Native Plants of the Woodlands
The woodlands surrounding the Sunset Nature Walk contain a surprising number of native plants.
The plants you see in our woodlands receive virtually no care and most will not appear as plants you’d want in your own landscape. But given a chance to grow in your landscape, many of them would be quite attractive. Photos and information about all these plants are readily available online. Click learn more… by plant names to learn more about each of these beneficial plants.
The following table provides a list of just some of the plants that have been identified in the woodlands surrounding the paths. The map below the table shows the relative location of each plant. The plants listed start at the top right of the map and go counter clockwise. Click the markers on the map to see a relative location for each plant identified.
Note: Please be patient as we are still working on documentation for some plants and for others we are working to confirm the exact species we have in the woodlands. Because of this, for a particular native plant, there may be a sign along the trail but no learn more… link or there may be a learn more… link but no sign along the trail.
| Plant | ||
| 1 | Red mulberry (Morus rubra) | learn more… |
| 2 | Hackberry (Celtis occidentalis) | learn more… |
| 3 | Osage orange (Maclura pomifera) | learn more… |
| 4 | Eastern red cedar (Juniperus virginiana) | learn more… |
| 5 | Honey locust (Gleditsia triacanthos) | learn more… |
| 6 | Eastern cottonwood (Populus deltoides) | learn more… |
| 7 | Black walnut (Juglans nigra) | learn more… |
| 8 | Eastern redbud (Cercis canadensis) | learn more… |
| 9 | American elm (Ulmus americana) | learn more… |
| 10 | Smooth sumac (Rhus glabra) | learn more… |
| 11 | Rough-leaved dogwood (Cornus drummondii) | learn more… |
| 12 | Black willow (Salix nigra) | learn more… |
| 13 | Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis) | learn more… |