Secrest Arboretum (110 acres) is an arboretum located on the campus of the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center (OARDC), at the intersection of Pine Road and Green Drive,

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. It is open daily without charge and hosts an estimated 10,000 visitors each year. Secrest Arboretum is the

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's primary research arboretum, and contains over 2,000 native and introduced species and cultivars of trees, shrubs, and other plants. Planting began in 1905. It was established in 1909 when Edmund Secrest set out the first planting for a proposed Forest Arboretum. As of 2005, the arboretum contains the following Ohio champion trees: Giant Dogwood (''

Cornus ''Cornus'' is a genus of about 30–60 species of woody plants in the family Cornaceae, commonly known as dogwoods, which can generally be distinguished by their blossoms, berries, and distinctive bark. Most are deciduous trees or shrub ...

controversa''), Nikko Fir (''

Abies Firs (''Abies'') are a genus of 48–56 species of evergreen coniferous trees in the family Pinaceae. They are found on mountains throughout much of North and Central America, Europe, Asia, and North Africa. The genus is most closely related t ...

homolepis''), Nordmann Fir (''

nordmaniana''), and Japanese Larch (''

Larix Larches are deciduous conifers in the genus ''Larix'', of the family Pinaceae (subfamily Laricoideae). Growing from tall, they are native to much of the cooler temperate northern hemisphere, on lowlands in the north and high on mountains furt ...

leptolepsis''). The arboretum also boasts a collection of

Dawn Redwood ''Metasequoia glyptostroboides'', the dawn redwood, is a fast-growing, endangered deciduous conifer. It is the sole living species of the genus ''Metasequoia'', one of three genera in the subfamily Sequoioideae of the family Cupressaceae. It now ...

trees, a fast-growing and deciduous conifer and the only remaining species of ''Metasequoia'', and the Garden of Roses of Legend and Romance, which features about 500 varieties of roses.

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Secrest Arboretum
Arboreta in Ohio Botanical gardens in Ohio Protected areas of Wayne County, Ohio Ohio State University {{US-garden-stub

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