Australian National Botanic Gardens
Australian National Botanic Gardens ( ANBG ) is the identification of the botanical garden in the Australian capital Canberra. It is administered by the Australian Environment Protection and Heritage Ministry and is dedicated to the Flora of Australia. The garden offers far-reaching opportunities for plant scientists and cultured endangered native plant species.
History
Initial plans for the establishment of a botanical garden there were in 1933 two years later, the conditions have been defined:. The garden should not only please the eye, but are also from the beginning of the research. For this purpose a large site next to the future Australian National University was provided on the eastern slope of Black Mountain.
Prime Minister Ben Chifley in September 1949 and Sir Edward Salisbury, the Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens in London symbolically planted the first tree. During the next two decades the area gradually took on its present form. Visitors were admitted from 1967 and the official opening took place in October 1970 by Prime Minister John Gorton. 1978 received the Canberra Botanic Gardens its current name. In 1985, the visitor center was opened. For the botanical garden covers an area of 90 hectares has been reserved at Black Mountain, of which, however, only 40 acres were used. The execution of the prepared plans for expansion depends on the available financial resources.
The Collection
The garden is divided into sections that are dedicated to a specific topic. The plants are grouped according to their taxonomy or are combined into ecological groups, as they occur in nature. More than 5500 species are cultivated.
The following sections are available:
- Rainforest stream: plants from the rainforests on the east coast of Australia
- Rock Garden: Plants from desert and mountain regions
- Flora in the sandstone formations of the Sydney Region
- Mallee ( double -stemmed eucalyptus)
- Silver tree plants such as Banksia, Waratah and Grevilleeae
- Myrtle as Bottlebrush, Tea Tree and Leptospermoideae
- Eucalyptus meadow with around a fifth of all species of eucalyptus
- Acacia
Research
The National Herbarium is based in ANBG and has the largest collection of pressed and dried plant specimens in Australia; it is not accessible to the public. The operation is carried out together with the CSIRO, as part of the Research Centre for Plant Biodiversity. The Herbarium participates in the development of the " virtual Australian Herbarium ", an Internet-based catalog with biological information about six million species of plants. The ANBG also manages several large plant databases and a photographic archive. The library is open to students and the public by appointment.