The Undercurrent

Issue date: 5/9/08 Section: News

Media Credit: Lindsay Hoeppner Tagged trees - Last semester's botany class, taught by Dr. James Hampton, developed an arboretum labeling trees around campus. They identified trees around campus and then researched them to help make the signs that are hanging on the trees. They also put together a brochure with more information on the trees. The arboretum has two loops. One runs from the Estelle Siebens Science Center to the tennis courts, past the Lamberti Recreation Center, and back to the Science Center. The other starts at the Science Center and loops around Dixon-Eilers Hall and back to the Science Center

Last fall's botany class has developed an arboretum displaying signs describing the different types of trees located around campus. The tags were put up on the trees last Wednesday.

"The botany class last fall was completely responsible for developing the arboretum, the signs and the brochure," Professor of Biology James Hampton said.

The students were in charge of researching the common and species name, finding pictures of the leaf, bark, flowers and fruit and learning about the origin and range of the trees. They then took this information and put it all together into a brochure.

Senior Erin Meier acted as the publisher for the project and put the whole thing together into the brochures. These brochures are available in the School of Science office for anyone who would like one.

The goal of the project was for the community to be able to learn to identify trees.

"It is just cool to know the difference between a silver maple and a male green ash since we see trees all the time and it makes the world more interesting to be able to recognize them, like friends everywhere you go," Hampton said.

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