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TREE WALK at VOLUNTEER PARK TREE WALK at VOLUNTEER PARK Volunteer Park 83 84 Conservatory 8 Wading 82 Pool Tennis 7 Courts 85 9 81 86 80 87 10 Tennis 88 79 Courts 78 13 11 77 76 12 14 15 89 90 19 16 75 17 18 73 91 6 20 74 72 5 21 4 S 71 e 2 A a r t t t 3 l M e 70 u A s s 1 e i u a 69 67 m n 25 68 65 26 64 66 63 24 29 28 22 23 27 30 62 31 32 61 33 Volunteer Park 34 60 59 Resevoir 58 35 43 Water 36 57 Tower 44 55 42 41 54 52 50 56 53 37 49 47 45 39 51 48 46 40 38 NE Loop Focus Tree SE Loop Focus Tree SW Loop Focus Tree NW Loop Focus Tree Tree Canopy Lawn Water Feature Building Impervious Surface Street or Parking NE Loop Focus Trees SW Loop Focus Trees 1 Chinese Juniper - Juniperus chinensis ‘Tolurosa’ 44 Little Leaf Linden - Tilia cordata 2 Atlas Cedar - Cedrus atlantica 45 Camperdown Elm - Ulmus glabra 'Camperdownii' 3 Japanese Maple - Acer palmatum 46 Oriental Plane - Platanus orientalis 4 Common Horsechestnut - Aesculus hippocastanum 47 Ginkgo - Ginkgo biloba 5 Carolina Silverbell - Halesia carolina 48 Eastern Redbud - Cercis canadensis 6 English Holly - Ilex aquifolium 49 Deodar Cedar - Cedrus deodara 7 Flowering Dogwood - Cornus florida 50 Northern Red Oak - Quercus rubra 8 Katsura - Cercidiphyllum japonicum 51 Seaside Alder - Alnus maritima 9 Giant Sequoia - Sequoiadendron giganteum 52 Kousa Dogwood - Cornus kousa 10 Norway Maple - Acer platanoides 53 Wayfaringtree - Viburnum lantana 11 Austrian Pine - Pinus nigra 54 English Hawthorn - Crataegus laevigata 12 Western Redcedar - Thuja plicata 55 Lombardi Poplar - Populus nigra ‘Italica’ 13 London Plane - Platanus x acerifolia 56 Western White Pine - Pinus monticola 14 Nikko Fir - Abies homolepis 57 Pin Oak - Quercus palustris 15 Tulip Tree - Liriodendron tulipifera 58 Black Locust - Robinia_pseudoacacia 16 Turkish Hazelnut - Corylus colurna 59 English Yew - Taxus baccata 17 Pacific Madrone - Arbutus menziesii 60 English Walnut - Juglans regia 18 Northern Red Oak - Quercus rubra 61 Western Hemlock - Tsuga heterophylla 19 Tree of Heaven - Ailanthus altissima 62 Norway Spruce - Picea abies 20 Bigleaf Maple - Acer macrophyllum 63 Coastal Redwood - Sequoia sempervirens 21 European Copper Beech - Fagus sylvatica f. purpurea 64 Jeffrey Pine - Pinus jeffreyi 65 Pitch Pine - Pinus rigida 66 Ponderosa Pine - Pinus ponderosa SE Loop Focus Trees NW Loop Focus Trees 22 Atlas Cedar - Cedrus atlantica 67 Deodar Cedar - Cedrus deodara 23 Tulip Tree - Liriodendron tulipifera 68 Zebra Cedar - Thuja plicata ‘Zebrina’ 24 Port Orford Cedar - Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 69 Chestnut Oak - Quercus prinus 25 Giant Sequoia - Sequoiadendron giganteum 70 European White Elm - Ulmus laevis 26 Coastal Redwood - Sequoia sempervirens 71 Oriental Spruce - Picea orientalis 27 European Beech - Fagus sylvatica 72 Snake Branch Spruce - Picea abies ‘Virgata’ 28 European Birch - Betula pendula 73 Red Maple - Acer rubrum 29 Japanese Cedar - Cryptomeria japonica 74 Black Walnut - Juglans nigra 30 Chinese Yew Plum - Cephalotaxus harringtonii 75 Camperdown Elm - Ulmus glabra 'Camperdownii' 31 English Holly - Ilex aquifolium 76 Black Cherry - Prunus serotina 32 Yellow Catalpa - Catalpa ovata 77 European Ash - Fraxinus excelsior 33 Honey Locust - Gleditsia triacanthos 78 Eurpean Beech - Fagus sylvatica 34 Black Walnut - Juglans nigra 79 Sycamore Maple - Acer pseudoplatanus 35 Caucasian Fir - Abies nordmanniana 80 Pin Oak - Quercus palustris 36 English Yew - Taxus baccata 81 London Plane Tree - Platanus x acerifolia 37 Flowering Ash - Fraxinus ornus 82 Lombardy Poplar - Populus nigra ‘Italica’ 38 Yellow Birch - Betula alleghaniensis 83 Sitka Spruce - Picea sitchensis 39 European Copper Beech - Fagus sylvatica purpurea 84 Portuguese Laurel - Prunus lusitanica 40 Norway Maple - Acer platanoides 85 Weeping European Birch - Betula pendula 41 European Larch - Larix decidua 86 English Oak - Quercus robur 42 White Fir - Abies concolor 87 Plume Sawara Cypress - Chamaecyparis pisifera ‘Plumosa’ 43 Port Orford Cedar - Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 88 White Fir - Abies concolor 89 Kentucky Coffee Tree - Gymnocladus dioicus 90 Western Red Cedar - Thuja plicata 91 Pacific Dogwood - Cornus nuttallii For a complete list of Seattle tree walks, visit http://www.seattle.gov/trees .
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