Arboretum Gold Trail

Arboretum Gold Trail #1 – Start at Cady Mall SW corner of MU. Southern Live Oak #2 – Directly south of #1, a planter of 3 San Jose Hesper Palms #3 – Carob tree Walk south on Cady. #4 – Silk Oak Turn west at Ag. #5 – Continue west, Chinese Pistache, no sign #6 – Italian Cypress #7 - Silk Floss #8 – Desert Spoon. Turn left, then right to the south side of Student Services. Plants #8-17 in desert planter #9 – Medusa Acacia, sign is hard to find at the base of tree in the center of dangerous to walk through cactus garden. #10 – Ocotillo, can’t see sign from sidewalk #11 – Saguaro, can’t see sign from sidewalk #12 – No sign, Red Hersperaloe #13 – Sign is for wrong species of Organ pipe NOT Stenocerus thurberi Stenocerus thurberi #14 – Elephant Tree Bursera fagaroides No plant No sign #15 – Blue Yucca #16 – Soaptree Yucca #17 – Hedgehog cactus #18 – Eastern Arborvitae No numbered sign Walk west across Forest Ave and turn right (north) onto sidewalk on Forest Ave. #19 – Montezuma Cypress No sign and tree is located 100 yards south of location listed on map. #20 – Mediterranean Fan Palm #21 - Bougainville #22 – King Palm #23 – Common Banana Tree #24 – Weeping Chinese Banyan #25 – Sago Palm Sign needs to be moved from potted sago to large specimen sago #26 – Bird of Paradise Tree #27 – Large Lady Palm #28 – Fishtail Palm #29 – English Ivy No sign No plant #30 – Shiny Xylosma No sign Walk out the north side of courtyard and proceed right. #31 – Japanese Pittosporum #32 – California Sycamore No Sign #33 – Arizona Sycamore sign is at California Sycamore Couldn’t find an Arizona Sycamore on Forest Mall. This new tree doesn’t look like an Arizona sycamore either California Sycamore #34 - Jarritos #35 - Senita #36 – Grizzly Bear Cactus #37 – Boojum Tree No plant No sign Agave is behind Jarritos? #38 – Palmer’s Agave No sign #39 – Baja Fairy Duster #40 – Desert Honeysuckle No sign #41 – Shamel Ash Duplicate of #58 on Gold Trail #42 – Hindu Laurel No sign No plant Good location for missing plants: #45 Dalea formosa, #46 Cassia lindheimeri #48 Cordia parvifolia #43 – European Olive #44 – Desert Fern Not located correctly on map #45 – Feather Dalea No plant No sign #46 – Lindheimer’s Senna No plant No sign #47 – Honey Locust Not located correctly on map #48 – Little leaf Cordia No plant No sign #49 – Pink Dawn (Chitalpa) North of Stauffer Not located correctly on map #50 - California Fan Palm located at the Design courtyard From here head east on Tyler Mall #51 - Canary Island Date Palm #52 – Chilean Mesquite No sign #53 – Spanish Dagger No sign Turn left onto Cady Mall, plant is in front of Anthropology on your left. #54 – Desert Ironwood Bismark palms in front of Anthropology are spectacular and should be included on trail map. There are 2 shamel ash on Gold trail #55 – Coral Gum No trail sign Continue north the Lang & Lit building #56 – Senegal Date Palm Turn right to the north side of Lang & Lit #57 – Pomegranate Look to your left to see the pomegranate #58 – Shamel Ash No sign & duplicate tree is at location #41 #59 – Cork Oak No trail sign & not a good idea on Alumni lawn. There’s a nice cork oak on Tyler Mall #60 – Texas Plume Continue walking south between Lang & Lit & Old Main #61 – Arizona Cypress No sign No tree? Turn right onto Tyler Mall ? There’s two behind planter #62 – Giant Bamboo No sign #63 – Nagami Kumquat Sign is blank and is too low in planter to be noticed Turn left onto Cady Mall and kumquats are in a raised planter in front of Social Science #64 – Canary Island Pine Tree is to your right in center lawn #65 – Mexican Fan Palm #66 – Spotted Emu Bush #67 – Texas Ebony Sign is in wrong location in the raised planter with the Ironwood tree. The Texas ebony is about 100 feet to the east Ironwood Tree Texas Ebony .

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