Botanical garden of Düsseldorf
The Botanical Garden Dusseldorf is located in the south of Dusseldorf in the sky spirits Rheinbogen. It belongs to the Heinrich -Heine- University of Dusseldorf and the local Institute of Botany. It was founded in 1973, built from 1974 to 1979 and now is home to about 6000 species. The main focus plants of temperate climate zones are shown.
Outdoor
The size of the free land of eight acres. In addition to the geographically divided areas, there are also morphologically, ecologically and systematically divided plants.
Geographically divided plants
- Alpinum
- Central Europe
- Caucasus
- North -East Asia
- Japan
- China
- North America
- South America
Ecologically divided plants
- Heath
- Moor
- Schneeheide Pine Forest
- Orchard
- Wildflower meadow
Other plants
- Systematic department
- Pharmacist Garden
- Crops
- Cottage Garden
- Conifers Islands
- Summer flowers
- Rock garden / volcanic field
- Pollination biology
- Morphology
- Endangered plants
- Bucket garden
- Showcase carnivore plants
Dome
The central dome is a cold greenhouse with a floor area of approximately 1,000 m². The domed building in the winter has a temperature of 12-15 ° C and contains plants from areas with warm, dry summers and rainy winters. These are on the one hand plants of the Mediterranean and the Canary Islands, but on the other hand plants from Australia, New Zealand, Asia, South Africa, Chile and California.
Orangery
On 10 October 2004, the Orangerie was inaugurated. It serves primarily as wintering large, valuable container plants from Mediterranean climates, such as myrtle, conifers of the southern hemisphere and Pyrophyten from Australia and South Africa. It has a floor area of 300 square meters and is 13 meters high.
South Africa House
Established in 2008, South Africa house is located beside the Orangerie and strives to provide only 330 m² an insight into the diversity of the South African steppe vegetation. A more natural reproduction of the soil conditions and some landscape details to convey the impression of a realistic plant community.
Roof greenhouses
The rooftop greenhouses on the building of the biological institutes also include Botanical Garden, but are not accessible to visitors. They serve primarily the cultivation of plant material for the teaching of biological and pharmaceutical institutions.
Research and teaching
The facilities of the Botanical Garden participate in the research and teaching of biological and pharmaceutical institutes of the University. Plants are grown for research according to the requirements. In addition, the outdoor area diverse ecological and sociological studies take place, leading to diploma, exams and dissertations.
Furthermore, involved the Botanical Garden at index Seminum, enabling the gratuitous seed exchange between botanic gardens, university facilities and comparable public research institutions.
Others
Besides a large collection of the Canary Aeonien there in the non-public greenhouses of the Botanical Garden an almost complete collection of the genus Lithops, which contains 36 of the 37 species ( according to Desmond Thorne Cole ).