Can you add more information about the trees in City Park? Please send any BELFAST CITY PARK ARBORETUM feedback or comments about the arboretum to [email protected]. Department website: special thanks to Aleta McKeage, Cloe Chum, Ken Cleaves , Chris Campbell, and Elissa Stone. To find out more about The City Park Arboretum Project or to download this brochure, go to the Belfast Parks and RecreationThis brochure and the arboretum project were made possible by the generous support of the The MenigTrust, Friends of Belfast Parks, the Belfast Bay Watershed Coalition, and the GreenWays Center Ecology with a

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Belfast City Park has over 300 trees in the landscaped area, as well as forests, a stream, an ocean shoreline, and contains more than 65 species of trees. Many popular shrubs that grow in our area are also featured. You can use the map here to explore the park’s plants. Numbers on the map correspond to species listed on N the reverse. Signs throughout the park identify different trees and also provide interesting facts about each. Map not to scale. 1 Eastern white pine Pinus strobus 67 American elm ‘Princeton’* Ulmus americana ‘Princeton’ 132 Swamp white oak pair Quercus bicolor 2 Norway maple grove(5) Acer platanoides 68 Japanese maple Acer palmatum 133 Northern white cedar Thuja occidentalis 3 Crabapple allee Malus sp. 69 Flowering crabapple Malus ‘Prairiefire’ 134 Red maple Acer rubrum 4 Stewartia pseudomacamellia Stewartia pseudocamellia 70 White ash row Fraxinus americana 135 Littleleaf Linden pair Tilia cordata 5 Littleleaf linden Tilia cordata 71 Norway maple pair Acer platanoides 136 Northern white cedar Thuja occidentalis 6 Norway maple Acer platanoides 72 Sugar maple pair Acer saccharum 137 Red maple pair Acer rubrum 7 Horsechestnut Aesculus hippocastanum 73 Tartarian honeysuckle Lonicera tatarica 138 White ash Fraxinus americana 8 Kentucky yellowwood pair Cladrastis kentukea 74 Ninebark Physocarpus opulifolius 139 White spruce Picea glauca 9 Hydrangea-hasta-rhododendron garden 75 Showy border forsythia Forsythia intermedia 140 Dawn redwood Metasequoia glyptostroboides 10 Littleleaf linden Tilia cordata 76 Balsam fir Abies balsamea 141 Amur maackia pair Maackia amurensis 11 Flowering crabapple Malus sp. 77 Red pine grove Pinus resinosa 142 European Larch Larix decidua 12 Northern white cedar Thuja occidentalis 78 Comon lilac Syringa vulgaris 143 Eastern white pine grove (3) Pinus strobus 13 Horsechestnut Aesculus hippocastanum 79 Eastern white pine Pinus strobus 144 Common witch hazel Hammamelis virgianiana 14 American beech Fagus grandifolia 80 Eastern cottonwood Populus deltoides 145 Northern cedar grove Thuja occidentalis 15 Red pine Pinus resinosa 81 Norway spruce Picea abies 146 White ash pair Fraxinus americana 17 Horsechestnut Aesculus hippocastanum 82 Lilac row Syringa sp. 147 Paper birch Betula papyrifera 2020 Ed. 18 White ash Fraxinus americana 83 Eastern white pine Pinus strobus 148 Red maple Acer rubrum 19 Weeping european hornbeam Carpinus betulus ‘Pendula’ 84 American larch/Tamarack Larix laricina 149 Sawtooth Oak Quercus acutissima 20 Norway maple Acer platanoides 85 Paper birch Betula papyrifera 150 American basswood grove Tilia americana 21 Katsura tree Cercidiphyllum japonicum 86 Weeping european hornbeam Carpinus betulus ‘Pendula’ 151 Katsura tree Cercidiphyllum japonicum 22 Ural false spirea Sorbaria sorbifolia 87 Red maple row Acer rubrum 152 Pin oak Quercus palustris 23 Ginkgo* Ginkgo biloba 88 Winterberry holly Ilex verticilata 153** 24 Eastern white pine grove (5) Pinus strobus 89 Ninebark Physocarpus opulifolius 154 European larch Larix decidua 25 Northern red oak Quercus rubra 90 Silver maple Acer saccharinum 155 White ash grove Fraxinus americana 26 Red pine grove (7) Pinus resinosa 91 Shagbark hickory* Carya ovata 156 Northern white cedar grove Thuja occidentalis 27 Yellow birch Betula alleghaniensis 92 Eastern white pine pair Pinus strobus 157 Horsechestnut Aesculus hippocastanum 28 Norway maple grove (3) Acer platanoides 93 Sugar maple Acer saccharum 158** 29 American basswood grove Tilia americana 94 Goldern rain tree Koelreuteria paniculata 159 Paper birch Betula papyrifera 30 Northern red oak Quercus rubra 95 Paperbark maple Acer griseum 160 Horsechestnut pair Aesculus hippocastanum 31 Paper birch Betula papyrifera 96 Eastern cottonwood Populus deltoides 161 White ash Fraxinus americana 32 Big-tooth aspen Populus grandidentata 97 Black cherry & viburnum 162 Tulip poplar Lireodendron tulipifera 33 Wet meadow 98 Gray birch pair Betula populifolia 163 Japanese larch cultivar Larix kaempferi ‘Diana contorta’ 34 Northern white cedar Thuja occidentalis 99 Paper birch Betula papyrifera 164 European hornbeam Carpinus betulus

CITY PARK ARBORETUM KEY: COMMON & SCIENTIFIC NAMES SCIENTIFIC & COMMON KEY: ARBORETUM CITY PARK 35 Scots pine Pinus sylvestris 100 White ash Fraxinus americana 165 Pin oak Quercus palustris 36 Saucer magnolia Magnolia x soulangeana 101 Eastern white pine Pinus strobus 166 Red maple Acer rubrum 37 Norway spruce Picea abies 102 White ash Fraxinus americana 167 Red pine Pinus resinosa 38 White spruce Picea glauca 103 European larch Larix decidua 168 Sourwood Oxydendron arboreum 39 Eastern white pine (3) Pinus strobus 104 Red maple grove Acer rubrum 169 Eastern white pine pair Pinus strobus 40 Bur oak* Quercus macrocarpa 105 Swamp white oak Quercus bicolor 170 Kentucky coffeetree Gymnocladus dioicus 41 Circle garden 106 Northern catalpa Catalpa speciosa 171 Dawn redwood Metasequoia glyptostroboides 42 Red maple Acer rubrum 107 Norway spruce Picea abies 172 Silky dogwood Cornus amomum elfast’s City Park was first 43 Eastern white pine & N. white cedar boundary hedges 108 Red maple Acer rubrum 173 Nannyberry Viburnum lentago B 44 Pitch Pine* Acer saccharum 109 Eastern white pine Pinus strobus 174 American larch/Tamarack Larix laricina established in 1904 by the Belfast 45 Honey locust* Gleditsia triacanthos 110 Northern white cedar grove Thuja occidentalis 175 Littleleaf linden Tilia cordata Ladies Improvement Society and 46 Red maple Acer rubrum 111 Northern red oak Quercus rubra 176 Norway maple Acer platanoides was originally designed by Boston 47 Yellow birch* Betula alleghaniensis 112 Red pine Pinus resinosa 177 Paper birch Betula papyrifera Landscape Architect E.L Beard as a 48 White pine row Pinus strobus 113 White ash grove (4) Fraxinus americana 178 Horsechestnut pair Aesculus hippocastanum classic early 20th century pastoral park 49 Northern white cedar pair Thuja occidentalis 114 Red oak pair Quercus rubra 179 Ninebark Physocarpus opulifolius 50 White pine row Pinus strobus 115 Northern white cedar Thuja occidentalis 180 Littleleaf linden Tilia cordata similar to New York City’s Central 51 White pine Pinus strobus 116 Eastern white pine Pinus strobus 181 Panicled hydrangea ‘Pee Gee’ Hydrangea paniculata ‘Grandiflora’ Park. Over the decades that followed, 52 Sugar maple row Acer saccharum 117 Eastern white pine grove (4) Pinus strobus 182 Rhododendron grove (3) Rhododendron sp. the beautiful groves of native and exotic 53 White pine Pinus strobus 118 Red oak pair Quercus rubra 183 Magnolias sp. (2) Magnolia spp. trees matured, and many community 54 Red maple Acer rubrum 119 Black oak row Quercus velutina 184 Weeping european hornbeam Carpinus betulus ‘Pendula’ groups added gardens and trees of many 55 Norway maple pair Acer platanoides 120 American sycamore Platanus occidentalis 185 Siler maple Acer saccharinum 56 Yellow birch pair Betula alleghaniensis 121 Horsechestnut Aesculus hippocastanum 186 Northern white cedar Thuja occidentalis types. This long history has created a 57 European larch grove Larix decidua 122 Scarlet oak Quercus coccinea 187 Crabapple Malus sp. perfect setting for an arboretum. It is 58 White pine grove Pinus strobus 123 Tupelo tree Nyssa sylvatica 188 Lilac Syringa sp. a place where you can see and learn 59 Sugar maple Acer saccharum 124 Norway maple. Red Acer platanoides ‘schwedler’ 189 Red maple* Acer rubrum about many different tree species right 60 Kentucky coffeetree Gymnocladus dioicus 125 Amur maple Acer ginnala here in Belfast Maine! 61 White Pine Pinus strobus 126 Scarlet oak Quercus coccinea 62 White pine & northern white cedar row 127 Eastern white pines (3) Pinus strobus Please Note: * Denotes new tree to be planted 2021-2025 63 Norway spruce Picea abies 128 Red pine grove (5) Pinus resinosa ** Not all tree numbers are used due to tree mortality. New trees and shrubs may be 64 River birch pair Betula nigra 129 Yellow birch grove (4) Betula alleghaniensis added that are not on this list. 65 Horsechestnut pair Aesculus hippocastanum 130 Red maple Acer rubrum 66 Northern white cedar grove Thuja occidentalis 131 Veitch’s fir Abies veitchii