Species Breakdown
The campus as of May 2007 is currently populated by 1182 inventoried trees representing 81 species as follows:

Species	Number	Percent of Total
Loblolly Pine	213	18
Willow Oak	99	8.4
Red Maple	76	6.4
Redbud	74	6.3
Pecan	62	5.2
Pin Oak	48	4
Post Oak	41	3.5
Bald Cypress	38	3.4
Bradford Pear	33	2.8
Green Ash	30	2.5
Crepemyrtle	30	2.5
American Elm	25	2.1
Slash Pine	25	2.1
Cedar Elm	24	2
River Birch	23	1.9
Shortleaf Pine	21	1.7
Sugar Maple	20	1.7
Sweetgum	18	1.5
Northern Red Oak	14	1.2
Western Arborvitae	14	1.2
Dogwood	14	1.2
Southern Red Oak	13	1.1
Crab Apple	13	1.1
Japanese Maple	13	1.1
Japanese Flowering Cherry	12	1
Hackberry	11	.93
Silver Maple	11	.93

Water Oak	10	.85
Scarlet Oak	10	.85
Live Oak	9	.76
Sycamore	9	.76
Magnolia	8	.68
Little Gem Magnolia	7	.59
Persimmon	6	.51
Bur Oak	6	.51
Tuliptree	5	.42
Honeylocust	5	.42
Rock Elm	5	.42
Foster Holly	5	.42
Swamp Chestnut Oak	5	.42
Shumard Oak	4	.34
Golden Italian Cypress	4	.34
Winged Elm	4	.34
Chinese Fringe	4	.34
American Holly	4	.34
Chinese Pistache	4	.2
Black Oak	3	.25
Norway Maple	3	.25
Scotch Pine	2	.17
Kentucky Coffee	2	.17
Sawtooth Oak	2	.17
Sweet Bay Magnolia	2	.17
Cherry Bark Oak	1	.1
White Oak	1	.08
Goldenraintree	1	.08
Turkey Oak	1	.08
Vitex	1	.08
Mulberry	1	.08
Ginkgo	1	.08
Ashe Juniper	1	.08
Golden Catalpa	1	.08
Nuttall Oak	1	.08
Dawn Redwood	1	.08
Desert Willow	1	.08
Eastern White Pine	1	.08
Possumhaw	1	.08
Cherry Laurel	1	.08
Osage-Orange White Shield	1	.08
Vitex Chaste	1	.08
Persian Parrotia	1	.08

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TREE HEALTH
Tree Health was evaluated on a five level scale: excellent, good, fair, poor and dead. While these descriptions are relative and to some extent subjective, they do give us a quick and general guide to the overall health of our urban forest to help us better manage individual trees.

Several trends were noted that reflect the overall health and quality of the trees. The majority of our trees greater than 90% are in excellent, good or fair condition. This demonstrates that overall the trees are healthy and functioning as intended and that the university's priority and investments in tree care is paying off.

Many of the trees rated in poor condition are trees less than 5 years of age with significant weed eater damage. As a result over the past couple of years, newly planted trees and many even older are now mulched with a grass free area to keep string trimmers away and grass competition down for better establishment.