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

Black Cherry

Prunus serotina

Black cherry bark is distinctive, dark-gray black. On young trees it is smooth and shiny, with prominent lenticels or corky…

Black Hickory

Carya texana

Black hickory is a small tree (20–30 feet in height) that grows in dry upland soils. The leaves are compound, with five to…

Black Locust

Robinia pseudoacacia

The flower clusters are white, extremely fragrant, and a good source of nectar for bees. The leaves are pinnate, with 7 to…

Black Maple

Acer nigrum

Black maple is a large tree, 60–100 feet in height. It has many characteristics similar to the sugar maple, with a few…

Black Oak

Quercus velutina

A common, midsized tree of the red oak type. It resembles a scarlet oak, except the inner bark is yellow and bitter. Leaves…

Black Tupelo

Nyssa sylvatica

Pyramidal when young, the black tupelo is a fine landscape tree with outstanding fall color. It is an excellent source of…

Black Walnut

Juglans nigra

Black walnut is one of the largest and most valuable trees of Indiana’s forests. Its dark wood is used for fine furniture.…

Black Willow

Salix nigra

Black willow is the largest of the native willows of the United States, up to 90 feet or more in height. In Indiana it is…

Blackjack Oak

Quercus marilandica

A red oak type, the blackjack oak is a small tree, reaching only 40 feet. Usually scrubby and “gothic looking,” sometimes…

Blue Ash

Fraxinus quadrangulata

Blue ash is found in Indiana only rarely, and then, usually, on stream bluffs. The fruit and foliage resemble black ash,…

Bluebeech

Carpinus caroliniana

Bluebeech is primarily a small understory tree and grows up to 20 feet in height; it is found in moist alluvial soils. It…

Boxelder

Acer negundo

Boxelder is the most widely distributed of North American maples. Most commonly found on moist soils, it is also drought…

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