Maps for printing

“Frederick Law Olmsted and Charles Sargent, proposition as to a Public Ground to include the Harvard Arboretum,” 1880. Image credit: Arnold Arboretum Archives
Arnold Arboretum
Accession Number
The alpha-numeric value assigned to a plant when it is added to the living collection as a way of identifying it.
Accession Date
The year the plant’s accession number was assigned.
Common Name
The non-scientific name for the plant.
Scientific Name
The scientific name describes the species of an organism. The first word is the plant’s scientific genus and the second is the specific epithet. This two-word binomial is sometimes followed by other taxonomic descriptors, including subspecies (denoted by “ssp.”), variety (denoted by “var.”), form (denoted by “f.” or “forma”), and cultivar (denoted by single quotation marks).
Plant Family
The family to which the plant belongs.
Propagation Material
The first part (material code) describes the material used to create the plant. The most common codes are “SD” (seed), “EX” (existing plant), “PT” (plant), “CT” (cutting), “SC” (scion), “SG” (seedling), and “GR” (graft). The second part describes the lineage the plant is derived from. The last part describes the year of propagation.
Collection Data
The first part indicates provenance (place or source of origin) using a letter code (“W” = wild, “G” = garden, “Z” = indirect wild, “U” = uncertain). The second part lists the plant source. For wild-collected material, the collector, collection number, and country are given.
Location
The location of the plant on the landscape.
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524-48*AA
Cupressaceae
Metasequoia glyptostroboides
SD – LINEAGE 524-48 – 1948
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1948
W – WILD ORIGIN – CHINA –
CHENG, W.C.
NATL. CTRL. UNIV., NANKING, CHINA
Dawn Redwood

Google Map of the Arboretum

Map of the Landscape [pdf]

Print this map from home. A more informative, full-color printed map is available in the Hunnewell Visitor Center.

Arboretum Explorer

An interactive web map where you can add plants to your visit, print a map of them and download a spreadsheet of their associated data. You can also upload a list of plants from a CSV file.

Grid Map [pdf]

Use this map in conjunction with our searchable plant inventory and supplemental garden location keys (below) to locate plants in the landscape.

  • Bradley Rosaceous Collection [pdf]
  • Explorers Garden [pdf]
  • Leventritt Shrub & Vine Garden [pdf]

Alternatively, pinpoint plant collections and explore landscape features with our new interactive map.

Self-Guided Tours

Explore a variety of self-guided tours, in both printable and online versions.