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American Beech

Species Common Name: American Beech

Species Scientific Name: Fagus grandifolia

Tree Category: Beautiful Tree

Address of Tree: Ellenberger Park, 46219

Significance of Tree: My husband and I took a walk in Ellenberger park last January after a day of fresh winter snow, and we were stunned at the beauty of this majestic Beech tree blanketed in white. The bare branches with snow on them made the tree look so large, and the smooth, light bark was the perfect setting.

Submission by: Sarah Grain

Burr Oak (Robert's Park)

Species Common Name: Burr Oak

Species Scientific Name: Quercus macrocarpa

Tree Category: Personal Significance

Address of Tree: Robert's Park; 401 North Delaware, Indianapolis, 46204

Significance of Tree: This tree is significant to me because, as a leader of the KIB Youth Corps., we met under this tree before we started each day of work. We met here to stretch in the mornings, eat lunch, play some occasional hacky sack and debrief after a long day's work.

Submission by: Jillian Doneske

Burr Oak (Beechwood Ave.)

Species Common Name: Burr Oak

Species Scientific Name: Quercus macrocarpa

Tree Category: Historic Tree

Address of Tree: 5939 Beechwood Ave. From Arlington Ave. and Washington St., travel south on Arlington several blocks to Beechwood Ave. Turn right on Beechwood Ave, and the Kile Oak will be on your left.

Significance of Tree: This is the Kile Oak. It is a Burr Oak that is 300-400 years old and 92 ft. tall. Its trunk is 68 in. in diameter, and its crown spreads over 125 ft. The tree derives its name from the Kile family that lived near this tree from the early 1900s until 1973. The Irvington Historical Landmarks Foundation and the Irvington Garden Club work together to maintain this great tree.

Submission by: Dawn Briggs

Catalpa

Species Common Name: Catalpa

Tree Category: Big

Address of Tree: This tree is located in White River State Park,roughly between the Visitors' Center and the Indianapolis Waterworks building. It is just to the side of the circular sidewalk and is by far the largest tree in the park!

Significance of Tree: This tree is not only tall and wide, but it has beautiful and sweetly fragrant blossoms in the spring, which are replaced by amusingly long bean-shaped seed pods during the summer months. The tree still bears traces of the chain-link fencing of days from when White River State Park was an industrial area, but ivy now conceals most of those traces. The bench beside the tree is a beautiful spot to sit on a sunny day, and I know that many visitors to White River Park must share my sentiments.

Submission by: Lorianne McCallister

Chinkapin Oak (Brookside Parkway)

Species Common Name: Chinkapin Oak

Species Scientific Name: Quercus muhlenbergii

Tree Category: Big

Address of Tree: 2601 Brookside Parkway; SDR Corner of Temple and Brookside Parkway Southdrive. Brookside Parkway is one traffic light north of 10th and Rural. Temple is one block west of Rural.

Significance of Tree: The oldest oak in a three state area must be considered a "Remarkable Tree." This is not just a tree, but the mascot for the Springdale neighborhood. The amazing Chinquapin Oak easily spans over Brookside Parkway South Drive providing a beautiful canopy to all who enter the community. Bob and Sheila Adsit are the fortunate homeowners that enjoy the shade of the (at least) 350 year old tree. They speak with pride and awe of the great tree. While I was taking pictures of the tree some visitors came to admire it. Bob and Sheila noted that tree visitors pass by on a daily basis. This visitor was from Atlanta, Georgia. When she visits Indianapolis she comes back to see the tree and often brings new admirers on each trip. This particular visitor also pointed out how appropriate it was that the tree is located on a the corner of a street named Temple Avenue. The sanctuary of the limbs welcomes all that pass under it. The evening street light is cut like a cathedral of stain glass windows through the maze of branches. Standing underneath this majestic, historical, beauty is a truly magical event.

Submission by: Kelly Wood

Chinkapin Oak (Sahm Park)

Species Common Name: Chinkapin Oak

Species Scientific Name: Quercus muehlenbergii

Tree Category: Unique

Address of Tree: Sahm Park, in the disc golf course off of E. 91st St.

Significance of Tree: You don't just buy trees like this anywhere! This example of a Chinkapin Oak is somewhat unique in form. Specifically, I like the compact shape of the crown. It is estimated this tree is over 200 years old! Thank goodness it is in a park environment.

Submission by: Lindsey Purcell

Common Bald Cypress

Species Common Name: Common Bald Cypress

Species Scientific Name: Taxodium distichum

Tree Category: Unique

Address of Tree: South end of Woodruff Place, Middle Dr. Find this tree on the south end of Woodruff Place Middle Drive in the median. It is just north of Michigan Street.

Significance of Tree: This is a handsome tree living in Woodruff Place. I love this tree because it is surrounded by larger and more unique trees, but it is still one of the most lovely in the neighborhood. It has a great stature and bears many cones. This species is unique because it is a deciduous conifer that can live close to 1,000 years. This is an approachable tree with its warm colors, airy branches and soft needles.

Submission by: Jerome Delbridge

Cucumber Magnolia

Species Common Name: Cucumber Magnolia

Species Scientific Name: Magnolia acuminata

Tree Category: Beautiful Tree

Address of Tree: 2900 N. College Avenue.

Directions: Go to the intersection of College Ave. and Fall Creek Parkway N. Dr. On the southwest corner of the intersection there is a soccer field. The Cucumber magnolia is on the east end of the soccer field, up against the College Ave. bridge.

Significance of Tree: I found this tree one day while I was walking along Fall Creek. It was the first Cucumber magnolia I had ever seen in real life. The pictures I had previously seen of this tree did not do justice to its large, lustrous leaves, its red-orange fruits, and its Reese's-Pieces-like seeds that dangle on little threads. Now, having seen firsthand the appeal of this tree, I have helped to plant several young Cucumber magnolias around Indianapolis.

Submission by: Nate Faris

Dawn Redwood (Michigan Road)

Species Common Name: Dawn Redwood

Species Scientific Name: Metasequoia Glyptostroboides

Tree Category: Community Tree

Address of Tree: 4000 N. Michigan Road

Significance of Tree: These beautiful dawn redwoods were recently planted in front of the newly renovated Indianapolis Museum of Art. Gracing the entrance to the museum, this particular species of tree originated in Asia, and has been growing and reproducing itself for over one hundred million years. It is a fast growing, water loving tree that, like the bald cypress, loses its needles in the winter, causing some to think it is no longer living, but to be surprised in the spring when it comes "back to life." The species was actually native to North America fifteen million years ago, to disappear and then become re-introduced in the 1940's. Over ten of these trees line the entrance to the Indianapolis Museum of Art.

Submission by: Andrew Hart

Dawn Redwood (N. Ewing St.)

Species Common Name: Dawn Redwood

Species Scientific Name: Metasequoia glyptostroboides

Tree Category: Personal

Address of Tree: 90 N. Ewing Street (Indianapolis) 46201

Significance of Tree: I am not sure when this tree was planted, I'm guessing about 20 years ago, maybe less. When I bought this house, the homeowners told me it was a bald cypress. I'm not too knowledgeable on trees, but I know my common natives, and either way, I'd never seen a tree like this. I ran into a picture of a similar tree one day while I was browsing through a magazine, and knew it was my tree, but it wasn't a cypress. I've debated over this for 6 years now, and last month while vacationing in Portland, OR, I ran into a small version of my tree. I asked, and it was a Dawn Redwood! This tree has given me so much pleasure, it is such a beauty. I have had moments where I just sat and stared at its beauty, and I'm also amazed at it's rate of growth. I keep a mental note of where it's been, and where it's headed in height, and in the 6 years I've known it, it's topped all my visual landmarks and reaches so far into the sky. My fear is that in my little inner city yard, it won't be able to coexist with my house and my neighbor's. I cherish every year that it can stay within its confines. This tree awes me.

Submission by: Gretchen A Fisher

English Oak

Species Common Name: English Oak

Species Scientific Name: Quercus robur "Fastigiata"

Tree Category: Unique

Address of Tree: 3537 N. Illinois St., right in the front yard!

Significance of Tree: I have never seen this cultivar of English Oak get this big. Over 60' tall and 21" diameter, it is estimated to be nearly 80 years old. What a specimen and crazy accent plant for a street tree!

Submission by: Lindsey Purcell

Ginkgo (University Park)

Species Common Name: Ginkgo

Species Scientific Name: Ginkgo biloba

Tree Category: Unique

Address of Tree: Corner of Vermont and Pennsylvania Avenue

Significance of Tree: In University Park, surrounding the beautiful fountain, is a collection of stately ginkgo trees. Although admittedly the female ginkgo drops fruit that smells of vomit and decay, the male of this species does not; (The tree does not bear fruit for the first twenty to fifty years of its life!) and they are spectacular trees. They also thrive in urban settings. And of course, they are one of the oldest trees growing on earth, dating back for 150 to 200 million years (not these particular trees by the way,) and were native to North America at one time.

Submission by: Teresa Rhodes

Ginkgo or Maidenhair Tree (Woodruff Place)

Species Common Name: Ginkgo or Maidenhair Tree

Species Scientific Name: Ginkgo biloba

Tree Category:

Address of Tree: 791 Woodruff Pl Middle Dr. - This tree is on the East
side of Middle Drive on the North section of the drive.

Significance of Tree: This tree is as wide as the modest city lot it lives on in Woodruff Place. Its huge branches twist and bend out to cover quite a distance. This is a female tree and she is magnificent and strong. Ginkgos are the only surviving species in its family, Ginkgoaceae. All other species in this family are thought to have gone extinct over a million years ago. It is such an ancient tree, the "fruits" this tree produce have not evolved into a true fruit; it is actually a naked seed with a fleshy pulp covering. It is commonly known to be introduced from Eastern China, but if you look back 150 million years ago, it was native to North America at one time.

Submission by: Jerome Delbridge

Golden Raintree (E. 12th St.)

Species Common Name: Golden Raintree

Species Scientific Name: Koelreuteria paniculata

Tree Category: Of a type that is associated with history

Special Directions: Massachusetts Avenue junctures with East 10th Street a block east of College Avenue. Proceed east along East 10th Street to Newman Street. Go north a long block on Newman to the intersection with 12th Street. A large vacant lot, with several trees, is located on the northwest corner. The Golden Raintree stands approximately in the center, about thirty feet from a chain-link fence overgrown with honeysuckle. There is no access to the lot.

Significance of Tree: The Golden Raintree, originally an import from the Orient, figures prominently in the history and the literature of Indiana. Raintrees line the streets of New Harmony, Indiana, and are traditionally associated with the important utopian experiments - the Rappite and the Owenite - that put the southern Indiana town on the world map in the early nineteenth century. A century later, the Golden Raintree figured prominently in Raintree County, the best-selling 1948 novel by Indiana native Ross Lockridge, Jr. The literary Raintree County was modeled on nearby Henry County, in east-central Indiana, even though Raintrees seldom flourish as far north as the central part of the state. This hearty specimen, on private property, is about 30 feet tall and produces a profusion of goldenyellow flowers in mid-June. In the fall, two-inch long inflated seed pods develop, each resembling a Chinese lantern in general shape.

Submission by: Jared Carter

Hackberry (Watson Road)

Species Common Name: Hackberry

Species Scientific Name: Celtis Occidentalis

Tree Category: Community

Address of Tree: 3700 Watson Road. One block south

Significance of Tree: In the Watson McCord neighborhood just southwest of the Indiana State Fair grounds, there is a small "postage stamp" of a park...the Watson Park Bird Sanctuary. Despite its small stature, the park is home to a family of hawks (I think they are Cooper's hawks, but I'm not sure,) and other birds. As the park is located close to Fall Creek and the Monon Greenway, it will be a great place to see migrating birds as they make their way through. Oh yes, the trees. Many mature trees, including Ohio Buckeye, Black Walnut, and the common but majestic Northern Hackberry, which is pictured here, are spread throughout the sanctuary. the park is a friendly place, for both avian and human visitors.

Submission by: Andrew Hart

Hackberry (Rocky Ripple)

Species Common Name: Hackberry

Species Scientific Name: Celtis occidentalis

Tree Category: A "pre-hugged" tree

Address of Tree: Rocky Ripple...it's along the south end of Rocky Ripple, adjacent to the Butler soccer/baseball fields.

Significance of Tree: This tree is already being hugged by another tree!

Submission by: Jim Poyser

Indiana Native Trees

Species Common Name: Broad mix of Indiana native trees

Species Scientific Name:

Tree Category: Community

Address of Tree: Along Binford Boulevard between East
62nd up to the I-465 overpass.

Significance of Tree: There are more than 200 newly planted trees, all native to Indiana, along Binford Boulevard between the I-465 overpass and EAst 62nd Street, planted during 2005 and 2006 with the help of nearly 1,000 volunteers and the expertise and talents of KIBI staff. This massive effort has helped to solidify this older suburban area as an up and coming commercial and retail area where residents and businesses care about their environment and who have demonstrated their willingness to plant, water, mulch, weed, and mow around these trees to give them the maximum opportunity to grow and thrive. The results speak for themselves: a community is developing that is reversing the visual blight with new, upscale places to shop and eat plus a Boulevard that is returning to its grandeur as a beautiful urban parkway with a variety of trees. In short, the 35,000 residents and 350+ businesses finally have something to BRAG about -The picture in this photograph shows Tom Binford's children planting their Dad's special tree, a Norway spruce, on October 1, 2005. Tom Binford was a community mover and shaker whose accomplishments have inspired BRAG residents and businesses considerably.

Submission by: Jane M. Lommel

King Crimson Maple

Species Common Name: King Crimson Maple

Tree Category: Personal Significance

Address of Tree: 204 and 230 East 47th Street

Significance of Tree: Another favorite tree of mine is the King Crimson Maple. I love a tree that isn't green! I fell in love with them when I visited Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and saw that they had planted hundreds as street trees. Very cool. This photo is of two King Crimson Maples that I planted on either side of my driveway in 1987. I've planted at least one at every house I have ever lived in.

Submission by: Phil Schaeffer

Linden

Species Common Name: Linden

Species Scientific Name: Tree Category: Community Tree

Address of Tree: 400 Massachusetts Avenue, Indianapolis, 46204, Davlan Park is at the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and Alabama Street, adjacent to the new Cultural Trail, and in the center of the Mass Ave Arts District.

Significance of Tree: If you want to know what Mass Ave is all about, just visit Davlan Park. Our trees personify Mass Ave. They give us a cool place to gather that's serene in the midst of downtown's hustle and bustle; improving the quality of life by providing a family friendly environment that welcomes all! The Lindens in Davlan Park were planted in the early 1970's.

Submission by: Susan Vogt

Magnolia

Species Common Name: Magnolia

Species Scientific Name:

Tree Category: Beautiful

Address of Tree: 5800 Block of Indianola (south of Kessler)

Significance of Tree: This is a magnificent magnolia tree named 'Maggie' that goes perfectly with her charming purple Broad Ripple cottage. Her beautiful pink blossoms are especially breathtaking in the spring! And 'Maggie Magnolia's' adopted parent is a certifiable tree hugger who provides loving care and appreciation for her all year 'round...it's a match made in heaven!

Submission by: Michael Ryan

Oak (56th Street)

Species Common Name: Oak

Tree Category: Big

Address of Tree: One half block east of College on 56th Street, adjacent to the alley on the north side of the the street.

Significance of Tree: This massive oak could have been cut down years or even decades ago, yet the decision to keep it alive has created an awe-inspiring site for passersby. It takes three people to hug this tree!

Submission by: Jim Poyser

Oak (Shelby Street)

Species Common Name: Oak

Tree Category: Big

Address of Tree: 931-935-939-943 Shelby Street. The tree is located in the Arthur family garden. Anyone wishing to view the tree up close may ask to enter the garden through Arthur's Music Store, 931 Shelby Street in Fountain Square.

Significance of Tree: With a circumference of 18', this giant oak towers over our entire property. The tree was huge when my parents moved to Fountain Square in 1952. It has since provided unending hours of enjoyment and acted as a natural umbrella for wedding receptions, birthday's, concerts and 56 years of family gatherings (not to mention being home to thousands of squirrels)! Over the years my parent's love of gardening blossomed into an eclectic mix of flora -- culminating in his and hers greenhouses. Amazingly, falling tree limbs have never broken a single pane of greenhouse glass. Through years of tornados, ice storms, lost limbs, and cutting roots for new construction, our giant oak has thrived and survived. Today, our fourth generation enjoys its shade while playing catch or splashing in the pool. Flying back from a trip, I can always identify our "home" from the air because of our giant oak. Sporting lightning scars from roots to tip, this amazing old tree still moves gracefully in the wind. Something this monumental should be somehow intimidating or menacing but...here in the garden, one can't help but feel a sense of peace and serenity.

Submission by: Leola E. Arthur

Ohio Buckeye

Species Common Name: Ohio Buckeye

Species Scientific Name: Aesculus glabra

Tree Category: Personal Significance

Address of Tree: 1321 North Central Ave.

Significance of Tree: I’ve always loved buckeye trees. A neighbor had one when I was young; I loved collecting the nuts every year; I kept them displayed like marbles in my room. Fast forward 20 years, I buy a house on Park Avenue in the Old Northside with 6, yes, six, mature buckeye trees. (Park Avenue was once called Buckeye Lane). I like the drooping branch pattern of the mature tree that makes them look haunted, and the large flowers at the end of the branches in the spring. I also love watching squirrels playing buckeye-keep-away with my dogs After a few years, I noticed that squirrels were storing the nuts without eating them, effectively planting them so that tiny trees were sprouting in the mulch in my gardens. I moved these seedlings to spots where they could grow to maturity, and protected them. I also started planting as many buckeyes as I could, with moderate success. I have planted them on my properties, and given them to friends and neighbors. Some of these seedlings have grown to 10-20 feet tall, and have started producing nuts of their own! I hope to plant these seeds and then I’ll have buckeye grandchildren!

Submission by: Phil Schaefer

Persimmon

Species Common Name: Persimmon

Tree Category: Personal

Address of Tree: 1132 N. Temple Av (Indianapolis) 46201

Significance of Tree: Jerome with NeighborWoods says he loves the "alligator skin" bark of my craggy ol' persimmon tree. It certainly is unique. It took me a year to figure out what kind of tree it is. I couldn't possibly ever use all the fruit this tree puts out, so everyone who admires it gets invited to visit in the fall.

Submission by: Shannon Boone

Red Oak

Species Common Name: Red Oak

Species Scientific Name: Quercus Ruba

Tree Category: Other, Historic

Address of Tree: 1230 North Delaware Street, in front of the house.

Significance of Tree: Thank you for this opportunity to share our love of the beautiful Red Oak tree on the President Benjamin Harrison property. To the best of our knowledge, the oak tree was purchased and planted by the Harrisons when the home was built in 1875. Each year abundant acorns drop and provide the neighborhood squirrels with food for the winter. With a circumference of 14 feet, the shade of the oak offers respite from the heat to visitors coming to tour the historic site. This magnificent oak reflects the Victorian life style of a father, lawyer, senator, United States President and Civil War General.

Submission by: Phyllis D. Geeslin

Royal Pines

Species Common Name: White Pine

Species Scientific Name: Pinus species

Tree Category: Community

Address of Tree: 4300 Royal Pine Blvd.; Dean Road and E. 71st St. area.

Significance of Tree: This northeast community possesses one of the most unique wooded areas in the county. This healthy stand of Pines is a good example of a healthy urban forest. Pines are noted as "urban intolerant", yet they stand tall and proud in this 50 acre neighborhood. It is truly an awesome sight and distinctive forest stand for our City. Truly a great example of Man and Trees, rather than Man or Trees.

Submission by: Lindsey Purcell

Swamp White Oak (Sahm Park)

Species Common Name: Swamp White Oak

Species Scientific Name: Quercus bicolor

Tree Category: Big

Address of Tree: Sahm Park, in the lawn area directly west of the
shelter house.

Significance of Tree: This ol' Oak tree is one of several large Oaks in the park. Estimated to be over 250 years old, this giant is full of character. The trunk has many burls and unique branching habits which adds character and grace to the tree.

Submission by: Lindsey Purcell

The "Ladder" Tree

Species Common Name: Unknown

Tree Category: Unique

Address of Tree: It's in Rocky Ripple (right next to the tree that is being hugged by another tree). Walk along the south end of Rocky Ripple, look in the area adjacent to the Butler sport fields.

Significance of Tree: It's a "Unique Tree" because it seems to have a ladder going up to the sky...

Submission by: Jim Poysner

Weeping Willow

Species Common Name: Weeping Willow

Tree Category: Personal

Address of Tree: 936 N. Rochester Ave., there is a large fenced area to the south of the home. It is inside the fenced yard.

Significance of Tree: In April of 2003, my mother passed away at the age of 76. She was a lover of flowers, shrubs and trees. My husband and I had just bought out first home the summer before. Earlier in the cold month of March, mom and I had looked through all of her mail order catalogs on various plants. We placed an order for several items and with our purchase we would receive a free weeping willow tree. First, some of the flowers came and then a bush. Then my mother suddenly passed away. A few days after her funeral, a yellow bag arrived. I looked inside at what seemed to be two long sticks. The bag label informed us that they were the Weeping Willow trees. I pushed them off in a corner, then finally after almost three weeks I decided to plant them. I did not believe that they would grow, so I planted both the "sticks" together. The "sticks" grew, and now there are three trees. I haven't the heart to separate them. The trees are doing very well. In the picture are my grandchildren Joshua Sanders (DOB 3-8-03) and Abigail Bailey Rose (DOB 4-24- 03). These younger grandchildren will not remember much about my mom; whose name was Rosemary Bindhammer Cooper, but the tree is named "Grandma Dosie" and as you can see is thriving and well loved.

Submission by: Shari Kelley

White Ash

Species Common Name: White Ash

Species Scientific Name: Fraxinus americana

Tree Category: Other "old"

Address of Tree: Holliday Park, right behind the Nature Center.

Significance of Tree: The historical White Ash measures 15' in diameter and is the largest known in Marion County. Estimated to be over 150 years old, this ol' tree is still surviving the lightning strikes, and hopefully, the bad bug which is threatening the existence of all Ash in our community.

Submission by: Lindsey Purcell

White Oak (Butler Campus)

Species Common Name: White Oak

Species Scientific Name: Quercus alba

Tree Category: Big

Address of Tree: Butler University Campus (46th and Clarendon), Robertson Hall. Robertson Hall is just west of the entrance gate to Holcomb Gardens. The tree sits on the lot just north of Robertson Hall---you can't miss it!

Significance of Tree: This tree has always been one of my favorites. Its scale is enormous, and is really in a class by itself on the Butler campus, and that is saying something, considering the grounds' beauty! My wife Shannon and I used to be residents of the Butler-Tarkington neighborhood and would walk our dogs on the campus and on the canal regularly. Each time we would pass by the tree, we would stand in awe, especially at night, when it is lit from below. The tree is old craggly, and has weathered many storms---it still stands tall and strong. This tree, to me, embodies the attributes of strength, perseverance and longevity. While taking this picture, two studly Butler classmates volunteered to demonstrate just how big this tree is--- This old white oak is now my wife's favorite too...but, well, for different reasons...

Submission by: David Forsell

White Oak (Highland Park)

Species Common Name: White Oak

Species Scientific Name: Quercus alba

Tree Category: Beautiful

Address of Tree: Marlowe and Dorman. The tree is in the south west quadrant of Highland Park. It is the largest tree in the park.

Significance of Tree: This Oak is in Highland Park, which I think is formally the family farmstead of former Indiana Governor Noah Nobles (Governor December 7, 1831-December 6, 1837). It is big and beautiful and looks like it might actually date from the time when the family lived there.

Submission by: Troy Smythe

Yellow-wood

Species Common Name: Yellow-wood

Species Scientific Name: Cladrastis lutea

Tree Category: Unique

Address of Tree: Holcomb Gardens, Butler University. In the back of
the Gardens, past the Persephone statue, toward
52nd St.

Significance of Tree: This tree was planted when the Butler campus was Fairview Park or when the site was Butler Botanical Garden, maintained by the Botany Department staff in the 1930's. The species is rare in Indiana, known only from a few sites around Yellow-wood State Forest in Brown County. It is not common anywhere, but its main range is in the Appalachians. It is in the bean family, with compound leaves and sweet-scented, white, wisteria-like flowers in the spring. The bark is smooth gray like beech. Generations of kids have enjoyed climbing on the accessible low branches. It is a very cool tree!

Submission by: Rebecca Dolan

Oak (MArkwood)

Species Common Name: Oak

Species Scientific Name: Quercus Species

Tree Category: Big Tree

Address of Tree: 1522 E Markwood Ave, Indianapolis, IN 46227. The GPS Coordinates (north, west) are 39.703754,-86.13229.

Significance of Tree: This big oak tree dwarfs pedestrians as they walk down the street.

Submission by: Jerome Delbridge

Chestnut (Bowman)

Species Common Name: Chestnut

Species Scientific Name: Castanea spp

Tree Category: Unique

Significance of Tree: I found this tree while walking the neighborhood. It is a large chestnut of unknown species. The American Chestnut has an interesting history. http://www.fs.fed.us/r8/chestnut/history.php.

Address of Tree: 4251 E. Bowman Ave, Indianapolis, IN 46227. GPS Coordinates (north, west) 39.703617,-86.135964

Submission by: Jerome Delbridge