Cupressaceae

Giant Sequoia

Sequoiadendron giganteum

Tree ID: 22

Date of tree entry: April 25, 2014

"Giganteum" doesn't even begin to describe the size of this species. Sequoiadendron giganteum can be as tall as 90m and as wide as 11m. It has fireproof, red/brown bark and evergreen leaves. Just imagine how big this tree will be in only a couple (thousand) years!

Eastern White Cedar

Thuja occidentalis

Tree ID: 158

Date of tree entry: February 7, 2024

This Eastern White Cedar is planted right in front of Marsh Hall along the path to the front door of the building. Surveyors have declared that this tree's name is Holly. It is near a few other trees and flowers, though surveyors agree that Holly is the best plant among them because she is a...

Dawn Redwood

Metasequoia glyptostroboides

Tree ID: 161

Date of tree entry: February 7, 2024

Metasequoia glyptostroboides is a coniferous tree native to the Sichuan-Hubei region of south-central China. It was thought to have been extinct for millions of years; in fact, even until the early 1940s, Metasequoia glyptostroboides was only known by fossil record. In 1946, a group of botanists in...

Sawara Cypress (False Cypress)

Chamaecyparis pisifera

Tree ID: 152

Date of tree entry: February 6, 2024

This tree is a Sawara Cypress, also known as a False Cypress, located in the Marsh Botanical Gardens. It is a gymnosperm with small, globose cones and green, scaly leaves (indicating that is an adult tree), which are typically between 1/8 and 1/4 inches long. The tree shape is irregular, and its...

Eastern Red Cedar

Juniperus virginiana

Tree ID: 142

Date of tree entry: February 23, 2021

Don't let the naming fool you: despite it being called the Eastern red cedar, this tree is actually a juniper. In fact, it is the most widespread juniper across the eastern United States! It then comes at no surprise that we see this massive 45 foot tree towering over the Undergraduate...

Eastern Red-Cedar

Juniperus virginiana

Tree ID: 109

Date of tree entry: February 6, 2020

Despite its name, the Eastern Red Cedar is not a cedar at all. It is actually a juniper, as is indicated by its scientific name juniperus virginiana. This tree is the most common eastern conifer and can be widely found in 37 states across the country. First observed in 1564 in Roanoke Island...

California Incense Cedar

Calocedrus Kurz; Calocedrus decurrens

Tree ID: 87

Date of tree entry: April 9, 2018

The California Incense-Cedar is a fire tolerant plant native to forest fire prone California. The tree has many attractive features that has made it an important tree for indigenous tribes. Today, it is grown all over the world for its aesthetically pleasing addition to gardens. It can reach...

Arizona Cypress

Cupressus arizonica

Tree ID: 88

Date of tree entry: February 7, 2018

With branches broader and more open than many other species of juniper, the Arizona Cypress is often used as a windbreak tree and can be found in western Texas, the southern High Plains, and the arid American Southwest, where it can tolerate the hot, dry conditions (1). The Arizona Cypress var....

Japanese Red-Cedar (Sugi)

Cryptomeria japonica

Tree ID: 83

Date of tree entry: February 7, 2018

The Japanese red-cedar, otherwise called the "Japanese sugi pine" - known to the Japanese as Sugi - is a large evergreen tree which is native to Japan, can reach up to 70 m in height, and can reach trunk diameters of 4m. It serves as the national tree of Japan and is often planted around...

Port Orford Cedar

Chamaecyparis lawsoniana

Tree ID: 68

Date of tree entry: February 8, 2017

Named after the Edinburgh nurseryman Charles Lawson, the Chamaecyparis lawsoniana (Port Orford-Cedar) is large evergreen tree native to Oregon and northwest California. This evergreen can grow up to 200ft tall, with a trunk width anywhere between 4-7ft, and leaves between 3-5mm long. Along with its...