Wildlife and Plants at Concourse Lake – Fairmount Park Conservancy

There are many plants, trees, birds, and other creatures that can be found at the Concourse Lake Native Plant Park.

Each GCA Garden Club in Pennsylvania and Delaware chose a tree to study and propagate for this project. Clubs then chose to do one of the following:

1. Seedlings could be transferred to a hoop house in Fairmount Park until they were mature enough to be planted at Concourse Lake.
2. Garden Clubs could sell seedlings and donate proceeds to the Concourse Lake Project.
3. Garden Clubs could use the seedlings to plant at a local site of their choice.

Larger specimens of studied trees were then planted on site, along with additional native varieties.

Shrub and Trees Locator Map

Shrub Locator

Botanic Name

Calycanthus floridus
Ceanothus americanus
Cephalanthus occidentalis
Clethra alnifolia ‘Sixteen Candles
Cornus sericea ‘Cardinal’
Cornus sericea ‘Flaviramea’
Euonymus americanus
Fothergilla gardenia
Hamamelis vernalis
Hamamelis virginiana
Hibiscus moscheutos
Hydrangea arborescens ‘Bella Anna’
Hydrangea arborescens ‘White Dome’
Hydrangea quercifolia ‘PeeWee’
Hypericum frondosum ‘Sunburst’
Ilex verticillata ‘Jim Dandy’
Ilex verticillata ‘Sprite’
Itea virginica ‘Little Henry’
Juniperus horizontalis
Leucothoe axillaris
Lindera benzoin
Physocarpus opulifolius ‘SummerWine’
Potentilla fruticosa ‘Coronation Triumph’
Rhododendron viscosum
Rhus aromatica ‘Gro Low’
Vaccinium angustifolium
Viburnum dentatum
Zenobia pulverulenta ‘Woodlanders Blue’

Common Name

Carolina Allspice
New Jersey Tea
Buttonbush
Sweet Pepperbush
Red Stemmed Dogwood
Yellow Stemmed Dogwood
Strawberry-bush
Dwarf Fothergilla
Vernal Witchhazel
Common Witchhazel
Common Rose Mallow
Smooth Hydrangea
Smooth Hydrangea
Oakleaf Hydrangea
Golden St. Johnswort
Dwarf Winterberry Holly male
Dwarf Winterberry Holly female
Virginia Sweetspire
Creeping Juniper
Coast Leucothoe
Spicebush
Ninebark
Bush Cinquiefoil
Swamp Azalea
Fragrant Sumac
Lowbush Blueberry
Arrowwood Viburnum
Dusty Zenobia

Area Where Located

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Tree Locator

Botanic Name

Acer saccharum
Amelanchier x grand. ‘Ballerina’
Asimina triloba
Betula nigra ‘Heritage’
Carpinus caroliniana
Castanea dentata
Cercis canadensis ‘Forest Pansy’
Chionanthus virginicus
Cornus alternifolia
Cornus ‘Rutger’s Hybrid’
Crataegus crus-galli inermis
Diospyros virginiana
Fagus grandifolia
Franklinia alatamaha
Ilex opaca
Liquidambar styraciflua
Magnolia virginiana
Oxydendrum arboreum
Quercus acutissima
Quercus alba
Quercus bicolor
Quercus imbricaria
Quercus macrocarpa
Quercus montana
Quercus palustris
Quercus phellos
Quercus rubra
Quercus velutina
Sassafras albidum
Ulmus americana
Taxodium distichum
Tilia americana

Common Name

Sugar Maple
Downy Serviceberry
PawPaw Tree
River Birch
American Hornbeam
American Chestnut
Eastern Redbud
Fringe Tree
Pagoda Tree
Flowering Dogwood
Cockspur Hawthorn
Common Persimmon
American Beech
Franklinia
American Holly
American Sweetgum
Sweetbay Magnolia
Sourwood
Sawtooth Oak
White Oak
Swamp White Oak
Shingle Oak
Burr Oak
Chestnut Oak
Pin Oak
Willow Oak
Red Oak
Black Oak
Sassafras
American Elm
Common Baldcypress
Basswood

Area Where Located

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Birds found at Concourse Lake

American Goldfinch

Hermit Thrush

American Robin

Northern Cardinal

Baltimore Oriole

Black-capped Chickadee

Red-winged blackbird

Kildeer

Eastern Kingbird

Palm Warbler

Eastern Towhee

White-breasted Nuthatch

Gray Catbird

White-throated Sparrow

Mallard

Belted Kingfisher

Song Sparrow

Green Heron

English Sparrow

Red bellied Woodpecker

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Chipping Sparrow

Field Sparrow

House Sparrow

Dark-eyed Junco

Brown Creeper

Downey Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

Blue Jay

Northern Mockingbird

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Pine Siskin

Cedar Waxwing

Red-eyed Vireo

Common Crow

Common Grackle

Veery

Eastern Bluebird

The above birds were photographed by Howard Eskin and Debbie McKenzie courtesy of the Audubon Society of Pennsylvania and Jane Ruffin of the Concourse Lake Native Plant Park Committee.

Creatures of Concourse Lake