Lewiston’s State Tree Grove is located in Normal Hill Cemetery

Naming "State Trees"

The practice of naming "State Trees’ began in 1918 when Virginia’s state legislature selected the flowering dogwood as a tree representative of the state. Texas followed suit in 1919 by naming the pecan its state tree. Perhaps naming state trees was an idea ahead of its time because it was not until 1931 that Indiana selected the tulip tree to be its state tree. In1935, Idaho selected the Western White Pine and Pennsylvania selected the Eastern Hemlock.

Lewiston State Tree Grove

In 1992, students from Webster Elementary School selected the creation of a State Tree Grove as their Arbor Day Project. Under the supervision of Mike Bowman, Lewiston City Forester, the students wrote state foresters and asked for a seedling specimen of their state trees. Thirty-four trees were planted, representing the state trees of 46 states and the District of Columbia. Four states, Arizona, Florida, South Carolina, and Hawaii, are not represented in the state tree grove because their state trees are species that can not survive our Lewiston winters.

State Trees and their Scientific Names

1. Southern Pine ( Pinus spp.) Alabama, Arkansas, North Carolina

2. Sitka Spruce (Picea sitchensis) Alaska

3. California Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) California

4. Blue Spruce (Picea pungens) Colorado, Utah

5. White Oak (Quercus alba) Connecticut, Illinois, Maryland

6. American Holly (Ilex opaca) Delaware

7. Live Oak (Quercus virginiana) Georgia

8. Western White Pine (Pinus monticola) Idaho

9.Tuliptree (Liriodendron tulipifera) Indiana, Tennessee

10. Oak (Quercus spp.) Iowa

11. Cottonwood (Populus spp.) Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming

12. Kentucky Coffeetree (Gymnocladus dioicus) Kentucky

13. Baldcypress (taxodium distichum) Louisiana

14. Eastern White Pine (Pinus strobus) Maine, Michigan

15. American Elm (Ulmus americana) Massachusetts

16. Norway Pine (Pinus resinosa) Minnesota

17. Southern Magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora) Mississippi

18. Flowering Dogwood (Cornus flordia) Missouri, Virginia

19. Ponderoas Pine (Pinus Ponderosa) Montana

20. Single Leaf Pinyon (Pinus monophylla) Nevada

21. Paper Birch (Betula Papyrifera) New Hampshire

22. Northern Red Oak (Quercus Rubra) New Jersey

23. Pinyon Pine (Pinus edulis) New Mexico

24. Sugar Maple (Acer sccharum) New York, Vermont, West Virginia, Wisconsin

25. Burr Oak (Quercus macrocarpa) North Dakota

26. Ohio Buckeye (Aesculus glabra) Ohio

27. Eastern Redbud (Cercis canadensis) Oklahoma

28. Douglas Fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) Oregon

29. Eastern Hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) Pennsylvania

30. Red Maple (Acer rubrum) Rhode Island

31.White Spruce (Picea glauca) South Dakota

32. Pecan (Carya illinoensis) Texas

33. Western Hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla) Washington

State trees not represented in this planting

Palo Verde (Cercidium spp.) Arizona

Cabbage Palm (Sabal palmetto) Florida, South Carolina

Candlenut (Aleurites moluccana) Hawaii

State Record Trees

Two trees in the cemetery hold state records for size for their particular species. One is a blue ash, the other is a tulip tree. They are located in the Masonic Division and the IOOF Division.

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