Forty Trees List

A Guide to Forty Interesting Trees of the Cal Poly Campus

Map# Common Name Botanical Name Family Native Range 1 Giant Sequoia Sequoiadendron giganteum Taxodiaceae California Sierra Nevada 2 Coast Redwood Sequoia sempervirens Taxodiaceae Northwestern California 3 Chinese Dawn Redwood Metasequoia glyptostroboides Taxodiaceae China 4 Flannel Hand Bush Chiranthodendron X Fremontodendron Sterculiaceae Horticultural Hybrid 5 Montezuma Bald Cypress Taxodium mucronatum Taxodiaceae Mexico 6 Princess Tree Paulownia tomentosa Scrophulariaceae China and Taiwan 7 River Red Gum Eucalyptus camaldulensis Myrtaceae Australia 8 Burr Oak Quercus macrocarpa Fagaceae North America 9 American Sweet Gum Liquidambar styraciflua Hamamelidaceae Connecticut to Central America 10 Jacaranda Jacaranda mimosifolia Bignoniaceae Argentina and Brazil 11 Cape Chestnut Calodendrum capensis Rutaceae Coastal South Africa 12 White Birch Betula pendula Betulaceae Northern Europe 13 Queensland Lacebark Tree Brachychiton discolor Sterculiaceae Eastern Australia 14 Floss Silk Tree Ceiba speciosa Bombacaceae South America 15 Purple Leaf Plum Prunus cerasifera Rosaceae Asia Minor 16 Macadamia Nut Macadamia integrifolia Proteaceae Queensland Australia 17 Costa Rican Holly Olmediella betschleriana Flacourtiaceae Central America 18 Pink Trumpet Tree Tabebuia impeteginosa Bignoniaceae Central and South America 19 Deodar Cedar Cedrus deodara Pinaceae Himalayas 20 Maidenhair Tree Ginkgo biloba Ginkgoaceae China and Japan 21 Coral Gum Eucalyptus torquata Myrtaceae Southwestern Australia 22 American Elm Ulmus americana Ulmaceae Eastern North America 23 Valley Oak Quercus lobata Fagaceae California 24 Cork Oak Quercus suber Fagaceae Southern Europe 25 Canary Island Date Palm Phoenix canariensis Arecaceae Canary Islands 26 Coast Live Oak Quercus agrifolia Fagaceae Southern California 27 Chilean Wine Palm Jubaea chilensis Arecaceae Central Chile 28 Bunya Bunya Tree Araucaria bidwillii Araucariaceae Queensland Australia 29 Norfolk Island Pine Araucaria heterophylla Araucariaceae Norfolk Islands 30 Firewheel Tree Stenocarpus sinuatus Proteaceae Eastern Australia 31 Southern Catalpa Catalpa bignoniodies Bignoniaceae Southeastern United States 32 Morton Bay Fig Ficus marcrophylla Moraceae Eastern Australia 33 Chinese Evergreen Elm Ulmus parvifolia Ulmaceae China and Japan 34 Horsetail Tree Casuarina cunninghamiana Casuarinaceae Australia and South Pacific 35 Indian Laurel Fig Ficus microcarpa Moraceae Indomalaysia 36 Lemon-scented Gum Eucalyptus citriodora Myrtaceae Queensland Australia 37 Catalina Ironwood Lyonothamnus floribundus Rosaceae California Channel Islands 38 London Plane Tree Platanus x acerifolia Platanaceae hybrid; origin unknown 39 Lily Of The Valley Tree Crinodendron patagua Eleocarpaceae Chile, Argentina 40 Tulip Tree Liriodendron tulipifera Magnoliaceae Eastern North America

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