Plant Walks

Maps and Walks

The UA Campus Arboretum is proud to show you our stuff! Many of the several hundred tree species, architectural succulents, and rare sub-tropical shrubs can be seen here.

Tools that you may use to access this collection include the GIS map of the UA Campus, with trees identified in "real time." There's a help page for using the software. The map and database were created by personnel in the Advanced Resource Technology lab in the School of Natural Resources.

Enter the MAP PAGE of the Campus Arboretum. Search for a species, or learn the name of your favorite tree.

Other Tours and Guides

The Campus Plant Walk, developed by Warren Jones in 1989, offers a tour with photos of the plants of the central campus.

Visit the Campus Bird Habitats a site developed by Landscape Architecture graduate student Hampton Uzzelle to demonstrate the places on campus that attract birds. Or, check out the UA lizards and their homes at the site created by Heidi Flugstad. Both projects were funded by Arizona Department of Game and Fish.

The Old Main Plant Walk developed by the UA Herbarium takes you on a close look at the plants around the Old Main building.

The Olive Tree Walk A PODCAST to download when walking through the historic district, beginning on the north side of the Student Union Bookstore. Sponsored by the WellU Partnership http://wellu.arizona.edu and created by UA Life/Work Connections http://lifework.arizona.edu/, the podcast was developed by Garry Forger in Learning Technologies.

Walk Around the Main Library, a rich collection of tropical trees.

Campus Palms is an identification guide to the Campus palm collection, written by student Joanna M. Tucker.

Joseph W. Krutch Garden Map (PDF that is 2.5 mb) tells all about this heritage site. Developed by student Grant Sinclair and edited by student Benjamin Brandt.

What is a Boojum? The full scoop on the Boojum Trees, by Libby Davison.

Pine Project - the results of the independent study done by Grant Sinclair, Department of Plants Sciences student, verifying the pine species on campus.