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Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park
Trees and Shrubs
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Live Oak Tree at Settlement
Common trees present at the Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park include the Plateau Live Oak ( Quercus fusiformis Small), Blackjack Oak ( Quercus marilandica Muenchh.), Post Oak ( Quercus stellata Wang.), Roughleaf Dogwood ( Cornus drummondii Mey.), Juniper ( Juniperus ashei J. Buchholz), Pecan ( Carya illnoinensis), Black Walnut ( Juglnas nigra L.), Black Willow ( Salix nigra Marsh), Bald Cypress ( Taxodium distichum), Hackberry ( Celtis laevigata Willd. var. laevigata), and Cedar Elm ( Ulmus crassifolia Nutt.).
Historic landscaping efforts have provided the park with other trees such as Mexican Pistachio ( Pistacia texana Swingle), Evergreen Sumac ( Rhus virens A. Gray), Red Buckeye ( Aesculus pavia L.), Chinese Cedar ( Juniperus chinensis), Flowering Magnolia ( Magnolia grandiflora L.), Chinaberry ( Melia azedarach L.), Edible Fig ( Ficus carica L.), Creeping Fig ( Ficus pumila L.), Sycamore ( Platanus occidentalis L.), Mexican Buckeye ( Ungnadia speciosa Endl.), and American Elm ( Ulmus americana L.).
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| |  | | Did You Know? An invasive plant that Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park has problems with just happens to be a non-native grass called Johnson Grass. Besides being tough to get rid of, it is poisonous to livestock if eaten just after a freeze. (photo ©Barry A. Rice/The Nature Conservancy) more... | | |
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Last Updated: March 06, 2007 at 18:01 MST |