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Barton Arboretum & Nature Preserve
Barton Arboretum & Nature Preserve is located in Burlington County, New JerseyBarton Arboretum & Nature PreserveBarton Arboretum & Nature Preserve
TypeArboretum
Nature preserve
LocationMedford Leas
Nearest townMedford, New Jersey
Coordinates39°54′19″N 74°48′58″W / 39.9052°N 74.8161°W / 39.9052; -74.8161
Area168 acres (68 ha)
Created1981 (1981)
Owned byThe Estaugh
StatusOpen all year
HabitatsWoodlands
CollectionsPinetum, conifer, holly, rhododendron woodland, viburnum, and crabapple collections
AccreditationArbnet Arboretum Accreditation Program
WebsiteOfficial website

The Barton Arboretum & Nature Preserve is a 168-acre (0.68 km) arboretum and nature preserve located in Medford Township. The arboretum is situated on the grounds of Medford Leas , a not-for-profit, Quaker-related community for adults age 55 and older.

The arboretum is on the edge of the Pine Barrens and includes landscaped grounds, courtyard gardens, wildflower meadows, natural woodlands, and wetlands, as well as tree collections. It was created with the assistance of the Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania. The Morris Arboretum continues to provide technical support.

Attractions include the Pinetum an international collection of exotic pines, a conifer collection, a 0.5-acre (2,000 m) rhododendron woodland, holly, viburnum, and crabapple collections, and an experimental planting of chestnut trees being grown in cooperation with The American Chestnut Foundation. The arboretum also once had the New Jersey State Champion Carya cordiformis tree, but it was struck by lightning in the fall of 1997 destroying it. The fallen tree and stump still remains in place however.

The Arboretum is a member of Greater Philadelphia Gardens as well as the American Association of Public Gardens and is open to the public seven days a week from dawn till dusk, free of charge.

See also

References

  1. "Barton Arboretum and Nature Preserve". Retrieved 12 September 2023.
  2. "Barton Arboretum and Nature Preserve of Medford Leas". Medford Leas Residents Association. 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
  3. "Barton Arboretum and Nature Preserve". GetOutsideNJ. Retrieved 12 September 2023.

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