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List of U.S. state trees

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This is a list of U.S. state trees.

State State tree Binomial
nomenclature
Image Year
Alabama Longleaf Pine Pinus palustris 1949
clarified 1997[1]
Alaska Sitka Spruce Picea sitchensis
Arizona Blue Palo Verde Parkinsonia florida 1954
Arkansas Pine Pinus
California Coast Redwood and
Giant Sequoia
Sequoia sempervirens
and
Sequoiadendron giganteum
Colorado Colorado Blue Spruce Picea pungens
Connecticut White Oak
See also: Charter
Quercus alba 1947
District of Columbia Scarlet Oak Quercus coccinea
Delaware American Holly Ilex opaca
Florida Sabal Palm Sabal palmetto
Georgia Southern Live Oak Quercus virginiana
Guam Ipil Intsia bijuga
Hawaii Candlenut Tree Aleurites moluccana
Idaho Western White Pine Pinus monticola
Illinois White Oak Quercus alba
Indiana Tulip Tree Liriodendron tulipifera 1931 [2]
Iowa Bur Oak Quercus macrocarpa
Kansas Eastern Cottonwood Populus deltoides
Kentucky Tulip-tree Liriodendron tulipifera [3]
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[source?]
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 and
Bristlecone pine
Pinus monophylla and
Pinus longaeva
New Hampshire American White Birch Betula papyrifera 1947
New Jersey Northern Red Oak Quercus rubra
New Mexico Piñon Pine Pinus edulis 1949[4]
New York Sugar Maple Acer saccharum
North Carolina Pine Pinus 1963[5]
North Dakota American Elm Ulmus americana 2007[source?]
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[6]
South Dakota Black Hills Spruce Picea glauca
var. densata
1947[7]
Tennessee Tulip-tree Liriodendron tulipifera
Texas Pecan Carya illinoinensis 1919
Utah Blue Spruce Picea pungens 1933[8]
Vermont Sugar Maple Acer saccharum 1949
Virginia Flowering dogwood Cornus florida
Washington Western Hemlock Tsuga heterophylla [9]
West Virginia Sugar Maple Acer saccharum
Wisconsin Sugar Maple Acer saccharum 1949[10]
Wyoming Plains Cottonwood Populus deltoides
subsp. monilifera

References

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  1. "Official Alabama Tree". Alabama Emblems, Symbols and Honors. Alabama Department of Archives & History. 2003-11-06. Archived from the original on 2019-06-01. Retrieved 2007-03-22.
  2. Ind. Code §1-2-7-1 (1931)
  3. http://www.lrc.ky.gov/krs/002%2D00/095.pdf Archived 2013-06-05 at the Wayback Machine KRS002.095
  4. "New Mexico Secretary of State: KID'S Corner". Archived from the original on 2008-05-01. Retrieved 2009-05-09.
  5. "North Carolina State Tree". Archived from the original on 2019-05-17. Retrieved 2012-10-09.
  6. "South Carolina Statehouse student web page". Archived from the original on 2007-06-22. Retrieved 2007-07-15.
  7. "South Dakota State symbols and emblems". Archived from the original on 2012-09-06. Retrieved 2008-10-20.
  8. Utah State Tree - Blue Spruce Archived 2012-11-14 at the Wayback Machine from pioneer.utah.gov "Pioneer - Utah's Online Library" page. Retrieved on 2008-09-08
  9. "Symbols of Washington State". Washington State Legislature. Retrieved 2007-03-11. [dead link]
  10. "Wisconsin State Symbols". State of Wisconsin. Archived from the original on 2010-01-12. Retrieved 2011-12-19.