Coker Arboretum

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Coker Arboretum
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Coker Arboretum
Type Arboretum
Location Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°54′49.5″N79°2′56.3″W / 35.913750°N 79.048972°W / 35.913750; -79.048972
Area5.3 acres (0.0 sq mi; 0.0 km2)
Opened1903
Founder Dr. William Chambers Coker
Website ncbg.unc.edu/visit/coker-arboretum/

Coker Arboretum (5.3 acres) is an arboretum within the North Carolina Botanical Garden on the campus of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The collection consists of a wide variety of plantings including flowering trees and shrubs as well as bulb and perennial displays. [1] It is open daily without charge.

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The arboretum was established in 1903 by Dr. William Chambers Coker, the university's first Professor of Botany and the first chair of the University Buildings and Grounds Committee. [2] Coker loved East Asian species and added many throughout the 1920s into the 1940s, including conifers and one Metasequoia, as well as daffodils and daylilies. Two prominent features are a native vine arbor (300 feet long) and an adjacent stone circle.

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References

  1. "Arbnet | Coker Arboretum - North Carolina Botanical Garden". www.arbnet.org. Retrieved October 28, 2019.
  2. "Arbnet | Coker Arboretum - North Carolina Botanical Garden". www.arbnet.org. Retrieved October 28, 2019.