History: State Trees

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!Introduction
{img type="fileId" fileId="352" thumb="box" width="160" align="left"}You are viewing the "State Trees" section from the book title "((American Woods (Forward)|American Woods))" by Shelley E. Schoonover. The table below is a representation of our states official and or adopted trees from the publish date of 1951. 
You may notice that the state of Alaska is not represented in the table below, since statehood was approved by Congress on July 7, 1958. Alaska was officially proclaimed a state on January 3, 1959.
Also Hawaii is not included in the states list below, statehood was granted on August 21, 1959, 8 years after the publishing of American Woods.

__Legend and Definitions__
"Spp." is the abbreviation for "species." It means that the author is referring to all species in that given genus. Often it is also used when the author doesn't know the specific species but knows that it is in a certain genus; i.e., there are many plants in the genus Salvia, and they can all be lumped together in Salvia spp.{FOOTNOTE(tag="spp")}What Does the Spp. at the End of a Botanical Name Mean? - Extension. http://articles.extension.org/pages/36552/what-does-the-spp-at-the-end-of-a-botanical-name-mean Accessed 6 July 2018.
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(a)	Officially designated by legislative action.
(b)	Selected by popular vote of the people or unofficially recognized.
(c)	Prominent tree growing within the State.

{FANCYTABLE(head=" State | Common Name | Botanical Name | Year Adopted" sortable="y")}Alabama|(c) ((Slash Pine|Slash Pine))|Pinus caribaea|
Arizona|(c) Honey Mesquite|Prosopis fuliflora|
Arkansas|(a) Pine|Pinus spp.|1939
California|(a) ((Redwood|Coast Redwood)) ("California Redwood")|Sequoia sempervirens|4/3/37
Colorado|(a) Colorado Blue Spruce|Picea pungens var. glauca|1939
Connecticut|(a) White Oak|Quercus alba|1947
Delaware|(a) American Holly ("Holly")|Ilex opaca|1939
District of Columbia|(c) American Sycamore and Black Cherry|Platanus occidentalis & Prunus serotina|
Florida|(b) Cabbage Palmetto ("Cabbage Palm")|Quercus virginiana |1931
Georgia|(a) Live Oak|Quercus virginiana|1937
Idaho|(a) ((Western White Pine|Western White Pine))|Pinus monticola|2/13/35
Illinois|(a) Oak ("Native Oak")|Quercus spp.|1937
Indiana|(a) Yellow Poplar ("Tulip Tree")|Liriodendron tulipifera|1931
Iowa|(c) Black Walnut|Juglans nigra|
Kansas|(a) Cottonwood|Populus spp.|1937
Kentucky|(b) Yellow Popular ("Tuliptree")|Liriodendron tulipifera|
Louisiana|(a) Southern Magnolia ("Evergreen") Englemann|Magnolia grandiflora|2/8/38
Maine|(b) ((Eastern White Pine|Eastern White Pine)) ("Pine")|Pinus strobus|
Maryland|(a) White Oak|Quercus alba|6/1/41
Massachusetts|(a) American Elm|Ulmus americana|March, 1941
Michigan|(b) Apple|Malus pumila|
Minnesota|(b) ((Eastern White Pine|Eastern White Pine))|Pinus strobus|
Mississippi|(a) Southern Magnolia ("Evergreen")|Magnolia grandiflora|2/8/38
Missouri|(a) Engelmann Hawthorn ("Red Haw")|Crataegus engelmanni|1931
Montana|(b) ((Ponderosa Pine|Ponderosa Pine))|Pinus ponderosa|
Nebraska|(c) Eastern Cottonwood|Populus deltoides|
Nevada|(c) Single Leaf Pinyon Pine|Pinus monophylla|
New Hampshire|(c) White Birch|Betula lutea|
New Jersey|(c) ((Atlantic White-Cedar|Atlantic White Cedar))|Chamaecyparis thyoides|
New Mexico|(c) ((Pinyon Pine|Pinyon Pine))|Pinus edulis|
New York|(b) Sugar Maple|Acer saccharophorum|
North Carolina|(b) Yellow Poplar ("Tulip Tree")|Piriodendron tulipifera|
North Dakota|(b) Green Ash|Fraxinum pennsylvanica var. lanceolata|
Ohio|(b) Ohio Buckeye ("Buckeye")|Aesculus glabra|
Oklahoma|(a) Eastern Redbud ("Redbud Tree")|Cercis canadensis|3/30/37
Oregon|(a) ((Douglas Fir|Douglas Fir))|Pseudotsuga taxifolia|3/7/39
Pennsylvania|(a) ((Eastern Hemlock|Eastern Hemlock)) ("Hemlock")|Tsuga canadensis|1931
Rhode Island|(a) Maple|Acer spp.|April, 1984
South Carolina|(a) Cabbage Palmetto ("Palmetto")|Sabal palmetto|1939
South Dakota|(b) Cottonwood|Populus spp.|
Tennessee|(b) ((Eastern Redcedar|Eastern Red Cedar))|Juniperus virginiana|
Texas|(a) ((Pecan|Pecan)) ("Pecan Tree")|Carya illinoensis (syn. Hicoria pecan)|1919 & 3/25/27
Utah|(a) Colorado Blue Spruce|Picea pungens var. glauca|2/20/33
Vermont|(b) Sugar Maple|Acer saccharophorum|
Virginia|(a) Flowering Dogwood|Cornus florida|1918
Washington|(a) ((Western Hemlock|Western Hemlock))|Tsuga heterophylla|1947
West Virginia|(a) White Oak|Quercus alba|1935
Wisconsin|(b) Sugar Maple|Acer saccharophorum|
Wyoming|(c) ((Lodgepole Pine|Lodgepole Pine))|Pinus contorta var. latifolia|
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