Shown below is the 'official' tree species list for the Invitational Tree Identification event.  Most of the species have a hyperlink to Virginia Tech's Dendrology web site.  We appreciate VT's willingness to let us link to their excellent tree identification site.  When you access VT's Dendrology web site, you will need to use the "Back" arrow on your Browser to return to the Invitational web site.

Click on the tree's common name below to access the hyperlink to VT's Dendrology web site.

OFFICIAL SPECIES LIST

Common Name   (Scientific Name)

*  Monocotyledons
    cabbage palmetto   (Sabal palmetto Walt.)
  
    Dicotolydens
    Gymnosperms (conifers or softwoods)

    balsam fir   (Abies balsamea Mill.)
    white fir   (Abies concolor Lindl.)  
    noble fir   (Abies procera Rehd)
    incense-cedar   (Calocedrus decurrens Torr.)
    Rocky Mountain juniper   (Juniperus scopuloum Sarg.)
    eastern redcedar   (Juniperus virginiana L.)
    tamarack or eastern larch   (Larix laricina K. Koch.)
    white spruce   (Picea glauca Voss)
    blue spruce   (Picea pungens Engelm.)
    red spruce   (Picea rubens Sarg.)
    Sitka spruce   (Picea sitchensis Carr.)
    lodgepole pine   (Pinus contorta Dougl.)
    shortleaf pine   (Pinus echinata Mill.)
    pinyon pine   (Pinus edulis Engelm.)
    sugar pine   (Pinus lambertiana Dougl.)
    longleaf pine   (Pinus palustris Mill.)
    ponderosa pine   (Pinus ponderosa Dougl.)
    red pine   (Pinus resinosa Ait.)
    pitch pine   (Pinus rigida Mill.)
    eastern white pine   (Pinus strobus L.)
    loblolly pine   (Pinus taeda L.)
    Virginia pine   (Pinus virginiana Mill.)
    Douglas-fir   (Pseudotsuga menziesii Franco)
    giant sequoia  (Sequoiadendron giganteum)
    redwood   (Sequoia sempervirens Lindl. l.)
    baldcypress  (Taxodium distichum Rich.)
    Pacific yew  (Taxus brevifolia)
    northern white-cedar or arborvitae  (Thuja occidentalis L.)
    western redcedar   (Thuja plicata Donn)
    eastern hemlock   (Tsuga canadensis Carr.)
    western hemlock   (Tsuga heterophylla Sarg.) 

    

Good web sites to learn more about western tree species.
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USDA NRCS
Plant Database
Good source of
pictures for
Identification
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