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Campus Trees slated for removal:

A number of campus trees have been removed or are slated for removal in the coming weeks.

Many if not all will be replaced beginning in the spring providing a number of new memorial tree opportunities.

Below is a list of the trees with their locations and reasons for removal.

Acer saccharum (Sugar Maple) north of Hillyer, hazard tree, extensive dieback

Acer saccharum (Sugar Maple) behind 138 Elm, decay, removed for construction

Acer saccharum 'Temple's Upright' (Upright Sugar Maple) northeast of Lamont, dead

Acer saccharum 'Temple's Upright'(Upright Sugar Maple) northwest of Lamont, dead

Acer saccharum ssp. saccharum (Sugar Maple) south of Cushing, hazard tree, extensive decay in stem

Betula occidentalis (Water Birch) north of Tenney, hazard tree, extensive decay in stem

Kalopanax septemlobus (Tree Aralia) east of Alumnae House, strangled by vines, dead

Maackia amurensis (Amur Maackia) Scott parking lot, extensive sap wood decay

Picea abies (Norway Spruce) west of Sessions, hazard tree, extensive decay in upper portion of stem

Salix babylonica (Weeping Willow) Lamont Bridge, hazard tree, extensive decay in higher portions of tree

Syringa pekinensis (Peking Lilac Tree) south of Neilson, storm damage and damage from vent fan exhaust