The Bertrand F. Harrison Arboretum, also known as the Brigham Young University Arboretum, is an

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located on a hill beside at 800 North Street on the campus of

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, United States. It includes a native plants from both eastern and western regions of the

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. It also has a duck pond and a stream, as well as a brick path that winds through the garden. The arboretum is named after Bertrand F. Harrison, a botany professor at BYU who retired in 1974. Its amphitheater was donated by BYU's classes of 1980 and 1981. Trees in the arboretum were originally planted to reflect the geography of the United States.

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