What kind of tree is that? Our City will be answering that question for you shortly! Pictured above is one of our new St. John tree identification markers. Notice the new "City of St. John" logo at the bottom.

Each marker will give the tree's name, a close-up of its leaves, a brief description, and the new "City of St. John" logo.

The markers feature the northern red oak (pictured), Pin Oak, Scarlet Oak, Sawtooth Oak, English Oak, Hackberry, Honey Locust, Red Maple, American Linden, White Ash / Purple Ash, Patmore Ash, Bur Oak, Swamp White Oak, Chinquapin Oak, American Elm, Kentucky Coffee, Redbud, Chinese Pistache, Flowering crabapple, White Fir, Flowering Pear, Japanese Pagoda, Austrian Pine, Crabapple, Eastern White Pine, Ginko, Bald Cypress, Sugar Maple, Cockspur Hawthorn, Colorado Blue Spruce, Marshall Seedless Ash, Northern Catalpa, Ponderosa Pine, Scotts Pine, Autumn Blaze Maple, Amur Maple, Purple Leaf Plum, London Planetree, Sycamore, Heritage River Birch, and Sweet Gum.

Seventeen of these markers have already been placed in our downtown Square and twenty-four in our Brown Park. They are mounted on 6" x 6" cedar posts imbedded next to selected park trees. Each post sticks out approximately six to eight inches with a 60 degree angled top cut so that they are easily seen.

Do you want to plant a tree in your yard? Or maybe donate a tree to our landscaping projects? Does a certain park tree catch your eye? Armed with the marker information our City has provided, your tree selection should be made much easier!

Years ago, our St. John High school junior and senior high art students did the excellent design work!

Our Tree Board would also like to give a big hand to our mayor, our city council, Mel Chesbro (City Superintendent) and his parks crew (they've have had the tough job of putting them in), and the memorials that made all this possible!

These markers are made of Kevlar, the same stuff that bullet-prof vests are made of!

They are impervious to scatching, magic marker, paint, and sun fading.

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