Clarksville City Arboretum
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The Clarksville City Arboretum is an arboretum
located along the Cumberland River
in Fairgrounds Park
, Clarksville, Tennessee
. It was certified as an arboretum in 2002, and includes over 30 species of trees.
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 along the Cumberland River
Cumberland River
The Cumberland River is a waterway in the Southern United States. It is long. It starts in Harlan County in far southeastern Kentucky between Pine and Cumberland mountains, flows through southern Kentucky, crosses into northern Tennessee, and then curves back up into western Kentucky before...
in Fairgrounds Park
Fairgrounds Park
Fairgrounds Park is an open land park restored from fairgrounds located off Cleveland Avenue in Hagerstown, Maryland, United States.-Attractions:...
, Clarksville, Tennessee
Clarksville, Tennessee
Clarksville is a city in and the county seat of Montgomery County, Tennessee, United States, and the fifth largest city in the state. The population was 132,929 in 2010 United States Census...
. It was certified as an arboretum in 2002, and includes over 30 species of trees.