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This Scotch pine tree was one of those tiny saplings you get in a pot at Christmastime. It was with my mother when she died. We care for that tree through ten years and four or five moves before it arrived at its final home in our yard. We call it "M...

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Location: Jennings_lodge Author: Cris W.

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This Scotch pine tree was one of those tiny saplings you get in a pot at Christmastime. It was with my mother when she died. We care for that tree through ten years and four or five moves before it arrived at its final home in our yard. We call it "Mom's tree."

Joseph Lane Bigleaf Maple Podcast by Joshua Justice. The Joseph Lane Bigleaf Maple is number 295 in Portland's Heritage Tree Program. To locate it, enter the Lone Fir Cemetery from SE Morrison street, take the second left, and after a short walk,...

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Location: Buckman Author: Canopy S.

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Joseph Lane Bigleaf Maple Podcast by Joshua Justice.

The Joseph Lane Bigleaf Maple is number 295 in Portland's Heritage Tree Program. To locate it, enter the Lone Fir Cemetery from SE Morrison street, take the second left, and after a short walk, you'll find it across from the Civil War memorial. We don't know the exact date this tree was planted, but it was sometime in the late 1800's, in honor of General Joseph Lane, the first territorial governor of Oregon. The tree was re-dedicated in 1948 by Mary Albro on the 100 year anniversary of Lane's appointment. The plaque that rests at the bottom of the tree was placed by Albro as well. This dedication took place at the same time the rose garden at Lone Fir was planted. Mary Albro, who founded the Pioneer Rose Association, also spearheaded that planting. The rose garden at Lone Fir is the only remaining garden planted by Albro.

So on to the Bigleaf Maple. It can grow as tall a 160 feet, and the Joseph Lane maple is about 100 feet. They're mainly found along the west coast of the United States as far south as southern California, and as far north as Alaska, with some pockets in central California and Idaho.

What is it that makes Lone Fir such a unique cemetery? From an ecological standpoint, it's the wide variety of trees and bushes growing here. In fact, Lone Fir is the second largest arboretum in Portland. It's home to over 600 trees and bushes, and the various memorial gardens, planted primarily by Portland's eastern European population, also play their role in making the cemetery a lush and vibrant part of SE Portland.

Silver Linden Podcast, hosted by Rebekah Averette and researched by Taylor Rose. A mature silver linden is a dazzling tree with a rare personality. The only one on the Portland Heritage Tree list is on the SW corner of N Haight St and N Rosa Park...

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Location: Piedmont Author: Canopy S.

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Silver Linden Podcast, hosted by Rebekah Averette and researched by Taylor Rose.

A mature silver linden is a dazzling tree with a rare personality. The only one on the Portland Heritage Tree list is on the SW corner of N Haight St and N Rosa Parks Ave in North Portland. It was designated tree number 317 in 2014. Some of the city's best un-designated examples, however, can be seen just two blocks to its west at Peninsula Park. Emmanuel Miche, landscape architect for the park, designed its formal rose garden in 1909. Three years later when his team was planting its roses, they added silver lindens around the garden's perimeter. Planted in 1912, these trees are over 100 years old. Though Miche left no record of why he chose to grow with the lindens, a casual stroll around the garden, especially in July, suggest he made a good choice. Their heart-shaped leaves grow from 4 to 5 inches in length, and cast dense shade. they produce fragrant flowers in the early summer, drop bright yellow leaves in early autumn, and resist pollution, no problem. Best of all, they have a shimmering effect in the wind, as the dark green leaves hide a soft silvery underside. This is where the "silver" in silver linden comes from. A perfect complement to Peninsula Park, and the surrounding community.

To listen to the podcast, visit www.pdx.edu/history/silver-linden

This giant tree shades my home and many of the other homes around us. We have sweetly named her "Big Bertha". I love walking up to my door every day and craning my neck up to look at the very tippy top of her. Such a beautiful tree.

This tree is where the neighborhood cat lounges and it provides shade and cover from the rain for neighbors at the secret path between Elephants sell and 22nd place.

This tree is a weeping willow tree. Because of its central location and the fact that there are not any other trees around it, it served as a great meeting spot for me and my friends when we were teenagers. We would usually meet there as we were eith...

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Location: Cpo_4m_metzger_5 Author: Travis H.

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This tree is a weeping willow tree. Because of its central location and the fact that there are not any other trees around it, it served as a great meeting spot for me and my friends when we were teenagers. We would usually meet there as we were either going to or coming from the Tualatin skatepark. It was also a great tree to relax under during the summer as it provided a lot of shade and relief from the sun.

This big Douglas fir has always been my favorite Portland tree, since I first measured it a decade ago, determining it to be the largest (and maybe the oldest) Douglas fir in the park, and one of the city's largest. It stands on a steep SW-facing slo...

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Location: Mt Tabor Author: Canopy S.

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This big Douglas fir has always been my favorite Portland tree, since I first measured it a decade ago, determining it to be the largest (and maybe the oldest) Douglas fir in the park, and one of the city's largest. It stands on a steep SW-facing slope a short distance above a popular trail leading to the hill’s summit. At nearly 20 in circumference at ave. breast height, it used to be much taller than 152 feet, before ice storms broke its top. The tree’s age is estimated to be around 350 years, surviving wildfires, logging, and agricultural development, and numerous storms. I'm considering nominating it as a Portland Heritage Tree.

Darryl at the Mt. Tabor Fir, 2016. Tree I.D. #3326
-Darvel Lloyd, 9-10-2017

I always pat this tree as I run by. :)

I always pat this tree as I run by. :)

I sat with my back on this tree for a few minutes in the middle of a 10-mile run on a hot day. I appreciated its shade and the back support! :)

I enjoy walking and running under this tree and its smaller neighbors. They provide welcome shade on an otherwise sunny and exposed path.

This tree sits right outside my bedroom window. I love when the sun sets and the light glistens through the trees into my bedroom. A branch of this tree sticks out into the road a bit, and I carelessly knocked my passenger side mirror off. I blame my...

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Location: Buckman Author: Abigail R.

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This tree sits right outside my bedroom window. I love when the sun sets and the light glistens through the trees into my bedroom. A branch of this tree sticks out into the road a bit, and I carelessly knocked my passenger side mirror off. I blame myself, not the tree, of course.

The copper beech (Fagus sylvatica f. purpurea) tree in front of Portland State University Library was planted around 1890. This tree even has its own urban legend: PSU students tell a story that originally the tree was going to be removed for a libra...

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Location: Downtown Author: Joan P.

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The copper beech (Fagus sylvatica f. purpurea) tree in front of Portland State University Library was planted around 1890. This tree even has its own urban legend: PSU students tell a story that originally the tree was going to be removed for a library addition and students protested by chaining themselves to the tree. However, this never happened. The eastern addition of the library was always designed to surround, rather than replace, the copper beech. The copper beech tree was designated a Portland Heritage Tree by the Portland City Council in 1995.

I live in the woods of Copperfield Condominiums, near SE 138th and Clinton St. The 110 units were built about 1973 as well as many trees planted and they have grown well. Everywhere I walk, I am under a canopy of trees. It was the reason I bought a...

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Location: Powellhurst Gilbert East Author: Cynthia G.

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I live in the woods of Copperfield Condominiums, near SE 138th and Clinton St. The 110 units were built about 1973 as well as many trees planted and they have grown well. Everywhere I walk, I am under a canopy of trees. It was the reason I bought a Condo here 15 years ago, canopies and open spaces.
Thank You
Cynthia Gage

This tree and its mates lining the east side of SW Broadway at Harrison were planted in the early 1980s with the completion of the first phase of the Professional Schools Building, now renovated as the Karl Miller Center. Their predecessors, shown in...

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Location: Downtown Author: Carolee H.

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This tree and its mates lining the east side of SW Broadway at Harrison were planted in the early 1980s with the completion of the first phase of the Professional Schools Building, now renovated as the Karl Miller Center. Their predecessors, shown in 1956, were elms that were front yard trees for residences. The old elms outlived the houses behind them for almost twenty years, perhaps thanks in part to student activists who spoke out to save them from the same fate as the old buildings, but eventually fell to windstorms in the mid-1970s.

The roots of this and the two other cottonwoods were cut in 2015, about 5 feet away from the base of the trees. Glad they survived getting half of their root mass severed, afraid they'll fall, since there's nothing holding them up on their west side.

The property where this tree is located was owned by my family from the time it was built in the 1920s until my mother sold it in 1964. As a child, in the 1950s, I loved to play in the backyard under that tree, making mud pies and just digging. One...

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Location: South Tabor Author: Vicki B.

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The property where this tree is located was owned by my family from the time it was built in the 1920s until my mother sold it in 1964. As a child, in the 1950s, I loved to play in the backyard under that tree, making mud pies and just digging. One day I hit what I was sure was an orange-colored dinosaur bone. Turned out to be a root of this tree. I believe it was this tree (there were two) that lost its top in the Columbus Day Storm.

In the courtyard of Holladay Park Plaza, our retirement home, stands a magnificent London Plane Tree. It is over 100 years old, and first sat behind a beautiful old home on Wasco Street, which was removed to build our structure. We have always ca...

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Location: Sullivans Gulch Author: Jack M.

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In the courtyard of Holladay Park Plaza, our retirement home, stands a magnificent London Plane Tree. It is over 100 years old, and first sat behind a beautiful old home on Wasco Street, which was removed to build our structure.
We have always called this tree “our sycamore”, and so as residents turn 100 years old here, we once a year present them with a framed certificate stating their name, date, and a beautiful pen and ink drawing of our tree.
Most other days we sit under it, knowing what a quiet presence it is in our lives, and how lucky we are to have it here.

This lovely tree has been the centerpiece of a view to the West Hills for decades. It has been a rookery for red tail hawks and peregrine falcons. It has sheltered deer and coyote, porcupine and other small animals. It has been viewed and hugged b...

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Location: Overlook Author: Stephen F.

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This lovely tree has been the centerpiece of a view to the West Hills for decades. It has been a rookery for red tail hawks and peregrine falcons. It has sheltered deer and coyote, porcupine and other small animals. It has been viewed and hugged by generations of children who have hugged it and grown up in its shade. it is a landmark in North Portland and is loved by all of us.

Sitting here are two gorgeous cedars (Red or Western?). Planted in 1954 at the same time our house was built, these trees flank the south side providing cooling shade in the heat of summer. When the wind blows, the sound rushing through these trees i...

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Location: Woodstock Author: Kelly M.

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Sitting here are two gorgeous cedars (Red or Western?). Planted in 1954 at the same time our house was built, these trees flank the south side providing cooling shade in the heat of summer. When the wind blows, the sound rushing through these trees is like music at once soothing and dramatic. We sit on our deck in our backyard watching all the squirrels scamper and the birds fly in and out of the strong branches. These trees are as much a part of our home as our roof and our walls.