Note to 4-H Member
Glossary
Use this checklist to mark the types of
trees as you learn them.
Cultural wood -- wood that is especially
valued by certain cultures, such as paulownia wood in Japan
When you have learned 10, 25, 50, or
100 trees, have a 4-H leader or forester sign your checklist to certify
completion.
Crossties -- timbers on which railroad tracks
are placed
Implement -- tool, utensil
Return this checklist to your local
Extension agent or mail to:
Extension Specialist, 4-H
College of Forestry and Wildlife
Virginia Tech (mail code 0324)
Blacksburg, Virginia 24061
Awards (suggested)
Beginner
tree identification book
Novice
tree scale stick
Advanced
$50 scholarship
Master
$100 scholarship
Sponsors
Virginia Forestry Educational Foundation
Pulp -- ground-up wood used to make paper
Name of 4-H member
_________________________________________
County __________________________________
Address _________________________________
_________________________________________
_________________________________________
Shade tree -- a tree used to provide shade to a
landscape area, building, or structure
VIRGINIA TREES
AND THEIR
_________________________________________
Signature of 4-H leader or forester
Rough lumber -- wood that is used in rough
construction, such as fencing, sheds, scaffolding, etc.
CHECKLIST OF
USES
(certifies completion)
_____________________________________
(including urban trees and
important forest plants)
Date ____________________________________
Shakes -- a rough shingle
*
Specimen tree -- a tree used to give ornamental or aesthetic interest to a landscape
For use with the 4-H tree
identification project.
Street tree -- a tree used in a median strip or
sidewalk planting area, usually very hardy
Beginner (10 trees)
Novice (25 trees)
Trim -- wood strips used to decorate or hide
edges, such as where a floor and wall come
together
Advanced (50 trees and plants)
Master (100 trees and plants)
Virginia 4-H Program
Veneer -- a thin layer of wood used to cover a
lower quality material
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Ginko Family
Ginko (specimen)
Pine Family
Eastern white pine (cabinets, lumber, specimen)
Loblolly pine (lumber, plywood, poles, shade)
Pitch pine (same as above)
Virginia pine (same as above)
Shortleaf pine (same as above)
Table-mountain pine (same as above)
Pond pine (same as above)
Longleaf pine (same as above)
Norway spruce (specimen)
Red spruce (lumber, pulpwood)
Eastern hemlock (lumber, pulp, specimen)
Elm Family
American elm (containers, furniture)
Winged elm (pest)
Slippery elm (containers, furniture)
Hackberry (firewood)
Japanese zelkova (street)
Mulberry Family
Red mulberry (posts, wildlife food)
Osage-orange (bows, dye, firewood)
Walnut Family
Black walnut (high-quality furniture)
Butternut (furniture)
Bitternut hickory (handles, implements)
Cypress or Cedar Family
Baldcypress (decay-resistant wood products)
Leyland cypress (wind screen)
Northern white-cedar (posts, shingles)
Atlantic white-cedar (posts, shingles)
Eastern redcedar (posts, storage chests)
Magnolia Family
Cucumbertree (cabinets, shade)
Saucer magnolia (specimen)
Southern magnolia (specimen)
Sweet bay (specimen)
Tulip tree (veneer, furniture, trim)
Custard-Apple Family
Pawpaw (fruit)
Laurel Family
Sassafras ( posts, rails, flavorings)
Sycamore Family
Sycamore (butcher blocks, boxes)
London planetree (shade, street)
Witch-Hazel Family
Sweetgum (flooring, pulp, baskets)
Shagbark hickory (handles, implements)
Mockernut hickory (handles, implements)
Pignut hickory (handles, implements)
Beech Family
Beech (flooring, furniture)
American chestnut (posts, paneling)
Chinese chestnut (specimen)
Chinkapin (food for game animals)
Northern red oak (veneer, furniture, shade)
Pin oak (construction, crossties, shade, street)
Scarlet oak (specimen, firewood)
Black oak (veneer, furniture)
Southern red oak (rough lumber, furniture, shade)
Blackjack oak (firewood)
Water oak (crossties, firewood)
Willow oak (crossties, rough lumber, street)
White oak (ship, furniture, flooring, shade)
Post oak (crossties, posts)
Swamp chestnut oak (lumber, veneer, baskets)
Chestnut oak (crossties, rough lumber, firewood)
Laurel oak (firewood)
Turkey oak ( firewood)
Live oak (shade, specimen)
Birch Family
River birch (furniture, shade, specimen)
Yellow birch (lumber, veneer)
Sweet birch (furniture, flavorings)
Paper birch (specimen)
Hophornbeam (posts, handles, implements)
Hornbeam or blue beech (handles, implements)
Maple Family
Norway maple (shade, street)
Sugar maple (furniture, syrup, shade)
Boxelder (firewood, specimen)
Silver maple (shade)
Red maple (shade, street)
Bitterwood Family
Linden Family
Basswood (woodenware, pulp, street)
Little-leaf linden (street)
Willow or Poplar Family
Eastern cottonwood (pulp, components)
Bigtooth aspen (pulp, components)
Black willow (boxes, crates, components)
Weeping willow (specimen)
Heath Family
Sourwood (specimen)
Ebony Family
Tree-of-heaven (pest)
Olive Family
White ash (furniture, baseball bats)
Green ash (shade, street)
Figwort Family
Paulownia tomentosa (cultural)
Trumpet-Creeper Family
Catalpa
Euphorbia Family
Chinese tallow tree (soaps, candles)
Persimmon (fruit)
Rose Family
Serviceberry (specimen)
Black cherry (furniture, handles, wildlife food)
Flowering crabapple (specimen)
Flowering pear (specimen, street)
Legumes
Goldenraintree (specimen)
Redbud (specimen)
Honey locust (crossties, shade)
Black locust (posts, firewood)
Dogwood Family
Blackgum (containers, pulp, firewood)
Dogwood (street, specimen)
Important Forest Plants
Alder
Poison ivy
Blackberry
Privet
Raspberry
Russian olive
Scotch broom
Spicebush
Strawberry bush
Sumac
Trumpet creeper
Wild azalea
Viburnum
Virginia creeper
Waxmyrtle
Witch-hazel
Wild grape
Blueberry
Devils walking stick
Autumn olive
Elderberry
Gallberry
Greenbrier
Hawthorn
Japanese honeysuckle
Kudzu
Morning glory
Mountain laurel
Buckeye Family
Buckeye (woodenware, pulp, specimen)
Multiflora rose
