Arboretum Curie
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The Arboretum Curie, also known as the Arboretum du Col des Trois Soeurs, is a small arboretum
located at 1470 metres altitude in the Col des Trois Soeurs near La Panouse
, Lozère
, Languedoc-Roussillon
, France
. It was created circa 1975 to study conifers suitable for reforestation, and according to Arbez et al., now contains 77 taxa
(primarily conifers).
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 1470 metres altitude in the Col des Trois Soeurs near La Panouse
La Panouse
La Panouse is a commune in the Lozère département in southern France....
, Lozère
Lozère
Lozère , is a department in southeast France near the Massif Central, named after Mont Lozère.- History :Lozère is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790...
, Languedoc-Roussillon
Languedoc-Roussillon
Languedoc-Roussillon is one of the 27 regions of France. It comprises five departments, and borders the other French regions of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Rhône-Alpes, Auvergne, Midi-Pyrénées on the one side, and Spain, Andorra and the Mediterranean sea on the other side.-Geography:The region is...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
. It was created circa 1975 to study conifers suitable for reforestation, and according to Arbez et al., now contains 77 taxa
Taxon
|thumb|270px|[[African elephants]] form a widely-accepted taxon, the [[genus]] LoxodontaA taxon is a group of organisms, which a taxonomist adjudges to be a unit. Usually a taxon is given a name and a rank, although neither is a requirement...
(primarily conifers).