Checklist of Virginia Trees and Their Uses: Mini Project

Note to 4-H Member Glossary Name of 4-H member • Use this checklist to mark the types of trees as Cultural wood – wood that is especially valued you learn them. by certain cultures, such as paulownia wood _______________________________________ in Japan • When you have learned 10, 25, 50, or 100 trees, County ________________________________ CHECKLIST have a 4-H leader or forester sign your check- Address ________________________________ list to certify completion. Crossties – timbers on which railroad tracks are placed _______________________________________ OF VIRGINIA • Return this checklist to your local Extension agent. Implement – tool, utensil _______________________________________ TREES AND Signature of 4-H leader or forester Pulp – ground-up wood used to make paper (certifies completion) THEIR USES: _______________________________________ Rough lumber – wood that is used in rough INI ROJECT construction, such as fencing, sheds, scaf- Date ___________________________________ M P folding, etc. (including urban trees and important forest plants) Shade tree – a tree used to provide shade to a landscape area, building, or structure Shakes – a rough shingle Specimen tree – a tree used to give ornamental or aesthetic interest to a landscape Street tree – a tree used in a median strip or 18 U.S.C. 707 sidewalk planting area, usually very hardy For use with the 4-H Trim – wood strips used to decorate or hide tree identification project. edges, such as where a floor and wall come ___ Beginner (10 trees) together ___ Novice (25 trees) Veneer – a thin layer of wood used to cover a ___ Advanced (50 trees) lower quality material ___ Master (100 trees and plants) www.ext.vt.edu Produced by Communications and Marketing, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 2012 Virginia Cooperative Extension programs and employment are open to all, regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, disability, political beliefs, sexual orientation, or marital or family status. 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VT/643/1112/pdf/4H-58NP Publication 420-065 • 2012 Pine Family Walnut Family Rose Family Other Trees ___ Eastern white pine (cabinets, lumber, specimen) ___ Black walnut (high-quality furniture) ___ Serviceberry (specimen) ___ Pawpaw (fruit) ___ Loblolly pine (lumber, plywood, poles, shade) ___ Pecan (fruit) ___ Black cherry (furniture, handles, wildlife food) ___ Sassafras (cultural) ___ Pitch pine (lumber, plywood, poles, shade) ___ Bitternut hickory (handles, implements) ___ Common apple (fruit) ___ Sweetgum (flooring, pulp, baskets) ___ Virginia pine (lumber, plywood, poles, shade) ___ Shagbark hickory (handles, implements) ___ Flowering crabapple (specimen) ___ Sourwood (specimen) ___ Shortleaf pine (lumber, plywood, poles, shade) ___ Mockernut hickory (handles, implements) ___ Flowering pear (specimen, street) ___ Persimmon (fruit) ___ Table-mountain pine (lumber, plywood, poles, shade) ___ Pignut hickory (handles, implements) ___ Ornamental cherry (specimen) ___ Tree-of-heaven (pest) ___ Longleaf pine (lumber, plywood, poles, shade) ___ Purple-leaf plum (specimen) ___ Paulownia (cultural) Beech Family ___ Japanese black pine (specimen) ___ Sweet cherry (fruit) ___ Catalpa (specimen) ___ Blue spruce (specimen) ___ Beech (flooring, furniture) ___ Ginkgo (specimen) Legumes ___ Norway spruce (specimen) ___ American chestnut (posts, paneling) ___ ___________________________ ___ Red spruce (lumber, pulpwood) ___ Chinese chestnut (specimen) ___ Goldenraintree (specimen) ___ ___________________________ ___ Eastern hemlock (lumber, pulp, specimen) ___ Chinkapin (food for game animals) ___ Redbud (specimen) ___ ___________________________ ___ Northern red oak (veneer, furniture, shade) ___ Honeylocust (crossties, shade) Cypress or Cedar Family ___ Pin oak (construction, crossties, shade, street) ___ Black locust (posts, firewood) ___ Baldcypress (decay-resistant wood products) ___ Scarlet oak (specimen, firewood) Important Forest Plants Dogwood Family ___ Leyland cypress (wind screen) ___ Black oak (veneer, furniture) ___ Alder ___ Northern whitecedar (posts, shingles) ___ Southern red oak (rough lumber, furniture, shade) ___ Blackgum (containers, pulp, firewood) ___ Blackberry ___ Eastern redcedar (posts, storage chests) ___ Blackjack oak (firewood) ___ Flowering dogwood (street, specimen) ___ Blueberry ___ Deodar cedar (specimen) ___ Water oak (crossties, firewood) ___ Kousa dogwood (specimen) ___ Devil’s walking stick ___ Willow oak (crossties, rough lumber, street) ___ Autumn olive Magnolia Family Buckeye Family ___ White oak (ship, furniture, flooring, shade) ___ Elderberry ___ Buckeye (woodenware, pulp, specimen) ___ Cucumbertree (cabinets, shade) ___ Post oak (crossties, posts) ___ Gallberry ___ Horsechestnut (specimen) ___ Saucer magnolia (specimen) ___ Swamp chestnut oak (lumber, veneer, baskets) ___ Greenbrier ___ Southern magnolia (specimen) ___ Chestnut oak (crossties, rough lumber, firewood) Maple Family ___ Hawthorn ___ Sweetbay (specimen) ___ Laurel oak (firewood) ___ Norway maple (shade, street) ___ Japanese honeysuckle ___ Tuliptree or yellow-poplar (veneer, furniture, trim) ___ Turkey oak (firewood) ___ Sugar maple (furniture, syrup, shade) ___ Kudzu Sycamore Family ___ Live oak (shade, specimen) ___ Boxelder (firewood, specimen) ___ Morning glory ___ Mountain laurel ___ Sycamore (butcher blocks, boxes) Birch Family ___ Silver maple (shade) ___ Red maple (shade, street) ___ Multiflora rose ___ London planetree (shade, street) ___ River birch (furniture, shade, specimen) ___ Striped maple ___ Poison ivy Elm Family ___ Yellow birch (lumber, veneer) ___ Privet ___ Sweet birch (furniture, flavorings) Olive Family ___ American elm (containers, furniture) ___ Raspberry ___ Paper birch (specimen) ___ Winged elm (pest) ___ White ash (furniture, baseball bats) ___ Russian olive ___ Hophornbeam (posts, handles, implements) ___ Slippery elm (containers, furniture) ___ Green ash (shade, street) ___ Scotch broom ___ Hornbeam or blue beech (handles, implements) ___ Hackberry (firewood) Holly Family ___ Spicebush ___ Japanese zelkova (street) ___ Strawberry bush Linden Family ___ American holly (specimen) ___ Sumac ___ Basswood (woodenware, pulp, street) ___ Chinese holly (specimen) Mulberry Family ___ Trumpet creeper ___ Little-leaf linden (street) ___ Foster holly (specimen) ___ Red mulberry (posts, wildlife food) ___ Wild azalea ___ Yaupon Holly (cultural) ___ Osage-orange (bows, dye, firewood) Willow or Poplar Family ___ Viburnum ___ Eastern cottonwood (pulp, components) ___ Virginia Creeper ___ Bigtooth aspen (pulp, components) ___ Wax myrtle ___ Black willow (boxes, crates, components) ___ Witch-hazel ___ Weeping willow (specimen) ___ Wild grape.

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