University of Rochester Arboretum as the arboretum. The River Walk was recently sold to the City of Rochester as public parkland along the river corridor. In a 1 km (¾ mile) area between Elmwood Avenue and Intercampus Drive are 197 oak trees representing 15 species. Trees in the arboretum proper currently include: American Beech ("Fagus grandifolia"), Amur corktree ("Phellodendron amurense"), Baldcypress ("Taxodium distichum"), Black Gum ("Nyssa sylvatica"), Dawn Redwood ("Metasequoia glyptostroboides"), Goldenraintree ("Koelreuteria paniculata"), Hally Jolivette cherry ("Prunus" 'Hally Jolivette'), Japanese Pagoda Tree ("Styphnolobium japonicum"), Japanese Zelkova ("Zelkova serrata"), Katsura Tree ("Cercidiphyllum japonicum"), Kentucky Coffeetree ("Gymnocladus dioicus"), Kanzan cherry ("Prunus serrulata" 'Kanzan'), Late Lilac
Luzula sylvatica Luzula sylvatica Luzula sylvatica, commonly known as greater wood-rush or great wood-rush, is a perennial flowering plant in the rush family Juncaceae. With regards to the etymology of the binomial, "Luzula" could come from the Italian "lucciola" ("to shine, sparkle") or the Latin "luzulae" or "luxulae", from "lux" ("light"), inspired by the way the plants sparkle when wet with dew; whilst "sylvatica" comes from silva, Latin for forest. "Luzula sylvatica" is the largest woodrush, with stems high. It forms clumps of bright green leaves which are glossy, flat, linear, about in length and wide; its leaves remain green or at