Our Arboretum’s Trees
Here you will find a list of all the various tree species we have within our Arboretum. The number will also correspond to that specific species of tree at the physical arboretum. There is an accompanying photo of a mature specimen, the tree species name, the specific cultivar (where available), where the species originates, and date (approximated in some cases) added to the arboretum.
Here are two helpful links:
Tree Guide provided by the Arbor Day Foundation
Tree Look Up provided by the Morton Arboretum to offer assistance for any questions related to trees
1. Red Maple
Acer rubrum Eastern North American Added ~1950
2. Sugar Maple
Acer saccharum Eastern North America Added ~1950
3. Silver Maple
Acer Saccharinum Central/Eastern North America Added ~1950
4. Hackberry
Celtis occidentalis North America Added ~1980
5. Spring Snow Crabapple
Malus ‘spring snow’ Northern Hemisphere Added 2016
6. Red Splendor Crabapple
Malus ‘red splendor’ Northern Hemisphere Added 2016
7. Eastern Redbud
Cercis canadensis Central/Eastern North America Added 2017
8. Dog Wood
Cornus florida Eastern North America. Added 2019
9. Purple-leafed Plum
Prunus cerasifera Eurasia Added 2019
10. Black Walnut
Juglans nigra Eastern/Central North America Added 2019
11. Northern Red Oak
Quercus rubra Central/Eastern North America Added 2019
12. White Oak
Quercus alba Central/Eastern North America Added 2019
13. Pin Oak
Quercus palustris Central/Eastern North America Added 2019
14. Sassafras
Sassafras albidum Eastern North America Added 2020
15. The Beast(TM) Hazelnut
Corylus avellana x americana North America / Europe Added 2020 and 2021
16. Osage Orange
Maclura pomifera South-central United States Added 2021
17. Sycamore
Platanus occidentalis Central/Eastern North America Added 2021
18. Eastern Cottonwood
Populus deltoides North America Added 2021
19. Olive Tree
Olea europaea 'Arbequina’ Mediterranean Basin Added 2022
20. Shagbark Hickory
Carya ovata Central/Eastern United States Added 2022
21. Ohio Buckeye
Aesculus glabra Midwest and Great Plains Added 2022
22. Chestnut Oak
Quercus montana Eastern United States Added 2023
23. Pignut Hickory
Carya glabra Central/Eastern North America Added 2023
24. Bitternut Hickory
Carya cordiformis Eastern North America Added 2023
25. Hybrid American Chestnut
Castanea dentata ‘Hybrid’ Eastern North America Added 2023
26. Black Willow
Salix nigra Central/Eastern North America Added 2023
27. Crepe Myrtle
Lagerstroemia indica ‘Pink Velour™’ South-eastern Asia Coming Soon Spring 2026