You will find this stand of birches in front of Hughes Hall. Paper and weeping birches are native to areas that are cool, moist and sheltered from wind. Japanese maples, with their delicate leaves pictured here are a hardy tree that can withstand smoke and other air pollutants. A row of Japanese maples shade the sidewalk along the University administration building on Downing Street. Bees hover over clusters of white flowers on a hawthorne tree located in front of Wright Hall.
Hawthorns are well adapted to urban life.
A photograph of the beech trees on Claremont Street cannot fully capture their size or the feeling of standing under their huge dark canopy of leaves. The more than 20 dogwood trees on campus bloom in late May, just in time for Commencement.