State Guides to Trees

State Guides to Trees — page 1 — Alabama Southern Longleaf Pine The favorite home of the rare red-cockaded woodpecker thrives in areas with long hot summers The wood from this tall pine was once used to build ships It now goes into ﬂ ooring Sap-to-Syrup Ratio It takes about 40 gallons 151 liters of sap extracted from the southern longleaf pine to make one gallon 3 79 liters of syrup But the sweet liquid you pour on pancakes is not all that comes from the pine Its wood has also been turned into the lanes you bowl on at the bowling alley Average Height 98 115 feet 29 87 35 05 meters Lifespan Year Adopted 300 years 1949 Scientiﬁ c Name Pinus palustris 4

State Guides to Trees — page 2 — Alaska Sitka Spruce A tolerance to salt spray allows the world’s largest-growing spruce to thrive close to the seashore Its high-grade lumber has been used to build airplanes Strumming with a Sitka A luthier is an artist that creates stringed instruments And luthiers prefer the Sitka spruce wood when crafting guitars The wooden planks on which pirates forced enemies to walk before they plunged into the water They too were made from Sitka wood Arrghh Average Height 160 feet 48 77 meters 700 years Lifespan Year Adopted 1962 Scientiﬁ c Name Picea sitchensis 5

State Guides to Trees — page 3 — Arizona Palo Verde Green bark and droopy branches reaching the ground liven up the Arizona desert A palo verde will often grow near a saguaro cactus the state ﬂ ower They All Hang Around This tree is quite an attraction to the animals of Arizona Among those that look for food and shelter around the palo verde are bighorn sheep mule deer and jackrabbits Many birds seek food or nest in its many branches Average Height 20 feet 6 09 meters Lifespan Year Adopted 100 400 years 1954 Scientiﬁ c Name Cercidium 6

State Guides to Trees — page 4 — Arkansas Pine The oddly named loblolly pine is often considered the state tree But the most common in Arkansas is the shortleaf pine These varieties of pine cover more than ﬁ ve million acres 2,023,428 hectares of forest land in this state Hello Morris Pine The most famous tree in southeastern Arkansas is the Morris Pine The ancient loblolly has served to greet visitors for more than 50 years It is estimated to have lived more than 300 years on the grounds of a forest near the town of Hamburg Average Height 98 115 feet 29 87 35 05 meters Lifespan Year Adopted 200 years 1939 Scientiﬁ c Name pinus family 7

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