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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.

Statefederal districtor territoryCommon nameScientific nameImageYear
AlabamaLongleaf pinePinus palustris1949clarified 1997
AlaskaSitka sprucePicea sitchensis1962
American SamoaNone
ArizonaBlue palo verdeParkinsonia florida1954
ArkansasLoblolly pinePinus taeda1939
CaliforniaCoast redwoodSequoia sempervirens1937
Giant sequoiaSequoiadendron giganteum
ColoradoColorado blue sprucePicea pungens1939
ConnecticutWhite oak(See also: Charter Oak)Quercus alba1947
DelawareAmerican hollyIlex opaca1939
District of ColumbiaScarlet oakQuercus coccinea1960
FloridaSabal palmSabal palmetto1953
GeorgiaSouthern live oakQuercus virginiana1937
GuamIfit (Pacific teak)Intsia bijuga1969
HawaiiCandlenut tree (kukui)Aleurites moluccanus1959
IdahoWestern white pinePinus monticola1935
IllinoisWhite oakQuercus alba1973
IndianaTulip treeLiriodendron tulipifera1931
IowaOak (variety unspecified)Quercus spp.1961
KansasEastern cottonwoodPopulus deltoides1937
KentuckyTulip-treeLiriodendron tulipifera
LouisianaBald cypressTaxodium distichum1963
MaineEastern white pinePinus strobus1945
MarylandWhite oak(See also: Wye Oak)Quercus alba1941
MassachusettsAmerican elmUlmus americana1941
MichiganEastern white pinePinus strobus1955
MinnesotaRed pine (aka Norway pine)Pinus resinosa1953
MississippiSouthern magnoliaMagnolia grandiflora1952
MissouriFlowering dogwoodCornus florida1955
MontanaPonderosa pinePinus ponderosa1949
NebraskaEastern cottonwoodPopulus deltoides1972
NevadaSingle-leaf pinyonPinus monophylla1959
Great Basin bristlecone pinePinus longaeva1987
New HampshireAmerican white birchBetula papyrifera1947
New JerseyNorthern red oakQuercus rubra1950
New MexicoPiñon pinePinus edulis1949
New YorkSugar mapleAcer saccharum1956
North CarolinaPinePinus1963
North DakotaAmerican elmUlmus americana1947
Northern Mariana IslandsFlame treeDelonix regia1979
OhioOhio buckeyeAesculus glabra1953
OklahomaEastern redbudCercis canadensis1971
OregonDouglas firPseudotsuga menziesii1939
PennsylvaniaEastern hemlockTsuga canadensis1931
Puerto RicoCeiba (unofficial)Ceiba pentandra
Rhode IslandRed mapleAcer rubrum1964
South CarolinaSabal palmSabal palmetto1939
South DakotaBlack Hills sprucePicea glaucavar. densata1947
TennesseeTulip-treeLiriodendron tulipifera1947
TexasPecanCarya illinoinensis1919
United States Virgin IslandsNone
UtahQuaking aspenPopulus tremuloides2014
VermontSugar mapleAcer saccharum1949
VirginiaFlowering dogwoodCornus florida1956
WashingtonWestern hemlockTsuga heterophylla1947
West VirginiaSugar mapleAcer saccharum1949
WisconsinSugar mapleAcer saccharum1949
WyomingPlains cottonwoodPopulus deltoides monilifera1947, amended 1961

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References

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