Arboretum Tree Inventory Map
Sugar and Norway Maples dominate the arboretum with intermittent groupings of Norway Spruce, Oak, Basswood, Catalpa, and other northern hardwoods typical of Eastern forest types. Some of the more significant trees are shown below.
Sugar Maple | Acer Saccharum
The allee or double row of sugar maples that once lined the entrance to the hospital would have greeted guests and staff alike. With their majestic fall color adding a touch of autumnal beauty, the sugar maple is one of the most celebrated tress of the Northern Michigan Forest.
Norway Spruce | Picea Abies
Norway Spruce was frequently used as wind break or to provide shade during the turn of the century. This towering tree would have been among the first plantings in the arboretum. With extremely long cones and swooping branches, they are an easily identified conifer.
Catalpa | Catalpa Specious
Incredibly beautiful large panicles of cream-colored flowers engulf the flowering tree in the mid summer heat. Following their showy blooms, large cigar-shaped fruiting pods that hang down from the unusually irregular branching patterns.
Catalpa has a long history of being a specimen tree at farms and homesteads across the Midwest.
Red Oak | Quercus Rubra
Red oaks are one of the most coveted trees of the mature forest. With pointed lobes on its’ leaf, stately size, and familiar acord, the red oak attracts wildlife of all shapes and sizes.
This particular grove of trees is an outstanding community of individual red oak trees that have grown together.
