The Bartram Walk
Thirty plants connected to John and William Bartram, and two ways to walk among them.
35.0532° N · 83.1883° W · 30 plants mapped
Plants the Bartrams knew
Plants with a story
John Bartram and his son William wrote about, collected and named many of the plants in these gardens. Each plant on the map carries a note on what they saw, wrote or did.
Two routes
Walk forward from the Amphitheater to the Bog Garden in 22 stops, or in reverse from the Parking Area Buckeyes to the Ethnobotanical Garden in 20.
Three numbers
The map, the routes and Leslie Costa’s primary text each number the plants in their own way. Pick a plant below to see all three.
Franklin Tree
Franklinia alatamaha
John and William Bartram found it on the Altamaha River in 1765; it is now extinct in the wild.
Find a plant, follow a route
Select a pin or a plant to see its place on the walk. In a route view, the dashed line joins the stops in order.
Red Buckeye and Yellow Buckeye are also on the reverse route and do not have separate points on the map.
Positions come from the station’s ArcGIS layer. The basemap is an image from the station’s ArcGIS map, lined up to the points, and it does not zoom in sharply. Grid squares are 25 m.
“The flaming azalea abounds and illuminates the hillsides.”Bartram, May 1775
Three numbers, one plant
Pick a plant to see its number on the map, its stops on the two routes, and its entry in Leslie Costa’s primary text.
Map no.
5The number on the ArcGIS map, 1 to 30. It is the main key in the guide.
Stop
6 · 17Position on the forward route, then the reverse route. A dash means the plant is not on that route.
Text entry
7The numbered entry in Leslie Costa’s primary text. A dash means the plant has no entry there.
Take it outside
The interactive map
The station’s ArcGIS map shows every point on a topographic basemap, with photos and plant details.
Open the mapScan to open
Open the map on a phone while you walk.
Notes from the Field
Read more dispatches from the Station’s scientists, staff and friends.
Read the dispatchesPlant notes draw on Leslie Costa’s primary text and the Bartram Walk Guide. Point data: Highlands Biological Station ArcGIS layer.