TREES available to request in the Friends of Metro Parks Commemorative Tree & Bench Program

Scientific name Common name Scientific name Common name Abies balsamaea Fir, Balsam Larix laricina Larch, Tamarack Abies concolor Fir, White Lindera benzoin Spicebush Acer negundo Maple, Box Elder Liquidamber styraciflua Sweetgum Acer rubrum Maple, Red Liriodendron tulipfera Tulip Poplar Acer saccharinum Maple, Silver Maclura pomifera Osage Orange Acer saccharum Maple, Sugar Magnolia acuminata Cucumber magnolia Aesculus glabra Buckeye, Ohio Nyssa sylvatica Blackgum Aesculus octandra Buckeye, Yellow Ostrya viginiana Ironwood Alnus glutinosa Alder, Common Oxydendron arboream Sourwood Alnus rugosa Alder, Speckled Parthenosisis quinquefolia Virginia Creeper Amelanchier arborea Serviceberry, Shadblow Picea abies Spruce, Norway Amelanchier canadensis Serviceberry, Downy Picea glauca Spruce, White Amelanchier laevis Serviceberry Allegheny Picea mariana Spruce, Black Amopha frutocosa Indigo, False Picea pungens Spruce, Colorado Aralia spinosa Devils-walkingstick Picea rubens Spruce, Red Aronia arbutifolia Chokeberry, Red Pinus nigra Pine, Austrian Aronia melancarpa Chokeberry, Black Pinus resinosa Pine, Red Asimina triloba Pawpaw Pinus rigida Pine, Pitch Betula lenta Birch, Yellow Pinus strobus Pine, White Betula lutea Birch, Sweet Pinus sylvestris Pine, Scots Betula nigra Birch, River Pinus virginiana Pine, Virginia Buddeia davidii Butterfly Bush Platanus acerifolia Sycamore, London Plane Campsis radicans Trumpet Creeper Platanus occidentalis Sycamore, American Carpinus caroliniana Blue Beech Populus deltiodes Cottonwood Carya cordiformis Hickory, Bitternut Populus grandidentata Bigtooth Aspen Carya glabra Hickory, Pignut Prunus americana Wild Plum Carya laciniosa Hickory, Shellbark Prunus serotina Wild Blackcherry Carya ovata Hickory, Shagbark Prunus virginana Common chokecherry Carya tomentosa Hickory, Mockernut Quercus alba Oak, White Catalpa speciosa Catalpa Quercus bicolor Oak, Swamp White Celtis occidentalis Hackberry Quercus coccinea Oak, Scarlet Cephalanthus occidentalis Buttonbush Quercus imbricaria Oak, Shingle Cercis canadensis Red Bud Quercus macrocarpa Oak, Burr Cladrastis lutea Yellowwood Quercus montana Oak, Chestnut Cornus alternifolia Dogwood, Alternate Leaf Quercus muhlenbergii Oak, Chinquapin Cornus amomum Dogwood, silky Quercus palustris Oak, Pin Cornus florida Dogwood, Flowering Quercus rubra Oak, Northern Red Cornus racemosa Dogwood, Gray Quercus shumardii Oak, Shumards Cornus sericea Dogwood, Redosier Quercus stellata Oak, Post Cornus stonlonifera Red twig Dogwood Quercus velutina Oak, Black Corylus americana Hazel Rhododenron species Rhododendron Crataegus species Hawthorn Rhus aromatica Sumac, Aromatic Dispyros virginiana Persimmon Rhus copallina Sumac, Winged Euonymus americanus Euonymus, American Rhus glabra Sumac, Smooth Euonymus purpureus Euonymus, Wahoo Rhus typhina Sumac, Staghorn Fagus grandifolia American Beech Robinia pseudoacacia Locust, Black Fraxinus americana Ash, Green Salix exigua Willow, Sandbar Fraxinus nigra Ash, White Salix nigra Willow, Black Fraxinus pennsylvanica Ash, Black Sambucus canadensis Elderberry Fraxinus quadrangulata Ash, Blue Sassafrass albidum Sassafras Ginko biloba Ginkgo Staphylea trifolia Bladdernut Gleditsia tricanthos Locust, Honey Symphoricarpos orbiculatus Coralberry Gleditsia tricanthos var inermis Locust,Thornless Honey Taxodium distichum Bald Cypress Gymnocladus diocia Kentucky Coffee Tree Thuja occidentalis Arborvitae, White cedar Hamamelis virginiana Witchhazel Tilia americana Basswood Hydrangea quercifolia Oakleaf hydrangea Tsuga canadensis Hemlock Ilex glabra (female) Inkberry Ulmus americana Elm, American Ilex glabra (male) Inkberry Ulmus rubra Elm, Red Ilex opaca (female) American Holly Viburnum acerifolium Viburnum, Mapleleaf Ilex opaca (male) American Holly Viburnum alnifolium Viburnum, Hobblebush Ilex verticillata (female) Winterberry Viburnum dentatum Viburnum,Arrowwwod Ilex verticillata (male) Winterberry Viburnum lentago Vibunum, Nannyberry Itea virginica Virginia Sweetspire Viburnum prunifoilium Viburnum, BlackHaw Juglans cinerea Walnut, White Viburnum trilobum Viburnum, American Juglans nigra Walnut, Black Cranberrybush Juniperus viginiana Juniper, Eastern Red Cedar Zanthoxylum americanum Prickly Ash