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
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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
