Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Details |
Photos |
Virginia Pine | Pinus virginiana | One of the two common pines of the park woods and field borders, has a smoother and more reddish trunk than the shortleaf pine. The yellow-green short needles are in bundles of 2, and are twisted. Young trees can be seen in the successional areas of the park north of Phillips-Hawkins Hall. | ![]() |
Eastern Hemlock | Tsuga canadensis | Few individuals planted or escaped in the park woods. | ![]() |
White Pine | Pinus Strobis | In the park fields along the border of the former lake. Needles are in bundles of 5. | ![]() |
Long Leaf Pine | Pinus palustris | One individual in the park fields along border of former lake. needles in bundles of 3, 10-16 inches long. | ![]() |
Short Leaf Pine | Pinus schinata | The other of the 2 common pines in the park forest, distinguished from the virginia pine by its plated trunk. | ![]() |
Loblolly Pine | Pinus taeda | Several mature individuals in park fields along border of former lake, planted in the 1940’s. Some seedlings have been planted in the park since then. Needles in bundles of 3, 6-9inches long. | ![]() |