1. American Elm2. American Beech 3. Common Persimmon 4. Common Apple 5. Black Cherry 6. Black Oak 7. Black Walnut 8. Black Gum 9. Callery Pear

10. Carolina Buckthorn 11. Cherry 12. Chinese Chestnut

13. Devil’s-walkingstick 14. Flowering Dogwood 15. Common Fig 16. Ginkgo 17. Common Pawpaw 18. Common Pear 19. Pignut Hickory 20. Red Hickory 21. Red Maple 22. Eastern Redbud 23. Common Sassafras 24. Shagbark Hickoy

25. Shumard Oak 26. Silver Maple 27. Sugar Maple 28. American Sweetgum 29. White Ash 30. White Oak 31. White Pine 32. Yellow Poplar 33. Common Crapemyrtle34. Mockernut Hickory35. Loblolly Pine36. Eastern Red Cedar

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Tree Identification Guide

Ridgetop Station Park

Dry Stream

BedMus

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Tool Shed

SmokeHouse

Shelter

Play

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Parking Lot

Caboose

GardenGazebo

Bridge

Bridge

257

Woo

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Ave

nue

257

Knightengale Acres

Orchard

Restrooms

6

8

1

52

6

7

7

8

18

29

25

21

32

17 3

16

12

13

11

10

30

31

31

24

15

27

26

234

24

31

34

21

19

28

30

19

32

36

6

32

20

33

14

19

9

27

27

22 14

32

35

13

The labels are in accordance with Tennes-see Urban Forestry specifications and include the Common name and Botanical name of the trees.

This Tree Identification Guide maps out the approximate location of the labeled trees.

Enjoy the Tour!

Example of a Tree Label

Visit the Robertson County Master Gardeners’ web site at rcmga.org/arboretum/ for more infor-mation about the Ridgetop Station Park Arbore-tum project. Your comments and suggestions are appreciated!

Brochure Sponsored by Robertson County Master Gardeners

& Ridgetop Garden Club

Estimated brochure cost is $.72. Please recycle by returning it to box.

TREE IDENTIFICATION

GUIDE

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Tree Identification Project at Ridgetop Station Park

The identification and labeling of the trees at Ridgetop Station Park is a joint project of the Robertson County Master Gardeners and the Ridgetop Gar-den Club. The project’s goal is to identify the park’s trees in order to enhance the educational aspect of the walking trail and grounds.

T he identification and labeling of the trees at Ridgetop Station Park is a joint project of the Robertson County Master Gardeners

and the Ridgetop Garden Club. The project’s goal is to identify the park’s trees in order to en-hance the educational aspect of the walking trail and grounds.

The project is sponsored by the Ridgetop Park Board and funded by the City of Ridgetop.

Ridgetop Boy Scout Troop 151, Robertson County Master Gardener volunteers, and Park Board representatives attached labels to over 35 species of trees along the walking trail and around the park’s historic buildings.

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