Trees | Van der Brohe Arboretum

Trees are the essence of an Arboretum, and Van Der Brohe Arboretum will plant virtually any tree that will tolerate the local climate. A visitor will be able to see a panoply of species.

The fringes of the Arboretum will be planted with a dense mix of those trees which would characterize the native forest of this area.

Thematic Parterres

a map with 13 colored areas corresponding to a map legend below — Preliminary tree planting regimen

Tree plantings are grouped by taxonomy, with some outliers when soils do not allow such groupings. This will create groves of similar appearance and great way to view comparative examples within a species.

Northern Red Oak (Quercus ruba)
Black Oak (Quercus velutina)
Scarlet Oak (Quercus coccinea)
Pin Oak (Quercus Palustrus)
Hill’s Oak (Quercus ellisoidalis)
Southern Red Oak (Quercus falcate)

looking up at beautiful red and orange leaves — Northern Red Oak. Photo by Katja Schulz from Washington, D. C., USA [CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)]

Eastern White Oak (Quercus alba)
Swamp White Oak (Quercus bicolor)
Chestnut Oak (Quercus montana)
Bur Oak (Quercus macrocarpa)
Post Oak (Quercus stellate)
Grey Oak (Quercus grisea)
Chinquapin Oak (Quercus muhlenbergii)

a cluster of dark green oak leaves and immature acorns — Chinquapin Oak. Photo by Vojtěch Zavadil [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)]

Dawn redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides)
Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum)
Tamarack (Larix laricina)
Japanese Larch (Larix kaempferi)
European Larch (Larix decidua)

closeup of tiny tamarack pinecones and needles — Larix laricina foliage cones. Photo by Tim & Selena Middleton from Toronto, Canada [CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), via Wikimedia Commons]

Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum)
Black Maple (Acer nigrum)
Red Maple (Acer rubrum)
Silver Maple (Acer saccharinum)
Mountain Maple (Acer spicatum)
Various Maple Cultivars

Black Walnut (Juglans nigra)
Carpathian Walnut (Juglans regia)
Butternut (juglans cinerea)
Shagbark Hickory (Carya ovata)
Bitternut Hickory (Carya cordiformis)
Pignut Hickory (Carya glabra)
Mockernut Hickory Bitternut (Carya tomentosa)
Northern Pecan (Carya illinoisensis)

2 nuts 2.5 cm in diameter with tan shells. One is open to reveal darker meat. — Pignut Hickory Nut. Steve Hurst @ USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database.

Balsam Fir (Abies balsaea)
Douglas Fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii)
Austrian Pine (Pinus nigra)
Jack Pine (Pinus banksiana)
Red Pine (Pinus resinosa)
Scotch Pine (Pinus sylvestris)
White Pine (Pinus strobus)
Ponderosa Pine (Pinus ponderosa)
Norway Spruce (Picea abies)
White Spruce (Picea glauca)
Black Spruce (Picea mariana)
Colorado Blue Spruce (Picea pungens)

a close up of an evergreen branch with bright green needles and brown cone — Jack pine. Photo by Neelix at English Wikipedia [Public domain]

Restored Species
Resistant Elms
Resistant Chestnuts

Exotics
Japanese Zelkova (Zelkova serrata)
Ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba)
Sassafras (Sassafras variifolium)

Range extensions
Kentucky Coffee Tree (Gymnocladus dioicus)
Osage Orange (Maclura pomifera)
Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis)
London Plane Tree (Platanus x acerifolia)
Black Gum (Nyssa sylvatica)

tree with fine red leaves — Japanese Serrata. Photo by KENPEI [CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)]

Eastern Red Cedar (Juniperus virginiana)
White Cedar (Thuja occidentalis)
Eastern Hemlock (Tsuga Canadensis)
Common Juniper (Juniperus communis)
Creeping Juniper (Juniperus horizontalis)
American Yew (Taxus canadensis)
Japanese Yew (Taxus cuspidata)

closeup of fingers holding a plant with a bright red berry with white center and green needles — American Yew. Photo by Rob Routledge, Sault College, Bugwood.org [CC BY 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), via Wikimedia Commons]

Asian Persimmon (Diospyros kaki)
American Persimmon (Diospyros virginiana)
American Paw Paw (Asimina triloba)
White Mulberry (Morus alba)
Red Mulberry (Morus rubra)
Black Mulberry (Morus nigra)

a closeup of tiny white berries and bright green serrated leaves — Morus alba. Photo by Luis Fernández García L. Fdez. [CC BY-SA 2.1 es (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.1/es/deed.en) via WikiMedia Commons.]

White Birch (Betula papyrifera)
Yellow Birch (Betula alleghaniensis)
Heart-leaved Birch (Betula cordifolia)
River Birch (Betula nigra)
Sweet Birch (Betula lenta)
Weeping Birch (Betula pendula)
Big-toothed Aspen (Populus grandidentata)
Quaking Aspen (Populus tremuloides)
Eastern Cottonwood (Populus deltoids)
Balsam Poplar (Populus balsamifera)
Lombardy Poplar (Populus nigra)
White Poplar (Populus alba)

tall trees with orange leaves — Quaking Aspens. Photo by LeavXC [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)]

Flowering Crabapples (Various)
American Crabapple (Malus coronaria)
Japanese Crabapple (Malus seiboldii)
Prairie Crabapple (Malus ioensis)
Eastern Redbud (Cercis canadensis)
Various Flowering Pears
Various Flowering Cherry
Magnolia

a branch of small deep pink flowers — Eastern Redbud. Photo by Dan Keck from Ohio [CC0] Public domain.

Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum)
Eastern Hemlock (Tsuga Canadensis)
White Pine (Pinus strobus)
American Beech (Fagus grandifolia)
Yellow Birch (Betula alleghaniensis)
Basswood (Tilia americana)

American Mountain Ash (Sorbus americana)
European Mountain Ash (Sorbus aucuparia)
Northern Mountain Ash (Sorbus decora)
Basswood (Tilia americana)
Horse Chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum)
Ohio Buckeye (Aesculus glabra)
Black Cherry (Prunus serotina)
Chinese Catalpa (Catalpa ovata)
Northern Catalpa (Catalpa speciose)
Weeping Willow (Salix babylonia)

a young tree — Northern Catalpa. Photo from Plant Image Library from Boston, USA [CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)]