US State Symbols, State Trees: Listing, 50 States

Each of the 50 states have designated an official "State Tree." All of the state trees, except the Hawaii's state tree, are native to the state in which they are designated. Some of the Latin names you see here may be different from those you may have seen before due to changes in plant nomenclature; we have chosen to list the current valid botanical name. Where more than one accepted common name exists, the common name in the legislation has been listed. Include year of designation.

Many of the Official State Tree Designations of the 50 States listed here can be found in the U.S. National Arboretum's "National Grove of State Trees." However, because the climate in Washington doesn't allow the growth of all of the state trees, trees have been substituted for some of the states.

1. California has designated two distinct species as its state tree.
2. Although Iowa did not designate a specific species of oak as its state tree, many people recognize bur oak, Quercus macrocarpa, as the state tree since it is the most widespread species in the state.
3. Although no specific species of magnolia was designated as the state tree of Mississippi, most references recognize the Southern Magnolia, Magnolia grandiflora, as the state tree.

State	Common Name	Scientific Name	Adopted
Alabama	Southern Longleaf Pine	Pinus palustris Miller	1949; 1997
Alaska	Sitka Spruce	Pinaceae Picea sitchensis	1962
Arizona	Blue Paloverde	Fabaceae Cercidium floridum	1954
Arkansas	Loblolly Pine	Pinaceae Pinus taeda	1939
California ¹	Redwood Giant Sequoia	Taxodiaceae Sequoia sempervirens Taxodiaceae Sequoiadendron giganteum	1937 1953
Colorado	Blue Spruce	Pinaceae Picea pungens	1939
Connecticut	White Oak	Fagaceae Quercus alba	1947
Delaware	American Holly	Aquifoliaceae Ilex opaca aiton	1939
Florida	Cabbage Palmetto	Arecaceae Sabal palmetto	1953
Georgia	Live Oak	Fagaceae Quercus virginiana	1937
Hawaii	Kukui	Aleurites moluccana	1959
Idaho	Western White Pine	Pinaceae Pinus monticola	1935
Illinois	White Oak	Fagaceae Quercus alba	1907; 1973
Indiana	Tulip / Yellow Poplar	Magnoliaceae Liriodendron tulipifera	1931
Iowa ²	Oak	Fagaceae Quercus species	1961
Kansas	Eastern Cottonwood	Salicaceae Populus deltoides	1937
Kentucky	Tulip / Yellow Poplar	Magnoliaceae Liriodendron tulipifera	1994
Louisiana	Bald Cypress	Taxodiaceae Taxodium distichum	1963
Maine	Eastern White Pine	Pinaceae Pinus strobus	1945
Maryland	White Oak	Fagaceae Quercus alba	1941
Massachusetts	American Elm	Ulmaceae Ulmus americana	1941
Michigan	Eastern White Pine	Pinaceae Pinus strobus	1955
Minnesota	Red Pine	Pinaceae Pinus resinosa	1953
Mississippi	Southern Magnolia	Magnoliaceae Magnolia grandiflora	1938
Missouri	Flowering Dogwood	Cornaceae Cornus florida	1955
Montana	Ponderosa Pine	Pinaceae Pinus ponderosa	1949
Nebraska	Eastern Cottonwood	Salicaceae Populus deltoides	1972
Nevada	Singleleaf Pinyon Bristlecone Pine	Pinaceae Pinus monophylla Pinaceae Pinus aristata	1959 1987
New Hampshire	Paper Birch	Betulaceae Betula papyrifera	1947
New Jersey	Northern Red Oak Flowering Dogwood	Fagaceae Quercus rubra Cornaceae Cornus florida	1950 1951
New Mexico	Pinyon	Pinaceae Pinus edulis	1949
New York	Sugar Maple	Aceraceae Acer saccharum	1956
North Carolina	Longleaf Pine	Pinaceae Pinus palustris	1963
North Dakota	American Elm	Ulmaceae Ulmus americana	1947
Ohio	Ohio Buckeye	Hippocastanaceae Aesculus glabra	1953
Oklahoma	Eastern Redbud	Fabaceae Cercis canadensis	1937
Oregon	Douglas Fir	Pinaceae Pseudotsuga menziesii	1939
Pennsylvania	Eastern Hemlock	Pinaceae Tsuga canadensis	1931
Rhode Island	Red Maple	Aceraceae Acer rubrum	1964
South Carolina	Cabbage Palmetto	Arecaceae Sabal palmetto	1939
South Dakota	White Spruce	Pinaceae Picea glauca	1947
Tennessee	Tulip / Yellow Poplar	Magnoliaceae Liriodendron tulipifera	1947
Texas	Pecan	Juglandaceae Carya illinoensis	1919
Utah	Blue Spruce	Pinaceae Picea pungens	1933
Vermont	Sugar Maple	Aceraceae Acer saccharum	1949
Virginia	Flowering Dogwood	Cornaceae Cornus florida	1956
Washington	Western Hemlock	Pinaceae Tsuga heterophylla	1947
West Virginia	Sugar Maple	Aceraceae Acer saccharum	1949
Wisconsin	Sugar Maple	Aceraceae Acer saccharum	1949
Wyoming	Cottonwood, Plain	Populus deltoids occidentalis	1947; 1961

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US State Symbols, State Trees: Listing, 50 States

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