LIST OF U.S. STATE TREES

This 'List of U.S. state trees' includes official trees of the following states and U.S. possessions:

State	Image	State tree	Year adopted
Alabama	thumb	Longleaf Pine ''(Pinus palustris)''	1949, clarified 1997[1]
Alaska	thumb	Sitka Spruce ''(Picea sitchensis)''
Arizona	thumb	Palo verde ''(Parkinsonia florida)''
Arkansas	thumb	Loblolly Pine ''(Pinus taeda)''
California	thumb	California redwoods ''(Sequoiadendron giganteum)'' ''(Sequoia sempervirens)''
Colorado	thumb	Colorado Blue Spruce ''(Picea pungens)''
Connecticut	thumb	Charter white oak ''(Quercus alba)''
District of Columbia	thumb	Scarlet Oak ''(Quercus coccinea)''
Delaware	thumb	American Holly ''(Ilex opaca)''
Florida	thumb	Sabal Palmetto ''(Sabal palmetto)''
Georgia	thumb	Live oak ''(Quercus virginiana)''
Guam	thumb	Ipil ''(Intsia bijuga)''
Hawaii	thumb	Kukui nut tree ''(Aleurites moluccana)''
Idaho	thumb	Western White Pine ''(Pinus monticola)''
Illinois	thumb	White oak ''(Quercus alba)''
Indiana	thumb	Tulip-tree ''(Liriodendron tulipifera)''
Iowa	thumb	Bur Oak ''(Quercus macrocarpa)''
Kansas	thumb	Cottonwood ''(Populus deltoides)''
Kentucky	thumb	Tulip Poplar ''(Liriodendron tulipifera)''	[2]
Louisiana	thumb	Bald cypress ''(Taxodium distichum)''
Maine	thumb	Eastern White Pine ''(Pinus strobus)''
Maryland	thumb	White oak (see also: Wye Oak) ''(Quercus alba)''
Massachusetts	thumb	American Elm ''(Ulmus americana)''
Michigan	thumb	Eastern White Pine ''(Pinus strobus)''
Minnesota	thumb	Red Pine ''(Pinus resinosa)''
Mississippi	thumb	Magnolia ''(Magnolia)''
Missouri	thumb	Flowering dogwood ''(Cornus florida)''
Montana	thumb	Ponderosa Pine ''(Pinus ponderosa)''
Nebraska	thumb	Cottonwood ''(Populus deltoides)''
Nevada	thumb	Single-leaf Pinyon ''(Pinus monophylla)''
New Hampshire	thumb	American White Birch ''(Betula papyrifera)''
New Jersey	thumb	Northern red oak ''(Quercus rubra)''
New Mexico	thumb	Pinyon ''(Pinus edulis)''
New York	thumb	Sugar Maple ''(Acer saccharum)''
North Carolina	thumb	Longleaf Pine ''(Pinus palustris)''
North Dakota	thumb	American Elm ''(Ulmus americana)''
Northern Marianas	thumb	Flame tree ''(Delonix regia)''
Ohio	thumb	Ohio Buckeye ''(Aesculus glabra)''
Oklahoma	thumb	Eastern Redbud ''(Cercis canadensis)''
Oregon	thumb	Douglas-fir ''(Pseudotsuga menziesii)''
Pennsylvania	thumb	Eastern Hemlock ''(Tsuga canadensis)''
Puerto Rico	thumb	Silk-cotton tree ''(Ceiba pentandra)''
Rhode Island	thumb	Red maple ''(Acer rubrum)''
South Carolina	thumb	Cabbage Palmetto ''(Sabal palmetto)''	1939[3]
South Dakota	thumb	Black Hills Spruce ''(Picea glauca)'' var. ''(densata)''
Tennessee	thumb	Tulip-tree ''(Liriodendron tulipifera)''
Texas	thumb	Pecan ''(Carya illinoinensis)''
Utah	thumb	Blue Spruce ''(Picea pungens)''
Vermont	thumb	Sugar Maple ''(Acer saccharum)''
Virginia	thumb	Flowering dogwood ''(Cornus florida)''
Washington	thumb	Western Hemlock ''(Tsuga heterophylla)''	[4]
West Virginia	thumb	Sugar Maple ''(Acer saccharum)''
Wisconsin	thumb	Sugar Maple ''(Acer saccharum)''
Wyoming	thumb	Plains cottonwood ''(Populus deltoides)'' subsp. ''(monilifera)''

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References

See also

★ Lists of U.S. state insignia

★ National Grove of State Trees

★ National Register of Big Trees

References

1. Official Alabama Tree
2. http://www.lrc.ky.gov/krs/002%2D00/095.pdf KRS002.095
3. South Carolina Statehouse student web page
4. Symbols of Washington State


★ USDA list of state trees and flowers