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.

State federal district or territory	Common name	Scientific name	Image	Year
Alabama	Longleaf pine	Pinus palustris		1949 clarified 1997[1]
Alaska	Sitka spruce	Picea sitchensis		1962[2][3]
American Samoa	None			[4]
Arizona	Blue palo verde	Parkinsonia florida		1954[5][6]
Arkansas	Loblolly pine	Pinus taeda		1939[7]
California	Coast redwood	Sequoia sempervirens		1937[8][9]
	Giant sequoia	Sequoiadendron giganteum
Colorado	Colorado blue spruce	Picea pungens		1939[10]
Connecticut	White oak (See also: Charter Oak)	Quercus alba		1947[11]
Delaware	American holly	Ilex opaca		1939[12]
District of Columbia	Scarlet oak	Quercus coccinea		1960[13]
Florida	Sabal palm	Sabal palmetto		1953[14]
Georgia	Southern live oak	Quercus virginiana		1937[15][16]
Guam	Ifit (Pacific teak)	Intsia bijuga		1969[17]
Hawaii	Candlenut tree (kukui)	Aleurites moluccanus		1959[18]
Idaho	Western white pine	Pinus monticola		1935[19]
Illinois	White oak	Quercus alba		1973[20]
Indiana	Tulip tree	Liriodendron tulipifera		1931[21]
Iowa	Oak (variety unspecified)	Quercus spp.		1961[22]
Kansas	Eastern cottonwood	Populus deltoides		1937[23]
Kentucky	Tulip-tree	Liriodendron tulipifera		[24]
Louisiana	Bald cypress[lower-alpha 1]	Taxodium distichum		1963[26]
Maine	Eastern white pine	Pinus strobus		1945[27]
Maryland	White oak (See also: Wye Oak)	Quercus alba		1941[28]
Massachusetts	American elm	Ulmus americana		1941[29]
Michigan	Eastern white pine	Pinus strobus		1955[30]
Minnesota	Red pine (aka Norway pine)	Pinus resinosa		1953[31]
Mississippi	Southern magnolia	Magnolia grandiflora		1952[32]
Missouri	Flowering dogwood	Cornus florida		1955[33]
Montana	Ponderosa pine	Pinus ponderosa		1949[34]
Nebraska	Eastern cottonwood	Populus deltoides		1972[35]
Nevada	Single-leaf pinyon	Pinus monophylla		1959[36]
	Great Basin bristlecone pine	Pinus longaeva		1987[36]
New Hampshire	American white birch	Betula papyrifera		1947[37]
New Jersey	Northern red oak	Quercus rubra		1950[38]
New Mexico	Piñon pine	Pinus edulis		1949[39]
New York	Sugar maple	Acer saccharum		1956[40]
North Carolina	Pine	Pinus		1963[41]
North Dakota	American elm	Ulmus americana		1947[42]
Northern Mariana Islands	Flame tree	Delonix regia		1979[43]
Ohio	Ohio buckeye	Aesculus glabra		1953[44]
Oklahoma	Eastern redbud	Cercis canadensis		1971[45]
Oregon	Douglas fir	Pseudotsuga menziesii		1939[46]
Pennsylvania	Eastern hemlock	Tsuga canadensis		1931[47][48]
Puerto Rico	Ceiba (unofficial[lower-alpha 2])	Ceiba pentandra		[49]
Rhode Island	Red maple	Acer rubrum		1964[50]
South Carolina	Sabal palm	Sabal palmetto		1939[51]
South Dakota	Black Hills spruce	Picea glauca var. densata		1947[52]
Tennessee	Tulip-tree	Liriodendron tulipifera		1947[53]
Texas	Pecan	Carya illinoinensis		1919[54]
United States Virgin Islands	None			[55]
Utah	Quaking aspen	Populus tremuloides		2014[56]
Vermont	Sugar maple	Acer saccharum		1949[57][58]
Virginia	Flowering dogwood	Cornus florida		1956[59]
Washington	Western hemlock	Tsuga heterophylla		1947[60][61]
West Virginia	Sugar maple	Acer saccharum		1949[62]
Wisconsin	Sugar maple	Acer saccharum		1949[63]
Wyoming	Plains cottonwood	Populus deltoides monilifera		1947, amended 1961[64]

See also

• List of U.S. state, district, and territorial insignia
• National Grove of State Trees
• National Register of Champion Trees

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]

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