Deerwood Arboretum
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Species No. Common Name Scientific Name Species No. Common Name Scientific Name Tree Identification 1 Sweetbay Magnolia Magnolia virginiana 33 Black Walnut Juglans nigra 2 Sycamore Plantanus accidentalis 34 Bur Oak Quercus macrocarpa Trail Guide 35 Black Oak Quercus velutina 3 White Ash Fraxinus Americana 36 Carolina Silverbell Halesia tetraptera 4 American Sweetgum Liquidambar styraciflua Trees are among the largest and 37 Sourwood Oxydendrum arboreum 5 Sugar Maple Acer saccharum most useful plants on earth. Col- 38 American Yellowwood Cladrastis kentukea 6 Flowering Dogwood Cornus florida lectively, trees comprise forests 39 Eiropean Beech Fagus sylvatica 7 Common Baldcypress Taxodium distichum 40 Tree Of Heaven Ailanthus altissima that provide food, shelter and in- 8 Red Maple Acer rubrum 41 Black Willow Salix nigra numerable benefits for native 9 Eastern Redbud Cercis Canadensis 42 Eastern Cottonwood Populous deltoids wildlife and humans alike. From 10 Tulip Poplar Liriodendron tulipifera 43 Thornless Common Honeylo- Gleditsia triacanthos var.inermis cust the Smokey Mountains in East 11 Common Hackberry Celtis occidentalis 44 Willow Oak Quercus phellos Tennessee to the Mississippi River 12 Bitternut Hickory Carya cordiformis 45 American Elm Ulmus Americana in the West, few states have as 13 Eastern White Pine Pinus strobus 46 Swamp Dogwood Cornus foemina many tree species as Tennessee. 14 River Birch Betula nigra 47 Common Pawpaw Asimina triloba Because forests and trees were so 15 Black Cherry Prunus serotina 48 Shellbark Hickory Carya laciniosa important in the development of 49 Shingle Oak Quercus imbricaria 16 Eastern Hemlock Tsuga Canadensis the State and contribute so much 17 Pin Oak Quercus palustris 51 Blackhaw Viburnum Viburnum prunifolium 51 Post Oak Quercus stellate to our present wealth and pros- 18 Virginia Pine Pinus virginiana 52 Overcup Oak Quercus lyrata perity, Tennesseans ought to be 19 Northern Red Oak Quercus rubra 53 Red Mullberry Morus rubra able to recognize trees that grow 20 Shumard Oak Quercus shumardii 54 Blackjack Oak Quercus marilandica here, especially native species. 21 American Holly Llex opaca 55 Water Oak Quercus nigra We hope this tree identification 22 Sawtooth Oak* Quercus acutissima 56 Swamp White Oak Quercus bicolor trail will be a useful tool for 23 White Oak Quercus alba 58 Pecan Carya illinoinensis schools, Boy and Girl Scouts, and 24 Boxelder Acer negundo 60 Bigleaf Magnolia Magnolia macrophylla 25 Red Mulberry Morus rubra 62 Hornbeam Carpinus betulus ‘Fastigiata’ families in learning to identify 26 Eastern Redcedar Juniperus virginiana 63 Dynasty Elm Ulmus parvifolia ‘Dynasty’ trees and their values. 64 Southern Magnolia* Magnolia grandiflora 27 Osage-Orange* Maclura pomifera 65 Littleleaf Linden* Tilia cordata 28 Common Sassafras Sassafras albidum 66 Chinese Chestnut* Castanea mollissima 29 Common Persimmon Diospryros virginiana 67 Common Witchhazel Hamamelis virginiana 30 Green Ash Fraxinus pennsylvanica 68 Amur Honeysuckle* Lonicera maackii 31 Shellbark Hickory Carya laciniosa 69 Norway Spruce* Picea abies 32 Chinkapin Oak Quercus muehlenbergii 70 White Fringetree Chionanthus virginicus 11/7/17 No Tags for #’s. 57, 59 or 61 * specifies not native to Tennessee map. the and tags tree on bers Committee Tree brochure correspond with num- with correspond brochure Numbers of species listed in this this in listed species of Numbers and entrance gate to the Arboretum. Arboretum. the to gate entrance Department of tagged trees is posted near the the near posted is trees tagged of Parks & Recreation Recreation & Parks that shows approximate locations locations approximate shows that noted. A map of the Arboretum Arboretum the of map A noted. Brentwood of City to Tennessee; exceptions are foot- are exceptions Tennessee; to tree. Most tagged trees are native native are trees tagged Most tree. and trivial (species) name, of the the of name, (species) trivial and tific name, including the genus genus the including name, tific ber and the common and scien- and common the and ber Tree tags have an assigned num- assigned an have tags Tree more than 50 feet from the trail. trail. the from feet 50 than more feet of the trail, and only a few few a only and trail, the of feet Most tagged trees are within 20 20 within are trees tagged Most Guide Trail Kingsbury Drive in Laurelwood. Laurelwood. in Drive Kingsbury Tree Identification Identification Tree Little Harpeth River that leads to to leads that River Harpeth Little Drive and the foot bridge over the the over bridge foot the and Drive nect Deerwood with Belle Rive Rive Belle with Deerwood nect along sections of the trail that con- that trail the of sections along along the perimeter trail and and trail perimeter the along 0788 - at the Arboretum are tagged tagged are Arboretum the at Representative of species present present species of Representative Arboretum trees more or One Deerwood P.O. Box 788 P.O. Box 37024 TN Brentwood, CityBrentwood of Department Parks Recreation & .