Eddy Arboretum Interactive Map

This map experience was built as an interactive resource for visitors of the Institute of Forest Genetics to help the public explore the world's conifer diversity. The trees in this collection were planted starting in 1925, and many of the largest trees in the arboretum are more than a century old. The Eddy Arboretum is one of the largest hosts of conifer diversity in a common garden – in particular, it hosts 70% of the pine species found in the world, including some that have a very limited natural range due to habitat degradation and illegal afforestation.

The large blocks represent the location of a single species of tree, and these are labeled with their common name. Interacting with these polygons will present information on the species name, the general geographic region of the world it is found in, species-specific natural range, the year the stand was planted, and the conservation status of that species in nature according to its IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) Red List status. The color of the polygons reflects how threatened the species are, and the legend details the levels of threat that species experience. Further, the user can filter the tree polygons based on the species' original geographic region.