Oakwood Cemetery
Dandelions
Its golden-yellow flowers, followed by the round, fluffy, seed heads, are a familiar sight in lawns, meadows, and along roadsides. The entire plant contains a white, milky juice. In spring the young tender leaves are much used for table greens. The plant has a large, thick, fleshy taproot which extends well into the ground.
Bluebonnets
A winter annual the bright-blue, pea-like flowers have a white center which turns purple with age or pollination. Texas's state flower.
Crimson Clover
Crimson clover is an introduced winter annual and herbaceous legume. The leaves and stems of crimson clover resemble those of red clover, but the leaves are round-tipped with more hair on the stems and leaves. Seedlings grow rapidly from the crown forming a rosette
Like Walker County, Oakwood Cemetery delivers the beauty and magnificence of the often unspoiled Texas scenery.
Oakwood Cemetery is covered with a plush canopy of native North American trees
Loblolly Pine
This North American native has dark green needles and narrow, red-brown, often-paired cones that are three to six incheslong.
SweetGum
Dark green in Spring and Summer and turning a brilliant gold and orange in Autumn the tree has thick, gray-brown, deeply furrowed bark.
Northern MockingBird
Upperparts gray, unstreaked; underparts grayish white, unstreaked; long black tail has white outer tail feathers; conspicuous white wing bars; white patch at the base of primaries contrasts with blacker wings.
Northern Cardinals
Males are uniquely colored, with a bright red body, a black face, and an obvious, pointed crest.
Black-Capped Chickadee
Black cap; white cheek; black bib; gray upperparts; greater coverts, secondaries, and tertials edged conspicuously white in fall and winter.
Oakwood Cemetery is home to many bird species
