4W: Wingra and Gallistel Woods Section: To become northern and southern
climax forests respectively. 
 
Wi: Wingra Woods—Under the red oak canopy with a few white pine, abundant
hemlock and yellow birch plantings (along with many sugar maple saplings)
will soon create the mood of the conifer-hardwoods forest of northern Wisconsin.
Some characteristic shrubs (mountain maple, witch hazel, leatherwood) are
going in, and several American yew are doing very well near post 4. 
 
W2: Wingra White Cedars—This recent planting is well hidden. 
 
W3: Gallistel Southern Swamp—With two newly planted bald cypresses
we hope will survive, along with other Ohio Valley forest trees. 
 
S: South Marsh and Springs Section: 
Si: Wingra Springs Tamaracks—These good-sized trees replace the last
bog relic tamaracks cut near here just prior to Arboretum establishment,
and add personality to the view out over the spring. 
 
A: Administration Area: 
Al: Hilltop Ornamentals—The good-sized Austrian and Scotch pines west
of the parking lot are now seeding in under the white birch and cherry and
sumac to give as natural an effect as the spontaneous red cedars. West of
them, by the road, are a few red pines to compare with. Across the road,
some fine white pines, beginning to show flagging, have become picturesque
sentinels. 
 
A2: Hilltop Spruces—Pyramidal silhouettes in contrast to the pines.
Our only sizeable Colorado spruce is located nearest the road, with adjacent
tall white spruces and young maples. 
 
A3: West Spruce-Fir Area—This intimate northern spot has excellent
northern skyline character, with brushy spaces between variously sized white
spruce and the very narrow-spired balsam, including some big ones. Subtle
contrasts in form are provided by a few interplanted Norway spruces and (by
the road) several western Douglas firs. Underplantings have begun along the
trail through the densest spruce-fir, and a few black spruce and hemlock
are being tried out. 
 
A4: White Pine Pioneers—These healthy natural seedings from the adjacent
golf course trees demonstrate the role pines play in plant succession—irregularly
invading open land along with brush, giving the diversity in species height,
and spacing so important to animal life. 
 
A5: The Horticultural Gardens—Including a block of white and red pine
and white spruce north of the parking lot and, westward, special uses of
conifers, notably experimental low hedges of white and red pine, white cedar,
and white spruce, as well as of Japanese yew. Here the naturally low mugho
pines and Pfitzer junipers need little or no clipping, in contrast. To the
east, behind the shop, new plantings compare arbor vitae with Chamaecyparis
cedar. Upslope to the north, a variety of recent plantings include limber
pine, Colorado and Serbian spruce, and varieties of red cedar (exhibiting
shaping by deer browze!). Two fast-growing groves of European larch and some
newly planted maidenhair trees near the parking lot will soon lend flavor
to the skyscape. 
 
A6: Woody Plant Nursery—Plantings awaiting setting out in 1970 include:
white, red, jack, limber and ponderosa pine; white, Colorado and hybrid spruces;
balsam, Fraser, white and Douglas firs; hemlock; American and Japanese yews;
red cedar, Rocky Mountain juniper, prostrate and Eurasian junipers; arbor
vitae and Chamaecyparis cedar; tamarack; bald cypress and metasequoia; and
maidenhair tree. Several large columnar-form white cedars are conspicuous;
one more marks a homestead south of the Beltline (Gi). 
 
A7: Administration Buildings Ornamentals—White pine, white cedar, mugho
pine, Japanese yew.