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This is the List of U.S. state trees includes official trees of the following states and U.S. possessions:

State	State tree	Binomial nomenclature	Image	Year
Alabama	Longleaf Pine	Pinus palustris		1949 clarified 1997[1]
Alaska	Sitka Spruce	Picea sitchensis
Arizona	Blue Palo Verde	Parkinsonia florida
Arkansas	Loblolly Pine	Pinus taeda
California	Coast Redwood and Giant Sequoia	Sequoia sempervirens and Sequoiadendron giganteum
Colorado	Colorado Blue Spruce	Picea pungens
Connecticut	White Oak "See Also: Charter	Quercus alba
District of Columbia	Scarlet Oak	Quercus coccinea
Delaware	American Holly	Ilex opaca
Florida	Cabbage Palmetto	Sabal palmetto
Georgia	Southern Live Oak	Quercus virginiana
Guam	Ipil	Intsia bijuga
Hawaii	Kukui nut tree	Aleurites moluccana
Idaho	Western White Pine	Pinus monticola
Illinois	White Oak	Quercus alba
Indiana	Tulip-tree	Liriodendron tulipifera		1931
Iowa	Bur Oak	Quercus macrocarpa
Kansas	Eastern Cottonwood	Populus deltoides
Kentucky	Tulip Poplar	Liriodendron tulipifera		[2]
Louisiana	Bald Cypress	Taxodium distichum
Maine	Eastern White Pine	Pinus strobus
Maryland	White Oak (see also: Wye Oak)	Quercus alba
Massachusetts	American Elm	Ulmus americana		1808
Michigan	Eastern White Pine	Pinus strobus
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
Nevada	Single-leaf Pinyon & Bristlecone pine	Pinus monophylla & Pinus longaeva
New Hampshire	American White Birch	Betula papyrifera
New Jersey	Northern Red Oak	Quercus rubra
New Mexico	Piñon Pine	Pinus edulis		1949[3]
New York	Sugar Maple	Acer saccharum
North Carolina	Longleaf Pine	Pinus Palustris		1963[4]
North Dakota	American Elm	Ulmus americana		2007
Northern Marianas	Flame Tree	Delonix regia
Ohio	Ohio Buckeye	Aesculus glabra
Oklahoma	Eastern Redbud	Cercis canadensis
Oregon	Douglas-fir	Pseudotsuga menziesii
Pennsylvania	Eastern Hemlock	Tsuga canadensis
Puerto Rico	Silk-cotton Tree	Ceiba pentandra
Rhode Island	Red Maple	Acer rubrum
South Carolina	Sabal Palmetto	Sabal palmetto		1939[5]
South Dakota	Black Hills Spruce	Picea glauca var. densata		1947[6]
Tennessee	Tulip-tree	Liriodendron tulipifera
Texas	Pecan	Carya illinoinensis		1919
Utah	Blue Spruce	Picea pungens		1933[7]
Vermont	Sugar Maple	Acer saccharum
Virginia	Flowering dogwood	Cornus florida
Washington	Western Hemlock	Tsuga heterophylla		[8]
West Virginia	Sugar Maple	Acer saccharum
Wisconsin	Sugar Maple	Acer saccharum
Wyoming	Plains Cottonwood	Populus deltoides subsp. monilifera

See also

• Lists of U.S. state insignia
• National Grove of State Trees
• National Register of Big Trees

References

1. ^ "Official Alabama Tree". Alabama Emblems, Symbols and Honors. Alabama Department of Archives & History. 2003-11-06. http://www.archives.state.al.us/emblems/st_tree.html. Retrieved 2007-03-22.  
2. ^ http://www.lrc.ky.gov/krs/002%2D00/095.pdf KRS002.095
3. ^ "New Mexico Secretary of State: KID'S Corner". http://www.sos.state.nm.us/KidsCorner/StateSymbols.html. Retrieved 2009-05-09.  
4. ^ "State tree". North Carolina General Statutes § 145‑3. http://www.ncleg.net/enactedlegislation/statutes/html/bysection/chapter_145/gs_145-3.html.  
5. ^ "South Carolina Statehouse student web page". http://www.scstatehouse.net/studentpage/tree.htm. Retrieved 2007-07-15.  
6. ^ "South Dakota State symbols and emblems". http://www.netstate.com/states/symb/sd_symb.htm. Retrieved 2008-10-20.  
7. ^ Utah State Tree - Blue Spruce from pioneer.utah.gov "Pioneer - Utah's Online Library" page. Retrieved on 2008-09-08
8. ^ "Symbols of Washington State". Washington State Legislature. http://www1.leg.wa.gov/Legislature/StateSymbols/. Retrieved 2007-03-11.  

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