Selectively Planted Trees Information
Q: What are other ways to improve the health of the park?
Q: What are other ways to improve the health of the park?
- Keep the park clean by picking up litter.
- Do not drop trash in the park.
- Be a volunteer to help remove invasive species such as English Ivy, Clematis, and Japanese Stiltgrass.
- Report problems, such as ground bees, fallen trees over the path, etc. to the Parks and Recreation Department (757-356-9939).
- What else can you think of?
The Selectively Planted Trees
Click on the photos to view more information from the Virginia Tech Dendrology Site
Click on the photos to view more information from the Virginia Tech Dendrology Site
Swamp White Oak - Native - Medium size tree reaching heights of 80 feet, irregular crown, often with lower limbs remaining.
American Hornbeam - Native - A small, nearly shrubby tree reaching up to 25 feet tall with a rounded crown and a twisted trunk.
Chinese Elm - Non-native - A small tree reaching up to 70 feet tall with a graceful spreading wide crown made up of fine branches.
Longleaf Pine - Native - A medium sized to large tree capable of reaching over 100 feet in height, with a straight trunk, coarse branches and tufted needles at ends of branches.
River Birch - Native - Medium size tree reaching up to 70 feet tall. The trunk generally divides low into several upright trunks.
Pin Oak - Native - A medium sized tree that is very pyramidal; lower branches are pendulous and middle branches grow at right angles; branches are studded with numerous branchlets that do not prune readily, resulting in a spiny appearance.
Crabapple - Native - A large shrub to small tree reaching 30 feet with an irregular crown, twisted trunk, and low branching; spur shoots are prominent and may be thorn-like; root suckers may produce thickets.
Eastern Redcedar - Native - A small tree with a dense ovoid or columnar crown reaching up to 60 feet tall.
Kousa Dogwood - Non-native - Typically multiple stems, wide branching reaching a height of 30 feet.
Pawpaw - Native - A small tree up to 40 feet tall, 12 inches in diameter, often found in growing in small clusters.
American Chestnut - Native - Once a very tall, well formed, massive tree reaching over 100 feet tall. The chestnut is now found mostly as stump sprouts, less than 20 feet tall. Larger stems are often deformed by blight and sprouting below cankers.
Bald Cypress - Native - A large tree with a pyramid-shaped crown, cylindrical bole, fluted or buttressed base and often with knees.
Japanese Maple - Non-native - A small tree, 10 to 25 feet in height, round crown, typically multistemmed or branches low. Some cultivars have drooping branches.
Dawn Redwood - Non-native - Very straight, single trunk with numerous branches forming a narrow conical crown; capable of reaching heights well over 100 feet tall.
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