The Arboretum de Montmorency (3 hectares) is an arboretum located on Allée de Montmorency, Bourbonne-les-Bains, Haute-Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France. It is open daily without charge.
An arboretum in a general sense is a botanical collection composed exclusively of trees. More commonly a modern arboretum is a botanical garden containing living collections of woody plants and is intended at least in part for scientific study.
Bourbonne-les-Bains is a commune in the Haute-Marne department in northeastern France in the region Grand Est and is located 57 km north east of Langres.
Haute-Marne is a department in the northeast of France named after the Marne River.
The arboretum is laid out as an English park, and contains 250 species of trees and shrubs from around the world, including 90 species of conifers and 95 species of deciduous trees. Notable specimens include European Black Pine, Ginkgo biloba , Jeffrey Pine, Judas Tree, Lebanon Cedar, Northern Red Oak, sequoia, etc.
In biology, a species ( ) is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. Other ways of defining species include their karyotype, DNA sequence, morphology, behaviour or ecological niche. In addition, paleontologists use the concept of the chronospecies since fossil reproduction cannot be examined. While these definitions may seem adequate, when looked at more closely they represent problematic species concepts. For example, the boundaries between closely related species become unclear with hybridisation, in a species complex of hundreds of similar microspecies, and in a ring species. Also, among organisms that reproduce only asexually, the concept of a reproductive species breaks down, and each clone is potentially a microspecies.
Ginkgo biloba, commonly known as ginkgo or gingko, also known as the maidenhair tree, is the only living species in the division Ginkgophyta, all others being extinct. It is found in fossils dating back 270 million years. Native to China, the tree is widely cultivated, and was cultivated early in human history. It has various uses in traditional medicine and as a source of food.
Sequoioideae (redwoods) is a subfamily of coniferous trees within the family Cupressaceae. It is most common in the coastal forests of Northern California.
