The Arboretum de Tournay (9 hectares) 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 in Tournay

Tournay, Hautes-Pyrénées

Tournay is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in south-western France.-References:*...

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Hautes-Pyrénées

Hautes-Pyrénées is a department in southwestern France. It is part of the Midi-Pyrénées region.-History:...

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Midi-Pyrénées

Midi-Pyrénées is the largest region of metropolitan France by area, larger than the Netherlands or Denmark.Midi-Pyrénées has no historical or geographical unity...

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France

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. It is managed by the Office National des Forêts and open daily without charge.

The arboretum was established in 1992, following a proposal by M. Patrick Pierquet, on woodlands that had been reforested in 1958 after a fire. The arboretum contained 70 species

Species

In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...

 at inception, which collection has now grown to 170 species including Acer griseum, Cornus florida rubra, Fagus sylvatica, Ginko biloba, Magnolia macrophylla, Pyrus salicifolia

Pyrus salicifolia

Pyrus salicifolia is a species of pear, native to the Middle East. It is also widely grown as an ornamental tree, almost always as a pendulous cultivar, and is called by various common names, including Willow-leafed Pear, Willowleaf Pear, Weeping Pear, and similar...

, Torreya nucifera

Torreya nucifera

Torreya nucifera is a slow-growing, coniferous tree native to southern Japan and to South Korea's Jeju Island. It is also called ' or Japanese nutmeg-yew.-Description:It grows to 15-25 m tall with a trunk up to 1.5 m diameter...

, and Ulmus parvifolia

Ulmus parvifolia

Ulmus parvifolia, commonly known as the Chinese Elm or Lacebark Elm, is a species native to China, Japan, North Korea and Vietnam...