We look out from the amphitheater to the oak grove then over toward the Memorial Weeping Bottlebrush trees, up the path to the north, and then to the pond.

Resilient as it thrives in both wet and arid conditions • Plays a part in mitigating climate change by sequestering CO2 • Its quick growth makes it a favorite in reforestation and environmental restoration

Can withstand salty environments and can there be found along the coast • Its fruit may look like a plum and taste like a coconut

Its sap is used to make palm wine • Is a dust and pollution filter • Is able to survive droughts

Supplies timber and fiber for weaving mats, baskets, and ropes • Its seeds have potential as an eco-friendly energy source • Its roots fight coastal erosion • Thrives in salty areas

Caribbean communities use its sap for skin treatment • Messages etched into its leaves last a lifetime • Provides shelter and food to bats, butterflies, and mockingbirds • Is a rapid producer of oxygen

Is renowned as a shade tree • Its nectar is used in honey production • Survives fires by resprouting quickly and protecting itself with a moist leaf cover • Sometimes lives for more than 900 years

A favorite Christmas tree • Cedar wax wings love its berries • Tribes used its smoke to purify areas for ceremonies • It isn't really a cedar! Colonists took it for a cedar, but it is actually a juniper