The Bard Arboretum core collection includes over 2,000 trees and shrubs which include 600 unique species.
The Core Collections Are:
Beech, Conifers, Hickories, Magnolia, Maples, Oaks, and small ornamental flowering trees.
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Beech (Fagus)Beech is a genus of deciduous trees in the family Fagaceae, native to temperate Europe, Asia, and North America. Recent classifications recognize 10 to 13 species in two distinct subgenera, Engleriana and Fagus. -
Conifers (Pinophyta)The Pinophyta, also known as Coniferophyta or Coniferae, or commonly as conifers, are a division of vascular land plants containing a single extant class, Pinopsida. They are cone-bearing seed plants. -
Hickories (Carya)Hickory is a type of tree, comprising the genus Carya, which includes around 18 species. Five or six species are native to China, Indochina, and India, as many as twelve are native to the United States, four are found in Mexico, and two to four are from Canada. Wikipedia -
Magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora)Magnolia is a large genus of about 210[a] flowering plant species in the subfamily Magnolioideae of the family Magnoliaceae. It is named after French botanist Pierre Magnol. Magnolia is an ancient genus. -
Maples (Acer)Maple, (Acer), any of a large genus (about 200 species) of shrubs or trees in the family Sapindaceae, widely distributed in the North Temperate Zone but concentrated in China. -
Oaks (Quercus)Oak, (genus Quercus), any of about 450 species of ornamental and timber trees and shrubs constituting the genus Quercus in the beech family (Fagaceae), distributed throughout the north temperate zone and at high altitudes in the tropics.
Ornamental and Flowering Trees
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Cherries at Tewksbury -
Dutzia at Manor Annex -
Kousa Dogwood at the Chapel of the Holy Innocents -
Cornus Mas at Tremblay
Managing the Collection
In 2008, the Arboretum started compiling its plant collections and individual specimens using the BG BASE Collection Management Software. It is currently used to locate, identify and quantify the various taxa throughout the Arboretum. A Plant Collections Policy guides the acquisition and removal of all plant material on the Bard campus.