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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.

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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.

State
federal district
or territory		 Common name Scientific name Image Year
Alabama Longleaf pine Pinus palustris 1949
clarified 19971
Alaska Sitka spruce Picea sitchensis 196223
American Samoa None 4
Arizona Blue palo verde Parkinsonia florida 195456
Arkansas Loblolly pine Pinus taeda 19397
California Coast redwood Sequoia sempervirens 193789
Giant sequoia Sequoiadendron giganteum
Colorado Colorado blue spruce Picea pungens 193910
Connecticut White oak
(See also: Charter Oak)		 Quercus alba 194711
Delaware American holly Ilex opaca 193912
District of Columbia Scarlet oak Quercus coccinea 196013
Florida Sabal palm Sabal palmetto 195314
Georgia Southern live oak Quercus virginiana 19371516
Guam Ifit (Pacific teak) Intsia bijuga 196917
Hawaii Candlenut tree (kukui) Aleurites moluccanus 195918
Idaho Western white pine Pinus monticola 193519
Illinois White oak Quercus alba 197320
Indiana Tulip tree Liriodendron tulipifera 193121
Iowa Oak (variety unspecified) Quercus spp. 196122
Kansas Eastern cottonwood Populus deltoides 193723
Kentucky Tulip poplar Liriodendron tulipifera 199424
Louisiana Bald cypressa Taxodium distichum 196326
Maine Eastern white pine Pinus strobus 194527
Maryland White oak
(See also: Wye Oak)		 Quercus alba 194128
Massachusetts American elm Ulmus americana 194129
Michigan Eastern white pine Pinus strobus 195530
Minnesota Red pine (aka Norway pine) Pinus resinosa 195331
Mississippi Southern magnolia Magnolia grandiflora 195232
Missouri Flowering dogwood Cornus florida 195533
Montana Ponderosa pine Pinus ponderosa 194934
Nebraska Eastern cottonwood Populus deltoides 197235
Nevada Single-leaf pinyon Pinus monophylla 195936
Great Basin bristlecone pine Pinus longaeva 198736
New Hampshire American white birch Betula papyrifera 194737
New Jersey Northern red oak Quercus rubra 195038
New Mexico Piñon pine Pinus edulis 194939
New York Sugar maple Acer saccharum 195640
North Carolina Pine Pinus 196341
North Dakota American elm Ulmus americana 194742
Northern Mariana Islands Flame tree Delonix regia 197943
Ohio Ohio buckeye Aesculus glabra 195344
Oklahoma Eastern redbud Cercis canadensis 197145
Oregon Douglas fir Pseudotsuga menziesii 193946
Pennsylvania Eastern hemlock Tsuga canadensis 19314748
Puerto Rico Ceiba (unofficialb) Ceiba pentandra 49
Rhode Island Red maple Acer rubrum 196450
South Carolina Sabal palm Sabal palmetto 193951
South Dakota Black Hills spruce Picea glauca
var. densata		 194752
Tennessee Tulip-tree Liriodendron tulipifera 194753
Texas Pecan Carya illinoinensis 191954
United States Virgin Islands None 55
Utah Quaking aspen Populus tremuloides 201456
Vermont Sugar maple Acer saccharum 19495758
Virginia Flowering dogwood Cornus florida 195659
Washington Western hemlock Tsuga heterophylla 19476061
West Virginia Sugar maple Acer saccharum 194962
Wisconsin Sugar maple Acer saccharum 194963
Wyoming Plains cottonwood Populus deltoides monilifera 1947, amended 196164
See also

See also

Notes

Notes

  1. Louisiana also has the mayhaw as its state fruit tree.25
  2. The Institute of Puerto Rican Culture proposed the ceiba as the official tree. It was not officially adopted, but it remains a popular symbol of the Commonwealth.49
References

References

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