THE STATE TREES

Each State has chosen a “state special tree”.

* 29 use broadleaf trees. * 19 use needleleaf trees. * 2 use palms

         State                            Tree                                     Percent

         Alabama                     Southern pine                      68% 

         Alaska                        Sitka spruce                         35%

         Arizona                       paloverde                             27%

         Arkansas                     pine                                      54%

         California                   California redwood             37%

         Colorado                     blue spruce                          32%

         Connecticut                white oak                             59%

         Delaware                    American holly                   31%

         Florida                        cabbage palmetto                48%

         Georgia                       live oak                                65%

         Hawaii                        kukui (candlenut)                43%

         Idaho                          Western white pine              41%

         Illinois                        white oak                             12%

         Indiana                        yellow poplar                      19%

         Iowa                            oak                                        6%

         Kansas                        cottonwood                           3%

         Kentucky                    Kentucky coffeetree            50%

         Louisiana                    bald cypress                         50%

         Maine                         Eastern white pine               89%

         Maryland                    white oak                             43%

         Massachusetts            American elm                      64%

         Michigan                    Eastern white pine               50%

         Minnesota                   red pine                                33%

         Missouri                     flowering dogwood             32%

         Montana                     ponderosa pine                    24%

         Nebraska                    cottonwood                        1%

         Nevada                       Singleleaf pinyon                13%

         New Hampshire         paper birch                          87%

         New Jersey                 Northern red oak                 42%

         New Mexico               pinyon                                 20%

         New York                   sugar pine                            62%

         North Carolina           pine                                      62%

         North Dakota              American elm                       1%

         Ohio                            Ohio buckeye                      30%

         Oklahoma                   Eastern redbud                     17%

         Oregon                        Douglas fir                          46%

         Pennsylvania              Eastern hemlock                  59%

         Rhode Island              red maple                             60%

         South Carolina           cabbage palmetto                64%

         South Dakota              white spruce                         3%

         Tennessee                   yellow poplar                      52%

         Texas                          pecan                                   11%

         Utah                            Blue spruce                          31%

         Vermont                     sugar maple                         77%

         Virginia                      flowering dogwood             63%

         Washington                Western hemlock                48%

         West Virginia             sugar maple                         79%

         Wisconsin                   sugar maple                         45%

         Wyoming                    plains cottonwood               16%

                                                                                     Source: Forest Service.

                                                                                      U.S. Department

                                                                                       Agriculture 1989

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