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Treborth Botanic GardenLast updated: Nov 1999 |  | ||
| Address: | University of Wales, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2RQ Tel: 01248 353398 Fax: 8 370731/371644 email: n.brown at bangor.ac.uk web address: Latitude: 53° 13'01''N Longitude: 04° 09'52''W | ||
| BACKGROUND TO THE COLLECTION | |||
| Year Founded: | 1963 | ||
| Ownership: | University of North Wales | ||
| Garden code: | TREB | ||
| Umbrella organisation: | PlantNetwork | ||
| PERSONNEL | |||
| N.H. Brown | |||
| Contact person: | N.H. Brown | ||
| Total Staff: | 2 | ||
| Total Horticultural Staff: | | ||
| POLICIES | |||
| Accessions | |||
| Collections | | ||
| PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT | |||
| Altitude: | 0-40 m | ||
| Soil type: | Loam | ||
| Aspect: | Northwest | ||
| Total area: | 15 ha | ||
| Area heated: | 450 m² | ||
| Other sites of collection: | | ||
| WEATHER RECORDS | Records kept | ||
| Temperature: | |||
| Average daily: | 12 °C | ||
| Av. monthly max: | 28 °C | ||
| Av. monthly min: | -4 °C | ||
| Absolute maximum | 33 °C | ||
| Absolute minimum | -6 °C | ||
| Wind: | |||
| direction | |||
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| Rainfall | |||
| Average annual | 1057 mm | ||
| Month of maximum | |||
| Month of minimum | | ||
| PLANT COLLECTION | |||
| Families | |||
| Genera | |||
| Species | |||
| Taxa | 1000 | ||
| Accessions | |||
| Plants | |||
| Notable plants within the collection | |||
| Geographical area of specialisation | |||
| South Africa, Great Britain | |||
| Special families within the collections | |||
| Liliaceae | |||
| Special genera within the collections | |||
| Sorbus, Lloydia | |||
| Special collections | Plants of North Wales, – 50 Plants. Conifers, – 82 Plants. Sorbus, National endemics of Wales | ||
| Phenological Garden | |||
| Records of living collection | Kept since 1966 Computerised | ||
| Record System | BG-Recorder | ||
| Plant-collecting trips | No | ||
| FACILITIES ON SITE | |||
| Herbarium | Approximately 10 000 wild collected and cultivated specimens (in School of Biological Sciences) | ||
| Library | No | ||
| Research facilities | General biological laboratories, underground laboratory (rhizotron) | ||
| Publications | Garden guide | ||
| Identifications: | Undertakes identifications for the general public. Internal verification of material | ||
| Teaching and Education: | Primary, secondary, taxonomic, public education and higher | ||
| Interpretation of the material: | Supervised garden walks, lectures | ||
| Friends Organisation: | Yes | ||
| Visitor facilities: | Unknown | ||
| ACCESS TO THE COLLECTIONS | |||
| Public access: | Free | ||
| Visitors per year: | |||
| Public opening hours: | Mon-Fri: Glasshouse 8am-6pm, outdoor Garden open all times | ||
| GUIDING PRINCIPLES BEHIND THE COLLECTION | |||