Walk Our Arboretum

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Walk Our Arboretum

Student walking near Alger Hall and a pink cherry tree

Explore Campus with a Self-Guided Tree Tour

Walk the campus to find unique trees, read informational tree placards, and learn more about the tree species that make ��ѻ��ý such a unique and special campus. Take a sneak peak at some of the beauty before you begin.

Campus Trees to Locate

This table shows the number assigned to a tree, its common name, its scientific name, its quantity on campus, and its location on the RIC campus. (Updated December 5, 2023.)

Tree Number	Common Name	Scientific Name	Total Number	Location on Campus
1	Norway Maple	Acer platanoides	143	East, Main, West
2	European Beech	Fagus sylvatica	7	East, Main
3	Silver Maple	Acer saccharinum	5	East, West
4	Sugar Maple	Acer saccharinum	11	East, West
5	Japanese Maple	Acer palmatum	10	East, Main, West
6	Norway Spruce	Picea abies	9	East, Main
7	American Elm	Ulmus americana	2	East, West
8	Black Oak	Quercus velutina	13	East, Main, West
9	Red Mulberry	Morus rubra	7	East, West
10	White Ash	Fraxinus Americana	14	East, Main, West
11	Honey Locust	Gleditsia triacanthos	52	East, Main, West
12	Black Cherry	Prunus serotina	6	East, West
13	Kwanzan Cherry	Prunus serrulata	1	East
14	Tri-color Beech	Fagus sylvatica ‘tricolor’	1	East
15	Purple Leaf Beech	Fagus sylvatica ‘rivers	1	East
16	Gingko	Ginkgo biloba	2	Main
17	London Planetree	Platanus x acerifolia	24	Main
18	White Oak	Quercus alba	39	Main, East
19	Pin Oak	Quercus palustris	2	Main
20	Kousa Dogwood	Cornus kousa	17	East, Main, West
21	Scotch Pine	Pinus sylvestris	14	Main
22	Red Pine	Pinus resinosa	27	Main, West
23	Red Oak	Quercus rubra	38	East, Main, West
24	Umbrella Pine	Sciadopitys verticillata	1	Main
25	Flowering Dogwood	Cornus florida	39	East, Main, West
26	Arborvitae	Thuja occidentalis	22	East, Main, West
27	Eastern Red Cedar	Juniperus virginiana	10	East, Main
28	Blue Atlas Cedar	Cedrus atlantica	5	Main
29	Sycamore Maple	Acer pseudoplatanus	3	Main
30	Thundercloud Plum	Prunus cerasifera	1	Main
31	Blue Spruce	Picea pungens	6	Main
32	October Glory Maple	Acer rubrum ‘october glory’	1	Main
33	Yellowwood	Cladrastis lutea	2	Main
34	Sweet Gum	Liquidamber styraciflua	1	Main
35	Crimson Cloud Hawthorn	Crataegus laevigata	30	Main
36	Bradford Pear	Pyrus calleryana	54	East, Main
37	Littleleaf Linden	Tilia cordata	18	Main, West
38	Tulip Tree	Liriodendron tulipifera	19	Main
39	Austrian Pine	Pinus nigra	22	Main
40	Katsura Tree	Cercidiphyllum japonicum	9	Main
41	Saucer Magnolia	Magnolia soulangiana	13	East, Main, West
42	Minnesota Strain	Cercis canadensis	5	Main
43	Yoshino Cherry	Prunus x yedoensis	1	Main
44	Purple Leaf Plum	Prunus cerasifera	1	Main
45	Birch	Betula	1	Main
46	Sequoia	Sequoiadendron giganteum	1	Main
47	Columnar Beech	Fagus sylvatica	1	Main
48	Pignut Hickory	Carya cordiformis	5	West
49	Black Birch	Betula lenta	11	Main, West
50	Black Locust	Robinia pseudoacacia	1	West
51	Japanese Zelkova	Zelkova serrata	52	East, West
52	Noble Fir	Abies procera	1	West
53	White Spruce	Picea glauca	3	Main, West
54	Red Maple	Acer rubrum	57	East, Main, West
55	Douglas Fir	Pseudotsuga menziesii	9	West
56	Atlantic White Cedar	Chamaecyparis thyoides	6	Main, West
57	Eastern Redbud	Cercis canadensis	2	West
58	Eastern White Pine	Pinus strobus	61	East, Main, West

Just a Few of the Species You'll Find

trees near Mount Pleasant Avenue — Photo credit: Emily Achin

cherry trees near Adams Library — Photo credit: Emily Achin

fir tree near Henry Barnard School — Photo credit: Emily Achin

trees in front of Alex and Ani Hall — Photo credit: Emily Achin

tress in the spring near Donovan Dining Center

Questions?

Mr. James C. Murphy

Assistant Director of Facilities & Ops/Sustainability & Logistics