The Trees and Shrubs Native to Iowa
| Location Key | |
| IA | Iowa Collection Trail |
| VT | Valley Trail |
| C | Conifer, Crabapple and Maple Trail |
| LW | Leaf Walking Trail |
| O | Oak Collection Walk |
| Stream | Trees Found Along Stream Banks |
| Gate | Entrance Gate |
| Location | Botanical Name | Common |
| 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 | 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 melanocarpa | 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 |
| VT, IA | Carya laciniosa | Shellbark Hickory |
| VT, IA, O | Carya ovata | Shagbark Hickory |
| C | Carya tomentosa | Mockernut 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 ssp obliqua | 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 |
| LW, IA | Fraxinus nigra 'Fallgold' | 'Fallgold' Black Ash |
| LW | Fraxinus pennsylvanica | Green Ash |
| LW | Fraxinus quadrangulata | Blue Ash |
| VT | Gleditsia triacanthos var. inermis 'Skycole' | Skyline® Thornless Common Honeylocust |
| VT | Gleditsia triacanthos 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 var. depressa | Common Juniper |
| IA | Juniperus horizontalis | Creeping Juniper |
| C | Juniperus 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 | Q. alba Q. macrocarpa |
| IA | Quercus schuettei | Q. bicolor Q. macrocarpa |
| 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 'New Harmony' | 'New Harmony'American Elm |
| VT | Ulmus americana 'Princeton' | 'Princeton' American Elm |
| VT | Ulmus americana '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 |
| C | Acer saccharum | Sugar Maple |
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