Tree in North Campus splits, leaves branches hanging over Murphy Sculpture Garden
A North Campus eucalyptus tree split and hung partially over the Murphy Sculpture Garden on Tuesday. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin senior staff)
By Marilyn Chavez-Martinez
Nov. 26, 2019 1:22 p.m.
A North Campus tree split in half, prompting a cleanup Tuesday.
Facility management officials were notified Tuesday morning about a split eucalyptus tree that was partially hanging over the Murphy Sculpture Garden.
“It was just the natural result of the tree being old,” said Nurit Katz, UCLA’s chief sustainability officer. “The tree basically split in half.”
There were no injuries or damage due to the incident.
Katz said the campus’ tree specialist will be coming in to review the matter. Cleanup began Tuesday afternoon.
Chavez-Martinez was the 2020-2021 Outreach Director. She was previously an assistant news editor managing the campus politics beat and still writes for the Daily Bruin news section occasionally. She is also a fourth-year English and Economics student at UCLA.
Chavez-Martinez was the 2020-2021 Outreach Director. She was previously an assistant news editor managing the campus politics beat and still writes for the Daily Bruin news section occasionally. She is also a fourth-year English and Economics student at UCLA.