Hudson Tree Treks

Overview

The Tree Treks are a self-guided tree identification tour of Hudson's beautiful urban forest.

Tree Trek Goals

• Learn to identify trees
• Try a new type of tree in your yard
• Teach your children well
• Build community...Volunteer!
• Plant a diversity of trees to limit impacts of climate change

For more information, please see the Tree Trek Brochure (PDF).

Hudson Tree Treks Travel Wisconsin

Lakefront Park

With a wide variety of tree species, our alluring Lakefront Park is a point of pride for Hudson. Here is a list of trees that can be found there:

• Bicolor Oak
• Bur Oak
• Catalpa Spp.
• Cottonwood
• Ginkgo
• Green Ash
• Hackberry
• Honeylocust
• Kentucky Coffeetree
• Red Maple
• River Birch
• Weeping Willow
• White Pine
• White Spruce

Vine Street Stormwater Reconstruction

With the expansion of Vine Street, 57 trees were cut down and 100 replacement tree planted in their place. Sixteen new species of trees were planted, including low maintenance large trees on the North side and low growing shorties under the wires on the South side.

Below is a list of trees that can be found on Vine Street. Each tree with have a tag identifying it.