F.R. Newman Arboretum (150 acres) is an arboretum within the Cornell Plantations, which are botanical gardens located adjacent to the Cornell University campus in Ithaca, New York. The entire plantation is open daily without charge. 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. ... The Cornell Plantations (200 acres) are botanical gardens, including the F.R. Newman Arboretum, located adjacent to the Cornell University campus, Ithaca, New York. ... Inside the United States Botanic Garden Botanical gardens grow a wide variety of plants both for scientific purposes and for the enjoyment and education of visitors. ... Cornell University is a research university whose main campus is located on the East Hill of Ithaca, New York, and whose two medical campuses are located in New York City and in Education City, Qatar, near Doha. ... It has been suggested that Ithaca Commons be merged into this article or section. ...

The arboretum was established in the early 1960s and now contains fine collections of chestnuts, conifers, flowering crabapples, maples, oaks, urban trees, and walnuts. Species - Bush Chinkapin* - Japanese Chestnut - American Chestnut - Henrys Chestnut - Chinese Chestnut - Ozark Chinkapin - Alleghany Chinkapin - Sweet Chestnut - Seguins Chestnut * treated as a synonym of by many authors Chestnuts (Castanea), including the chinkapins, are a genus of eight or nine species of trees and shrubs in the beech family... Orders & Families Cordaitales † Pinales   Pinaceae - Pine family   Araucariaceae - Araucaria family   Podocarpaceae - Yellow-wood family   Sciadopityaceae - Umbrella-pine family   Cupressaceae - Cypress family   Cephalotaxaceae - Plum-yew family   Taxaceae - Yew family Vojnovskyales † Voltziales † The conifers, division Pinophyta, are one of 13 or 14 division level taxa within the Kingdom Plantae. ... Species - Southern Crab - Siberian Crabapple - Sweet Crabapple - Apple - Japanese Crabapple - Oregon Crab - Chinese Crabapple - Prairie Crab - Asian Wild Apple - European Wild Apple Malus, the apples, is a genus of about 30-35 species of small deciduous trees or shrubs in the family Rosaceae, including most importantly the domesticated Orchard or... 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... Species See List of Quercus species The term oak can be used as part of the common name of any of several hundred species of trees and shrubs in the genus Quercus, and some related genera, notably Cyclobalanopsis and Lithocarpus. ... Species See text The walnuts (genus Juglans) are plants in the walnut family Juglandaceae. ...

• Chestnut Collection - established in 2000 with 5 transplanted, grafted chestnut trees for each of 5 cultivars. At present 4 trees remain, representing 3 of the 5 cultivars. Eventually 25 cultivars will be represented.

• Conifer Collection - several sites with 21 taxa of firs (excluding dwarf forms), 39 of pines, and 25 of spruces.

• Flowering Crabapple Collection - 83 cultivars in a new collection; many trees are quite small.

• Maple Collection - one of the core collections. One site contains Red Maple (Acer rubrum), Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum), Silver Maple (Acer saccharinum), and Striped Maple (Acer pennsylvanicum). Another contains an overstory of Acer x freemanii with an understory of shade-loving maples, including snakebark maples (Acer davidii and Acer tegmentosum) and small trees similar to the Japanese maple, such as Acer shirasawanum and Acer pseudosieboldianum. A third site consists primarily of small Asian Maples.

• Oak Collection - 50 oak taxa in a fairly young collection, with a goal of acquiring all species hardy in Zone 5.

• Urban Tree Collection - planted throughout the arboretum.

• Walnut Collection - the oldest collection, planted in the early 1960s. 20 cultivars, representing Black Walnut ([[[Juglans]] nigra), Butternut (Juglans cinerea) and Heartnut (Juglans ailanthifolia).

Species - Bush Chinkapin* - Japanese Chestnut - American Chestnut - Henrys Chestnut - Chinese Chestnut - Ozark Chinkapin - Alleghany Chinkapin - Sweet Chestnut - Seguins Chestnut * treated as a synonym of by many authors Chestnuts (Castanea), including the chinkapins, are a genus of eight or nine species of trees and shrubs in the beech family... A taxon (plural taxa) is an element of a taxonomy, e. ... FIR may stand for: finite impulse response (a property of some digital filters) far infrared, i. ... Species About 115. ... Species About 35; see text. ... Acer can refer to one of the following: For the company named Acer, see Acer (company). ... Acer can refer to one of the following: For the company named Acer, see Acer (company). ... Acer can refer to one of the following: For the company named Acer, see Acer (company). ... Acer can refer to one of the following: For the company named Acer, see Acer (company). ... Acer can refer to one of the following: For the company named Acer, see Acer (company). ... Acer can refer to one of the following: For the company named Acer, see Acer (company). ... Acer can refer to one of the following: For the company named Acer, see Acer (company). ... Acer can refer to one of the following: For the company named Acer, see Acer (company). ... Acer can refer to one of the following: For the company named Acer, see Acer (company). ... Species See List of Quercus species The term oak can be used as part of the common name of any of several hundred species of trees and shrubs in the genus Quercus, and some related genera, notably Cyclobalanopsis and Lithocarpus. ... A taxon (plural taxa) is an element of a taxonomy, e. ... This article is about the walnut tree. ... This article is about the walnut tree. ...

See also

• Cornell Plantations
• List of botanical gardens in the United States

The Cornell Plantations (200 acres) are botanical gardens, including the F.R. Newman Arboretum, located adjacent to the Cornell University campus, Ithaca, New York. ... This list of botanical gardens in the United States is intended to include all significant botanical gardens and arboretums in the United States of America. ...

External links

• Cornell Plantations