The Arboretum Freiburg-Günterstal (about 100 hectares) is an

arboretum An arboretum (: arboreta) is a botanical collection composed exclusively of trees and shrubs of a variety of species. Originally mostly created as a section in a larger garden or park for specimens of mostly non-local species, many modern arbor ...

maintained by the

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. It is located in Günterstal in the ''Städtischen Forstamt Freiburg'' at Günterstalstraße 71,

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, and open daily without charge. The arboretum dates back to 1896, or earlier, when its first Douglas fir (''

Pseudotsuga menziesii The Douglas fir (''Pseudotsuga menziesii'') is an evergreen conifer species in the pine family, Pinaceae. It is the tallest tree in the Pinaceae family. It is native plant, native to western North America and is also known as Douglas-fir, Dougl ...

'') plantations were created to investigate their uses in local

forestry Forestry is the science and craft of creating, managing, planting, using, conserving and repairing forests and woodlands for associated resources for human and Natural environment, environmental benefits. Forestry is practiced in plantations and ...

. These early plantings focused primarily on useful trees from

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and

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. Large-scale plantings occurred between 1901 and 1911 when several hundred thousand foreign trees were planted. After

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, many rare species were added. Today the arboretum is jointly managed by the university's Forstbotanischen Institute and the Freiburg Botanic Garden, and cultivates around 1,300 tree and shrub

species A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...

from 60 countries and 5 continents, including mature specimens of '' Abies nordmanniana'', '' Cedrus atlantica'', '' Chamaecyparis lawsoniana'', ''

Cryptomeria japonica ''Cryptomeria'' (literally "hidden parts") is a monotypic genus of conifer in the cypress family Cupressaceae. It includes only one species, ''Cryptomeria japonica'' ( syn. ''Cupressus japonica'' L.f.). It is considered to be endemic to Japa ...

'', '' Larix leptolepis'', '' Picea orientalis'', '' Pinus austriaca'', '' Pinus banksiana'', ''

Pinus strobus ''Pinus strobus'', commonly called the eastern white pine, northern white pine, white pine, Weymouth pine (British), and soft pine is a large pine native to eastern North America. It occurs from Newfoundland (island), Newfoundland, Canada, west ...

'', '' Pinus ponderosa'', ''

'', and ''

Sequoiadendron ''Sequoiadendron'' is a genus of evergreen trees, with three species, only one of which survives to the present: * ''Sequoiadendron giganteum'', extant species, extant, commonly known as wellingtonia, giant redwood and giant sequoia, growing nat ...

'', as well as deciduous trees including ''

Juglans nigra ''Juglans nigra'', the eastern American black walnut, is a species of deciduous tree in the walnut family, Juglandaceae, native to central and eastern North America, growing mostly in riparian zones. Black walnut is susceptible to thousand can ...

'', '' Populus x canadensis'', ''

Quercus rubra ''Quercus rubra'', the northern red oak, is an oak tree in the red oak group (''Quercus'' section ''Lobatae''). It is a native of North America, in the eastern and central United States and southeast and south-central Canada. It has been intro ...

'', and '' Robinia pseudacacia''. Two walking paths, each 2 km in length, provide identifying information. File:Übersichtskarte Arboretum Freiburg-Günterstal.jpg, Map of the Arboretum File:Waldtraut vom Mühlwald (Freiburg) 5025.jpg, Waldtraut vom Mühlwald File:Waldtraut vom Mühlwald (Freiburg) 5067.jpg, the tallest tree in Germany with sun lounger File:Waldhaus (Freiburg) 5122.jpg, The "Waldhaus" Front File:Waldhaus (Freiburg) 5125.jpg, Backside of "Waldhauses"

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