Trees
The Old Main Cottonwood was removed from campus in January. Clones of the tree will be planted nearby.
In 1876, ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä Boulder's campus was nearly treeless. Today, it's home to approximately 5,000 trees and nearly 60 different species.
¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä ecologists are tracking down the surviving trees of the Front Range’s all but vanished apple orchards — and priming a renewal.
When the University of Colorado Boulder first opened in 1876, campus was nearly treeless. Today, campus is home to approximately 5,000 trees and nearly 60 different species.
¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä Boulder’s main campus is home to thousands of trees. A conversation with lead arborist Vince Aquino.