Arboretum du Grenouillet
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The Arboretum du Grenouillet is an arboretum
located within the Parc National des Cévennes, in Gorniès
, Hérault
, Languedoc-Roussillon
, France
. It is open daily without charge.
The arboretum was created in 1905 by Charles Flahault
(1852–1935), and contains species
including Abies numidica
, Acer campestris, Alnus glutinosa, Fraxinus ornus
, Gingko biloba, Larix spp., Maclura pomifera, Populus tremulus, Sequoiadendron
, Taxus baccata
, and Toxylon pomiferum.
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 within the Parc National des Cévennes, in Gorniès
Gorniès
Gorniès is a commune in the Hérault département in Languedoc-Roussillon in southern France.-See also:*Communes of the Hérault department*Vis River...
, Hérault
Hérault
Hérault is a department in the south of France named after the Hérault river.-History:Hérault is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790...
, 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 1905 by Charles Flahault
Charles Flahault
Charles Henri Marie Flahault was a French botanist, among the early pioneers of phytogeography, phytosociology and forest ecology...
(1852–1935), and contains species
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
including Abies numidica
Abies numidica
Abies numidica is a species of fir, found only in Algeria, where it is endemic on Djebel Babor, the second-highest mountain in the Algerian Tell Atlas.-Description:...
, Acer campestris, Alnus glutinosa, Fraxinus ornus
Fraxinus ornus
Fraxinus ornus is a species of Fraxinus native to southern Europe and southwestern Asia, from Spain and Italy north to Austria and the Czech Republic, and east through the Balkans, Turkey, and western Syria to the Lebanon.It is a medium-sized deciduous tree growing to 15–25 m tall with a trunk up...
, Gingko biloba, Larix spp., Maclura pomifera, Populus tremulus, Sequoiadendron
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...
, Taxus baccata
Taxus baccata
Taxus baccata is a conifer native to western, central and southern Europe, northwest Africa, northern Iran and southwest Asia. It is the tree originally known as yew, though with other related trees becoming known, it may be now known as the English yew, or European yew.-Description:It is a small-...
, and Toxylon pomiferum.