Gerald D. Coorts Memorial Arboretum
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The Gerald D. Coorts Memorial Arboretum 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 on the campus of
Tennessee Technological University Tennessee Technological University, commonly referred to as Tennessee Tech, is a public research university in Cookeville, Tennessee, United States. It was formerly known as Tennessee Polytechnic Institute, and before that as University of Dixie ...
in
Cookeville, Tennessee Cookeville is the county seat and largest city of Putnam County, Tennessee, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, its population was reported to be 34,842. It is recognized as one of the country's micropolitan areas, or smaller ...
. The arboretum was dedicated in 1997 to honor Dr. Gerald Coorts, former dean of Tennessee Tech's College of Agriculture and Home Economics. It currently contains more than 150 trees, shrubs, and flowering plants, representing approximately 60
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 ...
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List of botanical gardens in the United States This list is intended to include all significant botanical gardens and arboretums in the United States.Arboreta in Tennessee Botanical gardens in Tennessee Protected areas of Putnam County, Tennessee {{arboretum-stub