Athens Street Tree Tour


This page is a listing of street trees and front-yard trees along Morris Avenue in the near east side of aThens. Morris Avenue was chosen because of its diversity of trees. The list reads from the beginning of Morris Avenue at East State Street to its end at May Avenue. With one exception, the only trees included are ones that can be clearly and closely seen from the public sidewalk or a side street. If you take this walk down Morris Avenue, please keep in mind that you DO NOT have permission to go into people's yards, driveways or front walkways. The list actually starts on the west side of State Street. The first time each species is seen, it's in bold type.


138 E. State St.
street: Quercus rubra (borealis), northern red oak
yard: Juglans nigra, black walnut
145 E. State St. (on Morris Ave. side)
street: Acer saccharum, sugar maple
9 Morris Avenue
yard: Picea pungens, blue spruce
14 Morris Avenue
street: Pyrus calleryana, Callery pear
15 Morris Avenue
street: Acer saccharum, sugar maple
16 Morris Avenue
street: Quercus phellos, willow oak
yard: Acer ginnala, Amur maple
Morris Avenue (Jager's Funeral Home
yard: Acer japonicum, cutleaf Japanese maple
yard: two Amelanchier laevis, serviceberries
23 Morris Avenue
yard: Acer negundo, boxelder
31 Morris Avenue
street: Acer ginnala, Amur maple
yard: three Albizia julibrissin, mimosas
34 Morris Avenue
street: two Acer ginnala, Amur maples
yard: Cotinus coggygria, smoketree
   Ilex opaca, American holly
35 Morris Avenue
street: two Cornus florida, flowering dogwoods
39 Morris Avenue
street: Acer saccharinum, silver maple (water maple)
yard: Picea pungens, blue spruce
   Pinus strobus, white pine
40 Morris Avenue
street: Acer ginnala, Amur maple
yard: Cornus florida, flowering dogwood
  Ilex opaca, American holly
  Acer saccharum, sugar maple
  Quercus palustris, pin oak
  Cercis canadensis, redbud
42 Morris Avenue
street: Quercus phellos, willow oak
  Acer saccharum, sugar maple
45 Morris Avenue
street: Acer saccharum, sugar maple
yard: Tsuga canadensis, eastern hemlock
49 Morris Avenue
street: Acer saccharinum, silver maple
  Magnolia, magnolia
50 Morris Avenue
street: Pyrus calleryana, Callery pear
54 Morris Avenue
street: Acer saccharinum, silver maple
59 Morris Avenue
street: Pyrus calleryana, Callery pear
60 Morris Avenue
street: Acer saccharinum, silver maple
yard: Thuja occidentalis, arborvitae
61 Morris Avenue
street: Acer saccharinum, silver maple
yard: Castanea sativa, ?Eurasian chestnut
  Picea abies, Norway spruce
63 Morris Avenue
street: two Acer japonicum, Japanese maples
64 Morris Avenue
street: Acer platanus, Norway maple
65 Morris Avenue
street: Pyrus calleryana, Callery pear
yard: two Tsuga canadensis, eastern hemlocks
66 Morris Avenue
street: Acer saccharinum, silver maple
  Pyrus calleryana, Callery pear
yard: Acer platanus, Norway maple
  Fraxinus pensylvanica var. subintegerrima, red ash(?)
67 Morris Avenue
street: Acer saccharinum, silver maple
69 Morris Avenue
street: Acer saccharinum, silver maple
70 Morris Avenue
street: Pyrus calleryana, Callery pear
yard: two Tsuga canadensis, eastern hemlocks
71 Morris Avenue
street: two Liquidambar styraciflua, sweetgums
yard: two Cornus florida, flowering dogwoods
  Picea pungens, blue spruce
74 Morris Avenue
street: Acer saccharinum, silver maple
yard: Quercus palustris, pin oak
76 Morris Avenue
street: Malus, crabapple
  Acer japonicum, Japanese maple
  Malus, crabapple
80 Morris Avenue
street: Acer saccharinum, silver maple
  Pyrus calleryana, Callery pear
82 Morris Avenue
street: Sophora japonica, Japanese scholar tree
85 Morris Avenue
street: Acer saccharinum, silver maple
  Pyrus calleryana, Callery pear
87 Morris Avenue
street: Acer saccharum, sugar maple
95 Morris Avenue
street: Malus, crabapple
  Acer saccharum, sugar maple
96 Morris Avenue
street: Acer saccharum, sugar maple
  Acer ginnala, Amur maple
98 Morris Avenue
street: Cornus florida, flowering dogwood
99 Morris Avenue
street: Acer saccharum, sugar maple
  Ostrya virginiana, hop-hornbeam?
  Carpinus caroliniana, hornbeam
yard: Cornus florida, flowering dogwood
  Cercis canadensis, redbud
  Picea abies, Norway spruce
100 Morris Avenue
street: Acer ginnala, Amur maple
101 Morris Avenue
street: Acer rubrum, red maple
  Aesculus glabra, Ohio buckeye
  Gymnocladus dioica, Kentucky Coffeetree
yard: Picea abies, Norway spruce
102 Morris Avenue
street: Acer saccharinum, silver maple
109 Morris Avenue
street: Acer saccharinum, silver maple
110 Morris Avenue
street: Acer ginnala, Amur maple
120 Morris Avenue
street: Acer platanus, Norway maple
Morris Avenue
to be planted as a street tree: Tilia microphylla, little-leaf linden
123 Morris Avenue
street: Aesculus glabra, Ohio buckeye
to be planted as a street tree: Quercus acutissima, sawtooth oak
124 Morris Avenue
street: two Acer saccharum, sugar maples
125 Morris Avenue
street: two Liquidambar styraciflua, sweetgums
yard: Cercis canadensis, redbud
126 Morris Avenue
to be planted as a street tree: Quercus robur, English oak
128 Morris Avenue
street: two Cornus florida, flowering dogwoods
yard: Pyrus calleryana, Callery pear
129 Morris Avenue
street: two Cornus florida, flowering dogwoods
133 Morris Avenue
street: two Cornus florida, flowering dogwoods
134 Morris Avenue
street: Acer rubrum, red maple
yard: Tilia heterophylla, white basswood
135 Morris Avenue
street: Liquidambar styraciflua, sweetgum
  two Acer platanus, Norway maples
yard: Cornus florida, flowering dogwood
  Ilex opaca, American holly
141 Morris Avenue
street: two Acer saccharum, sugar maples
yard: Cercis canadensis, redbud
143 Morris Avenue
street: Quercus alba, white oak
146 Morris Avenue
street: Quercus alba, white oak
148 Morris Avenue
street: two Acer saccharum, sugar maples
yard: Acer saccharum, sugar maple
150 Morris Avenue
street: Malus, crabapple
  Acer saccharum, sugar maple
152 Morris Avenue
street: Acer saccharum, sugar maple
153 Morris Avenue
street: Quercus alba, white oak
154 Morris Avenue
street: Acer saccharum, sugar maple
  Quercus prinus, chestnut oak
155 Morris Avenue
street: Acer saccharum, sugar maple
156 Morris Avenue
street: Acer saccharinum, silver maple
157 Morris Avenue
street: Acer saccharum, sugar maple
158 Morris Avenue
street: Acer rubrum, red maple
  Cornus florida, flowering dogwood
yard: Asimina triloba (on side by driveway)
161 Morris Avenue
street: Gingko biloba, gingko
  Amelanchier laevis, serviceberry
yard: (on Grant St.) Morus alba, white mulberry
163 Morris Avenue
street: Cornus florida, flowering dogwood
164 Morris Avenue
street: two Cornus florida, flowering dogwoods
166 Morris Avenue
street: Acer saccharinum, silver maple
167 Morris Avenue
yard: Acer nigrum, black maple (on Bolleana Place; some would call this a sugar maple)
Morris Avenue (Hughes-Moquin Funeral Home)
street (on May Ave.): Norway spruce
Morris Avenue (Seventh-Day Adventist Church)
street: Cornus florida, flowering dogwood
May Avenue (American Red Cross, on northeast corner of Morris and May)
street: Liquidambar styraciflua, sweetgum

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