The young trees, including Oregon ash and
big-leaf maple, were planted along Third and Lawrence last spring.
SPRINGFIELD - Acting on the advice of an arborist, the Springfield School District had a 100-year-old big-leaf maple felled on its property Tuesday.
Two or three other big-leaf maples on the grounds will be removed for the same reason within the next few weeks, she said, although new shade trees - of a different variety - will be planted in their place.
Though a vintage
big-leaf maple sheared rafters and rained plaster inside Steve McGuire's 1906 home near Fourth Avenue and Monroe Street, he doesn't want such trees cut down.
The narrator, her granddaughter, climbs
big-leaf maples, eats blackberries, explores tide pools and sandstone caves and examines ancient middens and petroglyphs.
Group shelters with picnic tables and benches, metal roofs, electrical hookups and fire pits also capture lake views beneath towering firs and
big-leaf maples.
"There are many large,
big-leaf maples in the central downtown area," city public works spokesman Eric Jones said.
The team will plant about 30
big-leaf maples, Oregon ash and cottonwoods Saturday at 10 a.m.
The garden includes perennials and shrubs anchored by native
big-leaf maples and a variety of conifers.
Doug firs with thick moss beards tower over the trail, standing tall next to alders and
big-leaf maples. Fawn lilies, trillium, skunk cabbage, bleeding heart and other wildflowers peek out along the trail.
Big-leaf maples are among the 3,400 trees waiting to be planted by 75 volunteers on Saturday morning.
One day they'll be able to walk their grandchildren through a stand of towering cottonwoods, spreading
big-leaf maples and Oregon ash," said Chris Orsinger, executive director of the friends' group.
Mature stands of willows, cottonwood and
big-leaf maples help keep out these sun-loving invaders.
