This work was conducted to fulfill part of the creative component requirements for the degree. In certain instances, however, an alternative campus specimen is identified on the website. The concept of a tour of campus plants was modeled on a publication by the ISU Botany Club printed in 1971, Trees of Central Campus , which included 29 species. A second edition, covering 47 species, was printed in 1976. The Botany Club's advisors were Dr. Lois H. Tiffany and Dr. George Knaphus.
All text pertaining to a particular plant is gathered together on one page, for easy reference.
Most information you will find here has also been duplicated on a separate document covering that topic, available through the icons. The only information not duplicated is the description of the buds and leaf scars . For this information you will have to visit the information pages of each species. These are usually in cases, for example, where the bark is not an important identifying characteristic, or where the flowers are particularly inconspicuous. Maps and symbols Each species homepage has a photograph of the plant on campus.