The mangrove areas include red, white and black mangroves, and buttonwood. Plant species native to the island include buttonwood, poisonwood, sea grape and thatch palm. The sandbar has buttonwood mangrove ("Conocarpus erectus") and various types of grass. The vegetation consists mainly of red, white and black mangroves, and buttonwood. Buttonwood Park is a roughly L-shaped public park located west of downtown New Bedford. The Buttonwood Beach Association owns a nondenominational chapel at Ninth Avenue and Janice Road. Buttonwood Manor, a Colonial-style house on an estate of , is in North Stamford. Historically, Solomon Creek had at least seven tributaries, including one named Buttonwood Creek. There are some kind of trees like buttonwood and mulberry. The alkalinity load ranges from on Sugar Notch Run to at the Buttonwood Tunnel. He hunted alligators, cut buttonwood (for charcoal), fished, and raised tomatoes. The school moved to 1303-1307 Buttonwood Street in 1891, then moved again in 1893.