Wetlands

American Beech

Fagus grandifolia

American Beech

American beech (Fagus grandifolia) is a tree native to eastern North American. It is the only beech (genus Fagus) native to North America. Native range The geographic range of American...

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Eastern Hemlock

Tsuga canadensis

Eastern Hemlock

At the Cleveland Botanical Garden, eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) can be found mostly in the Woodland Garden. At the Holden Arboretum, find them planted in the Myrtle S. Holden Wildflower...

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Ash

Fraxinus spp.

Ash

White ash (F. americana) and green ash (F. pennsylvanica) are valuable trees grown for landscaping or harvested for lumber to make furniture, tool handles, and baseball bats. Black ash trees...

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Carya laciniosa (shellbark hickory)

Carya laciniosa

Carya laciniosa (shellbark hickory)

Shellbark hickory, a.k.a. kingnut is native from western New York to Iowa, south to Georgia and Texas. Although widely distributed, it is not common, certainly not in Holden’s natural areas...

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Freeman’s Maple

Acer x freemanii ‘Celebration’

Freeman’s Maple

The selection has a contoured, upright, uniform branching structure with a good central leader and rarely requires pruning to maintain its naturally symmetrical form. It’s known for being disease resistant, tolerant of urban pollution...

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American elm

Ulmus americana

American elm

American elm (Ulmus americana) is prized for its adaptability, ease of transplanting, fast growth, and its vase-shaped habit. It is a favorite nesting tree of the Baltimore oriole. The foliage...

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Sweetgum

Liquidambar styraciflua

Sweetgum

Liquidambar styraciflua, meaning “liquid amber” and “flowing with gum,” refers to the sweet “gum” that exudes from wounds on the trunk of this member of the witch-hazel (Hamamelidaceae) family. Sweetgum...

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Bur Oak

Quercus Macrocarpa

Bur Oak

“Monarch of the woodland is the Oak, of all trees most dear to us who live in northern lands.” Ernest Henry Wilson, Aristocrats of the Trees Native primarily to the central...

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Red maple

Acer rubrum

Red maple

Red maple provides food for pollinators in early spring. Acer rubrum is the fourth most common tree in the natural areas of The Holden Arboretum, trailing Acer saccharum (sugar maple),...

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