Riddle Elementary School
Project RESCUE Arboretum
of
Mattoon, Illinois
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The information on this page provides a catalog of trees that are found in the Riddle Elementary School Arboretum located in Mattoon, Illinois.  By clicking on each name, you will be able to access additional information that will help you identify each tree that is found in the arboretum.  Click on the link for the description, some discussion about the tree, distribution, and additional pictures of the important parts of the tree.

 

POST
NUMBER

2004 Image

2006 Image LOCATION TREE CIRCUMFERENCE TREE HEIGHT

ACQUISITION DETAILS

Common
Name
Scientific Name Height Date Height Date

Post #1

Swamp White Oak

Quercus bicolor

Swamp White Oak - Quercus bicolor

N39º28.895'
W088º24.814'

17 cm

5-26-04

3.26 m

5-26-04

Donated by
Riddle Elementary School
PTA
2003/2004
Post #2

Tuliptree

Liriodendron tulipifera

Tulip Tree - Lirdendron tulipifera

N39º28.877'
W088º24.809'
6 cm 5-26-04 2.44 m 5-26-04 Donated in memory of Harriet
Mother of Dr. Marylin Lisowski

Planted on 3-19-2004

Post #3

American Plum

Prunus americana

American Plum - Prunus americana

N39º28.889'
W088º24.807'
3 cm

4 cm

5-26-04

11-23-04

0.54 m

0.60 m

5-26-04

11-23-04

Donated by
Douglas-Hart Nature Center

Planted on 4-9-2004

Post #4

Clump River Birch

Betula nigra

River Clump Birch - Betula nigra

N39º28.884'
 W088º24.800'
5.8 cm 5-26-04 2.41m 5-26-04 Purchased with funds from the Lumpkin Foundation Grant

Planted on 4-8-2004

Post #4

River Clump Birch

Betula nigra

2004 Image
not available.

N39º28.893
W088º24.786'
5.8 cm 5-26-04 2.41m 5-26-04 Purchased with funds from the Lumpkin Foundation Grant

Planted on 4-8-2004

Post #5

Bald Cypress

Taxodium distichum

Bald Cypress - Taxodium distichum

N39º28.885'
W088º24.791'
8.5 cm 5-26-04 1.37 m 5-26-04 Purchased with funds from the Lumpkin Foundation Grant

Planted on 4-8-2004

Post #6

Whitespire Clump Birch

Betula platyphlla var. japonica 'Whitespire'

Whitespire Clump Birch - Betula platyphyllajaponica

N39º28.888'
W088º24.796
6.5 cm 5-26-04 2.41m 5-26-04 Purchased with funds from the Lumpkin Foundation Grant

Planted on 4-9-2004

Post #7

Bur Oak

Quercus macrocarpa

Bur Oak - Quercus macrocarpa

2006 Image
not available.

N39º28.895'
088º24.802'
11 cm

12 cm

5-26-04

11-23-04

2.69 m

2.72 m

5-26-04

11-23-04

Purchased with funds from the Lumpkin Foundation Grant

Planted on 4-9-2004

Post #8

White Ash

Fraxinus americana

White Ash - Fraxinus Americana

N39º28.895'
W088º24.807'
3 cm 5-26-04 1.00 m 5-26-04 Donated by
Douglas-Hart Nature Center

Planted on 4-9-2004

Post #9

Pin Oak

Quercus palustris

Pin Oak - Quercus palustris

N39º28.895'
 W088º24.807'
7.5 cm 5-26-04 2.50 m 5-26-04 Purchased with funds from the Lumpkin Foundation Grant

Planted on 4-9-2004

Post #10

Corkscrew Willow

Salix matsudana var. tortuosa

2004 Image
not available.

N39º28.904'
W088º24.800'
    2.38 m 11-23-04 Planting donated by
MHS foreign exchange
student

Planted in Spring of 2005

Post #11

Red Oak

Quercus rubra

Red Oak - Quercus rubra

N39º28.904'
W088º24.808'
6 cm 5-26-04 2.30 m 5-26-04 Purchased with funds from the Lumpkin Foundation Grant

Planted on 4-9-2004

Post #12

Silver Maple

Acer saccharinum

Silver Maple - Acer saccharinum

N39º28.909'
W088º24.806'
5.5 cm 5-26-04 1.87 m 5-26-04 Purchased with funds from the Lumpkin Foundation Grant

Planted on 4-9-2004

Post #13

Red Maple

Acer rubrum

Red Maple - Acer rubrum

N39º28.914'
W088º24.808'
7 cm 5-26-04 1.87 m 5-26-04 Purchased with funds from the Lumpkin Foundation Grant

Planted on 4-8-2004

Post #14

Oklahoma Redbud

Cercis canadensis ssp. retisus

Oklahoma Redbud Tree - Cercis reniformis

N39º28.922'
W088º24.807
3 cm 5-26-04 1.63 m 5-26-04 Purchased with funds from the Lumpkin Foundation Grant

Planted on 4-9-2004

Post #15

 Flowering Red Dogwood

Cornus florida

Flowering Red Dogwood - Cornus florida

N39º28.921'
088º24.803'
5 cm

5.5 cm

5-26-04

11-23-04

0.90 m

 

5-26-04

11-23-04

Purchased with funds from the Lumpkin Foundation Grant

Planted on 4-9-2004

Post #16

Eastern Redbud

Cercis canadensis

2004 Image
not available.

N39º28.919'
 W088º24.783'

        Donated by the family of Ed Bitting in his memory.

Planted on Spring-2007

Post #17

Eastern Redbud

Cercis canadensis

2004 Image
not available.

N39º28.923'
 W088º24.801'

        Purchased with funds from the Lumpkin Foundation Grant

Planted in Fall of 2005?

Post #18

Prairiefire Crabapple

Malus hybrids

2004 Image
not available.

2006 Image
not available.

N39º28.924'
 W088º24.793'
        This tree was planted in
the spring of 2007.
Post #19

Cockspur Hawthorn

Crataegus mollis

N39º28.924'
W088º24.789'
16 cm 11-23-04 2.38 m 11-23-04 Purchased with funds from the Lumpkin Foundation Grant

Planting donated by
Higgins Tree Farm

Planted on 11-22-2004

Post #20

White Oak

Quercus alba

2004 Image
not available.

N39º28.919'
W088º24.776'
        Tree and planting donated by
Higgins Tree Farm

Planted on 12-15-2005

Post #21

Honey Locust (Thornless)

Gleditsia triocanthus var. inernis

N39º28.911'
W088º24.781'
35 cm 11-23-04 4.16 m 11-23-04 Purchased with funds from the Lumpkin Foundation Grant

Planting donated by
Higgins Tree Farm

Planted on 11-22-2004

Post #22

Green Ash

Fraxinus pennsylvanica

N39º28.903
W088º24.780'
28 cm 11-23-04 4.28 m 11-23-04 Purchased with funds from the Lumpkin Foundation Grant

Planting donated by
Higgins Tree Farm

Planted on 11-22-2004

Post 23

Autumn Purple Ash

Fraxinus americana

N39º28.896'
W088º24.809'
17 cm 11-23-04 4.15 m 11-23-04 Purchased with funds from the Lumpkin Foundation Grant

Planting donated by
Higgins Tree Farm

Planted on 11-22-2004

Post #24

Whitespire Birch

Betula platyphlla var. japonica 'Whitespire'

2004 Image
not available.

2006 Image
not available.

N39º28.893'
W088º24.786
        Purchased with funds from the Lumpkin Foundation Grant

Planted on 4-9-2004

Post #25

Quaking Aspen

Populus tremuloidesPopulus tremuloides

N39º28.893'
W088º24.796'
        Purchased with funds from the Lumpkin Foundation Grant

Planted on 11-18-2004

Post #26

Kentucky Coffee Tree

Gymnocladus dioicus

Kentucky Coffee Tree -Gymnocladus dioicus

N39º28.888'
W088º24.784'
3 cm 5-26-04 0.74 m 5-26-04 Donated by
Douglas-Hart Nature Center

Planted on 4-9-2004

Lost in summer of 2006
Replanted 11-19-2007

Post #27

Eastern Cottonwood

Populus deltoides

2004 Image
not available.

2006 Image
not available.

N39º28.883'
 W088º24.786'
        Volunteer that grew from
old Cottonwood Tree
that grew on the east lawn of
Riddle Elementary School
Trimmed to a tree 6-2008.
Post #28

Blackgum

Nyssa sylvatica

2004 Image
not available.

2006 Image
not available.

N39º28.885'
 W088º24.775'
        Purchased with funds from the Lumpkin Foundation Grant

Planted on 11-91-2007

Post #29

Autumn Brilliance
Serviceberry

Amelanchier x grandiflora

2004 Image
not available.

2006 Image
not available.

N39º28.888'
 W088º24.770'
        Donated in memory of Joyce Salmon
Fourth Grade Teacher

Planted on 5-19-2008
by her students

Post #30

Pin Oak

Quercus palustris

2004 Image
not available.

2006 Image
not available.

N39º28.885'
 W088º24.759'
        Planting donated by
Higgins Tree Farm

Planted on 5-20-2008

Post #31

Persimmon

Diospyros virginiana

2004 Image
not available.

2006 Image
not available.

N39º28.883'
 W088º24.754'
        Planting donated by
Higgins Tree Farm

Planted on Spring-2007

Post #32

White Pine

Pinus strobus

2004 Image
not available.

N39º28.889'
 W088º24.754'
        Purchased with funds from the Lumpkin Foundation Grant

Planted on 04-07-05

Post #33

Yellow Buckeye

Aesculus octandra (Aesculus flava)

2004 Image
not available.

2006 Image
not available.

N39º28.892'
 W088º24.744'
        Purchased with funds from the Lumpkin Foundation Grant

Planted on -4-28-08

Post #34

Sweet Gum Tree

Liguidambar styraciflua

Sweet Gum Tree - Liquidambar styraciflua

2006 Image
not available.

N39º28.886'
W088º24.773'
6.5 cm 5-26-04 1.92 m 5-26-05 Purchased with funds from the Lumpkin Foundation Grant
Post #35

Dwarf Red Buckeye

Aesculus pavi

2004 Image
not available.

2006 Image
not available.

N39º28.882'
 W088º24.729'
        Purchased with funds from the Lumpkin Foundation Grant

Planted on - 4-28-08

Post #36

Bur Oak

Quercus macrocarpa

2004I mage
not available.

2006 Image
not available.

N39º28.882'
 W088º24.725'
        Planting donated by
Higgins Tree Farm

Planted on 5-20-2008

Post #37

American Sycamore

Platanus occidentalis

2004 Image
not available.

2006 Image
not available.

N39º28.879'
W088º24.752'
        Purchased with funds from the Lumpkin Foundation Grant

Planted in Fall of 2005

Post #38

Ohio Buckeye

Aesculus glabra

2004 Image
not available.

2006 Image
not available.

N39º28.877'
 W088º24.762'
        Planting donated by
Ryan Ghere

Planted on XX-XX-200X

Post #39

Blue Beech

Carpinus caroliniana

2004 Image
not available.

N39º28.879'
W088º24.764'
        Purchased with funds from the Lumpkin Foundation Grant

Planted on 5-25-2006

Post #40

Ginkgo

Ginkgo biloba

2004 Image
not available.

N39º28.873'
W088º24.763'
        Purchased with funds from the Lumpkin Foundation Grant

Planted in Fall of 2005

Post #41

White Pine

Pinus strobus

2004 Image
not available.

N39º28.874'
W088º24.769'
        Purchased with funds from the Lumpkin Foundation Grant 

Planted on 04-07-05

Post #42

Swamp White Oak

Quercus bicolor

2004 Image
not available.

2006 Image
not available.

N39º28.877'
 W088º24.772'
        Planting donated by
Higgins Tree Farm

Planted on 5-20-2008

Post #43

White Pine

Pinus strobus

N39º28.873'
W088º24.776'
        Purchased with funds from the Lumpkin Foundation Grant

Planting donated by
Higgins Tree Farm

Planted on 11-22-2004

Post #44

Dawn Redwood

Metasequoia glyptostroboides

Dawn Redwood - Metasequoia glptostroboides

N39º28.879'
W088º24.782'
10.5 cm

13 cm

5-26-04

11-23-04

2.23 m 5-26-04

11-23-04

Purchased with funds from the Lumpkin Foundation Grant

Planted on 4-8-2004

Post #45

Red Cedar

Juniperus virginiana

2004 Image
not available. 

2006 Image
not available.

N39º28.873'
 W088º24.785'
        Planting donated by
Higgins Tree Farm

Planted on 5-20-2008

Post #46

Norway Spruce

Abies pinagene

2004 Image
not available.

2006 Image
not available.

N39º28.873'
 W088º24.792'
        Planting donated by
Higgins Tree Farm

Planted on 5-20-2008

Post #47

Bald Cypress

Taxodium distichum

2006 Image
not available.

N39º28.879'
W088º24.795'
8.5 cm 5-26-04 1.37 m 5-26-04 Purchased with funds from the Lumpkin Foundation Grant

Planted on 4-8-2004

Post #48

River Clump Birch

Betula nigra

2006 Image
not available.

N39º28.878'
W088º24.800'
5.8 cm 5-26-04 2.41m 5-26-04 Donated by
Douglas-Hart Nature Center

Planted on 11-18-2004

Butterfly
Garden

N39º28.872
W088º24.806
       

Purchased with funds from the Lumpkin Foundation Grant

First Plantings on 9-21-2005
Final Plantings on 4-28-2006

Prairie Plot SW Illini

         

  Donated through a project supported by the Illinois Wildlife Preservation Fund of the Illinois Department of Natural Resources.
  The project was developed by Janice M. Coons, Ph. D. and Nancy E. Coutant, both from the Department of Biological Sciences at Eastern Illinois University.

Planted on 6-4-2007

Prairie Plot SE Coles

         
Prairie Plot NE Mattoon

         

 

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or
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