Booklet history

This booklet on the trees of Holy Cross College (HCC) and Holy Cross Village (HCV) had its beginnings during the fall semester of 2020 when two Holy Cross biology majors, Michael Deising and Christian Lemus, enrolled in an internship course. Their goal for that course was the location and identification of all of the trees on the landscaped areas of the collage campus. The trees were identified by species when possible. Also their geographic coordinates were determined as well as their approximate trunk circumferences at chest level and their heights.

In the summer of 2021 and through the 2021 fall semester, Br. Lawrence Unfried supervised the internship of David Bautista-Amick, a psychology major, minoring in environmental science. During this time, Br. Lawrence and David worked together to survey the trees of HCV. The procedure followed was essentially the same as that used for the tree survey of the college campus.

During the spring semester of 2022, Br. Lawrence and David worked with Mrs. Kochanowski in the Communications Department and Mackenzie Gonzalez, a student in the visual arts program, to organize and assemble this booklet.

This booklet divides the two campuses into 10 sections. Each section is presented with an outline map showing buildings, streets, and walkways along with a list of numbered, noteworthy trees to be found in the section. Numbers at various locations on the map correspond to numbers associated with the listed trees so individuals walking through a section should be able to identify trees encountered. Labeled photographs associated with the sections also should facilitate tree identification.

Two groups of small trees, crabapples (flowering crabs) and hawthorns, are represented by a great variety of horticultural types that are almost impossible to specifically identify. There are many crabapples in HCV and no attempt has been made to identify them as to specific varieties— they are simply listed as crabapples. A number of hawthorn trees are planted along the median leading from highway 933 N. into the college and village. They are simply identified as hawthorns (genus Crataegus).

In addition to the two landscaped campuses, the college and village property is bordered to the north and south by wooded gullies and woods along the St. Joseph River bank. Limited surveys of the tree species have been conducted in these wooded areas, so along with the landscaped campuses we have a still growing list of 86 species of trees on the property. The list can be found toward the back of this booklet. Particularly in the spring, the floors of these wooded areas are carpeted with an impressive variety of native wild flowers representing a remnant of the pre-settlement flora of northern Indiana.

Contributors

Tree identification and location:

Br. Lawrence Unfried, C.S.C.

David Bautista-Amick

Michael Deicing

Christian Lemus

Layout and Design:

Lisa Kochanowski

Mackenzie Gonzalez

A note of thanks for special help relative to tree identification:

Dr. Rodney Robichaud, Ph.D., former chairman of the Holy Cross College Department of Natural and Quantitative Sciences

Barbara Hellenthal, Director of the Notre Dame Herbarium

Also thanks for archival information concerning the University of Notre Dame and Western railroad:

Br. Philip Smith, C.S.C., Archivist: Brothers of Holy Cross, Midwest Province

Br. James Leik, C.S.C., Archivist: Holy Cross College

How to use the booklet

The layout of Holy Cross College and Holy Cross Village has been divided into 10 map sections with streets and buildings labeled. The approximate locations of significant or noteworthy trees are indicated by numbers on the maps. Correspondingly numbered pictures of the trees are arranged around the maps.