The Arboretum Jean Aubouin (10 hectares) 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 ...

located in the Mothe-Clédou forest near

Combiers Combiers (; oc, Combier) is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France. Geography The Lizonne (locally called Nizonne) forms most of the commune's southern border. Population Sights * Arboretum Jean Aubouin *The grandmonti ...

Charente Charente (; Saintongese: ''Chérente''; oc, Charanta ) is a department in the administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, south western France. It is named after the river Charente, the most important and longest river in the department, an ...

, Poitou-Charentes,

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. The arboretum was established in 1932 by botanist Jean Aubouin. It contains deciduous trees and

conifer Conifers are a group of conifer cone, cone-bearing Spermatophyte, seed plants, a subset of gymnosperms. Scientifically, they make up the phylum, division Pinophyta (), also known as Coniferophyta () or Coniferae. The division contains a single ...

s including '' Cedrus deodara'', '' Sequoia sempervirens'', etc.

References

* Sylvie Boutet, ''Arboretum Jean Aubouin : forêt domaniale de La Mothe-Clédou, Charente'', Fontainebleau : Office national des forêts, 1999. .
Petit Futé description (French)

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