Directions
6th, 7th and 8th Avenues are all really lovely streets heading west from this point. So you could take 6th Ave all the way to Trafalgar St but if you have the time (and energy) kitsTREEmap takes you along 6th Ave as far as Yew St, then turns left and then the first right onto 7th Ave. Take this street (7th Ave) as far as Balsam St, and then turn left, walk one block, and then right onto 8th Ave. On the way you will pass lovely maples and oaks. Continue along 8th until you reach Trafalgar and our next featured tree: The European Hornbeam.
European Hornbeam
Proper Name: Carpinus betulus ‘Fastigiata’
Common Name:European Hornbeam
Description: This medium sized deciduous tree is densely conical in shape. It has a grey-green bark and distinctive green leaves with corrugated texture and a serrated edge. They turn a lovely yellow in fall.
Defining feature: The word fastigiata comes from the word fastigiate which means ‘rising to a pointed top’. And when you walk down Trafalgar it’s hard not to notice this.
And put them in a tree museum
And they charged all the people
A dollar and a half just to see’em.
Don’t it always seem to go
That you don’t know what you’ve got
Till it’s gone.
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot.