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Download PDF File Sacramento Elementary School Tree Walk Guide Sacramento School Tree Walk LEARNING LANDSCAPES Sacramento School Tree Walk 2015 Learning Landscapes Site data collected in Summer 2014 and Spring 2015. Written by: Kat Davidson, Karl Dawson, Angie DiSalvo, Jim Gersbach and Jeremy Grotbo Portland Parks & Recreation Urban Forestry 503-823-TREE [email protected] http://portlandoregon.gov/parks/learninglandscapes Cover photos (from top left to bottom right): 1) Students and PP&R Urban Forestry staff plant a blue Spanish fi r. 2) The bluish needles of a Vanderwolf's Pyramid limber pine. 3) A Bosnian pine growing in its native range. 4) Yellow highlights on Sekkan Japanese cedar foliage. 5) Summit cedar is a hybrid of two rare Tasmanian conifers. 6) A row of newly-planted trees at Sacramento School. 7) The unique bark of a lacebark pine. 8) The brilliant silver undersides of Korean fi r foliage. ver. 4/27/2015 Portland Parks & Recreation 1120 SW Fifth Avenue, Suite 1302 Portland, Oregon 97204 (503) 823-PLAY Commissioner Amanda Fritz www.PortlandParks.org Director Mike Abbaté The Learning Landscapes Program Sacramento School The Sacramento School Learning Landscape was initated in April 2003 with a planting of eight trees. Boosted by a major planting in 2015, the collection now includes almost 50 trees. This tree walk identifi es trees planted as part of the Learning Landscape as well as other interesting specimens at the school. What is a Learning Landscape? A Learning Landscape is a collection of trees planted and cared for at a school by students, volunteers, and Portland Parks & Recreation (PP&R) Urban Forestry staff. Learning Landscapes offer an outdoor educational experience for students, as well as environmental and aesthetic benefi ts to the school and surrounding neighborhood. Learning Landscapes contain diverse tree species. They are designed to teach students about biology and urban forestry issues, but can also be used to teach geography, writing, history and math, and to develop leadership skills. Community Involvement Community-building is crucial to the success of Learning Landscapes. PP&R works with Urban Forestry Neighborhood Tree Stewards, teachers, By involving students and neighbors in parents, students, and community members to design, the tree planting, the community has plant, establish and maintain these school arboreta. ownership of the trees and a tangible PP&R facilitates this collaboration by working with the school district, neighborhood, students and connection to their school. teachers to create landscapes that meet the need of the individual school community. Tree Planting Experience Learning Landscapes are planted by the school's students under the mentorship of middle or high school students and volunteers. On planting day, tree planting leaders teach students the benefi ts of urban trees, the form and function of trees, and tree planting techniques. This leadership aspect of Learning Landscapes gives older students and volunteers the opportunity to connect with their peers, build confi dence, and develop public speaking skills. Involving students and neighbors in the tree planting fosters community ownership of the trees and builds a tangible connection between school and neighborhood. This helps ensure a high tree survival rate by reducing vandalism and encouraging ongoing stewardship of the school's trees. Continued Hands-on Learning Opportunities Once planted, Learning Landscapes are used by teachers and parents for service and leadership projects. Students and teachers continue to build projects around the trees with opportunities to study and provide ongoing care, such as structural pruning. These dynamic landscapes change year after year, depending on student and teacher interests, as new trees are planted and added to the collection. How can I get involved? Visit http://www.portlandoregon.gov/parks/learninglandscapes for volunteer opportunities, to view more maps, and to learn how to plan a Learning Landscape in your community. Portland Parks & Recreation i Sacramento Elementary School Tree Walk 14 15 16 17 13 12 11 10 18 19 20 21 7 8 22 6 22 9 5 23 23 23 24 25 4 27 26 3 28 NE SACRAMENTOST 29 31 30 33 32 34 35 36 2 37 38 39 2 40 41 2 42 43 1 49 44 50 45 46 47 48 NE 113TH AVE Learning Landscapes tree other tree Learning Landscapes 100 Feet http://portlandoregon.gov/parks/learninglandscapes ¯ Sacramento School Tree Walk Tree # Common Name Scientifi c Name Tree # Common Name Scientifi c Name Quercus Abies koreana 1 Oregon white oak 30 Silberlocke Korean fi r garryana 'Silberlocke' Gleditsia Shademaster honey 31 strawberry tree Arbutus unedo 2 triacanthos forma locust blue Japanese white Pinus parvifl ora inermis 32 pine forma glauca 3, 4 ginkgo Ginkgo biloba Pinus fl exilis Vanderwolf's Pyramid Quercus 33 'Vanderwolf's 5 - 9 Oregon white oak limber pine garryana Pyramid' 10 Baker cypress Cupressus bakeri 34 lacebark pine Pinus bungeana Yoshino Japanese Cryptomeria Diospyros kaki 11 35 Fuyu Asian persimmon cedar japonica 'Yoshino' 'Fuyu' Sekkan Japanese Cryptomeria Athrotaxis x 12 36 summit cedar cedar japonica 'Sekkan' laxifolia Pinus fl exilis Willamette Valley Pinus ponderosa Vanderwolf's Pyramid 37 13 'Vanderwolf's ponderosa pine var. benthamiana limber pine Pyramid' Metasequoia Araucaria 38 dawn redwood 14 monkey puzzle tree glyptostroboides araucana Taxodium 39 bald cypress Cunninghamia distichum 15 blue China fi r lanceolata var. Ginkgo biloba 40, 41 Autumn Gold ginkgo glauca 'Autumn Gold' Wustermeyer Brewer Picea breweriana Sciadopitys 16 42 umbrella pine spruce ' Wustermeyer' verticillata 17 Bosnian pine Pinus heldreichii Abies pinsapo 43, 44 blue Spanish fi r Hungarian oak or 'Glauca' 18 Quercus frainetto Italian oak Sequoiadendron 45 giant sequoia Quercus giganteum 19, 20 Oregon white oak garryana Cedrus atlantica 46 blue Atlas cedar Hungarian oak or 'Glauca' 21 Quercus frainetto Italian oak White Mountain Pinus strobus 47 22 red-silver hybrid maple Acer x freemanii eastern white pine 'White Mountain' Calocedrus 48 incense cedar 23 maple Acer spp. decurrens Styphnolobium Japanese pagoda tree 49 grand fi r Abies grandis 24 japonicum Syn. or Chinese scholar tree Sophora japonica 50 noble fi r Abies procera Chinese silver fi r or Cathaya 25 cathaya argyrophylla Tree Facts, A to Z Cupressus weeping Alaska 26, 27 nootkatensis Autumn Gold ginkgo, Ginkgo biloba ‘Autumn Gold’ yellowcedar 'Glauca Pendula' Origin: Asia - male cultivar of a tree native to China Picea omorika 28 Bruns Serbian spruce 'Bruns' Ginkgo is a pyramidal to rounded deciduous tree Diospyros kaki growing 60' to 100' tall. The bark has vertical scales, 29 Fuyu Asian persimmon 'Fuyu' becoming deeply furrowed in maturity. The branches Portland Parks & Recreation 1 are alternate with leaves emerging from prominent bald cypress, Taxodium distichum ½" long nodes along the stem. Each node displays a Origin: North America - From eastern Texas to Florida, whorl of approximately 5–7 fan-shaped leaves. There reaching north to Delaware and southern Illinois are separate male and female trees. The female tree produces edible fruit about A deciduous conifer growing upright to 100’ or more. ¾" long, which has been Needles are soft, emerging light green. They are ½ “to described as “nature’s stink ¾” long and turn russet-orange in autumn. Spherical bomb.” Only one species cones are about an inch in diameter. Bark on older of ginkgo tree remains in trees is reddish-brown and fi brous. The offi cial state this ancient tree family that tree of Louisana, bald cypress is synonomous with the dominated forests in Oregon bayous. Its range, however, extends from east Texas and elsewhere millions of into southern Illinois and along the eastern seaboard years ago. In commerce to Delaware, usually in swamps. Despite being able since 1955, 'Autumn Gold' to survive in waterlogged soils, bald cypress also is symmetrically branched grow well in drier soils and makes a fi ne street tree. and will reach 45' tall by 35' wide. Nice butter yellow Because the wood is durable, bald cypress was heavily fall color. Leaves in autumn tend to drop all together logged for water tanks, ships, fl ooring, greenhouses, (within a few days of each other) making fall cleanup shingles and laundry equipment. Before the Ice Ages, quick rather than drawn out over weeks. Tolerant these trees were widespread across the Northern of full sun or shade, with no pests or diseases. Best Hemisphere but died out everywhere except the growth with summer watering until well established, eastern U.S. Bald cypress seeds are eaten by wild then drought tolerant and pest free. turkeys, wood ducks, evening grosbeaks, squirrels and some waterfowl and wading birds. Baker cypress, Cupressus bakeri blue Atlas cedar, Cedrus atlantica ‘Glauca’ Origin: North America – Oregon and northern California Origin: Africa – Atlas Mountains of Morocco and Algeria Broadly columnar, this native evergreen conifer This blue-green cultivar of may reach 90’ under good a heat and drought-tolerant conditions although the conifer species from North national champion exceeds Africa fi rst appeared in France 100.’ It has attractive in 1867. It is more commonly gray foliage, with scales usually covered in resin seen in Portland than the blisters. Bark is smooth when young, sometimes an regular species. Grows slowly attractive maroon-burgundy color. Globe-shaped, to 60’ or more and about 30’ wide, with a roughly silvery cones are ½” to 1” long. Baker cypress pyramidal shape, and branches angled slightly upward. reproduction depends on fi re to open the cones and Greenish-purple cylindrical male fl owers shed pollen clear ground litter, so fi re suppression over time can in early fall. Female fl owers are green and sit at the lead to a reduction in the number of these trees. branch tips. Rounded cones are 3 ½” long and sit The trees demand light and will decline if grown in upright on the branches. They ripen to light brown shade. Extremely drought tolerant. Often found in and disintegrate while on the tree.
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