Fay Hyland Botanical Plantation
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The Fay Hyland Botanical Plantation (also known as the Fay Hyland Arboretum), 10 acres (40,000 m²), is an arboretum
and botanical garden
located along the Stillwater River
on the University of Maine
campus in Orono, Maine
, USA
. It is open to the public daily.
The Arboretum was established in 1934, named in honor of Fay Hyland, and contains living examples of woody plants from Maine
and throughout the world.
Arboretum
An arboretum in a narrow sense is a collection of trees only. Related collections include a fruticetum , and a viticetum, a collection of vines. More commonly, today, an arboretum is a botanical garden containing living collections of woody plants intended at least partly for scientific study...
and botanical garden
Botanical garden
A botanical garden The terms botanic and botanical, and garden or gardens are used more-or-less interchangeably, although the word botanic is generally reserved for the earlier, more traditional gardens. is a well-tended area displaying a wide range of plants labelled with their botanical names...
located along the Stillwater River
Stillwater River (Maine)
The Stillwater River is an side channel of the Penobscot River in Maine. From its source in Old Town, the Stillwater runs northwest along the northeast side of Orson Island, the site of the Penobscot Indian Reservation. It then runs south along the west sides of Orson and Marsh islands, over...
on the University of Maine
University of Maine
The University of Maine is a public research university located in Orono, Maine, United States. The university was established in 1865 as a land grant college and is referred to as the flagship university of the University of Maine System...
campus in Orono, Maine
Orono, Maine
Orono is a town in Penobscot County, Maine, United States. It was first settled in 1774 and named in honor of Chief Joseph Orono of the Penobscot Nation. It is home to The University of Maine. The population was 10,362 at the 2010 census.- Geography :...
, USA
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. It is open to the public daily.
The Arboretum was established in 1934, named in honor of Fay Hyland, and contains living examples of woody plants from Maine
Maine
Maine is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the east and south, New Hampshire to the west, and the Canadian provinces of Quebec to the northwest and New Brunswick to the northeast. Maine is both the northernmost and easternmost...
and throughout the world.