American Elm

American Elm

Arbor Walk #31, Treekeeper ID #2408

The American Elm is native to much of Eastern North America and grows in low, moist areas and along streams across the state of Missouri.

Bald Cypress

Bald Cypress

Arbor Walk #37, Treekeeper ID #2507

The Bald Cypress is the state tree of Louisiana. Despite its resemblance to a needled evergreen tree in the summer, it is actually deciduous. The 'Mickelson' is a cultivar of the Bald Cypress, and has a narrower shape and denser foliage than the native species.

Black Gum

Black Gum

Arbor Walk #32, Treekeeper ID #2247

The Black Gum, also called Tupelo, is a Missouri native and flexible mid-western species capable of growing in both standing water and rocky slopes.

Compton Hybrid Oak

Compton Hybrid Oak

Arbor Walk #128

The Compton Hybrid Oak is a natural hybrid between the Southern Live Oak and the Overcup Oak and can be found in the areas with overlapping distributions of the two parent species.

Eastern Redbud

Eastern Redbud

Arbor walk #38, TreeKeeper ID #3141

This deciduous understory tree is the state tree of Oklahoma and is native to Missouri and much of the Eastern and Central US. It grows in medium moisture, medium fertility soils.

Flowering Dogwood

Flowering Dogwood

Arbor walk #53, Treekeeper ID #1410

Often claimed as the most beautiful of North America’s native flowering trees, the Flowering Dogwood is the state tree of both Missouri and Virginia. Its early-spring blooms of showy white petals surrounding tiny clusters of yellow dogwood flowers are among the tree's most dramatic characteristics.

Full Moon Maple

Full Moon Maple

Arbor Walk #135

The Full Moon Maple is a small, dense tree with unique large, showy leaves that is native to Japan. These leaves create beautiful fall foliage and are mainly sought after for landscaping.

Hybrid Oak

Hybrid Oak

Arbor Walk #125

The Heritage Oak is a hybrid between the English Oak (Quercus robur) and the Bur Oak (Quercus macrocarpa), two similar white oaks from different continents. These closely related species produce a sturdy, fast-growing oak with the large acorns of the Bur Oak and fall colors of the English Oak.

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Hybrid Willow

Arbor Walk #117

This willow is a hybrid between the Bay Willow (Salix pentandra) and the Eastern Crack-willow (Salix euxina). It was developed at North Dakota State University and is known for its rounded shape, vigorous foliage, and its namesake reflective leaves that lend the 'Silver Lake' epithet.

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Japanese Cornel Dogwood

Arbor Walk #113

The Japanese Cornel Dogwood boasts elegantly characteristic dogwood leaves, edible fruits (yet quite astringent when raw), and traditional medicinal use in East Asia for liver and kidney illnesses.

Japanese Maple

Japanese Maple

Arbor Walk #136

The Japanese Maple has been cultivated in and around its native range for hundreds of years, and since the 1800s, has been symbolic of Japanese Gardens to Western observers.

Kentucky Coffeetree

Kentucky Coffeetree

Arbor walk #7, Treekeeper ID #2253

This tree is a "seedless" variety of the native species. It is native to Missouri and the Midwest. Early settlers of Kentucky used the tree's seeds as a coffee substitute, hence its common name.

London Planetree

London Planetree

Arbor walk #6, Treekeeper ID #2200

The London Planetree is a hybrid of the Oriental Plane (Platanus orientalis) and American Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis), combining improved disease resistance with cold tolerance. The London Planetree is also extremely tolerant of pollution, and is even found to be an effective removal agent of air pollution particles.

Osage Orange

Osage Orange

Arbor walk #45, TreeKeeper ID #2621

This medium-sized tree has a short trunk and rounded crown. it produces large fruit (8-15 cm in diameter) which is roughly spherical, bumpy, and turns bright yellow-green in the fall.

Sugar Maple

Sugar Maple

Arbor Walk #46, Treekeeper ID #2067

This iconic tree is native to much of Eastern North America, where it is a dominant component of hardwood forests from Canada to Missouri.

Sweetgum

Sweetgum

Arbor walk #35, Treekeeper #2995

This low-maintenance deciduous shade tree is native to much of the Eastern US and in Southeast Missouri, usually in low, wet, woodland areas or along stream beds. It has a variety of human-use applications such as chewing gum, incense, perfume, and medicine.