Cane Creek Arboretum

Certified by the Tennessee Urban Forestry Council in 2018 the Cane Creek Park Arboretum boasts more than 30 species of trees labeled along the 1.8 mile paved trail that loops around a beautiful 56 acre lake. The trail lined with labeled native trees creates a place where residents can educate them selves on tree identification, study nature, and grow their appreciate our natural landscape.The park is a 262 acres and offers picnic shelters, fishing piers, paddle boat rentals, a concession stand, and much more. 

Cane Creek Park

Tree List:

1 Acer rubrum - Red Maple

2 Acer saccharinum - Silver Maple

3 Acer saccharum - Sugar Maple

4 Carpinus caroliniana - American Hornbeam

5 Carya cordiformis - Bitternut Hickory

6 Carya glabra - Pignut Hickory

7 Carya tomentosa - Mockernut Hickory

8 Castanea mollissima - Chinese Chestnut

9 Cercis canadensis - Eastern Redbud

10 Cercis canadensis 'Forest Pansy'  - Forest Pansy Eastern Redbud

11 Cornus florida - Flowering Dogwood

12 Fagus grandifolia - American Beech

13 Juglans nigra - Black Walnut

14 Juniperus virginiana - Eastern Redcedar

15 Liquidambar styraciflua - American Sweetgum

16 Liriodendron tulipifera - Yellow Poplar

17 Magnolia grandiflora - Southern Magnolia

18 Magnolia x soulangiana - Saucer Magnolia

19 Nyssa sylvatica - Black Gum

20 Oxydendrum arboreum - Sourwood

21 Pinus palustris - Longleaf Pine

22 Pinus strobus - Eastern White Pine

23 Pinus virginiana - Virginia Pine

24 Platanus occidentalis - Sycamore

25 Populus deltoides - Eastern Cottonwood

26 Prunus serotina - Black Cherry

27 Prunus serrulata - Japanese Flowering Cherry

28 Pyrus calleryana 'Bradford' - Bradford Callery Pear

29 Quercus alba - White Oak

30 Quercus falcata - Southern Red Oak

31 Quercus palustris - Pin Oak

32 Quercus rubra - Northern Red Oak

33 Quercus stellata - Post Oak

34 Salix babylonica - Weeping Willow

35 Sassafras albidum - Sassafras


For more information contact
Jaime Nunan
Public Works - Urban Forester
jnunan@cookeville-tn.org
(931)520-5337