Did you know that there are many interesting specimen trees on the property of our school?
We have one Deodar Cedar (
Cedrus deodara) to the west of the school, behind the library. Deodars are beautiful trees that are native to the Himalayan foothills of India, Nepal, Tibet, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. You may have seen the ground under this tree covered in yellow powder in the autumn; that's when the male cones release their pollen. Deodars are one of the world's true cedars; our own native Yellow Cedar and Western Redcedar are not. The name "Deodar" derives from a Sanskrit term meaning "wood of the gods".
There are a number of Atlas Cedars (
Cedrus atlantica) around our school; one each at the north and south ends of the school as well as two bordering the far western edge of the property. Atlas Cedars are native to the Atlas mountains of Algeria and Morocco, and are another true cedar. There is an Atlas Cedar planted at the White House in the U.S., where President Jimmy Carter designed and ordered a treehouse to be built for his daughter Amy.
Just north of the playground, there's a group of three small conifers (needle trees) who do something a little strange for conifers: they lose their needles in the fall! They are Bald Cypress (
Taxodium distichum), native to the Gulf Coast of the United States. They grow very well in damp soil. If you've ever pulled your children out of the mud in this corner of the schoolyard, you'll know that somebody was thinking when they planted these trees there!
We have one Deodar Cedar (Cedrus deodara) to the west of the school, behind the library. Deodars are beautiful trees that are native to the Himalayan foothills of India, Nepal, Tibet, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. You may have seen the ground under this tree covered in yellow powder in the autumn; that's when the male cones release their pollen. Deodars are one of the world's true cedars; our own native Yellow Cedar and Western Redcedar are not. The name "Deodar" derives from a Sanskrit term meaning "wood of the gods".
There are a number of Atlas Cedars (Cedrus atlantica) around our school; one each at the north and south ends of the school as well as two bordering the far western edge of the property. Atlas Cedars are native to the Atlas mountains of Algeria and Morocco, and are another true cedar. There is an Atlas Cedar planted at the White House in the U.S., where President Jimmy Carter designed and ordered a treehouse to be built for his daughter Amy.
Just north of the playground, there's a group of three small conifers (needle trees) who do something a little strange for conifers: they lose their needles in the fall! They are Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum), native to the Gulf Coast of the United States. They grow very well in damp soil. If you've ever pulled your children out of the mud in this corner of the schoolyard, you'll know that somebody was thinking when they planted these trees there!
