Between my busy schedule and allergies, most of my observations of nature come from peering through my dorm window or walking to class. Since my Freshman year I have noticed the plaques placed in front of certain trees on campus. Now, my eyes simply pass over them as the names of the trees tell me nothing about them besides an official name that means little. What is special about these trees? In order to know, do I have to google the names? If these distinctly unnatural plaques are being placed before trees to identify them, I wish they actually did so in a meaningful way.