Arboretum de La Roche-Guyon
The Arboretum de La Roche-Guyon (12 hectares), also known as the Arboretum de La Roche , is an arboretum managed by the Office national des forêts (ONF). It is located in the regional forest (309 hectares) north of La Roche-Guyon , Val-d'Oise , Île-de-France , France , and open daily without charge.
The arboretum was created in 1990 by the ONF. It symbolizes the geography of Île-de-France , and contains 1821 trees reflecting the region's municipalities. Each of region's départements is represented by a mass of trees: maples for the Essonne ; limes and laurels for the Hauts-de-Seine ; oak , dogwood , eucalyptus , blackberry , holly , and buckthorn for the Seine-et-Marne ; beech for Yvelines , and so forth. Rivers are represented by strips of lawn.
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Arboretum de La Roche-Guyon
Vadelis entry (French)
Giverny News, "L'arboretum de la Roche-Guyon", January 8, 2007 (French)
Wikimapia entry
Jean-Paul Labourdette, Camille Defretiere, Dominique Auzias, and Pauline Rossignol, Île-de-France , Petit Futé, 2008, page 541. ISBN 978-2-7469-2116-0 .
French Wikipedia entry fr:Arboretum de La Roche-Guyon
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