Trees on the Yale Nature Walk

Northern Red Oak
Quercus rubra
Tree ID: 114
Prospect and Sachem
Date of tree entry: February 5, 2020
Located next to Sage Hall, this Northern Red Oak lumbers over its neighboring foliage.

Northern Bayberry
Myrica pensylvanica
Tree ID: 111
Prospect and Sachem
Date of tree entry: February 5, 2020
Myrica pensylvanica is an upright semi-evergreen shrub that often spreads by suckers to form colonies. Northern Bayberry is noted for its ornamental silver berries in winter, its winter salt spray tolerance, and its adaptability to urban stresses or wet sites, making it a perfect asset to a centralized location on Yale's campus.

Bottlebrush Buckeye
Aesculus parviflora
Tree ID: 125
Marsh and Farnam Gardens
Date of tree entry: February 4, 2020

Garden Fothergilla
Fothergilla gardenii
Tree ID: 123
Marsh and Farnam Gardens
Date of tree entry: February 4, 2020

Copper Beech
Tree ID: 126
Marsh and Farnam Gardens
Date of tree entry: February 4, 2020

Yellow Poplar
Tree ID: 122
Marsh and Farnam Gardens
Date of tree entry: February 4, 2020

American Smoketree
Cotinus obovatus
Tree ID: 104
Marsh and Farnam Gardens
Date of tree entry: February 7, 2019
This tree is on the slope leading to Marsh Botannical Gardens. It leans downhill and gives a delicate impression with one short trunk and seven thinner trunks branching off. It has a scaly bark and blooms in June. While most American smoketrees have short trunks, this tree has an especially short trunk because it was hit by a neighboring redwood as a young tree. This fall split the trunk into eight small branches. One was shaved off in March, so now there are seven branches coming out of the trunk and its diameter at breast height is smaller.

Seven Son Flower
Heptacodium miconioides
Tree ID: 103
Marsh and Farnam Gardens
Date of tree entry: February 7, 2019
The Seven Son Flower comes from the mountains of Central China, where it received its name for the flowers that come in clusters of seven. A cousin of the honeysuckle, this small tree is known for its colorful bark and beautiful white flowers that bloom in early fall.

Pin Oak
Quercus palustris
Tree ID: 106
Marsh and Farnam Gardens
Date of tree entry: February 7, 2019
Hidden among the foliage near Marsh Botanical Gardens, this tree is hard to come across. In order to access this tree, one must have climbed through slushy mud or a sea of beautiful angiosperms, depending on the season. This tree is fairly large, standing at nearly twenty four meters tall. Aside from its height, this tree's most distinctive features include its unique branching and rough bark.

Tamarack
Larix laricina
Tree ID: 105
Marsh and Farnam Gardens
Date of tree entry: February 7, 2019
Larix laricina, commonly referred to as the tamarack or American larch (USDA symbol LALA), is a slender, conical-shaped tree belonging to the Pinaceae (Pine) family that grows 40 to 80 feet tall. The larch species is the only known deciduous conifers aside from the bald cypress. Just like other deciduous trees, their tufts of glossy needles (typically a bright green) turn golden-yellow and fall off in autumn. The tamarack’s deciduousness makes it practically immune to the road salt that is frequently laid down during winters.

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