Woody Plant List

  • Abies concolor – Concolor Fir
  • Abies homolepis – Nikko Fir
  • Abies nordmanniana – Nordmann Fir
  • Acer x fremanii ‘Celebration’ – Celebration Maple
  • Acer ginnala – Amur Maple
  • Acer glabrum – Rocky Mountain Maple
  • Acer miyabei ‘State Street’ – Miyabe Maple
  • Acer nigrum ‘Greencolumn’ – Black Maple
  • Acer platanoides ‘Alberta Park’ – Norway Maple
  • Acer platanoides ‘Deborah’ – Norway Maple
  • Acer platanoides ‘Emerald Lustre’ – Norway Maple
  • Acer plataniodes ‘Variegatum’ – Variegated Norway Maple
  • Acer pseudosieboldianum – Korean Maple
  • Acer rubrum ‘Burgundy Belle’ – Red Maple
  • Acer rubrum ‘Davey’ – Red Maple
  • Acer rubrum ‘Polara’ – Rubyfrost Red Maple
  • Acer rubrum ‘Red Sunset’ – Red Maple
  • Acer saccharinum ‘Blair’ – Blair Maple
  • Acer saccharinum – Silver Maple
  • Acer saccharum ‘Bonfire’ – Sugar Maple
  • Acer sacchaurm ‘Caddo’ – Sugar Maple
  • Acer saccharum ‘Fall Fiesta’ – Sugar Maple
  • Acer saccharum ‘Flax Mill’ – Sugar Maple
  • Acer saccharum ‘Legacy’ – Sugar Maple
  • Acer saccharum ‘Sweet Shadow’ – Sugar Maple
  • Acer triflorum – Three Flower Maple
  • Acer truncatum – Shantung Maple
  • Acer truncatum ssp. mono – Painted Maple
  • Acer truncatum x platanoides ‘Warrenred’ – Pacific Sunset Maple
  • Aesculus x arnoldiana ‘Autumn Splendor’ – Autumn Splendor Buckeye
  • Aesculus x carnea – Red Horsechestnut
  • Aesculus glabra – Ohio Buckeye
  • Aesculus octandra – Yellow Buckeye
  • Aesculus parviflora – Bottlebrush Buckeye
  • Alnus glutinosa – European Alder
  • Alnus japonica – Japanese Alder
  • Amelanchier alnifolia ‘Regent’ – Saskatoon Serviceberry
  • Amelanchier arborea ‘Autumn Brilliance’ – Downy Serviceberry
  • Amelanchier arborea ‘Prince Charles’ – Downy Serviceberry
  • Amelanchier arborea ‘Prince William’ – Downy Serviceberry
  • Amelanchier x ‘Ballerina’ – Ballerina Serviceberry
  • Amorpha canescens – Leadplant
  • Amorpha fruticosa – False Indigo
  • Amorpha nana – Dwarf Wild Indigo
  • Aronia arbutifolia – Red Chokeberry
  • Aronia melanocarpa – Black Chokeberry
  • Berberis thunbergii – Japanese Barberry
  • Berberis thunbergii ‘Aurea’ – Golden Japanese Barberry
  • Berberis thunbergii ‘Kobold’ – Japanese Barberry
  • Betula fruticosa – Shrubby Birch
  • Betula lenta – Sweet Birch
  • Betula nigra ‘Heritage’ – River Birch
  • Betula occidentalis – Water Birch
  • Betula papyrifera ‘Niobrara’ – Paper Birch
  • Betula papyrifera ‘Prairie Dream’ – Paper Birch
  • Betula platyphylla ‘Fargo’ – Asian White Birch
  • Betula platyphylla ‘Whitespire’ – Asian White Birch
  • Betula potannini – Tibetan Birch
  • Buxus var. koreana x B. sempervirens ‘Glenco’ – Chicagoland
  • Green Boxwood
  • Buxus microphylla var. koreana – Korean Boxwood
  • Buxus microphylla ‘Wintergreen’ – Littleleaf Boxwood
  • Callicarpa dichotoma ‘Early Amethyst’ – Purple Beautyberry
  • Campsis radicans – Trumpetvine
  • Caragana arborescens – Siberian Peashrub
  • Caragana microphylla ‘Mongolian Silver Sunrise’ – Littleleaf Caragana
  • Carpinus caroliniana – American Hornbeam
  • Carya cordiformis – Bitternut Hickory
  • Carya illinoinensis – Pecan
  • Carya ovata – Shagbark Hickory
  • Carya tomentosa – Mockernut Hickory
  • Castenea mollissima – Chinese Chestnut
  • Catalpa fargesii – Farges Catalpa
  • Catalpa ovata – Chinese Catalpa
  • Catalpa speciosa – Northern Catalpa
  • Celtis occidentalis – Hackberry
  • Cephalanthus occidentalis – Buttonbush
  • Cephalanthus occidentalis ‘Sputnik’ – Buttonbush
  • Cercidiphyllum japonicum – Katsuratree
  • Cercis canadensis – Eastern Redbud
  • Cercis canadensis var. alba – Whitebud
  • Cercis canadensis ‘Northland Strain’ – Eastern Redbud
  • Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Cameo’ – Floweringquince
  • Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Orange Delight’ – Floweringquince
  • Chionanthus virginicus – White Fringetree
  • Chrysothamus nauseosus – Rabbitbrush
  • Cladrastis kentukea – Yellowwood
  • Cladrastis kentukea ‘Perkins Pink’ – Yellowwood
  • Clematis virginiana – Virginsbower
  • Clethra alnifolia ‘Pink Spires’ – Summersweet
  • Clethra alnifolia ‘Rosea’ – Summersweet
  • Cornus amomum – Silky Dogwood
  • Cornus baileyi – Bailey Dogwood
  • Cornus drummondii – Rough-leaf Dogwood
  • Cornus mas – Corneliancherry Dogwood
  • Cornus mas ‘Redstone’ – Corneliancherry Dogwood
  • Cornus racemosa – Gray Dogwood
  • Cornus sericea ‘Isanti’ – Redosier Dogwood
  • Cornus sericea ‘Kelsey’ – Redosier Dogwood
  • Cornus sericea ssp. stolonifera ‘Flaviramea’ – Yellowtwig Dogwood
  • Corylus colurna – Turkish Filbert
  • Cotinus coggygria ‘Royal Purple’ – Common Smoketree
  • Cotinus obovatus – American Smoketree
  • Cotoneaster acutifolia – Peking Cotoneaster
  • Cotoneaster divaricatus – Spreading Cotoneaster
  • Cotoneaster integerrima ‘Centennial’ – Centennial Cotoneaster
  • Cotoneaster lucidus – Hedge Cotoneaster
  • Crataegus ambigua – Russian Hawthorn
  • Crataegus arnoldiana ‘Homestead’ – Arnold Hawthorn
  • Crataegus crus-galli var. inermis – Thornless Cockspur Hawthorn
  • Crataegus phaenopyrum – Washington Hawthorn
  • Deutzia gracilis – Slender Deutzia
  • Diospyros virginiana – Persimmon
  • Elaeagnus angustifolia – Russian Olive
  • Elsholtzia stauntonii – Mint Shrub
  • Euonymus alatus – Winged Euonymus
  • Euonymus atropurpurea – Eastern Wahoo
  • Euonymus carnosus – Flesh-flowered Spindletree
  • Evodia daniellii – Korean Evodia
  • Fagus sylvatica ‘Riversii’ – European Beech
  • Forestiera neo-mexicana – New Mexico Privet
  • Forsythia x intermedia ‘Gold Bell’ – Forsythia
  • Forsythia x intermedia ‘Karl Sax’ – Forsythia
  • Fraxinus americana ‘Autumn Purple’ – White Ash
  • Fraxinus mandschurica – Manchurian Ash
  • Fraxinus nigra – Black Ash
  • Fraxinus pennsylvanica – Green Ash
  • Ginkgo biloba ‘Autumn Gold’ – Ginkgo
  • Gleditsia triacanthos var. inermis – Thornless Honeylocust
  • Gleditsia triacanthos var. inermis ‘Sunburst’ – Sunburst Honeylocust
  • Gymnocladus dioicus – Kentucky Coffeetree
  • Hamamelis vernalis – Vernal Witchhazel
  • Heptacodium micronoides – Seven Son Flower
  • Hydrangea paniculata ‘Grandiflora’ – Pee Gee Hydrangea
  • Hypericum kalmianum – Kalm St. Johnswort
  • Ilex verticillata ‘Afterglow’ – Winterberry
  • Ilex verticillata ‘Jim Dandy’ – Winterberry
  • Ilex verticillata x serrata ‘Sparkleberry’ – Sparkleberry
  • Juglans cinerea – Butternut
  • Juglans nigra – Black Walnut
  • Juniperus chinensis ‘Hetzii Columnaris’ – Hetz Juniper
  • Juniperus chinensis ‘Pfitzeriana’ – Pfitzer Juniper
  • Juniperus sabina ‘Broadmoor’ – Savin Juniper
  • Juniperus scopulorum ‘Welchii’ – Welch Rocky Mountain Juniper
  • Juniperus virginiana – Eastern Red Cedar
  • Juniperus virginiana ‘Taylor’ – Taylor Juniper
  • Kerria japonica – Japanese Kerria
  • Kolkwitzia amabilis – Beautybush
  • Larix kaempferi – Japanese Larch
  • Ligustrum obtusifolium ‘Fall Purple’ – Border Privet
  • Lindera benzoin – Spicebush
  • Lonicera xylosteum ‘Claveyi’ – Dwarf European Fly Honeysuckle
  • Maackia amurensis – Amur Maackia
  • Magnolia acuminate ‘Yellow Fever’ – Cucumbertree
  • Magnolia x soulangiana – Saucer Magnolia
  • Magnolia stellata – Star Magnolia
  • Malus ‘Adams’ – Adams Flowering Crabapple
  • Malus ‘Camzam’ – Camelot Flowering Crabapple
  • Malus ‘Cardinal’ – Cardinal Flowering Crabapple
  • Malus ‘Centurion’ – Centurion Flowering Crabapple
  • Malus ‘Donald Wyman’ – Donald Wyman Flowering Crabapple
  • Malus ‘Guinzan’ – Guinevere Flowering Crabapple
  • Malus ‘Harvest Gold’ – Harvest Gold Flowering Crabapple
  • Malus ‘Prairiefire’ – Prairiefire Flowering Crabapple
  • Malus ‘Profusion’ – Profusion Flowering Crabapple
  • Malus ‘Radiant’ – Radiant Flowering Crabapple
  • Malus ‘Red Jade’ – Red Jade Flowering Crabapple
  • Malus ‘Red Jewel’ – Red Jewel Flowering Crabapple
  • Malus ‘Sugar Tyme’ – Sugar Tyme Flowering Crabapple
  • Malus ‘Thunderchild’ – Thunderchild Flowering Crabapple
  • Malus sargentii ‘Roseglow’ – Sargent Crabapple
  • Morus alba ‘Chaparral’ – Fruitless Weeping Mulberry
  • Myrica pennsylvanica – Northern Bayberry
  • Nyssa sylvatica – Tupelo
  • Ostrya virginiana – Hophornbeam
  • Oxydendrum arboretum – Sourwood
  • Phellodendron amurense – Amur Corktree
  • Physocarpus opulifolius ‘Dart’s Golden’ – Ninebark
  • Physocarpus opulifolius ‘Seward’ – Summer Wine Ninebark
  • Picea abies – Norway Spruce
  • Picea glauca ‘Densata’ – Black Hills White Spruce
  • Picea mariana – Black Spruce
  • Picea omorika – Serbian Spruce
  • Picea pungens – Colorado Spruce
  • Picea shrenkiana var. tianshanica – Shrenk’s Spruce
  • Pinus banksiana – Jack Pine
  • Pinus cembroides edulis – Pinyon Pine
  • Pinus flexilus – Limber Pine
  • Pinus flexilus ‘Vandewolf’s Pyramid’ – Limber Pine
  • Pinus heldreichii – Bosnian Pine
  • Pinus koraiensis – Korean Pine
  • Pinus mugo – Mugo Pine
  • Pinus nigra – Austrian Pine
  • Pinus parviflora ‘Glauca’ – Japanese White Pine
  • Pinus ponderosa – Ponderosa Pine
  • Pinus strobus – Eastern White Pine
  • Pinus sylvestris – Scotch Pine
  • Platanus x acerifolia ‘Bloodgood’ – London Planetree
  • Platanus occidentalis – American Sycamore
  • Populus x canadensis ‘Nor’easter’ – Carolina Popular
  • Populus deltoides – Eastern Cottonwood
  • Populus deltoides ‘Sparks’ – Eastern Cottonwood
  • Populus tremula ‘Erecta’ – Upright European Aspen
  • Populus tremuloides – Quaking Aspen
  • Potentilla fruticosa ‘Abbottswood’ – Cinquefoil
  • Potentilla fruticosa ‘Fargo’ – Cinquefoil
  • Potentilla fruticosa ‘Hastfrando’ – Cinquefoil
  • Potentilla fruticosa ‘Jackmanii’ – Cinquefoil
  • Prunus x cistena – Purpleleaf Sandcherry
  • Prunus maackii – Amur Chokecherry
  • Prunus manshurica – Manchurian Apricot
  • Prunus nigra – ‘Princess Kay’ – Canada Plum
  • Prunus padus – European Birdcherry
  • Prunus sargentii – Sargent Cherry
  • Prunus serotina – Black Cherry
  • Prunus tomentosa – Nanking Cherry
  • Prunus triloba var. multiplex – Double Flowering Plum
  • Prunus virginiana ‘Canada Red’ – Common Chokecherry
  • Prunus virginiana flava – Orange-fruited Chokecherry
  • Pseudotsuga menziesii – Douglas-fir
  • Ptelea trifoliata – Wafer-ash
  • Pyrus betulifolia – Birch-leaved Pear
  • Pyrus calleryana ‘Chanticleer’ – Callery Pear
  • Pyrus ussuriensis ‘MorDak’ – Prairie Gem Ussurian Pear
  • Quercus alba – White Oak
  • Quercus bicolor – Swamp White Oak
  • Quercus ellipsoidalis – Northern Pin Oak
  • Quercus gambelii – Gambel Oak
  • Quercus imbricaria – Shingle Oak
  • Quercus x macdanielii ‘Clemons’ – Heritage Oak
  • Quercus macrocarpa – Bur Oak
  • Quercus meuhlerbergii – Chinkapin Oak
  • Quercus mongolica – Mongolian Oak
  • Quercus palustris – Pin Oak
  • Quercus phellos x palustris – Pillow Oak
  • Quercus prinoides – Dwarf Chinkapin Oak
  • Quercus prinus – Chestnut Oak
  • Quercus robur – English Oak
  • Quercus robur ‘Fastigiata’ – Columnar English Oak
  • Quercus rubra – Northern Red Oak
  • Quercus shumardii – Shumard Oak
  • Quercus velutina – Black Oak
  • Quercus x warei ‘Long’ – Regal Prince Oak
  • Rhamnus frangula ‘Asplenifolia’ – Fernleaf Buckthorn
  • Rhus aromatica – Fragrant Sumac
  • Rhus typhina – Staghorn Sumac
  • Rhus typhina ‘Lanciniata’ – Cutleaf Staghorn Sumac
  • Rhus typhina ‘Tiger Eyes’ – Staghorn Sumac
  • Ribes aureum – Golden Currant
  • Robina pseudoacacia ‘Purple Robe’ – Black Locust
  • Rosa ‘J. P. Connell’ – J. P. Connell Rose
  • Rosa ‘Meipelta’ – Fuchsia Meidiland Rose
  • Rosa ‘Pink Meidiland’ – Pink Meidiland Rose
  • Rosa rugosa ‘Bonica’ – Shrub Rose
  • Salix x blanda – Wisconsin Weeping Willow
  • Salix caprea – Goat Willow
  • Salix exigua – Coyote Willow
  • Salix matsudana ‘Golden Spiral’ – Hankow Willow
  • Salix matsudana ‘Tortuosa’ – Corkscrew Hankow Willow
  • Salix pentanda – Laurel Willow
  • Salix purpurea ‘Nana’ – Blue Leaf Arctic Willow
  • Sassafras albidum – Common Sassafras
  • Sambucus canadensis ‘Lanciniata’ – Cutleaf American Elder
  • Securinega suffruticosa – Shrubby Siberian Spurge
  • Sophora japonica – Japanese Pagodatree
  • Sorbaria sorbifolia – Ural Falsespirea
  • Sorbus aucuparia – European Mountainash
  • Sorbus aucuparia ‘Cardinal Royal’ – European Mountainash
  • Sorbus hybrida – Oak-leaf Mountainash
  • Spirea x bumalda ‘Crispa’ – Bumald Spirea
  • Spirea x cinerea ‘Grefsheim’ – Grefsheim Spirea
  • Spirea fritschiana – Fritschiana Spirea
  • Spirea x ‘Snowhite’ – Snowhite Spirea
  • Stephanandra incisa ‘Crispa’ – Lace Shrub
  • Symphoricarpos orbiculatus – Indiancurrant Coralberry
  • Syringa x hyacinthiflora ‘Pocahontas’ – Early Flowering Lilac
  • Syringa lanciniata – Cutleaf Lilac
  • Syringa meyeri – Meyer Lilac
  • Syringa microphylla ‘Superba’ – Littleleaf Lilac
  • Syringa patula ‘Miss Kim’ – Manchurian Lilac
  • Syringa x prestoniae ‘James MacFarlane’ – Preston Lilac
  • Syringa reticulata – Japanese Tree Lilac
  • Syringa reticulata ‘Ivory Silk’ – Japanese Tree Lilac
  • Syringa ‘Tinkerbelle’ – Tinkerbelle Lilac
  • Syringa villosa – Late Lilac
  • Syringa vulgaris ‘Alba’ – French Lilac
  • Syringa vulgaris ‘Albert F. Holden’ – French Lilac
  • Syringa vulgaris ‘’President Grevy’ – French Lilac
  • Taxodium distichum – Baldcypress
  • Taxodium distichum ‘Shawnee Brave’ – Baldcypress
  • Taxus x media ‘Hicksii’ – Anglojap Yew
  • Tilia americana – American Linden
  • Tilia americana ‘Redmond’ – American Linden
  • Tilia cordata – Littleleaf Linden
  • Tilia cordata ‘Glenleven’ – Littleleaf Linden
  • Tilia x euchlora – Crimean Linden
  • Tilia tomentosa – Silver Linden
  • Tsuga canadensis – Canadian Hemlock
  • Ulmus americana ‘Valley Forge’ – American Elm
  • Ulmus glabra ‘Camperdownii’ – Weeping Scotch Elm
  • Ulmus japonica x pumila – Vanguard Elm
  • Ulmus parvifolia – Lacebark Elm
  • Ulmus propinqua – Propinqua Elm
  • Ulmus thomasii – Rock Elm
  • Viburnum x bodnantense ‘Dawn’ – Dawn Viburnum
  • Viburnum burkwoodii – Burkwood Viburnum
  • Viburnum carlesii – Koreanspice Viburnum
  • Viburnum carlesii ‘Cayuga’ – Koreanspice Viburnum
  • Viburnum cassinoides – Witherod Viburnum
  • Viburnum dentatum ‘Autumn Jazz’ – Arrowwood Viburnum
  • Viburnum dentatum ‘Northern Burgundy’ – Arrowwood Viburnum
  • Viburnum x judii – Judd Viburnum
  • Viburnum lantana – Wayfaringtree
  • Viburnum lentago – Nannyberry Viburnum
  • Viburnum nudum ‘Winterthur’ – Smooth Witherod Viburnum
  • Viburnum opulus – European Cranberrybush
  • Viburnum prunifolium – Blackhaw Viburnum
  • Viburnum rufidulum – Rusty Blackhaw Viburnum
  • Viburnum sieboldii ‘Seneca’ – Siebold Viburnum
  • Weigela florida ‘Red Prince’ – Old Fashioned Weigela
  • Xanthoceras sorbifolium – Yellowhorn
  • Yucca filamentosa – Adam’s Needle Yucca

Rules & Regulations

Visitors to Gilman Park Arboretum are asked to observe the following guidelines:

  • All pets must be kept on a leash and owners are expected to clean up after their pet.
  • Collection of plant material (leaves, twigs, seeds, flowers, etc.) is not allowed without special permission.
  • No swimming is allowed in the lake.
  • Drinking alchoholic beverages is prohibited in the entire park.
  • Horses are not allowed in the arboretum.

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