Tree Identification Sign Project
The 4-H Conservation Club and the PV Park Volunteers are installing Tree Identification Signs in Pleasant Valley Park. The signs mark certain trees along the various trails. Only some of the signs are installed at this time. More information will be added as the project progresses. Pictures shown are of the actual tree sign, tree bark and leaves of the tree identified in Pleasant Valley Park.
Trees
| Tree | Trail/Other Info/Pictures |
|---|---|
| American basswood (Tilia americana) |
Location: White Oak Trail |
| American beech (Fagus grandifolia) |
Location: |
| American elm (Ulmus americana) |
Location: |
| American holly (Ilex opaca) |
Location: |
| American hornbeam (Carpinus caroliniana) |
Location: Hornbeam Trail |
| American sycamore | Location: |
| Apple | Location: |
| Beech | See American Beech |
| Big tooth aspen (Populus grandidentata) |
Location: |
| Bitternut hickory (Carya cordiformis) |
Location: |
| Black birch (Betula lenta) |
Location: Red Maple Trail   |
| Black cherry (Prunus serotina) |
Location: Red Maple Trail   |
| Black gum (Nyssa sylvatica) |
Location: |
| Black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia) |
Location: |
| Black oak (Quercus velutina) |
Location: Hank's Trail |
| Black walnut (Juglans nigra) |
Location: Hank's Trail First Sign Installed    |
| Catalpa | See Northern Catalpa |
| Crab apple (Pyrus coronaria) |
Location: |
| Eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) |
Location: Hemlock Trail Some trees in this area were toppled by a strong wind storm in the spring of 2010.     |
| Eastern white pine (Pinus strobus) |
Location: Hank's Trail |
| European chestnut | Location: Chestnut Trail  |
| Flowering dogwood (Cornus florida) |
Location: |
| Flowering peach | Location: |
| Grey-stemmed dogwood | Location: |
| Hackberry (Celtis occidentalis) |
Location: Chestnut Trail  |
| Hawthorne (Crataegus Phaenopyrum) |
Location: Hornbeam Trail |
| Hop hornbeam (Ostrya virginiana) |
See Ironwood |
| Ironwood (Ostrya virginiana) |
Location: Hornbeam Trail |
| Northern catalpa (Catalpa speciosa) |
Location: |
| Northern red oak | Location: Red Oak Trail   |
| Norway spruce (Picea abies) |
Location: Hornbeam Trail |
| Paw paw (Asimina triloba) |
Location: Hank's Trail A small tree growing to a height of 35 feet with a trunks 8-12 inches in diameter.    \ |
| Pignut hickory (Carya glabra) |
Location: Hornbeam Trail |
| Pin cherry (Prunus pensylvanica) |
Location: |
| Pin Oak (Quercus palustris) |
Location: |
| Pitch pine (Pinus rigida) |
Location: Red Maple Trail    |
| Red maple (Acer rubrum) |
Location: Red Maple Trail |
| Red mulberry (Morus rubra) |
Location: Chestnut Trail  |
| Red oak | See Northern Red Oak |
| Red pine (Pinus resinosa) |
Location: Red Maple Trail   |
| Sassafras (Sassafras albidum) |
Location: |
| Serviceberry (Amelanchier pallida) |
Location: |
| Scarlet Oak (Quercus coccinea) |
Location: |
| Shagbark hickory (Carya ovata) |
Location: Hornbeam Trail |
| Shingle oak (Quercus imbricaria) |
Location: Chestnut Trail   |
| Silver maple (Acer saccharinum) |
Location: |
| Slippery elm (Ulmus rubra) |
Location: White Oak Trail |
| Staghorn sumac (Rhus typhina) |
Location: Hank's Trail   |
| Sugar maple | Location: Chestnut Trail  |
| Sycamore (Plantanus occidentalis) |
Location: |
| Tree-of-heaven | Location: |
| Tulip tree | Location: Hank's Trail |
| White ash (Fraxinus americana) |
Location: Hemlock Trail  |
| White oak (Quercus alba) |
Location: White Oak Trail |
| White pine | See Eastern White Pine |
| Witch-hazel (Hamamelis virginiana) |
Location: White Oak Trail |
If you are aware of a particular tree, that we have not identified, along one of the trails in Pleasant Valley Park, please feel free to let us know about it. Bonnie Belak is the Organizational Leader for the 4-H Conservation Club and can be reached at 724-327-6885 (leave a message).