Lowland Forest Arboretum

North Carolina has a great diversity of forested wetlands, including Coastal Plain swamps, Piedmont floodplains, Mountain bogs and streamsides. This bottomland showcases trees from moist areas across the state. Some, such as Bald Cypress, oaks and hickories, are fairly well known. Water Tupelo, Pumpkin Ash and Water Elm are less familiar. In 2004, a group of volunteers and Museum staff planted 56 of these trees in the first phase of our effort to restore this forested wetlands habitat.