JC Raulston Arboretum

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United States of America - North Carolina - Raleigh

Institution Code: RRNC

BGCI Member: No

About the JC Raulston Arboretum

The JC Raulston Arboretum is a nationally acclaimed garden with one of the most diverse collection of cold hardy temperate zone plants in the southeastern United States. As a part of the Department of Horticultural Science at NC State University, the Arboretum is primarily a working research and teaching garden that focuses on the evaluation, selection and display of plant material gathered from around the world. Plants especially adapted to Piedmont North Carolina conditions are identified in an effort to find better plants for southern landscapes.

Main Address:
JC Raulston Arboretum
North Carolina State University, Dept. of Horticultural Science
4415 Beryl Road, Campus Box 7522
Raleigh
North Carolina 27695-7522 United States of America

Telephone: (919) 513-3132
Fax: (919) 515-5361
URL: www.ncsu.edu/jcraulstonarboretum
Primary Email: jcraulstonarboretum@ncsu.edu

Staff Details

  • Director's Name: Mark Weathington, Director
    Curator's Name: Mark Weathington, Director
    Plant Records Officer's Name: Dennis Carey, Database and Plant Records Coordinator
  • Total Staff:
    Horticultural Staff Number: 4
    Educational Staff Number: 2
    Research Staff Number:
    Administration Staff Number: 6

About the Garden

  • Institution Type: Botanic Garden
  • Status
  • Status: Private: No
    Status: State: Yes
    Status: Educational: Yes
  • Date founded: 1976
  • Physical Data
  • Landscaped Area: Yes
    Landscaped Area: Size: 4 Hectares
  • Total Area: 4 Hectares
    Latitude: 35.7882400
    Longitude: -78.6421690
    Annual Rainfall: 1115 mm
    Altitude: 0.00 Metres
  • Locality: Information
  • Locality: Garden Name: JC Raulston Arboretum
  • Local Address: 4415 Beryl Rd Raleigh, NC 27606
  • Locality: City: Raleigh
  • Locality: State: North Carolina

Features and Facilities

  • Arboretum: Yes
    Arboretum Size: 4
  • Published Plant Catalogue: Yes
    Computer Plant Record System: Yes
  • Open to public: Yes
    Friends society: Yes
  • Number of Visitors: 100000
    Number of Volunteers: 318

Plant Collections

  • Accession Number: 14688
    Cultivation Taxa Num: 6529
  • Special Collections:Agave (40 taxa), Cercis (11 spp., 11 taxa), Hamamelis (30 taxa), Juniperus (54 taxa), Lagerstroemia (50 taxa), Liriope (22 taxa), Magnolia (161 taxa), Nandina (48 taxa), Narcissus (198 taxa), woody plants (4,106 taxa).
  • Plant Collection Policy: Yes

Conservation Programmes

  • Ex Situ Conservation Programme: Yes

Research Programmes

  • Plant Breeding: Yes
    Education: Yes
    Exploration: Yes
    Horticulture: Yes
    Systematics and Taxonomy: Yes

Education Programmes

  • Visitor/Education Centre: Yes
    Education Signs in Garden: Yes
    Public Lectures/Talks: Yes
    Education Booklets/Leaflets: Yes
    Guided Tours: Yes
    Permanent Public Displays: Yes
    Courses for School Children: Yes
    Courses for University/College Students: Yes
    Courses for General Public: Yes
    Education Programme: Yes