The Arboreto di Arco (1 hectare) is an

arboretum An arboretum (plural: arboreta) in a general sense is a botanical collection composed exclusively of trees of a variety of species. Originally mostly created as a section in a larger garden or park for specimens of mostly non-local species, man ...

and

botanical garden A botanical garden or botanic gardenThe 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, an ...

located at Viale delle Palme, 1,

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Trentino Trentino ( lld, Trentin), officially the Autonomous Province of Trento, is an autonomous province of Italy, in the country's far north. The Trentino and South Tyrol constitute the region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, an autonomous region ...

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. It is open daily without charge. The arboretum was created in 1872 by Archduke Albert, Duke of Teschen, on the grounds of his villa, not far from

Lake Garda Lake Garda ( it, Lago di Garda or ; lmo, label=Eastern Lombard, Lach de Garda; vec, Ƚago de Garda; la, Benacus; grc, Βήνακος) is the largest lake in Italy. It is a popular holiday location in northern Italy, about halfway between ...

. It was renovated in 1964 as miniature landscapes, reconstructing natural plant environments, and in 1993 became part of the Museo Tridentino di Scienze Naturali. Today the arboretum contains about 150

species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...

of plants from around the world, each labeled with Latin binomial, family, common name, and area of origin.

References

Museo tridentino di scienze naturali - Arboreto di Arco

* W. Larcher, "Winterfrostschäden in den Parks und Gärten von Arco und Riva am Gardasee", ''Veröff. Museum Ferdinandeum Innsbruck'' n.43, pages 153–199, 1963. * F. Tisi, "Note sull'Arboreto di Arco", in ''Atti riunione scientifica sul tema "Didattica preuniversitaria negli Orti Botanici"'', Arco e Trento, 1994; ''Inform. Bot. Ital.'', 28(1), pages 144–146, 1996. Botanical gardens in Italy Gardens in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol {{Italy-garden-stub

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