AT WILLS PARK Sponsored by Alpharetta Arboretum, Inc, Alpharetta Convention and Visitors Bureau and City of Alpharetta
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A L P H A R E T T A
AT WILLS PARK
Sponsored by
Alpharetta Arboretum, Inc,
Alpharetta Convention and
Visitors Bureau and City of Alpharetta
Alpharetta Arboretum at Wills Park
elcome to the Alpharetta As you wander through the park on the walking
Arboretum at Wills Park. An trail, you will see many street, border and accent
arboretum is a collection of trees trees that offer an educational perspective on the
assembled and maintained for wide choices of trees suited for planting in the urban
education, research and enjoyment. landscape.
Please take time to walk through the arboretum at
Established in 2008, the Alpharetta Arboretum your own pace and enjoy the beauty and natural settings.
at Wills Park showcases the natural setting and Be sure to visit Alpharetta’s other arboretums at Webb
beauty of many native and non-native tree species Bridge Park, Cogburn Road Park and Brooke Street Park.
in Wills Park, a 110 acre multi-use park near the Don’t miss the Alpharetta Community Garden while at
downtown center of Alpharetta. Wills Park, located next to the Recreation Center.
OLD MILTON PKY We invite you to make the Alpharetta
Arboretums destinations you will return
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Re cre at ion Center
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Commun i t y Center
Community Ce n te r
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18 WILLS PARK Tree List
Community 1 Green Ash 13 Persimmon
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2 Liberty Elm 14 Sweet Gum
13 Rotundiloba
12 3 Sawtooth Oak
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Equestrian 15 Dawn Redwood
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4 Chinese Elm
1 9 10 5 Willow Oak 16 Water Oak
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6 Black Gum 17 Pin Oak
7 White Flowering 18 Red Maple
Dogwood 19 Tulip Poplar
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7 8 Sassafras 20 Georgia Oak
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9 Pignut Hickory 21 Sweetgum
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12 Southern Red Oak 24 Loblolly Pine
ALPHA RET TA HWY / HWY 94 | Chinese Elm 7 | White Flowering Dogwood
This tree is not native This classic southern This is a tree for large spaces like
to North America, tree grows to heights parks or other recreational areas.
but at a typical height of 20 to 30 feet Birds, deer, woodpeckers, turkey
1 | Green Ash of 50 feet, it’s a under taller trees in and squirrels hoard its acorns.
This tree, planted in terrific choice for undisturbed forests. White oak was used extensively for
full sun, quickly grows open landscape. It is The White Flowering making naval ships, furniture, barrels,
to 50 or 60 feet tall, fast growing with dark green leaves Dogwood is a popular landscape fireplace wood and many other items.
making it an excellent and a fall color display that varies tree, thriving in light shade.
shade tree popular in from yellow to burgundy. This is one of the most important 11 | Black Cherry
cities and high-use In forest areas, its shoots, buds southern trees, not only for its beauty, The tallest of all cherries
parks throughout eastern United and leaves are often eaten by deer, but also for its berries that provide at mature heights of 50
States. and it provides nesting areas for food for over 75 species of birds. feet, it has been known
Its leaves are medium green many birds. This elm is originally to rise to a noble 100
in summer and bright yellow in au- from northern and central China, 8 | Sassafras feet in height. Leaves are
tumn, and it produces a reddish-pur- Taiwan, Korea and Japan. This is an understory tree willow-like, and the bark
ple flower followed by a small tan growing to heights of is aromatic and dark red-brown on
fruit. Wood ducks, finches and 5 | Willow Oak 30 to 60 feet with a older trees. Its fruit is dark red,
cardinals eat its seeds. The natural habitat for spread of 25 to 40 becoming almost black when ripe,
Most oars and canoe paddles this handsome tree is feet at maturity. and is eaten by birds.
are made from Green Ash wood. the bottom-lands of the The Sassafras is known The medicinal properties of the bark
South and Eastern for its brilliant display of fall foliage have been used for cough medicines,
2 | Liberty Elm Coastal Plains. It and aromatic smell with bright to expectorants and the treatment of sore
This tree grows at a reaches heights of medium green leaves that change throats.
rate of two to three 40 to 60 feet with a spread of to deep orange, scarlet, purple and
feet per year and 30 to 40 feet at full maturity. yellow in the fall.
reaches heights of The leaves resemble the willow’s, It is still used today to make tea, 12 | Southern Red Oak
100 feet or more. from which it derives its name. root beer and a Louisiana spice This oak with a rounded
The Liberty Elm was Acorns provide food for the whitetail powder that is added to soups and open crown usually
developed to be 99% resistant to deer, squirrels, wild turkey, quail other dishes. grows to 80 feet, but
Dutch Elm disease. It’s an excellent and some songbirds. can occasionally reach
choice as an urban street shade The willow has been harvested heights of 125 feet. It’s
9 | Pignut Hickory one of the hardiest and
tree. for lumber since pioneer days This tree is extraordinarily
In forests, its early spring buds for paneling, newel posts, pulpits, fastest growing of the oaks and usually
tough, growing to heights
and leaves are a favorite treat for church pews, bar tops, stairs, lives for about 150 years.
of 60 to 70 feet. Its fruit
deer and other ground dwelling railings and flour barrels. The heaviest wood of the North
ripens in September and
mammals. American hardwoods, it is used for
has a distinctive pear
6 | Black Gum furniture making, flooring, fireplace
shape. Autumn leaves
Although this tree has wood and veneers.
turn a dull gold.
3 | Sawtooth Oak been known to reach This hardy tree can endure poor soils
Originally from heights of 60 feet, it and drier situations. It can be found 13 | Persimmon
Japan, Korea and rarely grows beyond from Southern Canada to Florida and This understory tree
China, this tree 30 feet. The leathery westward to Mississippi along hillsides grows to heights of 20
grows to 40 to leaves turn bright red and ridges. to 60 feet and tolerates
60 feet with an in autumn. It’s sometimes called the “Broom full sun or shade. Its
equal spread at full maturity. It flowers from April through June Hickory” because early settlers used thick, dark brown or gray
It gets its name from its long, and has blue-black fruit ripening it to make brooms, tool handles and bark is tinged with red,
spear-shaped leaves with saw- in September and October. wagon parts. and divided into square plates, giving
toothed edges. The leaves are dark The edible berries can be made a distinctly reptilian looking hide. A
green in summer, turning to bright into preserves and are reminiscent 10 | White Oak fruiting tree, it ripens and sweetens in
yellow in autumn. It also produces of a wild cherry. A White Oak can live up autumn. It is the northernmost member
a golden brown flower. to 600 years, growing of the Ebony family, with dark brown
The Sawtooth Oak makes an to just over 100 feet tall, to nearly black heartwood and is
attractive and durable shade tree, with a spread of 50 to prized for its wavy grained wood.
and is adaptable to a wide range 100 feet. Native Americans made the pulp of
of soil and climate conditions. the fruit into bread. The heartwood has
been used to make golf clubs, loom
The mission of Alpharetta Arboretum, Inc. is to connect people to nature for their
education and enjoyment. We engage the community through horticultural
demonstration, ecological education and the stewardship of botanically rich places.Alpharetta Arboretum at Wills Park
14 | Sweet Gum Rotundiloba 17 | Pin Oak
Its usual height is 40 to Few oaks can withstand
50 feet, but can grow flooding and wet ground 20 | Georgia Oak 22 | Sycamore
up to 100 feet, with a as well as this species. Georgia Oak, This tree grows to
spread of 25 to 30 feet. It inhabits poorly drained or Stone Mountain heights of 80 to 150
This tree is a good sites and flatlands Oak, is a rare feet and produces a
choice for a lawn or throughout eastern deciduous oak. fruit ball, which breaks
park, allowing a large area for root central United States, growing to It is native to the apart into fluff in the
development. heights of 60 feet or more. southeastern United winter, spreading
The original tree was discovered A medium to fast grower, it is used States, mainly in northern Georgia. seeds. Its bark is smooth and pale
in the wild in North Carolina in in commercial plantings around It grows on dry granite and with large patches of lighter color.
1930. It is a cultivar, a species of tree buildings as street trees and in parking sandstone outcrops of slopes of It is used for furniture, veneer and
intentionally selected and maintained areas. hills. It is a small tree, often shrubby, butcher’s blocks, since it can be
through cultivation. growing to 25 to 50 feet tall. The endlessly hacked on without splitting.
The spectacular fall foliage of this 18 | Red Maple tree was first discovered in 1849
species is a mixture of yellow, orange, This tree can be happy at Stone Mountain, Georgia, where 23 | Swamp Tupelo
red and purple. just about anywhere several specimens grow along the Like the Black Gum,
from stream banks and popular walk-up trail. This tree was this tree evolved on
15 | Dawn Redwood dry difficult sites to grown from an acorn harvested on extreme sites, and
With an ultimate height swamps. It grows fairly Stone Mountain. Georgia Oak is occupies wetlands
exceeding 100 feet, its quickly to 60 feet tall listed as an endangered species between North
usual height of 35 to 50 and can withstand moderate amounts in the wild. Carolina, Florida and
feet in 25 years makes of modern urban pollution. Louisiana. While it can grow to 60
it a fast grower needing A highly adaptable tree with red 21 | Sweetgum feet under ideal conditions, it rarely
plenty of room. and sometimes yellow flowers, it has The Sweetgum oozes reaches over 30 feet.
This species was once thought to brilliant fall colors from deep red to a sweet sticky Its leathery leaves turn bright
be extinct until found in 1948 growing yellow. substance from which red in the fall. It flowers from April
in a remote valley of the Szechwan The nation’s largest Red Maple it gets its name. It is through June and produces a
province in China. It is now grown is 141 feet tall and over seven feet known as a pioneer blue-black berry in September and
all around the world. Recent in diameter and grows in the Great tree because it’s October.
reexamination of western United Smoky Mountains National Park. usually the first tree to move into Because the wood easily warps
States fossils identified the Dawn Bird’s Eye Maple is a rare form of an abandoned field or logged-out and shrinks, it is mostly used for
Redwood as once being native maple wood caused by knotting and areas, growing fairly quickly to pulley rollers, gunstocks, chopping
to North America. fungus, treasured for its beauty and heights of 100 to 140 feet. bowls and blocks.
While giving an evergreen strength and used for making musical It is most easily identified by its
appearance, it is a deciduous conifer, instruments. seed-bearing fruit, which is a woody, 24 | Loblolly Pine
shedding its leaves for winter. burred ball. The seed balls feed a Found in the
variety of birds and small animals southeastern United
16 | Water Oak 19 | Tulip Poplar such as chipmunks, gray and red States where it covers
This oak grows to 50 A fast growing member squirrels. several million acres,
to 80 feet with the same of the Magnolia family, It was once commercially this evergreen pine
size spread at maturity. with a yellow/green/ popular for soaps, adhesives and grows quickly to 60
It does well in full sun orange tulip bloom, this pharmaceuticals. Today, its wood to 100 feet in full sun. Its leaves are
and partial shade. tree grows to a height of is valuable for fine furniture and spiral needles six to nine inches long,
Because of its fast rate 75 to 100 feet, and interior finishing. and its fruit is an oval cone.
of growth coupled with its weaker occasionally, 200 feet. Its name, Loblolly, refers to the
wood, its limbs and trunk eventually It can live up to 500 years. moist depressions in river bottoms
break or hollow out. It provides shelter for where it originated.
It’s a prolific acorn producer, hummingbirds and butterflies. These trees provide homes and
feeding a variety of wildlife. The Its seeds are eaten by cardinals and food for many southeastern animals
Water Oak has been used since the finches, while its leaves host butterfly including birds, chipmunks and
1600’s to provide lumber for many larvae. squirrels.
homes. The Loblolly Pine is raised
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