Corporate Body

Waite Arboretum (1928 - )

From
1928
Glen Osmond, South Australia, Australia
Functions
Arboretum, Conservation or Environment and Plant Science
Website
http://www.waite.adelaide.edu.au/arboretum/
Location
Fullarton Road, Urrbrae, South Australia

Summary

The Waite Arboretum consists of about 2,200 specimens representing more than 800 species in 200 genera. It covers 30 hectares. Its special collections include eucalypts, pears, banksias and oaks. In 1985 the herbarium of over 52,000 specimens was transferred to the State Herbarium of South Australia.

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Books

  • Wrigley, J.; and Fagg, M., Eucalypts: a Celebration (Crows Nest Australia: Allen & Unwin, 2010), 344 pp. Details

Conference Papers

  • Gardner, Jennifer A., 'History of the Waite Arboretum and Waite Herbarium', in History of Systematic Botany in Australasia: Proceedings of a Symposium Held at the University of Melbourne, 25-27 May 1988 edited by Short, P.S. (Melbourne: Australian Systematic Botany Society, 1990), pp. 29-36.. Details
  • Gardner, Jennifer A., 'The Waite Arboretum - science, trees and technology', in Australia's Ever-changing Forests VII: Proceedings of the Ninth National Conference of the Australian Forest History Society Inc edited by Feary, Sue and Robinson, Rob (Canberra: Australian Forest History Society, 2016), p. 20., https://www.foresthistory.org.au/2015_conference_papers/01-Gardner.pdf. Details

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