The Arboretum de Jouéou also known as the Arboretum Henri Gaussen, is an arboretum

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 on the Route de l'Hospice de France in Bagnères-de-Luchon

Bagnères-de-Luchon

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, Haute-Garonne

Haute-Garonne

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, Midi-Pyrénées

Midi-Pyrénées

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, France

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. It is open daily.

The arboretum was created 1921-1928 by Professor Henri Gaussen, and continues to be managed by the Jardin botanique Henri Gaussen

Jardin botanique Henri Gaussen

The Jardin botanique Henri Gaussen is a botanical garden operated by the Université Paul Sabatier at 39 allées Jules Guesde, Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France...

 of the Université Paul Sabatier

Paul Sabatier University

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 in Toulouse

Toulouse

Toulouse is a city in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern FranceIt lies on the banks of the River Garonne, 590 km away from Paris and half-way between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea...

. It contains 250 conifer taxa

Taxon

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 from around the world, of which 186 are naturally occurring and 64 hybrids and cultivars, organized systematically with America

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n species to the west, and Mediterranean, central Europe

Central Europe

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, and Asia

Asia

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 to the east. The garden is arranged in two sections:

• The botanical collection, in which each conifer species is represented by four individuals, containing over 100 species, mostly from North America
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   and Eurasia
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  .

• The collection of breeds and varieties, which compares side-by-side specimens of the same species but of different geographic origin.

The arboretum has been recognized by the Conservatoire des Collections Végétales Spécialisées (CCVS) for its conifer collection.