Tree Tour Guide

 

Updated December 17, 2021.

The Chris Turletes Memorial Tree Tour begins in the West Campus Central Lot east of Gordon Hartlieb Hall on the north side of the greenhouse, follows a clockwise direction and ends on the east side of campus.

A walking tour map is available from the store. This map can be viewed in the Avenza maps app available on and . The map was created in partnership with the UAA Geography and Environmental Studies Department.

A pdf version of the tour is available for printing. 

Main Campus Tour

East of Gordon Hartlieb Hall

Tour Number Genus Species Cultivar Common Name Year Planted
1 Malus baccata Siberian crabapple late 1970s

 

Northeast of Edward and Cathryn Rasmuson Hall in parking lot island

Tour Number Genus Species Cultivar Common Name Year Planted
2 Pinus flexilis 鈥榁anderwolf鈥檚 Pyramid鈥� limber pine early 1990s

 

East of Lucy Cuddy Hall

Tour Number Genus Species Cultivar Common Name Year Planted
3 Malus ssp. crabapples, mixed varieties late 1970s

 

West of Edward and Cathryn Rasmuson Hall

Tour Number Genus Species Cultivar Common Name Year Planted
4 Pyrus ussuriensis Ussurian pear early 1990s
5 Sorbus aucuparia 鈥業van鈥檚 Beauty鈥� mountain ash/chokeberry hybrid early 1990s
6 Quercus macrocarpa bur oak early 1990鈥�
7 Malus 鈥楪olden Transparent鈥� apple early 1990s
8 Tilia cordata little leaf linden early 1990s
9 Acer platanoides 鈥楥rimson King鈥� Norway maple early 1990s
10 Pinus contorta var. latifolia lodgepole pine early 1990鈥�

                       

South of Edward and Cathryn Rasmuson Hall

Tour Number Genus Species Cultivar Common Name Year Planted
11 Prunus cerasus Bali (Evans) cherry early 1990s
12 Sorbus aucuparia 'Ivan鈥檚 Belle鈥� mountain ash/hawthorn hybrid early 1990s
13 Acer platanoides 鈥楧rummondii鈥� variegated Norway maple early 1990s
14 Malus 鈥楾hunderchild鈥� crabapple early 1990s
15 Picea pungens var. glauca Colorado blue spruce early 1990s
16 Forsythia 鈥楴orthern Sun鈥� forsythia early 1990s
17 Malus 鈥楽pring Snow鈥� crabapple (sterile: no fruit) early 1990s
18 Picea pungens Colorado green spruce early 1990s

                   

North of Allied Health Sciences Building

Tour Number Genus Species Cultivar Common Name Year Planted
19 Larix sibirica Siberian larch mid 1980s

 

Northwest of Allied Health Sciences Building

Tour Number Genus Species Cultivar Common Name Year Planted
20 Abies lasiocarpa var. arizonica Arizona cork bark fir late 1980s
21 Sorbus aucuparia European mountain ash late 1980s
22 Sorbus decora showy mountain ash late 1980s

 

South of Allied Health Sciences Building

Tour Number Genus Species Cultivar Common Name Year Planted
23 Pyrus ussuriensis 鈥楪olden Spice鈥� pear May, 2015
24 Malus 鈥橮rairie Magic鈥� apple May, 2015
25 Prunus cerasus Bali (Evans) cherry May, 2015

 

Between Allied Health Sciences Building and Eugene Short Hall

Tour Number Genus Species Cultivar Common Name Year Planted
26 Acer tataricum subsp. ginnala Amur maple late 1980s
27 Tsuga mertensiana mountain hemlock (moved from Girdwood) late 1980s
28 Pinus mugo mugo pine, tree-form late 1980s

 

East of Eugene Short Hall (close to building)

Tour Number Genus Species Cultivar Common Name Year Planted
29 Betula pendula 鈥楪racilis鈥� cutleaf weeping birch mid 1970s

 

South of Eugene Short Hall

Tour Number Genus Species Cultivar Common Name Year Planted
30 Picea glauca white spruce (native) mid 1970s
31 Malus 鈥楬opa鈥� crabapple mid 1970s
32 Malus 鈥楧olgo鈥� crabapple mid 1970s

 

West of Eugene Short Hall

Tour Number Genus Species Cultivar Common Name Year Planted
33 Pinus sylvestris Scots pine (Finnish seed source) early 1990s

 

East of Wendy Williamson Auditorium

Tour Number Genus Species Cultivar Common Name Year Planted
34 Prunus maackii Amur chokecherry late 1970s

 

South of Wendy Williamson Auditorium

Tour Number Genus Species Cultivar Common Name Year Planted
35 Malus 鈥楻ed Splendor鈥� crabapple late 1970s
36 Acer tataricum subsp. ginnala Amur maple (tree-form)  

 

South of Professional Studies Building along Providence Drive bike trail

Tour Number Genus Species Cultivar Common Name Year Planted
37 Salix willow (native) volunteer
38 Picea abies Norway spruce from seeds of trees planted here late 1970s and killed by bark beetles in 2017
39      
40 Malus 鈥楻oyalty鈥� crabapple late 1970s

 

West of Professional Studies Building

Tour Number Genus Species Cultivar Common Name Year Planted
41 Betula papyrifera paper birch (native) late 1980s
42 Populus tremuloides quaking aspen (native) late 1980s
43 Pinus cembra Swiss stone pine late 1980s
44 Tilia cordata little leaf linden 1980s

 

West of Beatrice McDonald Hall between parking lot and West Campus Drive

Tour Number Genus Species Cultivar Common Name Year Planted
45 Fraxinus nigra black ash 2003 - moved Sept. 2012
46 Acer platanoides 鈥楧eborah鈥� Norway maple June 2011

 

West of Beatrice McDonald Hall

Tour Number Genus Species Cultivar Common Name Year Planted
47 Quercus macrocarpa bur oak late 1980鈥檚 - moved July 2014
48 Populus tremula 鈥楨recta鈥� Swedish columnar aspen 2014

 

East of Professional Studies Building

Tour Number Genus Species Cultivar Common Name Year Planted
49 Picea sitchensis Sitka spruce late 1970s

 

North of Sally Monserud Hall

Tour Number Genus Species Cultivar Common Name Year Planted
50 Populus balsamifera balsam poplar, Cottonwood (native female tree) mid 1970鈥�

 

East of Beatrice McDonald Hall

Tour Number Genus Species Cultivar Common Name Year Planted
51 Acer Glabrum subsp. douglasii Douglas maple (Rocky Mountain maple) 2018
51 a   Petrified Wood, Paleocene Epoch, from Wishbone Hill, Chickaloon 60 Million Years Old
52 Malus 鈥楧olgo鈥� crabapple 2014 / replanted at proper depth 2020

 

South of Lucy Cuddy Hall

Tour Number Genus Species Cultivar Common Name Year Planted
53 Abies lasiocarpa subalpine fir late 1980s
54 Pinus contorta shore pine (from Gustavus) 1989
55 Picea glauca white spruce, native late 1980s

 

Between Auto Diesel Tech. Building and Hartlieb Hall

Tour Number Genus Species Cultivar Common Name Year Planted
56 Picea pungens 鈥楩at Albert鈥� Colorado spruce 2019
57 Picea pungens 鈥楤acheri鈥� Colorado spruce 2019

 

North Lot Tour

In island north of Auto Diesel Technology Building along West Campus Drive.

Tour Number Genus Species Cultivar Common Name Year Planted
58 Populus tremula 鈥楨recta鈥� Swedish columnar aspen 2003
59 Pseudotsuga menziesii var. glauca Rocky Mountain Douglas fir (not a true fir) 2003
60 Crataegus x mordensis 鈥楽nowbird鈥� hawthorn 2003
61 Philadelphus coronarius 鈥楤lizzard' mock orange 2003
62 Abies sibirica Siberian fir 2003
63 Pinus sylvestris Scots pine 2003
64 Quercus macrocarpa bur oak 2003
65 Aronia melanocarpa 鈥楢utumn Magic鈥� chokeberry 2003
66 Acer saccharinum 鈥楽ilver Cloud鈥� silver maple 2003
67 Picea abies 鈥極hlendorffii鈥� dwarf Norway spruce 2003
68 Acer tataricum Tatarian maple 2003
69 Prunus tomentosa Nanking cherry 2003
70 Taxus cuspidata Japanese yew 2003
71 Thuja occidentalis 鈥榃areana鈥� Ware鈥檚 American arborvitae 2003
72 Juglans cinerea butternut 2003
73 Eleagnus angustifolia Russian olive 2005
74 Picea pungens 鈥楪lauca Globosa鈥� globe blue spruce 2003
75 Acer saccharinum 鈥楽ilver Queen鈥� silver maple 2003
76 Crataegus x mordensis 鈥楾oba鈥� hawthorn 2003
77 Abies concolor white fir 2003

 

North of North Lot along West Campus Drive

Tour Number Genus Species Cultivar Common Name Year Planted
78 Pinus aristata bristlecone pine May, 2016
79 Cotoneaster acutifolia Peking cotoneaster  
80 Lonicera tatarica Tatarian honeysuckle  

 

East Campus Tour

Begins south, then west, of the Natural Science Building

Tour Number Genus Species Cultivar Common Name Year Planted
81 Malus 鈥淪nowdrift鈥� crabapple 2011
82 Picea glauca 鈥楶endula鈥� weeping white spruce 2011
83 Larix siberica Siberian larch  

 

Walkway between library and Integrated Science Building

Tour Number Genus Species Cultivar Common Name Year Planted
84 Hippophae rhamnoides sea buckthorn 2019
85 Malus 鈥楽elkirk鈥� crabapple July, 2018
86 Malus 鈥楻oyalty鈥� crabapple 2012

 

South of Integrated Science Building

Tour Number Genus Species Cultivar Common Name Year Planted
87 Syringa reticulata Japanese tree lilac June 2019
88 Syringa reticulata 鈥楪olden Eclipse鈥� Japanese tree lilac June 2019
89      
90 Acer pseudosieboldianum Korean maple 2013

 

East of Integrated Science Building

Tour Number Genus Species Cultivar Common Name Year Planted
91 Populus tremuloides Quaking Aspen (native) 2007-10
92 Betula papyrifera paper birch (native) 2007-10
93 Abies fir (species unknown) 2016-17

 

West of Fine Arts Building by sculpture, Image Intervention, by Dennis Oppenheim

Tour Number Genus Species Cultivar Common Name Year Planted
94 Ulmus pumila Siberian elm (grown from seed of tree at UAF) 2020
95 Acer platanoides 鈥楨merald Lustre鈥� (鈥楶ond鈥�) Emerald Lustre 庐 Norway maple 2012
96 Malus 鈥楾hunderchild鈥� crabapple 2012
97 Acer platanoides 鈥楻oyal Red鈥� Norway maple 2012

 

Southeast of Fine Arts Building Entrance

Tour Number Genus Species Cultivar Common Name Year Planted
98 Larix siberica Siberian larch  
99 Pinus aristata Bristlecone pine moved from 麻豆无码版 Greenhouse, Muldoon at Debarr Rd. 2003 or 鈥�04
100 Dasiphora fruticosa shrubby bush cinquefoil, tundra rose, shrubby potentilla  
101 Picea glauca 鈥楶endula鈥� weeping white spruce  
102 Berberis thunbergii Japanese barberry  
103 Acer tataricum subsp. ginnala Amur maple  
104 Spirea japonica 鈥楲ittle Princess鈥� Japanese spirea  
105 Picea abies 鈥楴idiformis' bird鈥檚 nest spruce  

 

North of Integrated Science Building (north, woodland side of Alumni Drive)

Tour Number Genus Species Cultivar Common Name Year Planted
106 Prunus cerasus Bali (Evans) cherry 2013
107 Fraxinus americana 鈥楯unginger鈥� autumn purple ash 2013