Tree Walks

Self Guided, Printed, Tree Walks

Members of Mountain View Trees and some of the City staff have created interesting, self guided tree walks in Mountain View.

1) Pioneer Park Tree Walk developed by The City of Mountain View
Map of Walk with Details and Photos

2) Bush Street Tree Walk, developed by Paul Staley
Map of Walk
Walk Details and Photos

3) Castro City (Mi Pueblo) Tree Walk, developed by Paul Staley, Jesse Craven and Donna Davies
Full Color Brochure, 11 X 14"
Walk Details (text only)
Map of Walk

Native California Trees

Trees that are often considered California "natives":

coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens)
giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum)
Douglas-Fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii
Incense Cedar (Calocedrus decurrens)
Lawson Cypress (Chamaecyparis lawsoniana)
Ponderosa Pine (Pinus ponderosa)
Monterey Pine (Pinus radiata)
Bishop Pine (Pinus muricata)
valley oak (Quercus lobata)
leather oak (Quercus durata)
coast live oak (Quercus agrifolia)
California black oak (Quercus kelloggii
Canyon live oak (Quercus chrysolepis)
Interior live oak (Quercus wislizenii)
Tanoak (Lithocarpus densiflorus)
California sycamore (Platanus racemosa)
Quaking Aspen (Populus tremuloides)
black cottonwood (Populus trichocarpa)
White fir (Abies concolor)
mountain hemlock (Tsuga mertensiana)
Fremont cottonwood (Populus fremontii)
white alder (Alnus rhombifolia)
Blue elderberry (Sambucus mexicana)
California Laurel (Umbellularia californica)
Madrone (Arbutus menziesii)
toyon (Heteromeles arbutifolia)
arroyo willow (Salix lasiolepis)