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The University of Alabama Arboretum is a 60 acre (243,000 mē) arboretum
Arboretum

An arboretum is a collection of trees. 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 near the intersection of Veterans Memorial Parkway and Pelham Loop Road in Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Tuscaloosa is a city in west central Alabama in the southern United States. Located on the Black Warrior River, it is the county seat of Tuscaloosa County, Alabama and the fifth-largest city in Alabama with a population of 83,052 ....
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The Arboretum's primary emphasis is on Alabama's native flora and fauna. It includes of walking trails through native piney woods
Piney Woods

The Piney Woods is a terrestrial ecoregion in the U.S. Southern States United States covering 54,400 mi? of East Texas, Southern Arkansas, Western Louisiana, and Kiamichi Country....
 and oak
Oak

The term oak can be used as part of the common name of any of about 400 species of trees and shrubs in the genus Quercus , which are listed in the List of Quercus species, and some related genera, notably Lithocarpus....
-hickory
Hickory

Trees in the genus Carya are commonly known as Hickory. The genus includes 17?19 species of deciduous trees with pinnately compound leaf and large nut ....
 climax forest, a wildflower
Wildflower

A wildflower is a flower that grows wild, meaning it was not intentionally seeded or planted. Yet "wildflower" meadows of a few mixed species are sold in seed packets....
 garden containing more than 250 species, ornamental plants, an experimental garden, a bog
Bog

A bog or mire is a wetland type that accumulates acidic peat, a deposit of dead plant material—usually mosses, but also lichens in Arctic climates....
 garden, an open-air pavilion, and a children's garden.






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The University of Alabama Arboretum is a 60 acre (243,000 mē) arboretum
Arboretum

An arboretum is a collection of trees. 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 near the intersection of Veterans Memorial Parkway and Pelham Loop Road in Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Tuscaloosa is a city in west central Alabama in the southern United States. Located on the Black Warrior River, it is the county seat of Tuscaloosa County, Alabama and the fifth-largest city in Alabama with a population of 83,052 ....
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The Arboretum's primary emphasis is on Alabama's native flora and fauna. It includes of walking trails through native piney woods
Piney Woods

The Piney Woods is a terrestrial ecoregion in the U.S. Southern States United States covering 54,400 mi? of East Texas, Southern Arkansas, Western Louisiana, and Kiamichi Country....
 and oak
Oak

The term oak can be used as part of the common name of any of about 400 species of trees and shrubs in the genus Quercus , which are listed in the List of Quercus species, and some related genera, notably Lithocarpus....
-hickory
Hickory

Trees in the genus Carya are commonly known as Hickory. The genus includes 17?19 species of deciduous trees with pinnately compound leaf and large nut ....
 climax forest, a wildflower
Wildflower

A wildflower is a flower that grows wild, meaning it was not intentionally seeded or planted. Yet "wildflower" meadows of a few mixed species are sold in seed packets....
 garden containing more than 250 species, ornamental plants, an experimental garden, a bog
Bog

A bog or mire is a wetland type that accumulates acidic peat, a deposit of dead plant material—usually mosses, but also lichens in Arctic climates....
 garden, an open-air pavilion, and a children's garden. Two greenhouse
Greenhouse

A greenhouse is a building where plants are cultivated.A greenhouse is a structure with a glass or plastic roof and frequently glass or plastic walls; it heats up because incoming solar radiation from the sun warms plants, soil, and other things inside the building....
s contain collections of orchids, cacti
Cactus

A cactus is any member of the spine plant family Cactaceae, native to the Americas. They are often used as ornamental plants, but some are also Crop plants....
, and tropical plants.

The Arboretum is open daily without charge from sunrise to sunset, except for a few major holidays. It is part of the University of Alabama Museums, which also include the Alabama Museum of Natural History
Alabama Museum of Natural History

Alabama Museum of Natural History is the state's natural history museum, located on the campus of the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama....
, Gorgas House, Moundville Archaeological Museum
Moundville Archaeological Museum

The Moundville Archaeological Museum is an archaeological park and museum in Moundville, AlabamaThe museum houses artifacts and displays exhibits on over 60 years of archaeological excavations and investigations in the Moundville Archaeological Park....
, the Office of Archaeological Research and Paul W. Bryant Museum
Paul W. Bryant Museum

The Bear Bryant Museum is located on the campus of the University of Alabama, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Founded in 1985, the museum was opened in 1988 to "house the history of Alabama football, with special emphasis on the legendary coach"...
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See also

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

    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....