Across Truman State’s campus, a wide variety of trees fill up the campus’ canopy and promote biodiversity within the local ecosystem. Currently, there are a total of 77 unique tree species spread out across campus. This page serves as a dedicated list to the current tree species that display Truman’s efforts in sustainability. The trees with a hyperlink represent trees that are found on one of our campus tree walks. Click the link to learn more about them!
List of Dedicated Trees
Green Ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica)
White Ash (Fraxinus americana)
Common Baldcypress (Taxodium distichum)
River Birch (Betula nigra)
Blackgum (Nyssa sylvatica)
Northern Catalpa (Catalpa speciosa)
Black Cherry (Prunus serotina)
Plum Cherry (Prunus sp.)
Eastern Cottonwood (Populus deltoides)
Flowering Crabapple (Malus sp.)
Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida)
Douglas-Fir (Pseudotsuga menzeisii)
American Elm (Ulmus americana)
Chinese Elm (Ulmus parvifolia)
Hybrid Elm (Ulmus x)
Siberian Elm (Ulmus pumila)
Slippery Elm (Ulmus rubra)
Ginkgo (Gingko biloba)
Common Hackberry (Celtis occidentalis)
Hawthorn (Crataegus sp.)
Eastern Hemlock (Tsuga canadensis)
Shagbark Hickory (Carya ovata)
American Holly (Ilex opaca)
Thornless Honeylocust (Gleditsia triacanthos inermis)
Honeylocust (Gleditsia triacanthos)
American Hornbeam (Carpinus caroliniana)
Horsechestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum)
Juniper (Juniperus sp.)
Katsuratree (Cercidiphyllum japonicum)
Kentucky Coffeetree (Gymnocladus dioica)
Japanese Tree Lilac (Syringa reticulata)
American Linden (Tilia americana)
Littleleaf Linden (Tilia cordata)
Silver Linden (Tilia tomentosa)
Black Locust (Robinia pseudoacacia)
Saucer Magnolia (Magnolia x soulangiana)
Star Magnolia (Magnolia stellata)
Amur Maple (Acer tataricum ginnala)
Freeman Maple (Acer x freemanii)
Japanese Maple (Acer palmatum)
Miyabe Maple (Acer miyabi)
Norway Maple (Acer platanoides)
Red Maple (Acer rubrum)
Silver Maple (Acer saccharinum)
Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum)
White Mulberry (Morus alba)
Black Oak (Quercus velutina)
Bur Oak (Quercus macrocarpa)
English Oak (Quercus robur)
Northern Red Oak (Quercus rubra)
Pin Oak (Quercus palustris)
Post Oak (Quercus stellata)
Shingle Oak (Quercus imbricaria)
Oak (Quercus sp.)
Swamp White Oak (Quercus bicolor)
White Oak (Quercus alba)
Callery Pear (Pyrus calleryana)
Pecan (Carya illinoinensis)
Common Persimmon (Diospyros virginiana)
Austrian Pine (Pinus nigra)
Eastern White Pine (Pinus strobus)
Mugo Pine (Pinus mugo)
Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris)
Virginia Pine (Pinus virginiana)
London Planetree (Platanus x acerifolia)
Chinese Redbud (Cercis chinesis)
Eastern Redbud (Cercis canadensis)
Eastern Redcedar (Juniperus virginiana)
Downy Serviceberry (Amelanchier arborea)
Serviceberry (Amelanchier sp.)
American Smoketree (Cotinus obovatus)
Colorado Spruce (Picea pungens)
American Sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua)
American Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis)
Tree of Heaven (Ailanthus altissima)
Tuliptree (Liriodendron tulipfera)
Black Walnut (Juglans nigra)