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 cordatalittleleaf 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