Botanischer Garten der Universität Osnabrück

The Botanical Garden Osnabrück is the botanical garden of the University of Osnabrück and is located in Westerberg district in a former limestone quarry. He belongs to the Department of Biology / Chemistry, and was opened in 1984. The main tasks of the garden lie in research, teaching and outreach.

Description

The area of the botanical garden covers 5.6 ha, on the approximately 8000 species of plants are to be seen, and was extended by a 2.8 acre natural second quarry in April 2011. It is divided into geographical areas such as the Mediterranean, Euro-Asian steppe, China, Japan and North America, the focus is on an elevation ( a residual amount of the quarry ), where the alpine plants of the European mountain ranges are shown in a rockery. The total area is by a waterfall (11 m ), smaller streams and ponds enriched. A Rain Forest House was opened in 1998 and is 600 square meters and a height of 21 meters over 800 tropical plants from Central and South America.

Research

The research focus is in the area of ​​biodiversity and the evolution of land plants. A specialty is the phylogeny of the genus Allium ( Garlic Family ), the associated collection includes 230 species. Different departments of the Department, particularly botany and ecology lead, regular field trials in the garden by. The botanical garden Osnabrück houses, founded in 2003 Loki Schmidt gene bank for wild plants, and coordinates the WEL library (Genbank wild plants for food and agriculture), in cooperation with the Botanical Gardens in Berlin -Dahlem, Regensburg and Karlsruhe as well as the College of Education Karlsruhe is under construction.

Teaching

The botanical garden collections are extensively used in the teaching of biology. Many theses ( diploma, bachelor 's, master's and doctoral theses ) are developed in cooperation with the garden.

Public relations

The garden is free to the public and is open annually visited by about 70,000 people. There are regular guided tours (Sunday walks ) on selected subjects. The offer of the Green School is aimed at the general public, especially to children and students. Were held in 2010 almost 400 group tours. By being built Biological Information and Transfer Center ( BITZ ) will continue the offer. The garden and its public relations is strongly supported by the Friends of the Botanical Garden, which has about 300 members.