The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University is a museum of trees teaching the world about plants.
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Cutleaf Crabapple 50-2011*B
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Seven Son Flower 1549-80*H
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Green Ash 312-90*B
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Form of Linden Viburnum 77-90*B
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Red Pine 18126*L
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Bosnian maple 1371-71*A
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Evodia 126-67*A
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Cutleaf Crabapple 50-2011*B -
Seven Son Flower 1549-80*H -
Green Ash 312-90*B -
Form of Linden Viburnum 77-90*B -
Red Pine 18126*L -
Bosnian maple 1371-71*A -
Evodia 126-67*A
Featured Event
Research Spotlight: Biodiversity in the Solar Pollinator Meadow
The Horticulture team planted the Solar Array Pollinator Meadow to provide a habitat for a wide variety of insects, birds, and other pollinators under and around the Weld Hill solar panels. But until recently, they had no good way of knowing just how well their experiment was working–that is, until naturalist Louise Miller took it on as a research project for her Mass Audubon Field Certification. Miller conducted a biodiversity survey of the meadow and recorded 70 species of plants and nearly 300 species of non-plant creatures, from snails and mushrooms to insects and salamanders. Join Miller to learn about the diversity she found here, view some of her incredible photographs, and get a chance to record some observations yourself.
What’s New
Plants and People
Get To Know a Tree
Arnold Arboretum Director and Arnold Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology William (Ned) Friedman teaches an innovative first-year Harvard seminar titled Tree that invites students to form meaningful, firsthand connections with individual trees to transform their relationship with the natural world. See the course syllabus and development a new friendship in our landscape.
Learn, Grow, Explore
Summer Program Guide
Discover a free and enriching summer of guided walks, hands-on art, nature exploration, and wellness experiences at the Arnold Arboretum—inviting you to connect with plants in fresh, inspiring ways.
Legacies in the Landscape
Celebrating Hu Xiansu
Hu Xiansu (H. H. Hu), a pioneering botanist who laid the foundation for modern plant taxonomy in China, earned his doctorate at Harvard 100 years ago. His groundbreaking identification of the “living fossil” dawn redwood and leadership in creating China’s botanical institutions cemented his legacy as one of the most influential figures in 20th-century botany.
An Entrance Revitalized
Washington Street Gate Renewal
With completion of donor-funded renovations to the Washington Street entrance nearing, the gate into Bussey Brook Meadow and Blackwell Footpath have reopened to visitors and green transit commuters. Additional landscape work at Washington Street will continue this fall.
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Stories
Today’s Virtual Walks
A Walk Through Time, Part 1
Keeper’s Tour
Introductory Tour
Director’s Tour
Plants & Collections
Maple-leaf Oak
At the southern tip of the Arboretum stands the oldest maple-leaf oak in cultivation.
Pecan
This pecan, collected in 1882, arrived from the first large research project undertaken at the Arnold Arboretum—a nationwide survey of trees and forests for the United States census in 1880. The collector was an ornithologist with an acute eye for detail.
