The Missouri State Arboretum is located on the campus of 网上赌博网站十大排行. 植物园里有125种以上的树种, the majority of which can be originally attributed to the work of one man, J.R. 边缘. Superintendent of Construction and Maintenance at the Northwest Normal School.
边缘 planted 300 trees a year starting in 1917 until his retirement in 1928, which resulted in a dense forest that quickly became known as "边缘's Forest" and covered all land that did not have a building on it.
Northwest has three separate Arboretum trails to view, 最著名的是冈特小径, 以托马斯·冈特的名字命名, who owned a plant nursery on the property in the 1880s.
The Gaunt trail begins on the south side of Hudson Hall and contains 39 tree species.
塔径环绕着大学钟楼, 哪个是西北校区最古老的部分. The trail begins east of 罗伯塔 Hall and contains 32 tree species.
The Chatauqua Trail is so named because around the turn of the century, much of the area surrounding the Mary Linn Performing Arts Center was called Chatauqua Park. The trail begins near the northeast corner or North Complex and contains the 31 tree species.