1)  Acer cissifolium        Vine-leaf Maple

• A three-leaf maple native to Japan.
• The extraordinary racemes of tiny flowers give the tree a cloud-like appearance.
• Located in the Asiatic Maple Collection.

2)  Acer rubrum        Red Maple

• This popular street tree is native to eastern North America.
• On this sample the petals have fallen, leaving the elongating peduncles and their tiny, immature samaras.
• Located in grid 3-5E on Arboretum Drive.

3)  Cornus florida        Flowering Dogwood

• Named for its showy bracts.
• Native to the eastern United States.
• These cuttings are from ‘Royal Red’ near the south end of Azalea Way and from an unlabeled white cultivar near the north end.

4)  Cornus nuttallii        Pacific Dogwood

• A west coast native named for Thomas Nuttall– a British botanist and explorer.
• Natural seedlings are scattered throughout the Arboretum.
• This is the provincial “flower” and floral emblem of British Columbia.

5)  Cornus nuttallii x florida    ‘Eddie’s White Wonder’

• So named because it was one of a few survivors of a flood at Henry Eddie’s nursery near Vancouver, B.C.
• It is a hybrid of Cornus nuttallii and C. florida.
• Several specimens are growing along Azalea Way.