William Lanier Hunt Arboretum
Encyclopedia
The William Lanier Hunt Arboretum (over 100 acres) is an arboretum
and natural area that forms part of the North Carolina Botanical Garden
. It is operated by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
, Old Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
. The arboretum is private and not open to the public. Arboretum property was donated by William Lanier Hunt between the 1960s and the 1990s in order to protect natural areas and conserve woody plants of the southeastern United States. It includes several rhododendron
bluffs in a gorge along Morgan Creek.
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...
and natural area that forms part of the North Carolina Botanical Garden
North Carolina Botanical Garden
The North Carolina Botanical Garden is a botanical garden operated by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The primary goal of the Garden is to research, catalog, and promote the native plant species of North Carolina...
. It is operated by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a public research university located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States...
, Old Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Chapel Hill is a town in Orange County, North Carolina, United States and the home of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and UNC Health Care...
. The arboretum is private and not open to the public. Arboretum property was donated by William Lanier Hunt between the 1960s and the 1990s in order to protect natural areas and conserve woody plants of the southeastern United States. It includes several rhododendron
Rhododendron
Rhododendron is a genus of over 1 000 species of woody plants in the heath family, most with showy flowers...
bluffs in a gorge along Morgan Creek.
External links
- Other Natural Areas Managed by the North Carolina Botanical Garden
- Collectors of the UNC Herbarium: William Lanier Hunt (22 May 1906 -- 19 October 1996)