NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Bartlett Arboretum and Gardens

The Bartlett Arboretum and Gardens contains 91 acres (368,000 m²) of parkland, gardens, and landscapes that focus on the regional plants, ecology and character of Southwestern New England. The Arboretum is open and accessible to the public every day of the year. It is located at 151 Brookdale Road in Stamford is a city located in Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 117,083. The city is the birthplace of U.S. Senator Joseph Lieberman. Chief U.S. weapons inspector Charles Duelfer grew up in Stamford. For the first half... Stamford, Connecticut.

The Arboretum started in 1913, when Dr. Francis A. Bartlett, an eminent dendrologist and founder of the F.A. Bartlett Tree Expert Company, acquired "30 acres [121,000 m²] more or less" of North Stamford woodland to use as his residence, training school and research laboratory for his company. Over the years he assembled a large number of plant specimens on the property from all over the world. In 1965, when the research laboratory moved to North Carolina, the Stamford site, then covering more than 60 acres (243,000 m²), was purchased by the State of Connecticut and designated the Connecticut State Arboretum. In 1993, the land and overall operation of the Arboretum were transferred to the The University of Connecticut, commonly known as UConn, is the State of Connecticuts flagship land-grant university. It was founded in 1881 and serves over 26,000 students on its six campuses, including more than 7,000 graduate students. The main university campus is located in Storrs, Connecticut, which... University of Connecticut at Stamford.

The Arboretum contains the following collections:

The Conifer Garden is a collection of conifers, including: Tsuga Western Hemlock Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Division: Pinophyta Class: Pinopsida Order: Pinales Family: Pinaceae Genus: Tsuga Species T. canadensis Eastern Hemlock T. caroliniana Carolina Hemlock T. chinensis Taiwan Hemlock T. diversifolia Northern Japanese Hemlock T. dumosa Himalayan Hemlock T. forrestii Forrests Hemlock T. heterophylla Western Hemlock T. mertensiana... Tsuga (hemlock), This article deals with the tree; for the e-mail client see Pine email client Pines Maritime Pine (Pinus pinaster) Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Division: Pinophyta Class: Pinopsida Order: Pinales Family: Pinaceae Genus: Pinus Species About 115. Pines are coniferous trees of the genus Pinus, in the family Pinaceae. There... Pinus (pine), Spruces Norway Spruce (Picea abies) Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Division: Pinophyta Class: Pinopsida Order: Pinales Family: Pinaceae Genus: Picea Species About 35; see text. Spruce refers to trees of the Genus Picea, a genus of about 35 species of coniferous evergreen trees in the Family Pinaceae, found in the northern... Picea (spruce), Abies - firs Grand Fir (Abies grandis) shoot Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Division: Pinophyta Class: Pinopsida Order: Pinales Family: Pinaceae Genus: Abies Species See text. Firs (Abies) are a genus of between 45-55 species of evergreen conifers in the family Pinaceae. All are trees, reaching heights of 10-80 m... Abies (fir), Thuja Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Division: Pinophyta Class: Pinopsida Order: Pinales Family: Cupressaceae Genus: Thuja Species Thuja koraiensis Thuja occidentalis Thuja plicata Thuja standishii Thuja sutchuenensis Thuja (pronounced Thuya) is a genus of coniferous trees in the Cupressaceae (cypress family). There are five species in the genus, two native to... Thuja (arborvitae), Chamaecyparis Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Division: Pinophyta Class: Pinopsida Order: Pinales Family: Cupressaceae Genus: Chamaecyparis Species Chamaecyparis formosensis Chamaecyparis lawsoniana Chamaecyparis obtusa Chamaecyparis pisifera Chamaecyparis taiwanensis Chamaecyparis thyoides The genus Chamaecyparis is one of several genera within the family Cupressaceae that have the common name cypress; for the others, see... Chamaecyparis (false cypress), For other uses, see Juniper (disambiguation). Juniper Juniperus communis shrubs in The Netherlands Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Division: Pinophyta Class: Pinopsida Order: Pinales Family: Cupressaceae Genus: Juniperus Species 50-55 species; see text. Junipers are coniferous plants in the genus Juniperus of the cypress family Cupressaceae. There are about 50... Juniperus (juniper), Sugi Conservation status: Lower Risk (left) shoot with mature cones, and immature male cones at top; (centre) adult foliage shoot; (right) juvenile foliage shoot Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Division: Pinophyta Class: Pinopsida Order: Pinales Family: Cupressaceae Genus: Cryptomeria Species: japonica Binomial name Cryptomeria japonica (L. f.) D. Don Sugi (Cryptomeria... Cryptomeria (Japanese temple pine) and Yew European Yew (Taxus baccata) shoot with mature and immature cones Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Division: Pinophyta Class: Pinopsida Order: Pinales Family: Taxaceae Genus: Taxus Species Taxus baccata - European Yew Taxus brevifolia - Pacific Yew Taxus canadensis - Canadian Yew Taxus chinensis - Chinese Yew Taxus cuspidata - Japanese Yew Taxus floridana - Florida Yew... Taxus (yew).

The Mehlquist Garden is a unique collection of Rhododendron Rhododendron ponticum Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Ericales Family: Ericaceae Genus: Rhododendron Subgenera Azaleastrum Candidastrum Hymenanthes Mumeazalea Pentanthera Rhododendron Therorhodion Tsutsusi Source: RBG, Edinburgh (http://www.rbge.org.uk) Rhododendron (from the Greek: rhodos, rose; dendron, tree) is a genus of flowering plants in... Rhododendrons and Azalea Hinodegiri Azaleas close-up Azalea in bloom Azaleas are flowering shrubs making up part of the genus Rhododendron. Originally azaleas were classed as a different genus of plant, but now they are recognised as two of the eight sub-genera of rhododendrons - subgenus Pentanthera typified by Rhododendron nudiflorum and... Azaleas of native, Japanese, Korean and European origins: established by Dr. Gustav A.L. Mehlquist, Professor Emeritus of Plant Science at the University of Connecticut.

The Nut Tree Collection is a grove planted by Frances Bartlett which includes Carya illinoiensis ( Pecan Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Juglandales Family: Juglandaceae Genus: Carya Species: illinoinensis Binomial name Carya illinoinensis Reference: [1] (http://www.itis.usda.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=19234) as of 2003-03-13 The Pecan is a deciduous tree native to... pecans), Juglans sp. ( This article is about the walnut tree. See also Walnut, California or Walnut, Illinois. Walnut Shoot and nut of Juglans regia Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Juglandales Family: Juglandaceae Genus: Juglans Species See text The walnuts (genus Juglans) are plants in the walnut family Juglandaceae. They... walnuts), heartnuts, Filbert Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Fagales Family: Corylaceae Genus: Corylus Species: C. maxima Binomial name Corylus maxima Mill. The Filbert (Corylus maxima) is a species of hazel native to southeast Europe and southwest Asia. It differs from the Common Hazel (C. avellana) in having the... filberts, "hicans", and a hardy This article is about the chestnut plant in the genus Castanea. The name horse-chestnut is commonly applied to several species in the unrelated genus Aesculus (family Sapindaceae). Chestnut is also used to describe a certain colour of coat in horses that resembles the colour of the chestnut nut. Chestnut... Chestnut hybrid.

The Pollarded Tree Display features Deciduous means temporary or tending to fall off (deriving from the Latin word decidere, to fall off). Deciduous plants, principally trees and shrubs, are those that lose their foliage for part of the year. In most cases, the foliage loss coincides with the incidence of winter in temperate or polar... deciduous trees kept compact by means of a special pruning technique called pollarding.