Coastal Carolina University Arboretum

The CCU Arboretum is a place of education, research, discovery, and wellness for CCU students, faculty, staff, and the broader community. It covers all 322 acres of main campus. Information about each tree in our collection is available in our map-based inventory.

The arboretum began with a group of students in 2019 who had an idea: make CCU an even greener campus through sustainability installations that offer experiential learning opportunities for students and advocacy and outreach for the local community. The students made a formal proposal to the university administration to establish a 1.5-acre native species arboretum, an area now celebrated as our Native Species Collection. The CCU Arboretum, which has grown to include all of main campus, is dedicated to these students.