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Haverford College
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Arboretum: Virtual Tour

This tour highlights 36 special trees centered around campus buildings on the college's 200-acre arboretum. If you were to visit campus, this self-guided walking tour would take an hour or so, ending at a point overlooking the Duck Pond. Along the entire route are benches where you could rest and contemplate the special beauty of Haverford College Arboretum with its rolling lawns, sweeping vistas, and placement of trees in artfully naturalistic ways. The original planting plan dates to 1834; many of Haverford's trees are historic or uncommon in today’s landscape.

Arboretum Tour

Download the Arboretum Tour Map PDF

Select a Tree to Begin the Tour

  1. Cedar of Lebanon (Cedrus libani)
  2. Kentucky Coffee Tree (Gymnocladus dioica)
  3. Waterlily Magnolia (Magnolia stellata 'Waterlily')
  4. Southern Magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora 'Edith Bogue')
  5. Lace-bark Pine (Pinus bungeana)
  6. White Fir (Abies concolor)
  7. Bur Oak (Quercus macrocarpa)
  8. European Larch (Larix decidua)
  9. Black Walnut (Juglans nigra)
  10. Osage Orange (Maclura pomifera)
  11. Bitternut Hickory (Carya cordiformis)
  12. White Oak (Quercus alba)
  13. Kousa Dogwood (Cornus kousa)
  14. Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida)
  15. Katsura Tree (Cercidiphyllum japonicum)
  16. Weeping European Beech (Fagus sylvatica 'Pendula')
  17. White Ash (Fraxinus americana)
  18. Greek Fir (Abies cephalonica)
  19. Red Oak (Quercus rubra)
  20. American Holly (Ilex opaca)
  21. Sweet Bay Magnolia (Magnolia virginiana)
  22. American Beech (Fagus grandifolia)
  23. Dove Tree (Davidia involucrata)
  24. Pagoda Dogwood (Cornus alternifolia)
  25. Scarlet Oak (Quercus coccinea)
  26. Cut-leaf European Beech (Fagus sylvatica 'Laciniata')
  27. Japanese Pagoda Tree (Sophora japonica)
  28. Oriental Spruce (Picea orientalis)
  29. English Oak (Quercus robur)
  30. Autumn Higan Cherry (Prunus subhirtella 'Autumnalis')
  31. Threadleaf Sawara Falsecypress (Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Filifera')
  32. Swamp White Oak (Quercus bicolor)
  33. Fastigiate European Beech (Fagus sylvatica 'Fastigiata')
  34. Japanese Umbrella Pine (Sciadopitys verticillata)
  35. Hinoki Falsecypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa)
  36. American Elm (Ulmus americana)