We provide several different options to assist in identifying Pennsylvania's trees. Our current approach includes identifying online resources, books, and field guides. As with everything on Trees of PA, we fully expect much will change as we hear from our registered users.

Online Resources

Arbor Day Foundation Tree Identification Guides

• Eastern & Central Tree Identification - An online step-by-step guide to identifying trees.
• What Tree is That? - "You can identify most trees by studying their leaves, seeds, and fruit. This animation will help you learn to identify these characteristics and take a “step-by-step” approach to arrive at the name of your tree."
• Tree Identification Booklets - " This tree identification booklet provides the opportunity to identify many of the popular trees in the United States."

About.com: Forestry

• Tree Anatomy & Identification - "identify and name the 100 most common of 700 tree species that are native to North America."

PA DCNR Bureau of Forestry

• Common Trees of Pennsylvania - "This selection of 57 native, and 5 introduced trees is organized according to leaf shape and arrangement. Each tree is identified by popular name familiar to Pennsylvanians and its complete scientific name."

Books & Field Guides

Note: We hope to develop specific recommendations on books and field guides with user input. If you have specific recommendations on the best resources for identifying Pennsylvania's trees, please comment below.

Field Guides

• Trees of Pennsylvania Field Guide by Stan Tekiela
• National Audubon Society Fied Guide to North American Trees - Eastern Region
• National Geographic Field Guide to Trees of North America by Keith Rushforth and Charles Hollis
• Trees of North America: A Guide to Field Identification, Revised and Updated by C. Frank Brockman and Rebecca Marrilees
• A Field Guide to Eastern Trees (Peterson Field Guides) by George A. Petrides, Janet Wehr, and Roger Tory Peterson

Books - General References

• Trees of Pennsylvania: A Complete Reference Guide by Ann Fowler Rhoads, Timothy A. Block, and Anna Anisko
• Trees of Pennsylvania and the Northeast by Charles Fergus

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