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
California	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
Nevada	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		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

Notes

^ "Official Alabama Tree". Alabama Emblems, Symbols and Honors. Alabama Department of Archives & History. 2003-11-06. Retrieved 2007-03-22.
^ ^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.
^ ^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.

[1] "Official Alabama Tree". Alabama Emblems, Symbols and Honors. Alabama Department of Archives & History. 2003-11-06. Retrieved 2007-03-22.

[Territories_trees-2] ttps://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.

[3] "§5-8 State tree", Hawaii Revised Statutes, retrieved 2020-01-04

[4] Ind. Code §1-2-7-1 (1931)

[5] "Tidbits". Ludington Daily News. Aug 4, 2001. p. 33. Retrieved 15 October 2015.

[6] ttp://www.lrc.ky.gov/krs/002%2D00/095.pdf KRS002.095

[7] "Nebraska Secretary of State". Retrieved 5 November 2019.

[NV-8] "Nevada Facts and State Emblems". State of Nevada. Archived from the original on 2014-03-27. Retrieved 2016-02-04.

[9] "New Mexico Secretary of State: KID'S Corner". Archived from the original on 2008-05-01. Retrieved 2009-05-09.

[10] "North Carolina State Tree".

[11] North Dakota Blue Book, 2019–2021, North Dakota Department of State, p. 54, retrieved 2020-06-13

[12] "South Carolina Statehouse student web page". Archived from the original on 2007-06-22. Retrieved 2007-07-15.

[13] "South Dakota State symbols and emblems". Retrieved 2008-10-20.

[14] rom KSL.com "Utah state tree changes thanks to elementary students" page. Retrieved on March 27, 2014

[15] "Virginia State Tree". eReferenceDesk. Retrieved 16 March 2021.

[16] "Symbols of Washington State". Washington State Legislature. Archived from the original on March 9, 2007. Retrieved 2007-03-11.

[17] "Wisconsin State Symbols". State of Wisconsin. Archived from the original on 2010-01-12. Retrieved 2011-12-19.

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