top of page

Tilley Pond Park:

Norway Maple

Norway maple is a fast-growing medium sized tree, up to 18 - 21 m (60' - 70') in height and up to 60 cm (24") in diameter. Bark is grey and smooth when young. The bark is dark grey with shallow, intersecting ridges in a regular, often diamond-shaped pattern. Leaves are palmately lobed, wider than long, each leaf has 5 to 7 lobes that often have bristle-tipped teeth.

Kousa Dogwood 

The Kousa dogwood, is a small deciduous tree 8–12 m (26–39 ft) tall, in the dogwood familyCornaceae. It is native to Korea, much of China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Sikkim, Bhutan and the Ryukyu Islands. It is reported to be naturalized in Hawaii, Connecticut and New York State. It is widely cultivated as an ornamental. Like most dogwoods, Kousa dogwood has opposite, simple leaves, 4–10 cm long. The tree is extremely showy when in bloom, but what appear to be four, white petals are actually four spreading bracts below the cluster of inconspicuous yellow-green flowers. The blossoms appear in late spring, weeks after the tree leafs out.

Black Oak

Black Oaks are medium to large trees, growing to around 80 feet. Their trunks are usually no more than two and a half feet wide. Black Oak leaves are four to ten inches long, with seven to nine lobes (like fingers). Lobes have a pointy bristle on the end. Leaves are shiny green above, and pale green below. Sometimes they have brown hairs underneath. Black Oak leaves turn red in the fall. The bark of Black Oak is smooth and gray on young trees, but as it gets older the bark turns black and thick with deep furrows (wrinkles). The inner bark of this tree is orangish-yellow.

Catalpa

Mostly deciduous trees, they typically grow to 12–18 metres (39–59 ft) tall and 6–12 metres (20–39 ft) wide. A 10-year-old sapling will stand about 6 metres (20 ft) tall. They can be recognized by their large, heart-shaped to three-lobed leaves, showy white or yellow flowers in broad panicles, and during the autumn by their 20–50 centimetres (7.9–19.7 in) long fruits, which resemble a slender bean pod, containing numerous small flat seeds, each seed having two thin wings to aid in wind dispersal. Because of the leaves, they are sometimes confused with the tung tree (Vernicia fordii) in the southern U.S., or the invasive Paulownia tomentosa imported from China.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

bottom of page