Our Arboretum’s Trees

Here you will find a chronological list (by time the tree was added to the grounds) of all the various tree species we have within our Arboretum. There is an accompanying photo of a mature specimen, the tree species name, the specific cultivar (where available), and date (sometimes approximate) added to the arboretum.

To left is a Tree Guide provided by the Arbor Day Foundation and a Tree Look Up provided by the Morton Arboretum to offer assistance for any questions related to trees

Red Maple

Acer rubrum

Added ~1950

Hackberry

Acer saccharum

Added ~1980

Redbud

Cercis canadensis

Arbor Day Foundation, Added 2017

Black Walnut

Juglans nigra

Wild across the creek, Added 2019

Pin Oak

Quercus palustris

Arbor Day Foundation Added 2019

Osage Orange

Maclura pomifera

Great Plains Nursery, Added 2021

Olive Tree

Olea europaea 'Arbequina’

Sam’s Club, Added 2022

Chestnut Oak

Quercus montana

Planted from seed, Added 2023

Hybrid American Chestnut

Castanea dentata ‘Hybrid’

Green Thumbs Garden, Added 2023

Sugar Maple

Acer saccharum

Added ~1950

Spring Snow Crabapple

Malus ‘spring snow’

Lowe’s, Added 2016

Two dog woods

Acer saccharum

Arbor Day Foundation Added 2019

Northern Red Oak

Quercus rubra

Wild/volunteer, Added 2019

Sassafras

Sassafras albidum

Wild/transplanted Added 2020

Sycamore

Platanus occidentalis

Wild/transplanted, Added 2021

Shagbark Hickory

Carya ovata

Wild/transplanted, Added 2022

Pignut Hickory

Carya glabra

Wild/transplanted, Added 2023

Black Willow

Salix nigra

Rooted cuttings, Added 2023

Silver Maple

Acer Saccharinum

Added ~1950

Red Splendor Crabapple

Malus ‘red splendor’

Lowe’s, Added 2016

Red Tree end of Crabs

Acer saccharum

Lowe’s, Added 2019

White Oak

Quercus alba

Wild/volunteer, Added 2019

The Beast Hazelnut

Corylus avellana x americana

Great Plains Nursery & ZZ’s Nutty Ridge, Added 2020 and 2021

Eastern Cottonwood

Populus deltoides

Wild/transplanted, Added 2021

Ohio Buckeye

Aesculus glabra

Planted from seed, Added 2022

Bitternut Hickory

Carya cordiformis

WIld/transplanted, Added 2023

Crepe Myrtle

Lagerstroemia indica ‘Pink Velour

Ty Ty Nursery, Coming Soon Spring 2024

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