Self-Guided Tree Walk: Index

Interested in learning what trees grow in Palo Alto? Want to get to know the city a little better? Looking for the perfect tree for your yard? Canopy has the perfect solution for you! We have developed a series of 12 Tree Walks which take you around various sections of the city. Each tree walk has been developed by a certified arborist and is meant as an educational tool that you can use on your own time.

If you are interested in looking for a certain tree, this index contains a list of all the trees discussed and on which walks they can be found. The walks may be done in any order. While we encourage you to try them all, you can choose to do as many or as few as you like.

Tree Walks:
1. Barron Park
2. College Terrace
3. Community Center Area
4. Crescent Park
5. Greenmeadow
6. Main Library and Art Center
7. North Palo Alto
8. Old Palo Alto
9. Palo Verde
10. South of Forest
11. Southgate
12. West Bayshore Area
13. Gamble Garden

The numbers listed after each tree refer to the Canopy Tree Walk on which that type of tree can be found.

Each entry follows this format:
Common Name (Scientific Name); Tree Walk Number(s)

African sumac (Rhus lancea); 3
Aleppo Pine (Pinus halepensis); 1,3
American Elm (Ulmus americana);12
American Sweet Gum (Liquidambar styraciflua); 9,10,12
Apple (Malus domestica); 12
Arbutus 'Marina'; 8,11
Atlas Cedar (Cedrus atlantica); 2,3,4,5,9,11
Asian Pear (Pyrus pyrifolia culta ‘Housi’); 13
Australian Tea Tree (Leptospermum laevigatum); 8,11
Big Leaf Maple (Acer macrophyllum); 1,5
Black Locust (Robinia pseudoacacia); 1,3,8
Blackwood, Black Acacia (Acacia melanoxylon); 1,2,11
Blue Gum (Eucalyptus globulus); 2
Box Elder (Acer negundo); 2
Bradford Pear (Pyrus calleryana 'Bradford'); 8
Brazilian Pepper Tree (Schinus terebinthefolius);5
Bronze loquat (Eriobotrya deflexa); 5
California Fan Palm (Washingtonia filifera);12
California Pepper Tree (Schinus molle); 1,2,3,4,5,11,12
California Walnut (Juglans californica hindsii); 4
Camellia (Camellia japonica); 6
Camphor Tree (Cinnamomum camphora); 1,6,11
Canary Island Date Palm (Phoenix canariensis); 2,4,11,12
Canary Island Pine (Pinus canariensis); 2
Carob or St. John's Bread (Ceratonia siliqua); 5,8
Carolina Laurel Cherry (Prunus caroliniana); 9
Catalpa or Indian Bean (Catalpa bignonioides);2
Cedar of Lebanon (Cedrus libani); 10
Chanticleer Pear (Pyrus calleryana 'Chanticleer'); 5
Chinese Elm (Ulmus parvifolia); 1,2,6,12
Chinese Fringe Tree (Chionanthus retusus): 2,5,13
Chinese Hackberry (Celtis sinensis); 7
Chinese Photinia (Photinia serrulata); 2,8
Chinese Pistache (Pistacia chinensis); 1,2,6,8,9,11
Chinese Tallow Tree (Sapium sebiferum); 1,5,6
Coast Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia); 1,3,4,7,8,10,11
Coast Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens); 2,4,6,8,10,11,12
Colorado Blue Spruce (Picea pungens 'Glauca'); 12
Copper Beech (Fagus sylvatica 'Atropunicea'); 1,6,8
Coral Tree (Erythrina crista-galli); 6,10,13
Cork Oak (Quercus suber); 1,2,5,8,10,11
Crape myrtle (Lagerstroemia hybrids); 8
Crape myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica); 6,11
Dawn Redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides); 7,8,10,13
Deodar Cedar (Cedrus deodara); 4,7,8,12
Dogwood (Cornus kousa); 6
Douglas Fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii); 3,7,11
Dove Tree (Davidia involucrata); 13
Dracena, Cordyline (Cordyline australis); 7,9
Eastern Redbud (Cercis canadensis); 4
English Hawthorn (Crataegus laevigata); 7
English Walnut (Juglans regia); 12
English Yew (Taxus baccata); 3,10
European Beech (Fagus sylvatica); 4,5
European White Birch (Betula pendula); 4,7,9,11,12
Evergreen Dogwood (Cornus capitalta); 13
Evergreen Pear (Pyrus kawakamii); 9,12
Fern Pine (Afrocarpus elongatus); 4,5,7,8,10
Fig (Ficus carica); 1,13
Flaxleaf Paperbark (Melaleuca linariifolia); 9
Flowering Ash (Fraxinus ornus); 3
Giant Sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum); 7,8,11
Ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba); 2,3,4,6,7,10,12
Glossy Privet (Ligustrum lucidum); 12,13
Grecian Laurel, Sweet Bay (Laurus nobilis); 6
Holly Oak (Quercus ilex); 5
Honey Locust (Gleditsia triacanthos); 1
Hopseed Bush (Dodonaea viscosa Purpurea'); 9
Incense Cedar (Calocedrus decurrens); 2,3,8,12
Irish Yew (Taxus baccata 'Stricta'); 10
Ironwood Tree (Casuarina cunninghamiana); 12
Italian Cypress (Cupressus sempervirens); 2,5,9
Italian Stone Pine (Pinus pinea); 2,6
Jacaranda (Jacaranda mimosifolia); 5,7,10
Japanese Black Pine (Pinus thunbergii); 3,9
Japanese flowering crabapple (Malus floribunda); 11
Japanese Maple (Acer palmatum); 3,5,6,7,9,10,11, 13
Japanese Pagoda Tree (Sophora japonica); 1,3
Jelecote Pine (Pinus patula); 5,6
Lawson Cedar, Port Orford Cedar (Chamaecyparis lawsoniana); 3, 13
Lemon Bottlebrush (Callistemon citrinus); 9,12
Little-leaf Linden (Tilia cordata); 4,12
London Plane Tree (Platanus acerifolia); 1,2,4,6,8,9
Loquat (Eriobotrya japonica); 2,5,9
Magnolia delavayi (Magnolia delavayi); 5
Magnolia x ‘Star Wars’; 13
Mayten (Maytenus boaria); 7,8,9
Mexican Fan Palm (Washingtonia robusta); 12
Mexican Palo Verde, Jerusalem Thorn
(Parkinsonia aculeata); 9
Michelia (Michelia doltsopa); 7,13
Mimosa, Bailey Acacia (Acacia baileyana); 2
Modesto Ash (Fraxinus velutina 'Modesto'); 4,9,12
Monterey Cypress (Cupressus macrocarpa); 2,12
Monterey Pine (Pinus radiata); 3,5,9,12
Moreton Bay Fig (Ficus macrophylla); 10
Nepal Camphor (Cinnamomum glanduliferum); 5
Olive Tree (Olea europaea); 4,9,12
Oriental Persimmon (Diospyros kaki ‘Hachiya’); 13
Paperbark Maple (Acer griseum); 13
Pecan (Carya illinoensis); 1
Persian Parrotia (Parrotia persica); 5
Pin Oak (Quercus palustris); 5
Pioneer Elm (Ulmus pioneer); 10
Plume Cryptomeria, Plume Cedar (Cryptomeria japonica 'Elegans'); 3,6
Queen Palm (Syagrus romanzoffianum); 11
Raywood Ash (Fraxinus oxycarpa 'Raywood'); 2
Red Horse Chestnut, Buckeye (Aesculus carnea); 4,6,12
Red Ironbark (Eucalyptus sideroxylon); 2
Red Maple (Acer rubrum); 1,8
Red Oak (Quercus rubra); 4,13
Red-flowering Gum (Eucalyptus ficifolia); 3
Sago Palm (Cycas revoluta); 2
Saucer Magnolia (Magnolia soulangeana); 6,7,11,12,13
Scarlet Oak (Quercus coccinea); 2,11
Shamel Ash (Fraxinus uhdei); 9
Shumard Oak (Quercus shumardii); 10
Siberian Elm (Ulmus pumila); 8
Silk Oak (Grevillea robusta); 2,4
Silk Tree (Albizia julibrissin); 2,5,9,11
Silver Dollar Gum (Eucalyptus polyanthemos); 3,9,12
Smoke Tree (Cotinus coggygria); 13
Snakebark Maple (Acer capillipes); 13
Soapbark Tree (Quillaja saponaria); 5
Southern Magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora); 2,3,4,7,8,10,11,12
Star Magnolia (Magnolia stellata); 13
Strawberry Tree (Arbutus unedo); 5,9,11
Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum); 2,4
Tobira (Pittosporum tobira); 11
Toyon (Heteromeles arbutifolia); 13
Tulip Tree (Liriodendron tulipifera); 2,4,5,7
Tupelo Tree (Nyssa sylvatica); 8
Turkey oak (Quercus cerris); 8
Valley Oak (Quercus lobata); 1,2,8,10,11
Variegated Hollywood Juniper (Juniperus chinensis 'Kaizuka'); 6,7,9
Victorian Box (Pittosporum undulatum); 5,13
Vine Maple (Acer circinatum); 2
Water gum (Tristaniopsis laurina); 8
Weeping Cherry (Prunus subhirtella); 13
Western Catalpa (Catalpa speciosa); 3
Western Juniper, Sierra Juniper (Juniperus occidentalis); 3
Western Redbud (Cercis occidentalis); 6,8
White Alder (Alnus rhombifolia); 4,7
White Fir (Abies concolor); 2
White Mulberry (Morus alba); 2
Willow Pittosporum (Pittosporum phillyreoides); 11
Windmill Palm (Trachycarpus fortunei); 11
Yew Pine (Podocarpus macrophyllus); 6,9

This publication was funded by the California ReLeaf 2003 Capacity-Building Grant Program and the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.