Orto Botanico del Mediterraneo
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The Orto Botanico del Mediterraneo is a botanical garden
located on the grounds of the Museo di Storia Naturale del Mediterraneo at Livorno
, Tuscany
, Italy
. It contains groupings of plants typical to various locations along the Mediterranean Sea
, with each group in a specific soil (limestone, serpentine, volcanic, etc.).
Botanical garden
A botanical garden The terms botanic and botanical, and garden or gardens are used more-or-less interchangeably, although the word botanic is generally reserved for the earlier, more traditional gardens. is a well-tended area displaying a wide range of plants labelled with their botanical names...
located on the grounds of the Museo di Storia Naturale del Mediterraneo at Livorno
Livorno
Livorno , traditionally Leghorn , is a port city on the Tyrrhenian Sea on the western edge of Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Livorno, having a population of approximately 160,000 residents in 2009.- History :...
, Tuscany
Tuscany
Tuscany is a region in Italy. It has an area of about 23,000 square kilometres and a population of about 3.75 million inhabitants. The regional capital is Florence ....
, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
. It contains groupings of plants typical to various locations along the Mediterranean Sea
Mediterranean Sea
The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean surrounded by the Mediterranean region and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Anatolia and Europe, on the south by North Africa, and on the east by the Levant...
, with each group in a specific soil (limestone, serpentine, volcanic, etc.).
See also
- List of botanical gardens in Italy
- Giardino Botanico MediterraneoGiardino Botanico MediterraneoThe Giardino Botanico Mediterraneo is a botanical garden located along the Adriatic Sea about 2 kilometers north of San Salvo, Province of Chieti, Abruzzo, Italy...
(AbruzzoAbruzzoAbruzzo is a region in Italy, its western border lying less than due east of Rome. Abruzzo borders the region of Marche to the north, Lazio to the west and south-west, Molise to the south-east, and the Adriatic Sea to the east...
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