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Richard Newton, head grounds supervisor, plants a new tree on Symphony Circle, joined by, from left, Director of Facilities Services Kevin Cloos, Director of Environmental Health & Safety and Sustainability Sarah Laurie, Assistant Director of Facilities/Custodial Services Mark Delcamp and President Stephen Kolison Jr.
SUNY Fredonia is commemorating Earth Day with what will be the planting of over 20 new trees by members of the Grounds and Landscaping crew, renewing a campus tradition to replace dead or diseased trees that have been removed, with new trees.
A Liquidambar styraciflua Worplesdon, a shade ornamental Sweet Gum with large, star-shaped, glossy green leaves that turn fiery red, orange and yellow in fall, represents a tree variety new to the campus. Ten of these will be planted on Symphony Circle.
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Buick Electra used to mean something. Chrysler Imperial and Lincoln Town Car did also. That was at a time when cars were still distinguishable. Instead of random numbers with a few letters, they had distinctive names. These names, although distinct, conformed to a standardized pattern. This pattern of naming was comparable to botanical nomenclature.
According to botanical nomenclature, plants are identifiable by genus and species. Their ‘gen’us is a more ‘gen’eral designation than their ‘speci’fic ‘speci’es designation. A family is a larger and more general classification than genus, and in turn, fits into another more general group. Most of us are not concerned with the many classifications beyond family.