The Deerfield Beach Arboretum, also known as the Tree Zoo, is an arboretum and botanical garden located at 2841 West Hillsboro Boulevard, Deerfield Beach, Florida, USA. It covers 9 acres (3.6 ha). The Arboretum contains more than 200 different species of trees and palms from around the world, with more than 50 different species of flowering trees. An arboretum is a botanical garden primarily devoted to trees and other woody plants, forming a living collection of trees intended at least partly for scientific study. ... Inside the United States Botanic Garden Botanical gardens (in Latin, hortus botanicus) grow a wide variety of plants primarily categorized and documented for scientific purposes, but also for the enjoyment and education of visitors, a consideration that has become essential to secure public funding. ... Deerfield Beach is a city located in Broward County, Florida, USA. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 64,583. ...

The Arboretum started in 1995 with a selection of 22 trees and palms, and has since grown to 325 species (excluding native) of palms, tropical fruit trees, exotic flowering and canopy trees, bamboos, and miscellaneous exotic trees. Arboretum areas currently include: Bamboo, Butterfly garden, Children's Garden, Exotic canopy trees, Flowering trees, Native canopy trees, Orchid Display, Palm trees, Spice and Herb Garden, Tropical fruit trees, and a Wetlands demonstration area. Diversity Around 91 genera and 1,000 species Subtribes Arthrostylidiinae Arundinariinae Bambusinae Chusqueinae Guaduinae Melocanninae Nastinae Racemobambodinae Shibataeinae See the full Taxonomy of the Bambuseae. ... Families Superfamily Hesperioidea: Hesperiidae Superfamily Papilionoidea: Papilionidae Pieridae Nymphalidae Lycaenidae Riodinidae A butterfly is a flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, and belongs to one of the superfamilies Hesperioidea (the skippers) or Papilionoidea (all other butterflies). ... Orchid re-directs here; for alternate uses see Orchid (disambiguation) Genera Over 800 See List of Orchidaceae genera. ... Genera Many; see list of Arecaceae genera Arecaceae (also known as Palmae), the Palm Family, is a family of flowering plants, belonging to the monocot order, Arecales. ... Screen shot of Spice OPUS, a fork of Berkeley SPICE SPICE (Simulation Program with Integrated Circuits Emphasis) is a general purpose analog circuit simulator. ... A herb (pronounced hurb in Commonwealth English and urb in American English) is a plant grown for culinary, medicinal, or in some cases even spiritual value. ... Fruit stall in Barcelona, Catalonia. ... A subtropical wetland in Florida, USA, with an endangered American Crocodile. ...

The garden sustained heavy damages from Hurricane Wilma in October of 2005. Many trees were lost and damaged by heavy winds, rain, and by heavey equipment during the clean-up process. IT was closed for repairs for a period of five months.

The plant collection is varied and lengthy. Some of the plants at the arboretum include:

• Acacia auriculiformis
• Acer rubrum
• Acoelorrahaphe wrightii
• African Tulip
• Aiphanes lindeniana
• Albizia lebbeck
• Annona glabra

The Deerfield Beach Arboretum suffered extensive damage due to hurricane Wilma in October of 2005. Species About 1,300; see List of Acacia species Acacia is a genus of shrubs and trees of Gondwanian origin belonging to the subfamily Mimosoideae of the Pea Family Fabaceae, first described from Africa by Linnaeus in 1773. ... Species with pages written Acer campestre - Field Maple Acer grandidentatum - Bigtooth Maple Acer griseum - Paperbark Maple Acer macrophyllum - Bigleaf Maple Acer micranthum - Komine Maple Acer negundo - Manitoba Maple Acer nigrum - Black Maple Acer palmatum - Japanese Maple Acer pensylvanicum - Striped Maple Acer platanoides - Norway Maple Acer pseudoplatanus - Sycamore Maple Acer rubrum... Aiphanes is a genus of palm trees belonging to the family Arecaceae. ... Species About 150 species Albizia is a genus of about 150 species of mostly fast-growing subtropical and tropical trees and shrubs in the Subfamily Mimosoideae of the legume family, Fabaceae. ... Species See text Annona is the type genus of the plant family Annonaceae. ...

See also

• List of botanical gardens in the United States