Arboretum

KOELREUTERIA PANICULATA – GOLDEN RAIN TREE
QUERCUS RUBRA – OAK, NORTHERN RED
PRUNUS SPP. – CHERRY/PLUM SPP.
ULMUS RUBRA ‘PENDULA’ – ELM, SLIPPERY ‘PENDULA’
TSUGA CANADENSIS ‘PENDULA’ – HEMLOCK, EASTERN ‘PENDULA’
TILIA AMERICANA – LINDEN, AMERICAN
PINUS FLEXILIS – PINE, LIMBER
PICEA ORIENTALIS – SPRUCE, ORIENTAL
PRUNUS SEROTINA – CHERRY, BLACK
QUERCUS VELUTINA – OAK, BLACK

ABOUT THE WOODLAWN ARBORETUM

The Woodlawn Cemetery Arboretum features more than 400 unique tree species and cultivars including an array of flowering, evergreen, and shade trees originating from North America, Europe, and Asia. The Arboretum harbors 11 specimens that are remarkable simply because of their overwhelmingly large size, measuring over five feet in diameter. These mature specimens include a Massive White Oak guarding the north edge of the Cemetery, a unique weeping European Beech (Fagus sylvatica), an unusual fine-leaved cultivar of the same species, an American Basswood (Tilia americana), and a Black Oak (Quercus velutina) that measures 6 feet across its trunk.

Level II Accreditation

In 2017, The Woodlawn Cemetery was awarded the Level II Accreditation by The ArbNet Arboretum Accreditation Program and The Morton Arboretum, for achieving particular standards of professional practices deemed important for arboreta and botanic gardens.

WOODLAWN’S ARBORETUM COLLECTION

The Arboretum also features five specimens identified in the “Great Trees of New York City” program, including a Japanese Umbrella Pine (Sciadopitys verticillata) and a native Eastern White Pine (Pinus strobus). The Arboretum collection contains several other introduced and native trees of note including one of the largest empress trees (Paulownia Tomentosa) in New York which is native to China, and a Native Tulip Poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera ) that measures over 125 feet tall and 63 inches in diameter.

Each tree in the Arboretum collection is trunk labeled and mapped for easy identification and public access. Open our tree map to follow our Tree Walk and learn more about each of our unique trees by clicking here.

WOODLAWN TREE WALK ID

Tree Walk ID #s 1-12

Tree Walk ID #s 37-48

Tree Walk ID #s 73-84

Tree Walk ID #s 109-120

Tree Walk ID #s 13-24

Tree Walk ID #s 49-60

Tree Walk ID #s 85-96

Tree Walk ID #s 121-132

Tree Walk ID #s 25-36

Tree Walk ID #s 61-72

Tree Walk ID #s 97-108

Tree Walk ID #s 133-141