak | Quercus rubra | ||
New Mexico | Piñon Pine | Pinus edulis | ![]() |
1949[9] |
New York | Sugar Maple | Acer saccharum | ![]() |
|
North Carolina | Pine | Pinus | ![]() |
1963[10] |
North Dakota | American Elm | Ulmus americana | ![]() |
1947[11] |
Northern Mariana Islands | Flame Tree | Delonix regia | ![]() |
1979[2] |
Ohio | Ohio Buckeye | Aesculus glabra | ![]() |
|
Oklahoma | Eastern Redbud | Cercis canadensis | ![]() |
|
Oregon | Douglas-fir | Pseudotsuga menziesii | ||
Pennsylvania | Eastern Hemlock | Tsuga canadensis | ![]() |
|
Puerto Rico | None | — | — | — |
Rhode Island | Red Maple | Acer rubrum | ![]() |
1964 |
South Carolina | Sabal Palm | Sabal palmetto | 1939[12] | |
South Dakota | Black Hills Spruce | Picea glauca var. densata |
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1947[13] |
Tennessee | Tulip-tree | Liriodendron tulipifera | ||
Texas | Pecan | Carya illinoinensis | ![]() |
1919 |
US Virgin Islands | Yellow Elder | Tecoma stans | ![]() |
|
Utah | Quaking Aspen | Populus tremuloides | ![]() |
2014[14] |
Vermont | Sugar Maple | Acer saccharum | ![]() |
1949 |
Virginia | Flowering dogwood | Cornus florida | ![]() |
1956[15] |
Washington | Western Hemlock | Tsuga heterophylla | ![]() |
[16] |
West Virginia | Sugar Maple | Acer saccharum | ![]() |
|
Wisconsin | Sugar Maple | Acer saccharum | ![]() |
1949[17] |
Wyoming | Plains cottonwood | Populus deltoides monilifera | ![]() |
See also[]
- List of U.S. state, district, and territorial insignia
- National Grove of State Trees
- National Register of Big Trees
Notes[]
- ^ "Official Alabama Tree". Alabama Emblems, Symbols and Honors. Alabama Department of Archives & History. 2003-11-06. Retrieved 2007-03-22.
- ^ Jump up to: a b https://books.google.com/books?id=sg0tpwxPI6wC&pg=PA107&lpg=PA107&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false State Botanical Symbols. Alan McPherson. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
- ^ "§5-8 State tree", Hawaii Revised Statutes, retrieved 2020-01-04
- ^ Ind. Code §1-2-7-1 (1931)
- ^ "Tidbits". Ludington Daily News. Aug 4, 2001. p. 33. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
- ^ http://www.lrc.ky.gov/krs/002%2D00/095.pdf KRS002.095
- ^ "Nebraska Secretary of State". Retrieved 5 November 2019.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Nevada Facts and State Emblems". State of Nevada. Archived from the original on 2014-03-27. Retrieved 2016-02-04.
- ^ "New Mexico Secretary of State: KID'S Corner". Archived from the original on 2008-05-01. Retrieved 2009-05-09.
- ^ "North Carolina State Tree".
- ^ North Dakota Blue Book, 2019–2021, North Dakota Department of State, p. 54, retrieved 2020-06-13
- ^ "South Carolina Statehouse student web page". Archived from the original on 2007-06-22. Retrieved 2007-07-15.
- ^ "South Dakota State symbols and emblems". Retrieved 2008-10-20.
- ^ from KSL.com "Utah state tree changes thanks to elementary students" page. Retrieved on March 27, 2014
- ^ "Virginia State Tree". eReferenceDesk. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
- ^ "Symbols of Washington State". Washington State Legislature. Archived from the original on March 9, 2007. Retrieved 2007-03-11.
- ^ "Wisconsin State Symbols". State of Wisconsin. Archived from the original on 2010-01-12. Retrieved 2011-12-19.
References[]
- "State Trees and State Flowers". United States National Arboretum. 14 July 2010. Archived from the original on 6 December 2010. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
Categories:
- Trees of the United States
- Lists of flora of the United States
- Lists of trees
- Lists of United States state symbols
- Flora of the United States by state