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University of Washington Friendship Grove of Trees
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| Autumn 1985 marked the
25th anniversary of the International
Friendship Grove of trees, located on the University of Washington
Campus Parkway between Brooklyn Avenue NE and
11th Avenue NE. The grove was an ambitious attempt to commemorate the
5th World Forestry Congress held in Seattle in 1960, via a living, permanent symbol, and
to provide a down-to-earth demonstration of the friendship and
unity among the 66 countries represented at the congress. Even as
memories of the congress gradually fade away, the trees themselves take on
an increasingly valuable role as a miniature arboretum. |
| For more information, consult these early articles: |
| American Forests, November 1960: "Many Nations, One Goal" pp. 10-15, 40-47. |
| American Forests, June 1966: "Seattle's Trees For Peace" pp. 34-37. |
| University of Washington Arboretum Bulletin, Winter 1960: "The Arboretum and the Fifth World Forestry Congress" pp. 33-34. |
University of Washington Arboretum Bulletin, Winter 1964: "A Further Report on the International Friendship Grove" pp. 82-85, 113.
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| In 1985 I published a list of the trees remaining as of then, in: |
University of Washington Arboretum Bulletin, Summer 1985: "The Friendship Grove Revisited 25 Years Later" pp. 20-26 (the list on pages 24-26).
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| In my 1989 book Trees of Seattle
the same list, updated, appeared on pages
xxiii-xxvi. The version you see below is yet another update, as
of January 2003. At this point, as before, some trees that died were
replaced with other kinds; some that died have not been replaced at all; most
are currently unlabeled and others mislabeled; and the western end is
an overgrown mess. But in general, the grove has proved a success. As
of January 2003 there are 52 trees remaining, 28 of them unlabeled.
In addition, at the western end near 11th Avenue NE, there are wild specimens
of the following trees: European White BIRCH, Western White
PINE, Common HAWTHORN, English HOLLY, Bigleaf MAPLE,
and MADRONA. These are well established and obvious; in addition
are various little Algerian FIR seedlings, and the like. |
The following listing of the trees is arranged as they exist going
from east to west, with a loop around the western end where the
dense Escallonia shrubbery is. Most name plaques are gone, others bear
inaccurate names. A tree representing a certain country is not necessarily
native to that country.
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| European BEECH |
| Fagus sylvatica |
Germany
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| Red OAK |
| Quercus rubra |
Denmark
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| Montpelier MAPLE |
| Acer monspessulanum |
Italy
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| Oriental HORNBEAM |
| Carpinus orientalis |
Israel
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| Western LARCH |
| Larix occidentalis |
The Union of South Africa
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| Eastern HEMLOCK |
| Tsuga canadensis |
Venezuela
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| Cork Tree (OAK) |
| Quercus Suber |
Spain
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| Eastern White PINE |
| Pinus Strobus |
Guatemala
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| Hybrid GOLDENCHAIN TREE |
| Laburnum x Watereri 'Vossii' |
Switzerland
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| Scots PINE |
| Pinus sylvestris |
Sweden
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| European Hop HORNBEAM |
| Ostrya carpinifolia |
Greece
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| CHINA-FIR |
| Cunninghamia lanceolata |
China
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| European White BIRCH |
| Betula pendula |
Finland
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| English OAK |
| Quercus robur |
The United Kingdom
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| Engelmann SPRUCE |
| Picea Engelmannii |
Uruguay
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| Littleleaf LINDEN |
| Tilia cordata |
The Netherlands
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| Deodar CEDAR |
| Cedrus Deodara |
India
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| Sycamore MAPLE |
| Acer Pseudoplatanus |
France
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| Douglas FIR |
| Pseudotsuga Menziesii |
The United States of America
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12th Avenue NE intersects here
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| Siberian LARCH |
| Larix sibirica |
The Soviet Union
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| Polish LARCH |
| Larix decidua ssp. polonica |
| Poland |
[Larger than the Siberian LARCH]
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| Arizona Black WALNUT |
| Juglans major |
| Cameroon |
[Originally listed as Juglans Hindsii, then as Juglans microcarpa.]
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| MADRONA |
| Arbutus Menziesii |
Thailand
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| Amur MAPLE |
| Acer Ginnala |
| Bulgaria |
[Intended to be Tatarian Maple, Acer tataricum.]
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| Goldtwig White WILLOW |
| Salix alba var. vitellina |
| Ireland |
[Intended to be Whitebeam, Sorbus Aria.]
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| Norway MAPLE |
| Acer platanoides |
Belgium
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| Common or European MOUNTAIN ASH |
| Sorbus aucuparia |
Czechoslovakia
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| Boxleaf AZARA |
| Azara microphylla |
Peru
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| Lodgepole PINE |
| Pinus contorta |
Malagasy
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| Oriental ARBORVITÆ |
| Thuja orientalis |
Burma
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| Montezuma PINE |
| Pinus Montezumæ |
| Mexico |
[Intended to be Jelecote Pine, Pinus patula.]
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| Macedonian PINE |
| Pinus Peuce |
Rumania
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| Sugar MAPLE |
| Acer saccharum |
| Canada |
[Either the Schneckii or nigrum subspecies.]
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| Limber PINE |
| Pinus flexilis |
| Honduras |
[Intended to be Sugar Pine, Pinus Lambertiana.]
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sidewalk intersects here
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| European HACKBERRY |
| Celtis australis |
Hungary
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| Western Red CEDAR |
| Thuja plicata |
The Philippines
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| Manna or Flowering ASH |
| Fraxinus Ornus |
Iran
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| Dragon SPRUCE |
| Picea asperata |
| Yugoslavia |
[Intended to be Serbian Spruce, Picea Omorika.]
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| Chestnut OAK |
| Quercus Prinus |
Gabon
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| Italian CYPRESS |
| Cupressus sempervirens |
| Jordan |
[Originally listed as Cupressus Lindleyi, a name considered synonymous with C. lusitanica.]
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| Roblé Southern-BEECH |
| Nothofagus obliqua |
| Argentina |
[Cut in April 1991, but it resprouted.]
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| Sakhalin SPRUCE |
| Picea Glehnii |
Viet-Nam
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| Lawson CYPRESS or Port Orford CEDAR (died in December 2003) |
| Chamæcyparis Lawsoniana |
Sudan
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| Himalayan SPRUCE |
| Picea Smithiana |
Nepal
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| Red SPRUCE |
| Picea rubens |
Liberia
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| SWEETGUM |
| Liquidambar Styraciflua |
Haiti
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| Turkish OAK |
| Quercus Cerris |
Turkey
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| Portugal LAUREL |
| Prunus lusitanica |
Portugal
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| Blue Atlas CEDAR |
| Cedrus atlantica f. glauca |
| Lebanon |
[Intended to be Cedar of Lebanon, Cedrus libani.]
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| Algerian FIR |
| Abies numidica |
Tunisia
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| MONKEY TREE |
| Araucaria Araucana |
| Brazil |
[Originally listed as Eucalyptus Johnstonii.]
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| Bigleaf MAPLE |
| Acer macrophyllum |
Ghana
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The following listing indicates the 14 trees that have died:
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| Norway SPRUCE |
| Picea Abies |
Norway
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| Austrian PINE |
| Pinus nigra |
Austria
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| Japanese Red PINE |
| Pinus densiflora |
| Japan |
[Died 1989-90.]
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| Korean PINE |
| Pinus koraiensis |
Korea
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| Paper MULBERRY |
| Broussonetia papyrifera |
| Malaya |
[Died in 1985.]
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| White FIR |
| Abies concolor |
Ivory Coast
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| Sitka ALDER |
| Alnus sinuata |
Iceland
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| Himalayan HORSE CHESTNUT |
| Æsculus indica |
Pakistan
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| Cider Gum EUCALYPT |
| Eucalyptus Gunnii |
| Australia |
[Originally listed as Eucalyptus gigantea, a name considered synonymous with E. delegatensis.]
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| Red Southern-BEECH |
| Nothofagus fusca |
| New Zealand |
[Died in the winter of 1988-89.]
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| Noble FIR |
| Abies procera |
| Colombia |
[Dead in 1991.]
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| Small-leaf EUCALYPT |
| Eucalyptus parvula (E. parvifolia) |
| Indonesia |
[Originally Golden Chinquapin (Chrysolepis chrysophylla); this Small-leaf Eucalypt died in 1986.]
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| Dombey Southern-BEECH |
| Nothofagus Dombeyi |
| Chile |
[Cut in April 1991.]
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