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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 ...

and arboretum located at 186 Kanazu, Akiha-ku,

Niigata, Niigata is a city located in the northern part of Niigata Prefecture (). It is the capital and the most populous city of Niigata Prefecture, and one of the cities designated by government ordinance of Japan, located in the Chūbu region of Japan. I ...

, Japan. It is open daily except Mondays; an admission fee is charged. The garden contains a collection of cherry trees, including '' Prunus x yedoensis'', ''

Prunus jamasakura ''Prunus serrulata'' or Japanese cherry is a species of cherry tree that grows naturally in Japan, China, and Korea, and it also refers to a cultivar produced from ''Prunus speciosa'' (Oshima cherry), a cherry tree endemic in Japan.Toshio Kat ...

'', ''

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Miq.'', and '' Prunus lannesiana''; a conifer arboretum containing some 300 varieties from

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and North America; another small arboretum, primarily cherry trees and conifers, given by the prefecture's towns and cities; and a collection of aromatic herbs (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 ...

). The garden also contains substantial greenhouses including a large dome (30 meters tall, 42 meters in diameter), with about 550

total in arid, aquatic, and tropical zones.

References

Niigata Prefectural Botanical Garden (Japanese)

Arboreta in Japan Botanical gardens in Japan Gardens in Niigata Prefecture Greenhouses in Japan {{Japan-garden-stub

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