Arboretum de Chèvreloup - Rocquencourt, France - Arboretums on Waymarking.com

[FR] La création de l'arboretum actuel date de 1927, lorsque le domaine fut attribué au Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. Jusqu'à la Seconde Guerre mondiale fut aménagée la zone systématique. Pendant la guerre, cependant, le domaine fut loti en petits jardins vivriers attribués aux habitants de Versailles, et beaucoup de plantations disparurent. C'est seulement en 1960 que la rénovation de l'arboretum commença avec la création des zones systématique et horticole.

[EN] It forms part of the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, and is open several days per week in the warmer months; an admission fee is charged.

The tropical plant collection alone maintains about 5,000 species in greenhouses.

Tree species best represented in the arboretum are Chamaecyparis (120 taxa), Prunus (115 taxa), Picea (100 taxa), Quercus (85 taxa), Abies (60 taxa), Sorbus (55 taxa), Crataegus (50 taxa), Fraxinus (45 taxa), Tilia (45 taxa), Viburnum (40 taxa), Cedrus (20 taxa), and Cupressocyparis (20 taxa).

The arboretum also participates in the conservation of rare and endangered species. At present it conserves 70 species from the list produced by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) and the BGCI (Botanic Gardens Conservation International)

Arboretum address: 30 Route de Versailles Rocquencourt, France Arboretum web site: [Web Link]

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