They bought the land between Lone Hill (now Fire Island Pines) and the Cherry Grove Hotel from the ocean to the bay for 25 cents per acre and named the area for the black-cherry trees in the area.
Prunus | Prunus avium | Prunus cerasus | Prunus subg. Padus | Prunus serotina | Prunus salicina | Prunus pensylvanica | Prunus mume | Prunus virginiana | Prunus tenella | ''Prunus'' subg. ''Padus'' | Prunus padus | Prunus mexicana | Prunus maritima | Prunus laurocerasus | Prunus japonica | Prunus fruticosa | Prunus emarginata | Prunus caroliniana | Prunus americana | Pin cherry (''Prunus pensylvanica'') | Manchurian Cherry (''Prunus maackii'') |
Among the trees found in the park are Eastern Redcedar (Juniperus virginiana), Pitch Pine (Pinus rigida), American Holly (Ilex opaca), Black Cherry (Prunus serotina), Serviceberry (Amelanchier canadensis), Persimmon (Diospyros virginiana), Atlantic White Cedar (Chamaecyparis thyoides) and Sweetbay (Magnolia virginiana).