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SOME STANFORD HERITAGE TREES Compiled by William E. Parker, Arborist, May 1977 Updated by Karen Stidd, Arborist, and Carol Sweetapple, Horticulturist, both of Stanford University Grounds Dept., October 2001

Botanical Name/ Description Still There/ Grounds Tree Common Name Date Inventory ID Map Seq. Code No. Abies bracteata. Front of Hoover Annex. Planted 1898. Site of Encina Gardens Yes AF09D 323 SANTA LUCIA FIR. begun in 1898. 9/6/01 Abies pinsapo. SPANISH South edge of Cactus Garden. Planted 1908. No longer here Not in inventory FIR. 6/01 Acanthopanax ricinifolius. Number 4 Island, Inner Court, Main Quad. Planted 1974 from 5 No longer here AG09B 142 Syn. Kalopanax pictus var. gallon can. 1993 Maximowiczii. Agathis loranthifolia. Professor Durand’s garden, 634 Mayfield Ave. Planted 1910. No longer here Not in inventory AMBOYNA . 6/01 Alectryon excelsum. Planted on Campus Drive divider across from Serra House near No longer here AH10B 121 TITOKI. Jordan Way. Planted 1893 by Dr. Jordan. 01/01/00 bidwillii. N. E. corner of Art Gallery (Encina Gardens - Now known as Yes – there are two Araucaria bidwilli AF09D 15 BUNYA-BUNYA. Dorman Grove) Planted 1898. currently in this location; they are both & old trees, 28” and 17” in diameter. 17 9/6/01 Araucaria bidwilli. N. E. of Mausoleum. Planted 1908. Yes. AG12B 14 BUNYA-BUNYA. 9/06/01 Araucaria cunninghamii. South edge of Cactus Garden. Planted 1908. Yes AH12A 1 MORTON BAY PINE. 9/6/01 Betula verracosa syn. Betula The Knoll lawn. Planted 1918. Yes –there are two old Betula AG07A 100 pendula. pendula in this location. & EUROPEAN WHITE BIRCH. 9/6/01 101 acerifolium. Number 8 Island, Inner Court, Main Quad. Planted 1890. No longer here AG09D 17 FLAME TREE. 6/01 Brachychiton ruprestris. Number 3 Island, Inner Court, Main Quad. Planted by William Parker Yes AG09B 163 QUEENSLAND BOTTLE in 1972. 9/6/01 TREE Callistemon lanceolatus. Campus Drive divider opposite Steam . Planted by Dr. Jordan No longer here AH10B 31 BOTTLEBRUSH 1893. 6/00. Removed in Campus Drive reconfiguration. Could not be transplanted. ID may be incorrect, tree looked more like Callistemon viminalis.

Page 1 of 1 Casuarina equisetifolia. Number 8 Island, Inner Court, Main Quad. Planted 1889. Yes AG09D 16 BEEFWOOD, HORSETAIL 9/6/01 TREE. Cedrus atlantica `Glauca.' N. W. side of the Angel. Planted 1903. Yes AG12D 13 ATLAS CEDAR. 9/6/01 Cedrus deodara. Between Mausoleum and Angel. Planted 1889.. Yes AH12C 1 DEODAR CEDAR. 9/6/01

Cedrus deodara. (Natural dwarf.) Between Mausoleum and Angel. Planted 1889. Yes AH12C 2 DEODAR CEDAR. 9/6/01 Cedrus libani. N. W. corner of Art Gallery. Planted 1898. No longer here Not in inventory CEDAR OF . 6/01 Celtis australis. North side of Branner Hall. Planted 1924. Yes AE09B 27 EUROPEAN HACKBERRY. 9/6/01 Celtis occidentalis. By gardner's shed, Medical Center. (On West Campus Drive near Maybe. AH11B 37 COMMON HACKBERRY. Quarry Road.) Planted 1890. 6/01 There is an old Celtis australis here, not a Celtis occidentalis. It is possibly the same tree that could have been misidentified. Chionanthus virginica. S. W. side of Hoover Pavilion. Planted 1931. No longer here Not in inventory FRINGE TREE. 6/01 Cryptomeria japonica. W. side of Hawthorne House, 582 Alvarado (now Bolivar House). Yes RD23A 188 JAPANESE CRYPTOMERIA. Planted 1892 9/6/01 Cryptomeria japonica Front of Old Chemistry Bldg. Planted 1902. Yes AG10B 107 `Elegans.' 9/6/01 PLUME CEDAR. Cunninghamia lanceolata. South of Angel lawn. Planted 1973. No longer here Not in inventory CHINA FIR. 6/01 Cupressus funebris. South 100 ft. from Cunninghamia. Planted 1908. No longer here Not in inventory FUNERAL CYPRESS. 6/01 Cupressus funebris. South side of Cactus Garden. Planted 1908. Yes AH11C 144 FUNERAL CYPRESS. 9/6/01 Cupressus torulosa. South side of Cactus Garden. Planted 1898. Yes AH11C 143 BHUTAN CYPRESS. 9/6/01 Eucalyptus cladocalyx. Constanzo St. at Santa Ynez. Planted by Professor Durand in 1910. No longer here Not in inventory SUGAR GUM. 6/01 Eucalyptus diversicolor. Cabrillo Ave. at Dolores. Planted by Professor Durand in 1910. Yes RD33C 103 KARRI GUM. 9/6/01 Eucalyptus ficifolia. Santa Ynez St. at San Juan. Planted by Professor Durand IN 1910. No longer here Not in inventory RED-FLOWERING GUM. 6/01 Eucalyptus niphophila. Plant Services patio. Donated and planted by William Parker in No longer here Not in inventory SNOW GUM. 1972. 6/01

Page 2 of 2 Eucalyptus viminalis. East side of Varian Physics. Planted in 1898. (Same time as Yes AH09C 57 MANNA GUM. Arboretum.) 9/6/01 Fraxinus americana. West side of Encina Hall parking lot. Planted 1891. Yes AF09C 105 WHITE ASH. 9/6/01 Grevillea robusta. North side of Old Chemistry. Planted 1902 Yes AG10D 272 SILK OAK 9/6/01 Metasequoia glyptostroboides. Big lawn at President's House. Planted by the Sterlings, November Yes RD32D 240 DAWN REDWOOD. 6, 1953. 9/6/01 Morus rubra. Number 5 Island, Inner Court, Main Quad. Planted 1889. Yes AG09C 22 RED MULBERRY. 9/6/01 William Parker ID’d this as Morus alba but we believe it is Morus rubra. Phoenix canariensis. Number 6 Island, Inner Court, Main Quad. Planted1889. Yes AG09C 26 CANARY ISLAND DATE 9/6/01 PALM. Photinia serrulata. Corner of Serra St. and Via Crespi. Planted 1891. No longer here AH09C 45 CHINESE PHOTINIA. 6/01 We believe this was removed in the SEQ construction. Picea orientalis. West side of Cactus Garden behind nutmeg. Planted 1910. No longer here Not in inventory CAUCASIAN SPRUCE. 6/01 Picea smithiana. West side of Cactus Garden in front of the above. Planted 1910. No longer here Not in inventory HIMALAYAN SPRUCE. 6/01 Pinus coulteri. In meadow east of Museum. Planted 1903. Yes AG11B 79 COULTER PINE. 9/6/01 Pinus jeffreyi. In meadow east of Museum. Planted 1908. No longer here Not in inventory JEFFREY PINE. 6/01 Pinus pinea. West side of Old Pavilion (now called Burnham Pavilion). Planted Yes AF10A 187 ITALIAN STONE PINE. 1915. 9/6/01 Pinus torreyana. N. W. corner of Palm Drive and Arboretum Road. Planted 1898. Yes AG13B 26 TORREY PINE. 9/6/01 Quercus agrifolia. In front of Mausoleum. About 400 years old. (Now departed, but No longer here AH12A 2 COAST LIVE OAK. lives on as a magnificent round table under the rotunda of the Bing 8/30/93 Wing.) . West side of Encina Hall. Planted 1891. No longer here AF09C 182 CORK OAK. 4/26/93 Rhus lancea. North side of Branner Hall. Planted 1924. Yes AE09D 28 AFRICAN SUMAC. 9/6/01 Sequoiadendron giganteum. 676 Alvarado Row. Planted by J. W. Bunn in 1930. Yes RD24C 41 GIANT SEQUOIA. 9/6/01

Page 3 of 3 Sequoia sempervirens. 611 Coronado Ave. Planted by Mr. and Mrs. Duncan in 1930. Yes RD24C 42 COAST REDWOOD. 9/6/01 There are two heritage redwoods, large but smaller than this one, next to it. Taxodium distichum. Right of entry at Angel. Planted 1908. No longer here Not in inventory BALD CYPRESS. 6/01 Taxus baccata. Front of Old Chemistry. Planted 1902. Yes AG10B 118 ENGLISH YEW. 9/6/01 AG10D 259 There are two old heritage Taxus baccata in this area. Trachycarpus fortunei. Number 8 Island, Inner Court, Main Quad. Planted 1890. No longer here AG09D 11 WINDMILL PALM. 10/01 Washingtonia filiferia. Number 2, 5, 6 and 7 Islands, Inner Court Main Quad. Planted 1889. Yes AG09A 142 CALIFORNIA FAN PALM 9/6/01 AG09A 152 AG09C 13 AG09C 28 AG09D 7 AG09D 8

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