Map Legend Lloyd Hall Roberts Hall i Dining Center yom Haverford College elcome to the Haverford College 1 China-Fir –Cunninghamia lanceolata ‘Chanson’s Gift’ Legend W Tree Labeling 7 S Arboretum Hours Arboretum. This self-guided tour 2 Adirondack Crabapple –Malus ‘Adirondack’ Many campus trees have been labeled to encourage an appreciation 8 Handicapped Parking e The Haverford College Arboretum is open every t Av highlighting 36 trees has been designed of Haverford’s diverse collection. Labels list the common name 3 London Planetree –Platanus x acerifolia Arma day of the year from dawn to dusk. Free Arboretum Gest Founders 5 V Visitor Parking of each tree, the botanical name, native habitat and each tree’s 4 Cedar of Lebanon –Cedrus libani Stokes Hall Center Hall 6 for your enjoyment and study. The entire tour, which guided tours are offered seasonally. Call the numerical link to the Arboretum’s 5 American Elm –Ulmus americana 21 20 Barclay Restrooms Arboretum Office at 610-896-1101 for dates. concentrates on labeled trees in the center of the database. Tree labels with the Hall D L 22 9 H u o Group tours by appointment. Fee charged. 6 Hinoki Falsecypress –Chamaecyparis obtusa c 200-acre campus, will take approximately one hour word ‘Horticultural’ denote ar Arboretum Treek Tour c r P is R u o n s specimens that are cultivars of a 7 Sourwood –Oxydendron arboreum d Chase Hall 10 d t and conclude back by the main Visitors Parking Lot. 19 L A Deciduous n Trees v Arboretum Office species; these are forms of a plant 8 Swamp White Oak –Quercus bicolor e 18 Along the route are benches where you can rest and that originate in cultivation. Conifers 610-896-1101 or [email protected] 9 Coral Bark Japanese Maple – Acer palmatum 11 W w ww.haverford.edu/Arboretum contemplate the special beauty of the Haverford College S ‘Sango Kaku’ Magill Library p 23 4 r Each tree label on the self-guided tour bears a number that Cope Field in instagram.com/haverfordcollegearboretum/ g Arboretum with its rolling lawns, sweeping vistas 10 Baldcypress –Taxodium distichum 12 A v corresponds to its description in this booklet. Morris 17 e St nd 11 Chinese Scholar Tree – Styphnolobium japonicum, Infirmary ng lla and placement of trees in artfully naturalistic ways. i o C er H previously Sophora japonica 27 14 oursey R ev 15 13 L Merion Field In addition, several labels include a person’s name, denoting a 24 16 12 Oriental Spruce –Picea orientalis 3 History of the Haverford special relationship between a Haverford friend and the tree. A Sharpless d r Rd arte 25 Hall C gift can support the purchase of a new tree or the Arboretum’s 13 Kentucky Coffee Tree –Gymnocladus dioica 28 The Haverford College Arboretum Association College Arboretum 26 VCAM Duck Pond offers a program of lectures and guided campus In 1831, a group of Philadelphia and New York Quakers continued preservation efforts. 14 Lacebark Pine –Pinus bungeana Class of 1888 Hall Building Colleg purchased nearly 200 acres of land, part of a tract ceded by 15 Concolor Fir – Abies concolor Field Hilles e Circle ane walks, and welcomes all who share a common Hall College L William Penn to early Welsh settlers, and here they founded Tree Descriptions interest in the preservation and maintenance 16 European Larch – Larix decidua 29 Koshland Integrated ve Haverford College two years later. William Carvill, an English The tree descriptions, map legend and map use symbols which 7 Natural Sciences Center College A of Haverford’s growing collection of trees. will help you identify the category of each tree on the tour. 17 Bur Oak –Quercus macrocarpa 8 e gardener, was hired in 1834 to convert 60 acres of farmland t Av P Arma W Leeds Hall 5 6 a into a “Great Lawn.” The original design featured open vistas a 30 r For membership information, please 18 Japanese Stewartia –Stewartia pseudocamellia l k t 21 20 o Conifer A plant with D T n 22 9 H u from Founders Hall, circular clusters of trees on open fields ar c k e r P R is R call 610-896-1101. Print Shop o Dawn Redwood 19 Scarlet Oak n r needlelike or scalelike d –Quercus coccinea d d 19 L n and a serpentine walk 18 leaves that usually Metasequoia glyptostroboides 20 California Incense Cedar 11 –Calocedrus decurrens W S of shrubbery in the p 23 r remain year-round and Alumni Field House 4 Cope Field i 12 21 Sweet Bay Magnolia – Magnolia virginiana ‘Henry Hicks’ Johnson Track at 17 English manner. whose exposed seeds are C 27 14 oursey R Gummere Hall 31 15 13 Walton Field H 24 16 E 3 usually but not always 22 American Beech –Fagus grandifolia all D 25 C d 26 28 o In 1901, several students borne in cones. Most r Class of 1888 u 23 White Ash –Fraxinusamericana 32 n Field n Colleg Field e Circle W trees are evergreen, but 2 ty and faculty members 29 several are deciduous, 24 Weeping European Beech –Fagus sylvatica ‘Pendula’ 34 L S 33 W in p recognized the need to a 30 l dropping their needles t r o n e i R n 25 Katsura Tree –Cercidiphyllum japonicum Whitehead d R g properly maintain each fall. Gardner ’83 d A Campus Johnson Track at Haverford’s maturing 26 Okame Cherry – Prunus ‘Okame’ 35 Integrated 31 v Walton Field H E all D e C Center o r u Deciduous A plant Athletic 32 n landscape and formed the 2 ty 27 Osage Orange –Maclura pomifera L 33 34 in that loses it leaves at Center e R Campus Club. The group d some time during the 28 Black Walnut –Juglans nigra 35 oversaw many projects, James House year and stays leafless, 29 Seven-Son Flower –Heptacodium miconioides Kannerstein Safety & including the planting generally, during the Japanese Stewartia therbed Ln Kannerstein therbed Ln e Fea Fea v Seven-son Flower Stewartia pseudocamellia Security Reid Field A 30 Paperbark Maple – Acer griseum Field 1 ld of the Pinetum, but cold season. House Þe Heptacodium miconioides 31 Nordmann Fir –Abies nordmanniana 1 en V eventually disbanded. In 36 Gre Parker House Marshall Woods Ln 1974, through the efforts of John A. Silver, Class of 1925, the 32 Japanese Zelkova –Zelkova serrata V d V 370 Lancaster Avenue Fine Arts tosh R Macin H Campus Arboretum Association, now the Haverford College a n n Haverford, PA 19041-1392 Center u 33 Northern Japanese Hemlock m –Tsuga diversifolia 36 Arboretum Association, was founded with a commitment to Class of 1995 D 34 Dawn Redwood –Metasequoia glyptostroboides Woods Ln Field r continue the tradition of beautification and preservation of the 35 Lacebark Elm –Ulmus parvifolia ‘Allée’ d college landscape. tosh R V 36 Japanese Tree Lilac –Syringa reticulata ‘Ivory Silk’ Macin H a n n 6M 6/17 Cover photo: Swamp White Oak, Quercus bicolor u m #1 #5 #9 #13 #17 #21 #25 #29 #33 2006-0033A 1915-0001A 2002-0020A H-0570A 1834-0001A 2005-0007A H-0147A 2002-0001B H-0512A China-Fir American Elm Coral Bark Japanese Maple Kentucky Coffee Tree Bur Oak Sweet Bay Magnolia Katsura Tree Seven-son Flower Northern Japanese Hemlock Cunninghamia lanceolata Ulmus americana Acer palmatum ‘Sango Kaku’ Gymnocladus dioica Quercus macrocarpa Magnolia virginiana ‘Henry Hicks’ Cercidiphyllum japonicum Heptacodium miconioides Tsuga diversifolia Haverford is fortunate to have several healthy ’Chanson’s Gift’ There are many, many cultivars of Japanese While this native tree does not offer A majestic presence at the corner of Magill The Sweet Bay Magnolia produces Fall and winter are the prime seasons American Elms, plus one claims a historic link to the past. In The Katsura bears lovely green heart-shaped leaves in early spring; This cousin to our Eastern hemlock, Despite its common name, the China-Fir Maple, but the Sango Kaku literally stands out because in fall and conspicuous flowers or fine shade, the Library, this Bur Oak appears on William Carvill’s fragrant white flowers in June and July and of interest for this small tree. A native of 1682, William Penn made a pact of peace and unity with the interesting little banana-like fruits appear in summer; and in fall Tsuga canadensis, does not suffer is related to the yew, not the fir. It has large winter the bark, especially on young twigs and branches, turns Kentucky Coffee Tree is admired for its original campus plan of 1834. Construction of the cone-like fruits in fall. It holds its dark green leaves well into the China, it was only introduced here in 1980. Lenni Lenape Nation under an American Elm. This tree is a the changing leaves contribute a beautiful yellow to the landscape from the same wooly adelgid infestation. Its flat needles, pendulous branches and cones anywhere from a showy pink to a crimson red. This coloration tall, commanding structure and thick brown curved ramp entrance to the 1968 library addition winter months. This native tree can vary from a single-stemmed The small white flowers bloom on tiered panicles from August direct descendant of the famous Penn Treaty Elm and is the last of and release a sweet odor reminiscent of cotton candy. When needles are generally shorter and more densely arranged on that form at the branch tips. This cultivar is becomes subdued in summer. The tree grows slowly into an pods which remain on the tree until late winter. Growing up to 75 further preserved this massive tree by lessening the impact on tree to a large, multi-stemmed shrub, making it perfect for the through October, then drop off, leaving clusters of bright red a group of seven planted on campus in 1915.