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The Pines Arboretum Walking Path
The map of The Pines’ arboretum walking trail.
The Pines at Davidson was approved in October 2022 (officially designated January 2023) as an Accredited Arboretum by ArbNet, the only international program of accreditation specific to arboreta. ArbNet has accredited 560 arboreta globally in 39 countries. The Arboretum accreditation program is designed to recognize standards of excellence in tree focused gardens; foster professionalism of arboreta worldwide; enable conservation, collections, and some scientific collaborations; and advance the planting, study and conservation of trees. In accordance with the requirements to be an arboretum, The Pines‘ collection is labeled, including scientific names, and the public has access to the campus, especially for Arbor Day observances. The inspiration for The Pines campus to be recognized as an arboretum came from the residents’ Pines Nature Organization (PNO), who worked with Pines staff to steer the process from an idea to reality. The Pines is the only Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC) in North Carolina accredited as an Arboretum. It will have opportunities for collaboration with other arboreta and is located in the Town of Davidson, which along with other environmental and sustainability programs is a community strongly supportive of increasing the local tree canopy through TreesDavidson and employs a town arborist. The residents of The Pines are proud to be living in an Arboretum.
Main Entrance
1—‘Sango Kaku’ Japanese Maple/Acer Palmatum ‘Sango Kaku’
2—Flowering Apricot/Prunus Mum
Kimbrough Circle
3—White Redbud/Cercis Canadensis ‘Alba’
Ironically, you’ll have to go to Mulberry Court to find this Gingko tree (#26). (photo by Jennie Clifton)
Oak Court
4—Allee Elm/Umus Parvifolia ‘Allee’
5—Willow Oak/Quercus phellos
Maple Court
6—River Birch/Betula nigra
7—Red Sunset Maple/Acer rubrum ‘Red Sunset’
Cedar Court
8—Chinese (Lacebark) Elm/Ulmus parvifolia
9—Black Oak/Quercus velutina
Evergreen Court
10—Carolina cherry laurel/Prunus caroliniana
11—Japanese cedar/Cryptomeria japonica
Magnolia Court
12—American (little leaf) Linden/Tilia cordata
13—Dawn Redwood/Metasequoia glyptostroboides
Hickory Crest
14—“Hearts of Gold” Redbud/Cercis Canadensis ‘Heart of Gold’
15—Japanese Snowbell/Styrax japonicus
16—Overcup oak/Quercus lyrate
Cherry Court
17—Yoshino Cherry/Prunus x yedoensis
Wilson Garden Court
18—Southern Magnolia/Magnolia Grandiflora ‘Bracken’s Brown Beauty’
19—Japanese Maple/Acer Palmatum Var. Dissectum ‘Tamukeyama’
20—Honey Locust/Gleditsia triacanthos Fabaceae
21—Oklahoma Redbud/Cercis Canadensis Var. Texensis ‘Oklahoma’
22—’Butterflies’ Magnolia/Magnolia ‘Butterflies’
Mulberry Court
23—Mulberry/Morus alba Moraceae
24—Sawtooth Oak/Quercus Lyrata
25—Live Oak/Quercus Virginiana
26—Ginkgo/Ginkgo Biloba
Dogwood Court
27—Flowering Dogwood/Cornus florida
28—Empress Tree/Paulownia tomentosa
29—American holly/Ilex opaca
Azalea Court
30—Redwood/Sequoia sempervirens
31—Chestnut Oak/Quercus prinus
32—Trident Maple/Acer Buergerianum
33—Chinese Pistache/’Pistache’ Chinensis Vase’
34—‘Green Vase’ Zelkova/Zelkova Serrata ‘Green Vase’
Laurel Ridge
35—Kousa Dogwood/Cornus kousa
36—Golden raintree/Koelreuteria paniculate
37—Restoration Chestnut/Castanea dentata
38—Kentucky Yellowwood/Cladrastis kentukea
39—Lilac/Syringa vulgaris
40—Autumn Blaze Maple/Acer x freemanii ‘Autumn Blaze’
41—Pines Pollinator Paradise (pollinator garden)
Health Care Loop
42—Paperbark Maple/Acer griseum
Poplar Hill
43—Highpoint Nuttall Oak/Quercus nuttallii
44—Himalayan Cedar/Cedrus deodara
45—Eastern Red Cedar/Juniperus virginiana