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Plants Tree On Campus posted
4/27/07
‘Tree City’ celebration
emphasizes tree diversity at Adrian College
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Gary McDowell, Mayor of
the city of Adrian, reads a proclamation at the
Adrian College planting.
City forester Robert Gentry,
left, gives tips to the audience about correct
tree planting as he and Adrian plant employee
Chris Stiver put the donated tree in the ground.
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When Professor Janet Salzwedel wants
to teach her plant biology students about tree species,
all she has to do is lead them out the classroom door.
“My notes say that historically
Adrian College has had 60-80 different woody species
at various times,” Dr. Salzwedel said.
Today Salzwedel added one more to
her list when the city celebrated Arbor Day by planting
a Swamp White Oak on campus. The planting recognized
the city of Adrian’s designation as a Tree City
by the State of Michigan Department of Natural Resources.
Adrian is one of only two cities in Michigan to be so
honored for 30 consecutive years.
City and College officials gathered
in front of Cornelius House on Madison Street for the
planting.
A few of the species on the
Adrian College campus:
Honey locust, tulip tree, dawn redwood, acacia, kentucky
coffee tree, gingko, shagbark hickory, pin oak, white
oak, red oak, white cedar, silver maple, black walnut,
norway maple, sugar maple, cottonwood, green ash, horsechestnut,
sycamore, red pine, white pine, norway spruce, basswood
(or little leaf linden), sweet gum, magnolia, osage
orange, katsura, red bud, and crab apple
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