The Chavez Ravine Arboretum, in Elysian Park, just north of Dodger Stadium, at 929 Academy Road, Los Angeles, California, contains more than 100 varieties of trees from around the world, including what are believed to be the oldest and largest Cape Chestnut, Kauri, and Tipu trees in the United States. Admission to the arboretum is free.
The Arboretum was founded in 1893 by the Los Angeles Horticultural Society, and planting of rare trees continued through the 1920s. Most of the original trees are still standing. The Arboretum was declared a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument in 1967.
Trees in the Arboretum include:
Acacia dealbataAcer (maple)Acer campestre (field maple)Acer negundo (box elder)Acer paxiiAcer saccharinum (silver maple)Aesculus x carneaAfrocarpus graciliorAgathis robustaAlnus rhombifolia (white alder)Angophora costata (rose apple)Araucaria bidwillii (bunya pine)Archontophoenix cunninghamiana (king palm)Baphia chrysophyllaBauhiniaBauhinia forficata (Brazilian orchid tree)Bauhinia variegata (orchid tree)Betula nigra (black birch)Brachychiton (bottletree)Brachychiton acerifolius (Illiwarra flame tree)Brachychiton acerifolius (Herman hybrid)Brachychiton discolorBrachychiton populneus (Kurrajong)Brahea (Hesper palm)Brahea armata (Mexican blue palm)Brahea brandegeeiBrahea edulis (Guadalupe palm)Butia capitata (jelly palm)Calocedrus decurrens (California incense cedar)Calodendrum capense (Cape chestnut)Caryota urensCastanospermum australeCasuarina cunninghamianaCedrus (cedar)Cedrus deodaraCedrus libaniCeiba (cypress)Ceiba insignisCeiba speciosa (silk floss tree)Celtis australisChamaerops humilisChionanthus retususCryptocarya rubraCryptomeria japonicaCupaniopsis anacardioidesCupressusCupressus glabraCupressus speciesDalbergia sissooDracaena draco (Canary Islands dragon tree)EhretiaEhretia anacua (sandpaper tree)Ehretia tinifoliaEriobotryaEriobotrya deflexaEriobotrya japonica (loquat)Erythrina (coral tree)Erythrina coralloides (naked coral tree)Erythrina falcata (Brazilian coral tree)Erythrina humeana (dwarf kaffirboom)EucalyptusEucalyptus camaldulensis (river red gum)Eucalyptus citriodoraEucalyptus cladocalyx (sugar gum)Eucalyptus globulusEucalyptus robusta (swamp mahogany)Eucalyptus rudis (flooded gum)Eucalyptus viminalis (manna gum)Ficus (fig tree)Ficus microcarpaFicus racemosaFicus religiosa (sacred fig)Ficus speciesFraxinus (ash)Fraxinus uhdeiFraxinus velutinaHandroanthus impetiginosus (pink lapacho)Heteromeles arbutifoliaJacaranda acutifoliaJubaea chilensis (Chilean wine palm)Juglans nigra (eastern black walnut)Lagerstroemia indica (crepe myrtle)Liquidambar formosana (Chinese sweet gum)Liriodendron tulipiferaLivistonaLivistona australis (cabbage-tree palm)Livistona chinensis (Chinese fan palm)Macadamia ternifoliaMagnolia grandifloraMetasequoia glyptostroboides (dawn redwood)Metrosideros excelsa (pōhutukawa)Nyssa sylvatica (black tupelo)PhoenixPhoenix canariensis (Canary Island date palm)Phoenix dactylifera (date palm)Phoenix reclinataPhoenix reclinata (hybrid)Phoenix roebelenii x rupicolaPhoenix rupicola (cliff date palm)Phytolacca dioica (ombú)Pinus (pine)Pinus canariensis (Canary Island pine)Pinus edulis (Colorado pinyon)Pinus halepensis (aleppo pine)Pinus thunbergii (Japanese black pine)Pittosporum (cheesewood)Pittosporum phillyraeoidesPittosporum tenuifolium (black matipo)Pittosporum undulatumPlinia cauliflora (jabuticaba)Podocarpus totaraPsidium guajava (apple guava)Quercus (oak)Quercus agrifolia (coast live oak)Quercus alba (white oak)Quercus cerris (turkey oak)Quercus coccinea (scarlet oak)Quercus macrocarpa (bur oak)Quercus palustris (pin oak)Quercus rubra (northern red oak)Quercus suber (cork oak)Quercus virginiana (southern live oak)Rhapidophyllym hystrix (needle palm)Rhapis excelsa (broadleaf lady palm)Rhodosphaera rhodanthemaRhopalostylis baueriRhus integrifoliaSabalSabal causiarum (Puerto Rican hat palm)Sabal speciesSalix babylonica (weeping willow)Schinus (pepper tree)Schinus molle (Peruvian pepper)Schinus polygamus (Cabrera Hardee peppertree)Sequoiadendron giganteumSyagrus romanzoffiana (queen palm)Taxodium distichumTipuana tipuToona ciliataTrachycarpusTrachycarpus fortunei (windmill palm)Trachycarpus wagnerianusTristaniopsis laurina (water gum)Trithrinax acanthocomaUlmus americana (American elm)Umbellularia californica (California bay laurel)WashingtoniaWashingtonia filifera (desert fan)Washingtonia robusta (Mexican fan palm)Zelkova serrata (Japanese zelkova)
