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 near the campground at
Fort Stevenson State Park
Fort Stevenson State Park is a public recreation area located on a peninsula on Lake Sakakawea south of the community of Garrison in McLean County, North Dakota. The state park's include a partial reconstruction of Fort Stevenson Fort Stevens ...
[] on the north shore of Lake Sakakawea approximately 3 miles (5 km) south of Garrison, North Dakota.
The arboretum contains over 50 native and non-native trees, shrubs, wildflowers and grasses, including ''
Eleagnus
''Elaeagnus'' , silverberry or oleaster, is a genus of about 50–70 species of flowering plants in the family Elaeagnaceae.
Description
''Elaeagnus'' plants are deciduous or evergreen shrubs or small trees. The alternate leaves and the sh ...
angustifolia'', '' Juniperus scopulorum'', '' Salix exigua'', and ''
Ulmus
Elms are deciduous and semi-deciduous trees comprising the flowering plant genus ''Ulmus'' in the plant family Ulmaceae. They are distributed over most of the Northern Hemisphere, inhabiting the temperate and tropical-montane regions of Nor ...