News Category: trees

The sugar hackberry or sugarberry (Celtis laevigata), a very common tree species at Brackenridge Field Lab, has a place in the local ecosystem.

This in-depth article looks at UT Austin's urban forest. According to Jim Carse, “A university’s landscape is more than a pretty flower or the shade of a live oak tree. It’s a functional asset that provides an immediate perspective as you enter campus. It forms the framework of the built environment."

Armando Blanco and UT Austin's master carpenters reuse trees harvested on campus by Landscape Services to make benches.  

If you want to know about a specific tree on The University of Texas at Austin campus, check out the new myTreekeeper tool launched  by Landscape Services.