Stanford University Arboretum

The arboretum began with the indigenous live oaks on Leland Stanford's estate, which later became the university campus, augmented by a variety of trees that he collected.

Subsequently, the Department of Botany was given supervisory control of the arboretum in order to utilize it more fully for scientific purposes.

During the twentieth century, the arboretum become a relatively unmaintained shady open space; it has been partially developed to generate income, such as being used as a parking lot during football games.

Now, the eucalyptus collection is all that is prominent; falling from its peak glory over the past quarter century there has been a significant loss of Eucalypt species, from over 100 to 51 today.

Some of the older tree specimens in the arboretum are an Atlas Cedar, California Washingtonia, California sycamore, Canary Island Date Palm, coast live oak, Deodar Cedar, Hampton oak, red mulberry, Santa Lucia Fir, Torrey Pine, and White Ash.