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
Nyssa sylvatica a large deep taproot when young that makes transplanting difficult. Because of this, it is fairly uncommon in cultivation and the nursery trade. Additional characteristics include: "Nyssa sylvatica" grows in various uplands and in alluvial stream bottoms from southwestern Maine and New York, to extreme southern Ontario, central Michigan, Illinois, and central Missouri, south to southern Florida, eastern Texas, and eastern Oklahoma. It also occurs locally in central and southern Mexico. Optimum development is made on lower slopes and terraces in the Southeastern United States. "Nyssa sylvatica" is found in a variety of upland and wetland habitats in its extensive