Arboretum de Puéchagut
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The Arboretum de Puéchagut is an arboretum
located near Bréau-et-Salagosse
, Gard
, Languedoc-Roussillon
, France
. It is open daily without charge.
The arboretum was created in 1890 by Charles Henri Marie Flahault
(1852–1935) and Georges Fabre
as an experimental station for studying the reforestation of the Forêt Domaniale de l'Aigoual with exotic species. It contains hiking paths and mature trees including araucaria
and Sequoiadendron giganteum
Arboretum
An arboretum in a narrow sense is a collection of trees only. Related collections include a fruticetum , and a viticetum, a collection of vines. More commonly, today, an arboretum is a botanical garden containing living collections of woody plants intended at least partly for scientific study...
located near Bréau-et-Salagosse
Bréau-et-Salagosse
Bréau-et-Salagosse is a commune in the Gard department in southern France.-Population:-References:*...
, Gard
Gard
Gard is a département located in southern France in the Languedoc-Roussillon region.The department is named after the River Gard, although the formerly Occitan name of the River Gard, Gardon, has been replacing the traditional French name in recent decades, even among French speakers.- History...
, Languedoc-Roussillon
Languedoc-Roussillon
Languedoc-Roussillon is one of the 27 regions of France. It comprises five departments, and borders the other French regions of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Rhône-Alpes, Auvergne, Midi-Pyrénées on the one side, and Spain, Andorra and the Mediterranean sea on the other side.-Geography:The region is...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
. It is open daily without charge.
The arboretum was created in 1890 by Charles Henri Marie Flahault
Charles Flahault
Charles Henri Marie Flahault was a French botanist, among the early pioneers of phytogeography, phytosociology and forest ecology...
(1852–1935) and Georges Fabre
Georges Fabre
Georges Fabre was a French forestry engineer, now best known for his role in creation of the Forêt Domaniale de l'Aigoual and the weather observatory atop Mont Aigoual....
as an experimental station for studying the reforestation of the Forêt Domaniale de l'Aigoual with exotic species. It contains hiking paths and mature trees including araucaria
Araucaria
Araucaria is a genus of evergreen coniferous trees in the family Araucariaceae. There are 19 extant species in the genus, with a highly disjunct distribution in New Caledonia , Norfolk Island, eastern Australia, New Guinea, Argentina, Chile, and southern Brazil.-Description:Araucaria are mainly...
and Sequoiadendron giganteum
Sequoiadendron
Sequoiadendron giganteum is the sole living species in the genus Sequoiadendron, and one of three species of coniferous trees known as redwoods, classified in the family Cupressaceae in the subfamily Sequoioideae, together with Sequoia sempervirens and...