---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 305"
title: "36"
title_heading: "Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations"
number: "305"
heading: "National tree"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/36/305"
units:
  - "Subtitle I — Patriotic and National Observances and Ceremonies"
  - "Part A — Observances and Ceremonies"
  - "Chapter 3 — National Anthem, Motto, Floral Emblem, March, Tree, and Bird"
---

# §305. National tree


The tree genus Quercus, commonly known as the oak tree, is the national tree.


## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 108–447, div. J, title I, § 109(a), Dec. 8, 2004, 118 Stat. 3344.)