Marsh and Farnam Gardens

Yellowwood

Cladrastris kentukea

Tree ID: 5

Date of tree entry: April 12, 2014

This yellowwood tree is found on the hill leading down to Marsh Botanical Gardens. Yellowwood is a medium sized (about 30 to 50 feet tall) tree that is native to North America. The tree is famous for its beautiful white flowers in late spring, early summer and yellow foliages in the fall. However...

Epaulette Tree

Pterostyrax hispidus

Tree ID: 8

Date of tree entry: March 23, 2014

A rare find, this epaulette tree (Pterostyrax hispida) is the only one of its kind on the Yale Campus. The genus name refers to its fruits, "pteron" meaning "wing" and "styrax" refering to the ribbed fruit. The species name, "hispidus", references the fruit...

Dawn Redwood

Metasequoia glyptostroboides

Tree ID: 7

Date of tree entry: March 21, 2014

The is Metasequoia glyptostroboides a rather tall standing around 66ft 5in though are still smaller than their larger redwood cousins (Sequoiadendron giganteum) on the west coast. For a while these trees were thought tho be extinct, as they had previously only been seen in the fossil record.

Trifoliate Orange/Hardy Orange

Poncirus trifoliata

Tree ID: 3

Date of tree entry: March 17, 2014

This tree is a short, hardy, shrub-like tree native to Northern China and the Korean Peninsula that can be found near the short chain-link fence in the Marsh Gardens. It has corkscrew-like branches that are barbed and is also referred to as the Chinese bitter orange. This tree blooms in the...

American Mountain Ash

Sorbus americana

Tree ID: 6

Date of tree entry: February 20, 2014

Located near Marsh Botanic Gardens, this fine specimen of a tree is a rewarding sight to the brave souls who trek up Prospect Street. Commonly known as rowan trees, American mountain ash are popular ornamentals in gardens and are widely used as street trees. In the spring and summer months they...

American Sweetgum

Liquidambar styraciflua

Tree ID: 11

Date of tree entry: April 21, 2014

The American sweetgum is a large shade tree with an ovular shape. It can be found throughout most of the United States as a forest tree in the Southeast and an ornamental in gardens and cities. This tree is often planted in parks where its height, ranging from 70-120 feet, and sprawling branches,...

Horse Chestnut

Aesculus hippocastanum

Tree ID: 9

Date of tree entry: February 5, 2014

The horse chestnut is a shade and ornamental tree with an upright elliptical shape. It is native to southeast Europe (particularly the Pindus mountains mixed forests and the Balkan mixed forests of the Balkan peninsula), but it was introduced into other parts of Europe as well as North America. The...

Copper Beech

Fagus sylvatica

Tree ID: 16

Date of tree entry: April 11, 2014

This grand copper beech commands an expansive view from its perch on the easterly slopes of Prospect Hill, near the intersection of Edwards and Prospect. Sitting upslope from Farnam Gardens' urban meadow, beside Yale's planetarium, and overlooking the Yale Sustainable Food Project's...