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
Alaska Sitka spruce Picea sitchensis 1962
American Samoa None
Arizona Blue palo verde Parkinsonia florida 1954
Arkansas Loblolly pine Pinus taeda 1939
California Coast redwood Sequoia sempervirens 1937
Giant sequoia Sequoiadendron giganteum
Colorado Colorado blue spruce Picea pungens 1939
Connecticut White oak
(See also: Charter Oak)
Quercus alba 1947
Delaware American holly Ilex opaca 1939
District of Columbia Scarlet oak Quercus coccinea 1960
Florida Sabal palm Sabal palmetto 1953
Georgia Southern live oak Quercus virginiana 1937
Guam Ifit (Pacific teak) Intsia bijuga 1969
Hawaii Candlenut tree (kukui) Aleurites moluccanus 1959
Idaho Western white pine Pinus monticola 1935
Illinois White oak Quercus alba 1973
Indiana Tulip tree Liriodendron tulipifera 1931
Iowa Oak (variety unspecified) Quercus spp. 1961
Kansas Eastern cottonwood Populus deltoides 1937
Kentucky Tulip poplar Liriodendron tulipifera 1994
Louisiana Bald cypress Taxodium distichum 1963
Maine Eastern white pine Pinus strobus 1945
Maryland White oak
(See also: Wye Oak)
Quercus alba 1941
Massachusetts American elm Ulmus americana 1941
Michigan Eastern white pine Pinus strobus 1955
Minnesota Red pine (aka Norway pine) Pinus resinosa 1953
Mississippi Southern magnolia Magnolia grandiflora 1952
Missouri Flowering dogwood Cornus florida 1955
Montana Ponderosa pine Pinus ponderosa 1949
Nebraska Eastern cottonwood Populus deltoides 1972
Nevada Single-leaf pinyon Pinus monophylla 1959
Great Basin bristlecone pine Pinus longaeva 1987
New Hampshire American white birch Betula papyrifera 1947
New Jersey Northern red oak Quercus rubra 1950
New Mexico PiƱon pine Pinus edulis 1949
New York Sugar maple Acer saccharum 1956
North Carolina Pine Pinus 1963
North Dakota American elm Ulmus americana 1947
Northern Mariana Islands Flame tree Delonix regia 1979
Ohio Ohio buckeye Aesculus glabra 1953
Oklahoma Eastern redbud Cercis canadensis 1971
Oregon Douglas fir Pseudotsuga menziesii 1939
Pennsylvania Eastern hemlock Tsuga canadensis 1931
Puerto Rico Ceiba (unofficial) Ceiba pentandra
Rhode Island Red maple Acer rubrum 1964
South Carolina Sabal palm Sabal palmetto 1939
South Dakota Black Hills spruce Picea glauca
var. densata
1947
Tennessee Tulip-tree Liriodendron tulipifera 1947
Texas Pecan Carya illinoinensis 1919
United States Virgin Islands None
Utah Quaking aspen Populus tremuloides 2014
Vermont Sugar maple Acer saccharum 1949
Virginia Flowering dogwood Cornus florida 1956
Washington Western hemlock Tsuga heterophylla 1947
West Virginia Sugar maple Acer saccharum 1949
Wisconsin Sugar maple Acer saccharum 1949
Wyoming Plains cottonwood Populus deltoides monilifera 1947, amended 1961