Tree List

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Common Name

Scientific Name

Where Seen

Black Alder Leaves

Alnus glutinosa

Marsh Area

Cork Tree Leaves

Phellodendron amurense

Shade Tree Road Area

Arborvitae Leaves

Thujaoccidentalis ‘Pyramidalis’

Conifer Collection

Bald Cypress Knees

Taxodium disticum

Marsh Area, Visitors Center Area

Basswood Leaves

Tilia americana

Old Kerr Hollow Road

Beech Leaves

Fagus grandifolia

Found along many trails

Riverbirch Leaves

Betula nigra

Visitors Center Area

Sweet Birch Leaves

Betula lenta

Backwoods Trail, North Forest Loop Road

Roundleaf Birch Fruit

Betula uber

Visitors Center Area

Black Gum Leaves

Nyssa sylvatica

Found along many trails

Black Walnut Nuts

Juglans nigra

Program Shelter, Valley Drive

Black Willow Flower

Salix nigra

Along the banks of Scarborough Creek

Box Elder Leaves

Acer negundo

Valley Drive, Old Kerr Hollow Road

Red Buckeye Branch

Aesculus pavia

Visitors Center

Buckeye

Aesculus octandra

Marsh Area, Old Kerr Hollow Road

Northern Catalpa Beans

Catalpa speciosa

Arboretum Drive

Juniper Fruit

Juniperus virginiana

Old Kerr Hollow Road, Cemetery Ridge Trail

Japanese Cedar Fruit

Cryptomeria japonica

Conifer Collection

Pyramid Arborvitae Leavaes

Thujaoccidentalis ‘Elegantissima’

Conifer Collection

Black Cherry

Prunus serotina

Shade Tree Road Area, along many trails

Chestnut Fruit

Castanea dentata

No longer present

Chinese Chestnut Nuts

Castanea dentata

Visitors Center Area

Chinese Parasol Leaves

Firmiana simplex

Shade Tree Road Area

Cilician Fir Leaf

Abies cilicia

Dwarf & Unusual Conifer Collection

Hinokicypress

Chamaecyparis obtusa

Dwarf & Unusual Conifer Collection

Leyland Cypress Foliage

Cupressocyperus leylandii

Valley Road

Sawaracypress

Chamaecyparis pisifera

Conifer Collection

Dawn Redwood

Metasequoia glyptostroboides

Marsh Area/Central China Collection

Devils Walkingstick Leaf

Aralia spinosa

Marsh Road

Devilwood Flowers

Osmanthus americanus

Program Shelter area

Cornelan Cherry Flowers

Cornus mas

Arboretum Drive

Dogwood Flowering

Cornus florida

Found along many trails

Kousa

Cornus kousa

Arboretum Drive, Program Shelter Area

Douglas Fir Needles

Juniperus virginiana

Old Kerr Hollow Road, Cemetery Ridge Trail

Juniper Fruit

Juniperus virginiana

Old Kerr Hollow Road, Cemetery Ridge Trail

Japanese Elm Leaf

Ulmus davidiana var. japonica

Central China Collection in the Marsh Area

Rock Elm

Ulmus thomasii

Cemetery Ridge Trail

Slippery Elm

Ulmus rubra

Old Kerr Hollow Road

Wingedelm

Ulmus alata

Cemetery Ridge Trail

Fringe Tree Blooms

Chionanthus virginicus

Shade Tree Road Area

Ginkgo

Ginkgo biloba

Visitors Center, Marsh Road

Hackberry

Celtis occidentalis

Cemetery Ridge and Heath Cove trails

Hemlock

Tsuga caroliniana

Heath Cove Trail, Valley Drive

Hemlock

Tsuga canadensis

Heath Cove Trail, Valley Drive

Mockernut Hickory Fruit

Carya tomentosa

Oak-Hickory Trail

Pignut Hickory Leaves

Carya glabra

Oak-Hickory Trail

Shagbark Hickory Bark

Carya ovata

Backwoods Trail

Honey Locust

Gleditsia triacanthos

Marsh Road, Old Kerr Hollow Road

Hornbeam Branch

Carpinus caroliniana

Old Kerr Hollow Road

Hornbeam Branch

Carpinus betulus

Heath Cove Trail

Japanese Larch Needles

Larix kaempferia

Marsh Area

Japanese Nutmeg Cones

Torreya nucifera

Dwarf & Unusual Conifer Collection

Umbrella Tree

Sciadoitys verticella

Dwarf & Unusual Conifer Collection

Jujube Fruit

Ziziphus jujuba

Near the Juniper Collection

Katsura Leaves

Cercidiphyllum japonicum

Upper Valley Road area

Coffee Tree Flower

Gymnocladus dioicus

(Only root sprouts exist)

Little Linden Leaves

Tilia cordata

Shade Tree Road Area

Anderew Jackson Magnolia

Magnolia grandiflora

Visitors Center Area

Cucumber Tree

Magnolia acuminata

Visitors Center Area

Magnolia Acuminata

Magnolia sp.

Various Locations

Southern magnolia

Magnolia grandiflora

Magnolia Garden

Magnolia Tripetala

Magnolia tripetala

Tulip Poplar Trail, Old Kerr Hollow Road

Big Leaf Maple Leaf

Acer macrophyllum

Shade Tree Collectionea

Japanese Maple Fall Leaf

Acer plamatum ‘Atropurpureum’

Shade Tree Collection

Paperbark Maple Bark

Acer griseum

Visitors Center

Purpleblow Maple Spring

Acer truncatum

Shade Tree Road Area

Red Maple

Acer rubrum

Found along many trails

Purpleblow Maple Spring

Acer truncatum

Shade Tree Road Area

Mimosa Leaves

Albizia julibissin

Road to Met Tower

Chinese Ash Leaf

Sorbus koehneana

Marsh Road/Central China Collection

Red Mulberry Fruit

Morus rubra

Cemetery RidgeTrail, Old Kerr Hollow Road

Balck Oak Fall Leaf

Quercus velutina

Oak Hickory Trail and others

Black Jack Leaf

Quercus marilandica

Backwoods Trail

Bur Oak

Quercus macrocarpa

Program Shelter Area

Chestnut Oak Fall Leaf

Quercus montana

Lost Chestnut and Oak Hickory trails

Northern Red Oak Leaves

Quercus rubra

Oak-Hickory Trail

Post Oak Green Leaf

Quercus stellata

Marsh Road, Arboretum Drive

Sawtooth Oak Leaves

Quercus acutissima

Marsh Road

Scarlet Oak Fall Leaf

Quercus coccinea

Oak-Hickory Trail

Shingle Oak Leaves

Quercus imbricaria

Program Shelter Area

Southern Red Oak Leaves

Quercus falcata

Found along many trails

Water Oak Leaves

Quercus nigra

Marsh Area

White Oak Leaf

Quercus alba

Found along many trails

Osage Orange

Maclura pomifera

Edge of the Shade Tree collection

Pappaw Bug

Asimina triloba

Arboretum Drive , along several trails

Persimmon Fruit

Diospyros virginiana

Arboretum Drive

White Pine Needles

Pinus strobus

White Pine Trail, Rockpile Lead

Limber Pine Needeles

Pinus flexilis

Conifer Collection

Loblolly Pine Pollen

Pinus taeda

Arboretum Drive

Pitch Pine Needles

Pinus rigida

Program Shelter

Short Leaf Pine Cone

Pinus echinata

Arboretum Drive, Cemetery Ridge Trail

Spruce Pine

Pinus glabra

Marsh Area, near China Collection

Virginia Pine

Pinus virginiana

Oak Hickory and Cemetery Ridge Trails

Paulowina Flower

Paulownia tomentosa

Road to Met Tower

Quince Flower

Pseudocydonia sinensis

Shade Tree Road Area

Redbud

Cercis canadensis

Program Shelter Area

Sassafras Leaves

Sassafras albidum

Backwoods Trail, Arboretum Drive

Siebold Ash Flowers

Fraxinus sieboldiana

Shade Tree Collection

Silverbell

Halesia tetraptera

Marsh Area, Program Shelter Area

Sourwood Flowers

Oxydendrum arboreum

Found along many trails

Norway Spruce Needles

Picea abies

Tulip Poplar Trail Spur, Shade Tree Road Area, Old Kerr Hollow Road

Tiger Tail Spruce

Picea polita (torano)

Dwarf & Unusual Conifer Collectionrea

Sweetgum Leaf

Liquidambar styraciflua

Old Kerr Hollow Road, Backwoods Trail

Sycamore Fruit

Platanus occidentalis

Old Kerr Hollow Road, Marsh Road

Tree of Heaven Leaves

Ailanthus altissima

Road to Met Tower

Tulip Poplar Flowers

Liriodendron tulipifera

Tulip Poplar Trail and many other trails

White Fir Needles

Abies concolor

Conifer Collection

White Ash Leaves

Fraxinus americana

Various Trails

Yellow Wood Flowers

Cladrastis kentukea

Near Visitors Center Entrance