Tree-lovin’ Nation

April means Arbor Day for most of the country. The national holiday is observed the last Friday in April (that’s tomorrow), but many states celebrate Arbor Days during their most appropriate planting season. For a state like Hawaii, that means observing Arbor Day in November!


Looking up under scarlet oak canopy

Scarlet oak, D.C.'s state tree

2012 Arbor Days

January 20: Florida (sabal palm); Louisiana (bald cypress)
February 9: Mississippi (southern magnolia)
February 17: Georgia (live oak)
February 19 to February 25: Alabama (longleaf pine)
March 7 to March 14: California (California redwood)
March 9: New Mexico (pinon); Tennessee (tulip poplar)
March 16: North Carolina (pine)
March 19: Arkansas (pine)
March 25 to March 31: Oklahoma (eastern redbud)
April 1 to April 7: Oregon (Douglas-fir)
April 4: Maryland (white oak)
April 6: Kentucky (tulip poplar); Missouri (flowering dogwood)
April 11: Washington (western hemlock)
April 13: West Virginia (sugar maple)
April 20: Colorado (blue spruce)
April 27: Arizona (paloverde); Connecticut (white oak); D.C. (scarlet oak); Delaware (American holly); Iowa (oak); Idaho (western white pine); Illinois (white oak); Indiana (tulip poplar); Kansas (cottonwood); Massachusetts (American elm);
Michigan (eastern white pine); Minnesota (red pine); Montana (ponderosa pine); Nebraska (cottonwood); Nevada (singleleaf pinon and bristlecone pine); New Hampshire (paper birch); New Jersey (northern red oak); New York (sugar maple); Ohio (Ohio buckeye); Pennsylvania (eastern hemlock); Rhode Island (red maple); South Dakota (Black Hills spruce); Texas (pecan); Utah (blue spruce); Virginia (flowering dogwood); Wisconsin (sugar maple)
April 30: Wyoming (cottonwood)
May 4: North Dakota (American elm); Vermont (sugar maple)
May 20 to May 26: Maine (eastern white pine)
May 21: Alaska (Sitka spruce)
November 2: Hawaii (kukui)
December 7: South Carolina (cabbage palmetto)

If you would like to view some of these trees, visit the U.S. National Arboretum’s Grove of State Trees to see 45 of the 50 official state trees or the U.S. Capitol grounds, where more than 30 state trees stand.

For more information on states’ Arbor Days and trees, visit the Arbor Day Foundation.

Flickr credit: Rushbypics

April 26, 2012 | Comments Off | Categories: Blog

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