Robert L. Shepherd Desert Arboretum
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The Robert L. Shepherd Desert Arboretum is a desert arboretum
located in Santa Clara, Utah
, USA. It was established by Robert L. Shepherd, local artist. The arboretum includes interpretive paths around lava
flows and through the desert.
The Robert L. Shepherd Desert Arboretum no longer exists.
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 in Santa Clara, Utah
Santa Clara, Utah
Santa Clara is a city in Washington County, Utah, United States. The population was 4,630 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 4.9 square miles , of which, 4.9 square miles of it is land and 0.04 square miles of it...
, USA. It was established by Robert L. Shepherd, local artist. The arboretum includes interpretive paths around lava
Lava
Lava refers both to molten rock expelled by a volcano during an eruption and the resulting rock after solidification and cooling. This molten rock is formed in the interior of some planets, including Earth, and some of their satellites. When first erupted from a volcanic vent, lava is a liquid at...
flows and through the desert.
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The Robert L. Shepherd Desert Arboretum no longer exists.