Itha T. Krumme Memorial Arboretum
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The Itha T. Krumme Memorial Arboretum (2 acres) is an arboretum
located at West 25th and Stanton Lake Park Road, next to Stanton Lake Park, northwest of Falls City, Nebraska
. It is open without charge during daylight hours.
The arboretum features 30 types of trees and 20 varieties of shrubs, grasses, and wildflowers. All are native to Nebraska. Trees include paw paw
, shagbark hickory
, and all Nebraska-native oak
species.
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...
located at West 25th and Stanton Lake Park Road, next to Stanton Lake Park, northwest of Falls City, Nebraska
Falls City, Nebraska
Falls City is a city in Richardson County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 4,671 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Richardson County.-Geography:Falls City is located at ....
. It is open without charge during daylight hours.
The arboretum features 30 types of trees and 20 varieties of shrubs, grasses, and wildflowers. All are native to Nebraska. Trees include paw paw
Asimina triloba
Asimina triloba, the pawpaw, paw paw, paw-paw, or common pawpaw, is a species of Asimina in the same plant family as the custard-apple, cherimoya, sweetsop, ylang-ylang and soursop...
, shagbark hickory
Hickory
Trees in the genus Carya are commonly known as hickory, derived from the Powhatan language of Virginia. The genus includes 17–19 species of deciduous trees with pinnately compound leaves and big nuts...
, and all Nebraska-native oak
Oak
An oak is a tree or shrub in the genus Quercus , of which about 600 species exist. "Oak" may also appear in the names of species in related genera, notably Lithocarpus...
species.