Species Lost
This is a preliminary checklist, created 28 May 2003, of species lost from the central campus and arboretum area, including notes on trees to watch.
Nomenclature conformed to Hortus Third.
Source legend:
AW38 = Wilson, Albert. 1938. Distinctive Trees, Shrubs, and Vines in the Gardens
of the San Francisco Peninsula. PDF available.
GGG09 = Dudley, William. 1909. The Gymnosperms Growing on the Grounds of Stanford
University.
GGG13 = Abrams, L.R. 1913. The Gymnosperms
Growing on the Grounds of Stanford University. Stanford Univ. Publications.
Univ. Series, vol. 11 (Dudley Memorial Volume). Revision of Prof. Dudley’s
1909 checklist.
GGG50s = 195? The Gymnosperms Growing
on the Grounds of Stanford University. Revision of nomenclature in Prof.
Abrams’ 1913 edition, after Bailey, 1949.
FA37 = Planting Guide Laurence Frost Memorial Amphitheatre. 1937.
FA56 = MacDonald, W. M. 1956. A
Preliminary Check List of the Cultivated Woody Plants of Frost Amphitheater,
Stanford University.
IQ55 = MacDonald, W. M. 1955. Check
List of the Trees and Shrubs of the Inner Quad.
RB73 = Bracewell, Ron. 1973. Trees on the Stanford Campus: an invitation to
contribute.
RB84 = Bracewell, Ron. 1984. Trees on the Stanford Campus.
RB03 = Bracewell, Ron. 2005. Trees of Stanford and Environs. Stanford:
Stanford Historical Society.
SSHT77 = Parker, William. 1977. Some
Stanford Heritage Trees. Updated by Karen Stidd, Arborist, Carol Sweetapple,
Horticulturalist, October, 2001.
THD = T.H. Douglas. 1889–1991. Daily Journal. Archives SC 195. THD in the
notes column indicates species was either propagated in the nursery or transplanted
from the Stanford residence.
TOS84 = Bartholomew, Karen. 1984. From
avocados to zelkovas: A sampler of Stanford trees. Campus Report, Nov.
14.
WHTW77 = Wilbur
Hall Tree Walk, May, 1977.
| Species | Source | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Abies balsamea | RB73, RB84 | no location provided |
| Abies cephalonica | GGG09, GGG13, GGG50s | |
| Abies firma | GGG50s | syn. A. momi |
| Abies grandis | GGG09, GGG13, GGG50s | |
| Abies nordmanniana | GGG09, GGG13, FA37, FA56, GGG50s | |
| Abies numidica | GGG50s | |
| Acacia armata | RB73, RB84 | |
| Acacia cultriformis | RB73, RB84 | |
| Acacia pravissima | RB73, RB84 | |
| Acacia verticillata | RB73, RB84 | |
| Acanthopanax ricinifolius see Kalopanax pictus | ||
| Acer circinatum | FA56, RB84 | Fallen Leaf Lake; no longer known on campus |
| Acer ginnala | FA56 | Replanted in green belt off Junipero Serra Blvd, 150 yards N. of Stanford Ave. 6 trees. |
| Acer pseudoplatanus | RB73, RB84 | Watch, drought stress |
| Aesculus octandra | RB03, RB84 | Transplanted, doing poorly |
| Agathis dammara | GGG13, GGG50s, SSHT77 | Planted 1910, Prof. Durand’s garden, 634 Mayfield Ave. Syn. A. alba, A. loranthifolia. |
| Alectryon excelsus | RB73, SSHT77, RB84, RB03 | New planting 2003 (in the corner between the fronts of Durand and Skilling, to the right of the Durand steps, to the left of the Skilling patio) removed in error during a building project. Planting by D.S. Jordan near Serra House in 1893 was lost before 2000 because of road realignment. |
| Amorphophallus rivieri | AW38 | Devil’s Tongue, old Stanford Residence |
| Aralia spinosa | AW38 | 538 Mayfield |
| Araucaria angustifolia | GGG09, GGG13, GGG50s | |
| Araucaria heterophylla | GGG09, GGG13, GGG50s | Currently only known as potted plant in Green Library, and two in outdoor planters, Wilbur Hall |
| Arctostaphylos stanfordiana | ||
| Arctostaphylos tomentosa ssp. crustacea (Arctostaphylos crustacea) | THD propagated from seed and planted on university grounds. Abundant in wild at Jasper Ridge. | |
| Azara microphylla | RB84 | |
| Callitris sp. | RB84 | |
| Carnegia gigantea | photographs | original planting in Arizona Garden |
| Castanea dentata | FA56 | |
| Cephalotaxus fortunei | GGG09, GGG13, GGG50s | |
| Cephalotaxus harringtonia | GGG13, GGG50s | |
| Chamaecyparis pisifera | FA37, FA56 | |
| Chamaecyparis pisifera ‘Plumosa’ | FA37, FA56 | |
| Chionanthus virginicus | SSHT77, RB84 | |
| Crinodendron patagua | RB73, RB84 | |
| Cunninghamia lanceolata | SSHT77 | |
| Cupressus goveniana | THD, GGG09, GGG13, GGG50s | THD |
| Cupressus guadalupensis | FA56 | |
| Cupressus macnabiana | GGG09, GGG13, GGG50s | |
| Daphniphyllum macropodum | THD | |
| Diospyros virginiana | FA56 | Several old trees in creek corridor |
| Dracaena draco | THD, AW38, RB73, RB84 | AW includes photo (p. 89) of a dragon tree in outer NE circle of the Inner Quad, which had died prior to 1938. THD had transplanted a number of dragon trees from the Stanford residence to university grounds 1189–1891. A 3-foot tall specimen has been recently planted in the Arizona Garden (Fall 2003). |
| Dracaena sp. | IQ55 | probably same individuals reported as D. draco. THD |
| Elaeagnus angustifolia | FA56 | |
| Eucalypus Checklist | ||
| Fagus grandifolia | FA37 | |
| Firmiana simplex | Olmsted 1891 Planting Plan | syn. Sterculia platanifolia |
| Fouquieria columnaris | observation 2003 | At risk in freezing weather. Transplanted in Arizona Garden in 2000. Second individual transplanted in 2004. |
| Hakea laurina | RB84, RB03, AW38 | Several mature trees earlier lost, probably to cold. See on the west side of Raimundo Rd behind 783 Tolman. |
| Hakea suaveolens | RB84 | Tall specimens were growing at 505 [?] Lasuen Mall on the north side and there was a row on Escondido Rd west of Campus Drive. |
| Hymenosporum flavum | WHTW77, RB73, RB84 | In 2002 Grounds planted Hymensporum at the new Humanties Center but both specimens died, and they didn’t have a good source for healthy trees. |
| Juniperus species | See the Arizona Garden/Mausoleum Area checklist | |
| Kalopanax pictus var. Maximowiczii | SSHT77 | There is an unhappy Kalopanax septemlobus in a planter at Grounds office |
| Laburnum anagyroides | FA37, FA56 | |
| Lithocarpus densiflora | RB73, RB84 | |
| Magnolia virginiana | FA56 | Replanted spring 2003; see Green Library and Law tree maps. |
| Michelia figo | FA56, RB03 | Endangered, one tree remains (see Green Library tree map); included in Olmsted’s 1891 planting plan (syn. Magnolia fuscata). Spring 2005: remaining plant had been removed. |
| Myrsine australis | All Inner Quad list before 1997. | |
| Parkinsonia aculeata | RB73, RB84 | |
| Phellodendron amurense | FA56 | |
| Picea mariana | THD | THD |
| Picea sitchensis | THD, GGG13, GGG50s | THD |
| Picea smithiana | GGG09, GGG13, GGG50s, SSHT77, TOS84 | |
| Picea torana | FA37 | |
| Pinus banksiana | THD | THD |
| Pinus cembra | GGG13, GGG50s | |
| Pinus contorta ssp. murrayana | GGG09, GGG13, GGG50s, RB84 | Fallen Leaf Lake; no longer known on campus |
| Pinus edulis | GGG13, GGG50s, RB2003 | Endangered |
| Pinus jeffreyi | GGG13, GGG50s, RB73, RB84, RB03 | One tree on campus |
| Pinus lambertiana | GGG13, GGG50s | |
| Pinus monticola | THD, GGG13, GGG50s | THD |
| Pinus nigra ssp. laricio | THD | THD |
| Pinus patula | RB73, RB03, RB84 | still found in residential area |
| Pinus pinaster | GGG09, GGG13, GGG50s | THD |
| Pinus pityusa | GGG50s | Pinus halepensis var. pityusa Stevens. |
| Pinus ponderosa | THD, GGG09, GGG13, GGG50s, RB73, RB84, RB03 | Endangered, single tree in Arboretum. THD. Young trees in Lathrop Park, bearing cones. |
| Pinus quadrifolia | GGG13, GGG50s | |
| Pinus strobus | GGG13, GGG50s | |
| Pinus sylvestris | THD, GGG09, GGG13, FA37, FA56. GGG50s, RB73, RB84 | THD. Two young trees in disturbed grassland at Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve. |
| Pinus wallichiana | THD, GGG13, GGG50s | syn. P. excelsa. THD |
| Pistacia vera | THD, FA56 | THD |
| Pittosporum phillyraeoides | WHTW77 | |
| Platanus occidentalis | FA56 | |
| Platanus orientalis | FA37, RB84 | |
| Prosopis glandulosa | 2002 observation | One tree, preserved during Carnegie Institute expansion, 2003 |
| Prunus campanulata | FA56 | |
| Prunus pseudocerasus | FA37 | |
| Quercus chrysolepsis | RB73, RB84 | Still found at Jasper Ridge |
| Quercus garryana | FA56 | |
| Quercus imbricaria | FA56 | |
| Quercus nigra | FA56 | |
| Sambucus callicarpa | RB73, RB84 | |
| Sciadopitys verticillata | GGG13, GGG50s | |
| Sorbus aucuparia | FA37 | |
| Taxodium distichum | GGG09, GGG13, AW38, RB73, TOS84 | |
| Taxodium mucronatum | GGG09, GGG13, AW38 | Arboretum tree lost; doubtful report of individual in residential area, RB03 |
| Thujopsis dolobrata | GGG13, FA37, AW38, FA56 | |
| Thujopsis dolobrata ‘Variegata’ | GGG13 | Kingscote Gardens Apts |
| Tilia tomentosa | FA56 | |
| Torreya californica | GGG09, GGG13, GGG50s, SSHT77, TOS84, RB73, RB84 | |
| Ulmus americana | RB73, RB84, Elm location map Maps & Records Record Group ML0146. | All the remaing large-leaved elms are threatened. |
| Ulmus glabra | RB73, RB84, Elm location map Maps & Records Record Group ML0146. | All the remaing large-leaved elms are threatened. |
| Ulmus minor | RB73, RB84, Elm location map Maps & Records Record Group ML0146. | All the remaing large-leaved elms are threatened. |
| Viburnum suspensum | ||
| Vitex agnus-castus | Olmsted 1891 Planting Plan | |
| Vitex negundo | AW38 | Arboretum, 8 feet high, est. 15 years old |
| Yucca brevifolia | AW38 | Arizona Garden (8 feet high, est 35 years old), another near creek bank, Stanford Convalescent Home |
