Native Trees of Indiana River Walk

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Native Trees

Native Trees of Indiana River Walk

Trees for days.

There are more than 100 identified trees on our native tree walk. Can you name them all?

If not, our comprehensive online database will speed you along the way to identifying each one. You can search by a variety of options, including common name, scientific name, leaf type, or fruit type. You can also just browse through the alphabetical listing.

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Common Name

Scientific Name

Inventory Number

Allegheny Serviceberry

Amelanchier laevis

Allegheny serviceberry is a small tree, 10–25 feet in height. Snow-white flowers appear with the bronze-colored new leaves…

American Beech

Fagus grandifolia

A very slow-growing tree that reaches greatest size in the alluvial soils of the Ohio and Mississippi River Valleys. Has…

American Chestnut

Castenea dentata

Once the dominant tree throughout the eastern deciduous forests of the United States, where it grew to impressive dimensions…

American Elm

Ulmus americana

Once used extensively as a street tree, in its best form the American Elm is vase shaped and strongly arched above, with…

American Hophornbeam

Ostrya virginiana

An adaptable tree with grayish-brown exfoliating bark, the hophornbeam is a shade-tolerant understory tree and also prospers…

American Plum

Prunus americana

A small tree (up to 30 feet in height), the American plum often forms large colonies by suckering from the roots. Flowers…

Baldcypress

Taxodium distichum

A deciduous, leaf-losing conifer that grows on saturated and seasonally inundated areas, the baldcypress will develop knees…

Balsam Poplar

Populus balsamifera

A northern species with a range similar to that of the paper birch, it extends across North America from the northern limit…

Basswood

Tilia americana

A close relative of the European linden, and sometimes referred to as the American linden. Fragrant flower clusters attract…

Bigtooth Aspen

Populus grandidentata

Leaves of the bigtooth aspen have large teeth, and the leaf stem is flattened. Very fast growing, the bigtooth aspen can…

Bitternut Hickory

Carya cordiformis

The bark of older trees is tight, with long, narrow, interlacing ridges. The winter buds are sulfur yellow. The nuts are…

Black Ash

Fraxinus nigra

Black ash is found in northern swampy woodlands and seasonally flooded areas. It is tolerant of a wide range of pH. The…

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