Labeled Tree Species & Varieties

1.Chinese Arborvitae
2.Green Ash
3.White Ash
4.Baldcypress
5.American Basswood
6.European Basswood
7.Littleleaf Linden
8.Beebee Tree
9.River Birch
10.Boxelder
11.Ohio Buckeye
12.Red Buckeye
13.Northern Catalpa
14.Eastern Red Cedar
15.Black Cherry
16.Choke Cherry
17.Weeping Cherry
18.Chinese Chestnut
19.Ozark Chinkapin
20.Kentucky Coffeetree
21.Corktree
22.Eastern Cottonwood
23.Flowering Crabapple
24.Ben Gessner Crabapple
25.Manchurian Crabapple
26.Red Flwrng Dogwood
27.Wh Flwrng Dogwood
28Rough-leaved Dogwood
29.American Elm
30.Chinese Elm
31. Lacebark Elm
32.Siberian Elm
33.Balsam Fir
34.Douglas-Fir
35.White Fringetree
36.Ginkgo
37.Hackberry
38.Red Haw
39.Downy Hawthorne
40.Wash. Hawthorne
41.Eastern Hemlock
42.Shagbark Hickory
43.Shellbark Hickory
44.Hop Hornbeam
45.Black Locust
46.Purple Robe Locust
47.Honey Locust
48.Magnolia
49.Star Magnolia
50.Sweetbay Magnolia
51.Amur Maple
52.Hard Maple
53.Crimson King Maple
54.Norway Maple
55.Japanese Maple
56.Paperbark Maple
57.Red Maple
58.Soft Maple
59.Black Oak
60.Black Jack Oak

61.Bur Oak
62.Chinquapin Oak
63.English Oak
64.Pin Oak
65.White Oak
66.Northern Red Oak
67.Southern Red Oak
68.Sawtooth Oak
69.Shingle Oak
70.Shumard Oak
71.Swamp White Oak
72.Willow Oak
73.Osage Orange
74.Pagoda
75.Pawpaw
76.Bradford Pear
77.Pecan
78.Persimmon
79.Austrian Pine
80. Limber Pine
81.Mungo(Mugo) Pine
82.Ponderosa Pine
83.Scotch Pine
84.White Pine
85.London Planetree
86.Tulip Poplar
87.Golden Rain Tree
88.Redbud
89.Dawn Redwood
90.Sassafras
91.West. Serviceberry
92.American Smoketree
93.Western Soapberry
94.Black Hills Spruce
95.Colo. Blue Spruce
96.Norway Spruce
97.Serbian Spruce
98.Fragrant Sumac
99.Smooth Sumac
100.Sweetgum
101.Am. Sycamore
102.Black Tupelo
103.Black Walnut
104.English Walnut
105.G. Weeping Willow
106.Amer. Yellowwood
107.Japanese Yew
108.Japanese Zelkova
109.Italian Alder
110Gr.Giant Arborvitae
111.Tree Lilac
112.Red Mulberry
113.Autumn Olive
114.Canaertii Juniper
115. Am. Hornbeam

(Species are indicated by

number on the inside
map. Revised Apr.2011)

Ivan L. Boyd Arboretum History

Baker University

Believe it or not, back in 1858, when

Baker University was founded this entire area was
prairie. The few trees around would have been
along the several branches of Tauy Creek that snake
through Baldwin City. There would have been no
trees on the Baker campus.
Today the largest and probably oldest trees
on campus are the Northern Catalpas. One of these
grand old trees that had to be removed recently was
more than 120 years old and was apparently planted
around 1882, the year Centenary Hall was built.
Centenary Hall is no longer standing but there are
still 14 of these trees with diameters of more than
30.
The Ivan L. Boyd Arboretum consists of
the six-block campus proper and was dedicated
Oct. 15, 1978. Dr. Boyd came to Baker University
in fall 1941. He was professor and chairman of the
biology department until 1972. He continued to
teach as an emeritus faculty until his death in March
1982. Dr. Boyd was instrumental in planting most
of the trees that are on the campus today. His son,
Roger, and grandson, Jon, continue his work.
Perhaps the rarest species on campus is the
Ozark Chinkapin. This species is native to the
Ozarks and is considered a threatened species in
Missouri.
Currently there is an effort to increase the
number of species to more than 120. If you would
like to participate in that effort send your check to
Dr. Roger L. Boyd,
Director of
Baker University
Contact:
Dr. Roger L. Boyd
Biology Department
PO Box 65
Baker University
Baldwin City, KS 66006
Phone: 785-594-3172

FAX: 785-594-8360

Email: Roger.Boyd@bakeru.edu

Walking Tour
Of the
Ivan L. Boyd
Arboretum
More than 110 species
and varieties of trees
labeled for your study.

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14
25

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Collins
Library

Owens
Music Bldg
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74

105

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112

86
78

101

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Harter Union
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49

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48

45

51

68

46
106

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34
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Ivan L. Boyd Arboretum

Baker University Campus 108
Baldwin City, Kansas

Rice
Auditorium

89

Parmenter
Hall

Case
Hall

Constant
Hall

115
96

47

76

100
18

Mabee
Hall

23
10

55

92

19

95

107

88

39
69
66

42
13

97
57

50
37

67
8

38

103

52

73

Mulvane
Hall

90

Osborne Chapel

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12

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