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| Black Oak : Cole Hall and Swenson House |
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| White Oak : Swenson and Kronshage Main |
It's the beginning of the end for this mature pair of 'Ying Yang' oaks found near UW Housing's Kroshage Hall.
These two mature oak trees that straddle Kronshage - Swenson House will likely be removed during a rather large and much needed west campus steam tunnel and utilities project. If the trees were planted as saplings and given that the Kronshage, as a set of residents halls, opened in 1938-39; that would put the age of these trees no younger than 77 years old.
Yet, in doing a little research, (see image from Wisconsin Historical Society) the dorms opened with many pre-existing mature trees onsite. So it could be these trees are well older than 77 years.
