Trees and Shrubs Native to Iowa   

Location code	Scientific Name	Common Name
C	Abies balsamea	Balsam Fir
Stream	Acer negundo	Boxelder
C	Acer nigrum	Black Maple
C	Acer nigrum 'Greencolumn'	'Greencolumn' Black Maple
LW	Acer saccharinum	Silver Maple
C	Acer saccharum	Sugar Maple
C	Aesculus glabra	Ohio Buckeye
IA	Alnus rugosa	Speckled Alder
IA	Amelanchier alnifolia	Saskatoon Serviceberry
IA	Amelanchier arborea	Downy Serviceberrry
IA	Amelanchier humilis	Low Serviceberry
IA	Amelanchier interior	Inland Serviceberry
IA	Amelanchier laevis	Allegheny Serviceberry
IA	Amelanchier sanguinea	Sand Serviceberry
IA	Amorpha fruticosa	Indigo Bush
IA	Aronia melanocara	Glossy Black Chokeberry
VT	Asimina triloba	Pawpaw
IA	Betula alleghaniensis	Yellow Birch
IA	Betula glandulifera	Swamp Birch
O	Betula nigra 'Cully	Heritage® River Birch
IA	Betula papyrifera	Paper Birch
LW	Carpinus caroliniana	American Hornbeam
VT	Carya cordiformis	Bitternut Hickory
O	Carya glabra	Pignut Hickory
VT	Carya illinoinensis	Pecan
IA	Carya laciniosa	Shellbark Hickory
IA	Carya ovata	Shagbark Hickory
C	Carya tomentosa	Mockrnut Hickory
IA	Ceanothus americanus	New Jersey Tea
LW	Celtis occidentalis	Common Hackberry
IA	Cephalanthus occidentalis	Buttonbush
LW	Cercis canadensis	Eastern Redbud
LW	Cornus alternifolia	Pagoda Dogwood
IA	Cornus amomum sp oblique	Silky Dogwood
IA	Cornus drummondii	Rough-leaved Dogwood
IA	Cornus stolonifera	Red-Osier Dogwood
IA	Corylus americana	American Hazelnut
IA	Corylus cornuta	Beaked Hazelnut
IA	Crataegus crus-galli	Cockspur Hawthorn
IA	Crataegus mollis	Downy Hawthorn
IA	Crataegus succulenta	Fleshy Hawthorn
IA	Diervilla lonicera	Bush Honeysuckle
VT	Diospyros virginiana	Common Persimmon
IA	Euonymus atropurpureus	Wahoo
LW	Fraxinus americana	White Ash
IA	Fraxinus nigra 'Fallgold'	'Fallgold' Black Ash
LW	Fraxinus pennsylvanica	Green Ash
LW	Fraxinus quadrangulata	Blue Ash
VT	Gleditsia triacanthos
C	var. inermis 'Skycole'	Skyline® Thornless Common Honeylocust
C	var. inermis 'Suncole'	Sunburst® Thornless Common Honeylocust
Lake	Gymnocladus dioicus	Kentucky Coffeetree
IA	Hamamelis virginiana	Common Witchhazel
IA	Hypericum prolificum	Shrubby St. John's Wort
IA	Ilex verticillata	Winterberry
IA	Juglans cinerea	Butternut
VT	Juglans nigra	Black Walnut
IA	Juniperus communis	Common Juniper
C	var. depressa	Common Juniper
IA	Juniperus horizontalis	Creeping Juniper
C	J. virginiana 'Hillspire'	'Hillspire' Eastern Redcedar
Stream	Juniperus virginiana	Eastern Redcedar
IA	Lonicera prolifera	Yellow Honeysuckle
IA	Malus ioensis	Iowa Crabapple
O	Ostrya virginiana	American Hophornbeam
IA	Physocarpus opulifolius	Golden Ninebark
C	Pinus strobus	Eastern White Pine
LW	Platanus occidentalis	American Planetree (Sycamore)
IA	Populus  tremuloides	Quaking Aspen
IA	Populus deltoides	Eastern Cottonwood
IA	Populus grandidentata	Bigtooth Aspen
Stream	Prunus americana	American Red Plum
IA	Prunus besseyi	Western Sandcherry
IA	Prunus nigra	Canada Plum
IA	Prunus pensylvanica	Pin Cherry
IA	Prunus pumila	Eastern Sandcherry
LW	Prunus serotina	Black Cherry
IA	Prunus virginiana	Common Chokecherry
IA	Ptelea trifoliata	Hoptree
IA	Quercus  bebbiana	Bebbs Oak
IA	Quercus  schuettei	Schuette Oak
O	Quercus alba	White Oak
O	Quercus bicolor	Swamp White Oak
O	Quercus ellipsoidalis	Northern Pin Oak
O	Quercus imbricaria	Shingle Oak
VT	Quercus macrocarpa	Bur Oak
IA	Quercus marilandica	Blackjack Oak
O	Quercus muehlenbergii	Chinkapin Oak
VT	Quercus palustris	Pin Oak
IA	Quercus prinoides	Dwarf Chinkapin Oak
O	Quercus prinus	Chestnut Oak
O	Quercus rubra	Red Oak
IA	Quercus stellata	Post Oak
O	Quercus velutina	Black Oak
Gate	Rhus aromatica	Fragrant Sumac
IA	Rhus aromatica 'Gro-low'	'Gro-low' Fragrant Sumac
IA	Rhus copallina	Shining Sumac
IA	Rhus glabra	Smooth Sumac
IA	Rhus typhina	Staghorn Sumac
IA	Salix amygdaloides	Peach Leaved Willow
IA	Salix bebbiana	Bebb Willow
IA	Salix discolor	Pussy Willow
IA	Salix humilis	Prairie Willow
Stream	Salix interior	Sandbar Willow
IA	Salix lucida	Shining Willow
Stream	Salix nigra	Black Willow
IA	Salix petiolaris	Slender Willow
IA	Salix rigida	Rigid Willow
IA	Salix sericea	Silky Willow
IA	Sambucus canadensis	American Elderberry
IA	Sambucus pubens	Red Elderberry
IA	Shepherdia argentea	Buffalo Berry
IA	Spiraea alba	Meadowsweet Spirea
IA	Staphylea trifolia	Bladdernut
IA	Symphoricarpos albus	Snowberry
IA	Symphoricarpos occidentalis	Wolfberry
IA	Symphoricarpos orbiculatus	Coralberry
IA	Tilia americana	American Linden  (Basswood)
VT	Ulmus americana	American Elm
VT	'New Harmony'	'New Harmony'American Elm
VT		Ulmus americana
VT	'Princeton'	'Princeton' American Elm
VT	Ulmus Americana
VT	'Valley Forge'	'Valley Forge' American Elm
IA	Ulmus rubra	Slippery Elm
VT	Ulmus thomasii	Rock Elm
IA	Viburnum dentatum	Arrowwood Viburnum
IA	Viburnum lentago	Nannyberry Viburnum
IA	Viburnum molle	Kentucky Viburnum
IA	Viburnum prunifolium	Blackhaw Viburnum
IA	Viburnum rafinesquianum	Downy Viburnum
IA	Viburnum trilobum	Cranberrybush Viburnum
IA	Zanthoxylum americanum	Prickly-ash

Key to Locations at the Arboretum

IA	Iowa Collection Trail
VT	Valley Trail
C	Conifer, Crabapple and Maple Trail
LW	Leaf Walking Trail
Lake	Lake Walk
O	Oak Collection Walk
Stream	Wild trees found along stream bank
Gate	Entrance Gate

       

 

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