refs to use Trees of New York City [1] [2]
Name | Image | Borough | Location | Species | Height | Trunk diameter | Average canopy spread | Notes | Ref. |
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American Elm | — | The Bronx |
Wave Hill "At the top of the lawn just southeast of the Wave Hill House" |
American Elm | 114.8 feet (35.0 m) | 53.6 inches (136 cm) | 70.5 feet (21.5 m) | — | [1] |
American Sycamore | — | The Bronx | Corlear Avenue & West 231st Street "East side of Corlear Avenue just south of West 231st Street" |
American Sycamore | 98.4 feet (30.0 m) | 53 inches (130 cm) | 58 feet (18 m) | This tree grows near where the King's Bridge was erected in 1693 by Frederick Philipse, which gives the neighborhood of Kingsbridge, Bronx it's name. This bridge is where the Boston Post Road began and where George Washington retreated after the Battle of Fort Washington on November 16, 1776. | [2] |
Common Horsechestnuts (three individual trees) |
— | The Bronx |
Van Cortlandt Mansion "On the east lawn of Van Cortlandt Mansion" |
Common Horsechestnut | 87.74 feet (26.74 m) | 41.5 inches (105 cm) | 45 feet (14 m) | Three individual trees growing outside the oldest building in the Bronx, The Van Cortlandt Mansion, which was built in 1748. | [3] |
European Cutleaf Beech | — | The Bronx |
Woodlawn Cemetery "Northeast of the Jerome Ave entrance to Woodlawn Cemetery in the Woodbine Plot" |
European Cutleaf Beech | 91.02 feet (27.74 m) | 61.4 inches (156 cm) | 50.5 feet (15.4 m) | — | [4] |
Japanese Red Pine | — | The Bronx |
Wave Hill "By Glyndor Terrace" |
Japanese Red Pine | 11.48 feet (3.50 m) | N/A | 8.5 feet (2.6 m) | This tree is a replacement for a 35 feet (11 m) tall tree of the same variety which was lost sometime after 2002. |
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Lacebark Pine | — | The Bronx |
Wave Hill "At the top of the lawn just southeast of the Wave Hill House" |
Lacebark Pine | 52.48 feet (16.00 m) | 17 inches (43 cm) | 36.5 feet (11.1 m) | — | [6] |
Littleleaf Linden | — | The Bronx |
Pelham Bay Park "At the War Memorial" |
Littleleaf Linden | 58.22 feet (17.75 m) | 30.3 inches (77 cm) | 42 feet (13 m) | In 1928 several trees dedicated to the memory of fallen soldiers were removed from Grand Concourse and consolidated into a Memorial Grove at Pellham Bay Park which surrounded a planned unified war memorial, later constructed in 1932. This memorial grove was made up of 588 maple and littleleaf linden trees split into two sections, one for the maples planted in an arc, and one for the lindens planted in a grid. While 100 of the maples still survive, the linden grove lost trees to a highway interchange project in 1950 and was generally decimated by time until a microburst in 2009 and Hurricane Irene in 2011 reduced the grove to only a couple of remaining trees. This linden is one of the few surviving ones and remains a memorial to those who have fought in war. | [7] [8] |
Osage Orange | — | The Bronx | 601 Kappock Street "in front of the Presidential Apartments near the Knolls Crescent intersection" |
Osage Orange | 45.92 feet (14.00 m) | 53 inches (130 cm) | 37 feet (11 m) | — | [9] |
River Birches (two individual trees) |
— | The Bronx |
New York Botanical Garden "behind the oak stand along the east drive, just south of the magnolias" |
River Birch | 79.54 feet (24.24 m) | 61 inches (150 cm) | 60 feet (18 m) | — | [10] |
Royal Paulownia | — | The Bronx |
New York Botanical Garden "South of the Howell Family Garden" |
Royal Paulownia | 43.46 feet (13.25 m) | 67 inches (170 cm) | 38.5 feet (11.7 m) | — | [11] |
Slippery Elm | — | The Bronx | 710 West 246th Street | Slippery Elm | 98.4 feet (30.0 m) | 69 inches (180 cm) | 42 feet (13 m) | — | [12] |
Sugar Maple | — | The Bronx |
Wave Hill "At the top of the lawn just southeast of the Wave Hill House" |
Sugar Maple | 88.56 feet (26.99 m) | 45.8 inches (116 cm) | 56 feet (17 m) | — | [13] |
Sweetgum | — | The Bronx | 2151 Newbold Avenue "Post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars" |
Sweetgum | 158.26 feet (48.24 m) | 53 inches (130 cm) | 72.5 feet (22.1 m) | — | [14] |
Umbrella Pine | — | The Bronx |
Woodlawn Cemetery "Corner of Parkview and Chestnut Avenues, northeast of the Joseph Paterno mausoleum" |
Umbrella Pine | 47.56 feet (14.50 m) | 38 inches (97 cm) | 22.5 feet (6.9 m) | — | [15] |
Weeping Beech | — | The Bronx |
Woodlawn Cemetery "Corner of Parkview and Chestnut Avenues, northeast of the Joseph Paterno mausoleum" |
Weeping Beech | 53.3 feet (16.2 m) | 66 inches (170 cm) | 63.5 feet (19.4 m) | — | [16] |
White Ash | — | The Bronx |
Van Cortlandt Park "East side of the entrance to the cross country trail" |
White Ash | 82.82 feet (25.24 m) | 56.6 inches (144 cm) | 60.5 feet (18.4 m) | — | [17] |
White Oak | — | The Bronx |
Raoul Wallenberg Forest "Along the Palisades Avenue hiking trail" |
White Oak | 87.74 feet (26.74 m) | 54.5 inches (138 cm) | 63.5 feet (19.4 m) | This tree is located on the grounds of the home where U Thant, the Secretary General of the United Nations from 1961 to 1971, once lived. |
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White Oak | — | The Bronx |
Woodlawn Cemetery "North Border Ave and Rutgers Ave overlooking East 233rd Street" |
White Oak | 90.2 feet (27.5 m) | 64.2 inches (163 cm) | 82 feet (25 m) | The oldest tree at Woodlawn Cemetery. |
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American Elm | — | Brooklyn | 72nd Street and Ridge Boulevard "near Owls's Head Park" |
American Elm | 77.9 feet (23.7 m) | 45 inches (110 cm) | 46 feet (14 m) | — | [20] |
American Hornbeam | — | Brooklyn |
Prospect Park "across from the camperdown elm" |
American Hornbeam | 84.46 feet (25.74 m) | 115 inches (290 cm) | 72.5 feet (22.1 m) | — | [21] |
Camperdown Elm | — | Brooklyn |
Prospect Park "near Prospect Park Boathouse" |
Camperdown Elm | 20.5 feet (6.2 m) | 47 inches (120 cm) | 30.5 feet (9.3 m) | This tree was written about in a poem by Marianne Moore. | [22] |
Camperdown Elm | — | Brooklyn |
Greenwood Cemetery "at the intersection of Garden Path and Pink Avenue" |
Camperdown Elm | 19.68 feet (6.00 m) | 28.8 inches (73 cm) | 12 feet (3.7 m) | — | [23] |
Caucasian Wing Nut | — | Brooklyn |
Brooklyn Botanic Garden "just north of the Rock Garden" |
Caucasian Wing Nut | 45.1 feet (13.7 m) | 120 inches (300 cm) | 61.5 feet (18.7 m) | — | [24] |
Chinese Parasol Tree | — | Brooklyn |
Brooklyn Botanic Garden "South of the Rock Garden" |
Chinese Parasol Tree | 39.36 feet (12.00 m) | 12.25 inches (31.1 cm) | 25 feet (7.6 m) | — | [25] |
Common Pawpaw | — | Brooklyn | Brooklyn Botanic Garden | Common Pawpaw | 32.8 feet (10.0 m) | 10 inches (25 cm) | 23.5 feet (7.2 m) | several trunks all at less than 10" in diameter | [26] |
Dawn Redwood | — | Brooklyn | 151 Willow Street | Dawn Redwood | 100.04 feet (30.49 m) | 35 inches (89 cm) | 57.5 feet (17.5 m) | — | [27] |
English Elm | — | Brooklyn |
Prospect Park "Along the west drive, north of the Garfield entrance" |
English Elm | 95.94 feet (29.24 m) | 70.9 inches (180 cm) | 66 feet (20 m) | — | [28] |
Japanese Pagodatree | — | Brooklyn |
Prospect Park "Beside the camperdown elm south of the Boathouse" |
Japanese Pagodatree | 86.1 feet (26.2 m) | 54.1 inches (137 cm) | 62 feet (19 m) | — | [29] |
Kansas Hawthorn | — | Brooklyn |
Brooklyn Botanic Garden "Across from the Lily Pond" |
Kansas Hawthorn | 35.26 feet (10.75 m) | 20 inches (51 cm) | 28 feet (8.5 m) | — | [30] |
Mountain Winterberry | — | Brooklyn |
Brooklyn Botanic Garden "South side of the Rock Garden" |
Mountain Winterberry | 38.54 feet (11.75 m) | 27.5 inches (70 cm) | 28 feet (8.5 m) | — | [31] |
Southern Magnolia | — | Brooklyn |
Magnolia Tree Earth Center "677 Lafayette Avenue" |
Southern Magnolia | 56.58 feet (17.25 m) | 22 inches (56 cm) | 22.5 feet (6.9 m) | The only singularly landmarked tree in New York City. | [32] |
refs to use Trees of New York City [1] [2]
Name | Image | Borough | Location | Species | Height | Trunk diameter | Average canopy spread | Notes | Ref. |
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American Elm | — | The Bronx |
Wave Hill "At the top of the lawn just southeast of the Wave Hill House" |
American Elm | 114.8 feet (35.0 m) | 53.6 inches (136 cm) | 70.5 feet (21.5 m) | — | [1] |
American Sycamore | — | The Bronx | Corlear Avenue & West 231st Street "East side of Corlear Avenue just south of West 231st Street" |
American Sycamore | 98.4 feet (30.0 m) | 53 inches (130 cm) | 58 feet (18 m) | This tree grows near where the King's Bridge was erected in 1693 by Frederick Philipse, which gives the neighborhood of Kingsbridge, Bronx it's name. This bridge is where the Boston Post Road began and where George Washington retreated after the Battle of Fort Washington on November 16, 1776. | [2] |
Common Horsechestnuts (three individual trees) |
— | The Bronx |
Van Cortlandt Mansion "On the east lawn of Van Cortlandt Mansion" |
Common Horsechestnut | 87.74 feet (26.74 m) | 41.5 inches (105 cm) | 45 feet (14 m) | Three individual trees growing outside the oldest building in the Bronx, The Van Cortlandt Mansion, which was built in 1748. | [3] |
European Cutleaf Beech | — | The Bronx |
Woodlawn Cemetery "Northeast of the Jerome Ave entrance to Woodlawn Cemetery in the Woodbine Plot" |
European Cutleaf Beech | 91.02 feet (27.74 m) | 61.4 inches (156 cm) | 50.5 feet (15.4 m) | — | [4] |
Japanese Red Pine | — | The Bronx |
Wave Hill "By Glyndor Terrace" |
Japanese Red Pine | 11.48 feet (3.50 m) | N/A | 8.5 feet (2.6 m) | This tree is a replacement for a 35 feet (11 m) tall tree of the same variety which was lost sometime after 2002. |
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Lacebark Pine | — | The Bronx |
Wave Hill "At the top of the lawn just southeast of the Wave Hill House" |
Lacebark Pine | 52.48 feet (16.00 m) | 17 inches (43 cm) | 36.5 feet (11.1 m) | — | [6] |
Littleleaf Linden | — | The Bronx |
Pelham Bay Park "At the War Memorial" |
Littleleaf Linden | 58.22 feet (17.75 m) | 30.3 inches (77 cm) | 42 feet (13 m) | In 1928 several trees dedicated to the memory of fallen soldiers were removed from Grand Concourse and consolidated into a Memorial Grove at Pellham Bay Park which surrounded a planned unified war memorial, later constructed in 1932. This memorial grove was made up of 588 maple and littleleaf linden trees split into two sections, one for the maples planted in an arc, and one for the lindens planted in a grid. While 100 of the maples still survive, the linden grove lost trees to a highway interchange project in 1950 and was generally decimated by time until a microburst in 2009 and Hurricane Irene in 2011 reduced the grove to only a couple of remaining trees. This linden is one of the few surviving ones and remains a memorial to those who have fought in war. | [7] [8] |
Osage Orange | — | The Bronx | 601 Kappock Street "in front of the Presidential Apartments near the Knolls Crescent intersection" |
Osage Orange | 45.92 feet (14.00 m) | 53 inches (130 cm) | 37 feet (11 m) | — | [9] |
River Birches (two individual trees) |
— | The Bronx |
New York Botanical Garden "behind the oak stand along the east drive, just south of the magnolias" |
River Birch | 79.54 feet (24.24 m) | 61 inches (150 cm) | 60 feet (18 m) | — | [10] |
Royal Paulownia | — | The Bronx |
New York Botanical Garden "South of the Howell Family Garden" |
Royal Paulownia | 43.46 feet (13.25 m) | 67 inches (170 cm) | 38.5 feet (11.7 m) | — | [11] |
Slippery Elm | — | The Bronx | 710 West 246th Street | Slippery Elm | 98.4 feet (30.0 m) | 69 inches (180 cm) | 42 feet (13 m) | — | [12] |
Sugar Maple | — | The Bronx |
Wave Hill "At the top of the lawn just southeast of the Wave Hill House" |
Sugar Maple | 88.56 feet (26.99 m) | 45.8 inches (116 cm) | 56 feet (17 m) | — | [13] |
Sweetgum | — | The Bronx | 2151 Newbold Avenue "Post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars" |
Sweetgum | 158.26 feet (48.24 m) | 53 inches (130 cm) | 72.5 feet (22.1 m) | — | [14] |
Umbrella Pine | — | The Bronx |
Woodlawn Cemetery "Corner of Parkview and Chestnut Avenues, northeast of the Joseph Paterno mausoleum" |
Umbrella Pine | 47.56 feet (14.50 m) | 38 inches (97 cm) | 22.5 feet (6.9 m) | — | [15] |
Weeping Beech | — | The Bronx |
Woodlawn Cemetery "Corner of Parkview and Chestnut Avenues, northeast of the Joseph Paterno mausoleum" |
Weeping Beech | 53.3 feet (16.2 m) | 66 inches (170 cm) | 63.5 feet (19.4 m) | — | [16] |
White Ash | — | The Bronx |
Van Cortlandt Park "East side of the entrance to the cross country trail" |
White Ash | 82.82 feet (25.24 m) | 56.6 inches (144 cm) | 60.5 feet (18.4 m) | — | [17] |
White Oak | — | The Bronx |
Raoul Wallenberg Forest "Along the Palisades Avenue hiking trail" |
White Oak | 87.74 feet (26.74 m) | 54.5 inches (138 cm) | 63.5 feet (19.4 m) | This tree is located on the grounds of the home where U Thant, the Secretary General of the United Nations from 1961 to 1971, once lived. |
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White Oak | — | The Bronx |
Woodlawn Cemetery "North Border Ave and Rutgers Ave overlooking East 233rd Street" |
White Oak | 90.2 feet (27.5 m) | 64.2 inches (163 cm) | 82 feet (25 m) | The oldest tree at Woodlawn Cemetery. |
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American Elm | — | Brooklyn | 72nd Street and Ridge Boulevard "near Owls's Head Park" |
American Elm | 77.9 feet (23.7 m) | 45 inches (110 cm) | 46 feet (14 m) | — | [20] |
American Hornbeam | — | Brooklyn |
Prospect Park "across from the camperdown elm" |
American Hornbeam | 84.46 feet (25.74 m) | 115 inches (290 cm) | 72.5 feet (22.1 m) | — | [21] |
Camperdown Elm | — | Brooklyn |
Prospect Park "near Prospect Park Boathouse" |
Camperdown Elm | 20.5 feet (6.2 m) | 47 inches (120 cm) | 30.5 feet (9.3 m) | This tree was written about in a poem by Marianne Moore. | [22] |
Camperdown Elm | — | Brooklyn |
Greenwood Cemetery "at the intersection of Garden Path and Pink Avenue" |
Camperdown Elm | 19.68 feet (6.00 m) | 28.8 inches (73 cm) | 12 feet (3.7 m) | — | [23] |
Caucasian Wing Nut | — | Brooklyn |
Brooklyn Botanic Garden "just north of the Rock Garden" |
Caucasian Wing Nut | 45.1 feet (13.7 m) | 120 inches (300 cm) | 61.5 feet (18.7 m) | — | [24] |
Chinese Parasol Tree | — | Brooklyn |
Brooklyn Botanic Garden "South of the Rock Garden" |
Chinese Parasol Tree | 39.36 feet (12.00 m) | 12.25 inches (31.1 cm) | 25 feet (7.6 m) | — | [25] |
Common Pawpaw | — | Brooklyn | Brooklyn Botanic Garden | Common Pawpaw | 32.8 feet (10.0 m) | 10 inches (25 cm) | 23.5 feet (7.2 m) | several trunks all at less than 10" in diameter | [26] |
Dawn Redwood | — | Brooklyn | 151 Willow Street | Dawn Redwood | 100.04 feet (30.49 m) | 35 inches (89 cm) | 57.5 feet (17.5 m) | — | [27] |
English Elm | — | Brooklyn |
Prospect Park "Along the west drive, north of the Garfield entrance" |
English Elm | 95.94 feet (29.24 m) | 70.9 inches (180 cm) | 66 feet (20 m) | — | [28] |
Japanese Pagodatree | — | Brooklyn |
Prospect Park "Beside the camperdown elm south of the Boathouse" |
Japanese Pagodatree | 86.1 feet (26.2 m) | 54.1 inches (137 cm) | 62 feet (19 m) | — | [29] |
Kansas Hawthorn | — | Brooklyn |
Brooklyn Botanic Garden "Across from the Lily Pond" |
Kansas Hawthorn | 35.26 feet (10.75 m) | 20 inches (51 cm) | 28 feet (8.5 m) | — | [30] |
Mountain Winterberry | — | Brooklyn |
Brooklyn Botanic Garden "South side of the Rock Garden" |
Mountain Winterberry | 38.54 feet (11.75 m) | 27.5 inches (70 cm) | 28 feet (8.5 m) | — | [31] |
Southern Magnolia | — | Brooklyn |
Magnolia Tree Earth Center "677 Lafayette Avenue" |
Southern Magnolia | 56.58 feet (17.25 m) | 22 inches (56 cm) | 22.5 feet (6.9 m) | The only singularly landmarked tree in New York City. | [32] |