Welcome to the new Village Trails!

Scan the tags to lean more about what plants are in bloom, the wildlife you may see around each specific trail (can you find our fox friend?), and scan this tag often to keep up with all of the latest news, events, and contents!

Support Arkansas Natural Ecosystem

Vaughan Farm & Nusery
848 E Glazypeau Rd ph: 501 299 - 5997
Pine Ridge Gardens
London, AR ph: 479-293-4359
Grand Prairie Nursery
North Little Rock
Grand Designs
1720 N. Mississippi, Little Rock ph: 501-224-8580
Native Sun Nursery
2800 Northridge, White Hall
Woodland Wonders Nursery (in Gilbert...focuses on wild azaleas)
57 Church Street, Gilbert, AR ph: 870-221-1143
Audubon of Arkansas

Enter your zipcode and search. It will bring up numerous native trees and plants that will work in our area.

Audubon Arkansas sells native plants at special events twice a year (Spring & Fall). Plants come from some of the above nurserys

Be on guard against invasive species

TREES

Common NameGenusSpeciesSeen in Village
Tree of HeavenAilanthusaltissima
Silktree/MimosaAlbiziajulbrissinx
Paper MulberryBroussonetia papyrifera
Trifoliate OrangePoncirus trifoliatax
Princesstree/Royal PaulowniaPaulowniatomentosax
ChinaberryMelia azedarachx
Tallowtree/Popcorn TreeTriadica sebifera
White PoplarPopulus alba
Siberian ElmUlmuspumila
Chinese PistachePistachiachinensisx
Callery Pear/Bradford PearPyruscalleryanax

Shrubs

Common NameGenusSpeciesSeen in Village
Silverthorn/Thorny OliveElaeagnuspungensx
Autumn OliveElaeagnusumbellatax
Chinese PrivetLigustrumsinensex
Japanese PrivetLigustrum japonicum
Amur PrivetLigustrum quihouix
Glossy PrivetLigustrumlucidumx
Sacred Bamboo/Heavenly Bamboo/NandinaNandinadomesticax
Amur HonesuckleLonicera maackii
Morrow's HoneysuckleLoniceramorrowii
Sweet Breath of SpringLonicerafragrantissima
Multiflora RoseRosamultiflora
Wineberry/ Wine RaspberryRubusphoenicolasius
Leatherleaf MahoniaBerberisbealeix

Vines

Common NameGenusSpecies
Oriental BittersweetCelastrusorbiculatus
Chinese YamDioscoreaoppositifolia
English IvyHedera helixx
Japanese HoneysuckleLonicerajaponicax
Common PeriwinkleVincaminorx
Bigleaf PeriwinkleVinca majorx
Chinese WisteriaWisteriasinensisx
Japanese WisteriaWisteriafloribunda
Winter CreeperEuonymusfortuneix

Grasses

Common NameGenusSpecies
Giant ReedArundo donaxx
Tall FescueSchedonorusarundinaceusx
Japanese stiltgrassMicrostegiumvimineumx
Golden Bamboo/Hate Thy NeighborPhyllostachysaureax
Vasey's GrassPaspalum urvillei
Johnson GrassSorghumhalepense
Weeping LovegrassEragrostiscurvulax

Ferns

Common NameGenusSpecies
Japanese Climbing FernLygodium japonicumx

Forbs

Common NameGenusSpecies
Japanese KnotweedPolygonum cuspidatum
Garlic MustardAlliariapetiolata
Shrubby LespedezaLespedeza bicolor
Chinese LespedezaLespedeza cuneatax
Sptted KnapweedCentaureastoebex
Purple LoosestrifeLythrum salicaria
AlligatorweedAlternatntheraphiloxeroides
Crown VetchCoronillavariax
Nodding Plumeless Thistle/Musk ThistleCarduusnutansx
Water HyacinthEichhorniacrassipes
HydrillaHydrillaverticllata

Plants

Common NameAlso CalledInfo
Mimosa Tree(Persian Silk Tree)
Royal Paulownia Tree(Princess Tree)Spreading throughout HSV
Bradford Pear(Callery Pear)
Golden Bamboo(Hate Thy Neighbor Cane)Very hard to eradicate once it starts. Makes impenetrable thicket
Trifoliate OrangeHuge green thorns
Japanese Honeysuckle
PrivetEspecially Chinese Privet- almost impossible to eradicate without cutting and poisoning the stump
Thorny Olive(Silverthorn), Autumn Olive
NandinaBerries contain cyanide & toxic to animals including birds
Leatherleaf MahoniaSpreading rapidly through HSV
Chinese PistacheSpreads rapidly and hard to eradicate

Native Trees, bushes & vines to use instead of non-native invasive species in your yard/flower garden

Crabapple Tree
Dogwood (Pink or White)
Redbud Tree
Plum Tree (variety of species available)
Bay Magnolia Tree (very fragrant white blooms)
Tulip Poplar Tree
Yellowwood Tree
American Fringe Tree
Smoke Tree
Sugar Maple Tree
Yellow Honeysuckle Vine (beautiful yellow and red flowers)
Coral Honeysuckle Vine (long red flower tubes)
Clematis vine (numerous species available)
Southern Wax Myrtle (small tree)
Winterberry Shrub
Silky Dogwood (a totally different looking type of Dogwood, small tree)
Hazelnut (woody shrub)
Witch Hazel (woody shrub)
Yaupon
Virginia Sweetspire bush
Blueberry species (any of them)