Botanical
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Tree and Shrub Species
The following tree and shrub species have been inventoried on site, many of which have been identified with botanical signage, either as specimens or as species indicative of the various ecosystems mentioned.
Acer japonicum - Japanese maple
Acer rubrum - red maple
Albizia julibrissin - silk tree
Betula papyfera - white birch, paper birch, canoe birch
Betula populifolia - gray birch
Caragana species - peashrub
Chionanthus virginicus - white fringetree
Cladrastis kentukea - American yellowwood
Cornus florida - American dogwood
Cryptomeria japonica - Japanese cedar
Fagus Americana - American green beech
Fagus sylvatica "Cuprea" - copper beech
Fagus sylvatica 'Laciniata' or 'Asplenifolia' - European beech cultivar
Fagus sylvatica 'Pendula' - weeping beech
Fraxinus pennsylvanica - green or red ash
Gleditsia triacanthos - honey locust Ilex crenata - Japanese holly
Ilex cornuta - Chinese holly
Ilex opaca - American holly
Liriodendron tulipifera - tulip tree
Magnolia x soulangeana - saucer magnolia
Magnolia stellata - star magnolia
Metasequoia gyptostroboides - dawn redwood
Nyssa sylvatica - tupelo
Oxydendron arboreum - sourwood
Prunus serotina - black cherry
Prunus species - flowering cherries
Quercus alba - white oak
Quercus palustris - pin oak
Quercus robur - English oak
Quercus rubra - red oak
Quercus velutina - black oak
Robinia pseudoacacia - black locust
Rhododendron species - some Dexter hybrids
Sciadopitys verticillata - Japanese umbrella pine
Stewartia pseudocamellia - Stewartia
Tilia cordata – littleleaf linden
Pinus rigida - pitch pine
Pinus strobes - white pine
Picea - spruce species
Platanus occidentalis - sycamore
Populus alba - White poplar
Vaccinium corymbosum - highbush blueberry
Viburnum dentatum - arrow wood