AUB Botanic Garden, American University of Beirut

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Lebanon - Beirut

Institution Code: BEI

BGCI Member: Yes

About the AUB Botanic Garden, American University of Beirut

The Campus of American University of Beirut ,at the heart of urban Ras Beirut,Lebanon, incorporates within its walls a unique natural environment. By all accounts, the campus, with its diverse make up of flora and fauna, quiet walkways and attractive views, has been a much loved feature of the city of Beirut since the university’s founding in 1866. With the designation of the univerisity campus as a Botanical Garden in 2016, 150 years later, the university has reaffirmed its responsibility as a custodian of its natural environment

Main Address:
AUB Botanic Garden, American University of Beirut
Department of Landscape Design and Ecosystem Management Riad El-Soh
P.O. Box 11-0236,
Beirut
1107 2020 Lebanon

Telephone: +961-1-340460/350000 ext 4508
Fax:
URL:
Primary Email: aubotanic@aub.edu.lb

Staff Details

  • Director's Name: Dr. Salma Talhouk
    Curator's Name: Anis Abdallah
    Plant Records Officer's Name: Monika Fabian
  • Total Staff:
    Horticultural Staff Number: 8
    Educational Staff Number: 4
    Research Staff Number: 2
    Administration Staff Number: 1

About the Garden

  • Institution Type: Botanic Garden
  • Status
  • Status: Private: Yes
    Status: State: No
    Status: Educational: Yes
    Status: Municipal: No
    Status: Satellite: No
  • Date founded: 2016
  • Physical Data
  • Natural Vegetation Area: Yes
    Natural vegetation area: Size: 4 Hectares
  • Landscaped Area: Yes
    Landscaped Area: Size: 2 Hectares
  • Total Area: 21 Hectares
    Latitude: 33.9011169
    Longitude: 35.4794273
    Annual Rainfall: 825 mm
    Altitude: 27.00 Metres

Features and Facilities

  • Herbarium: Yes
    Arboretum: Yes
  • Micropropagation/ Tissue Culture Facilities: No
    Seed Bank: No
    Published Plant Catalogue: Yes
    Computer Plant Record System: No
  • Friends society: Yes
    Retail Outlet: Shop: No
    Retail Outlet: Plant Sales: No
    Disabled access: Yes

Plant Collections

  • Accession Number: 10650
    Cultivation Taxa Num: 168

Conservation Programmes

Research Programmes

  • Biotechnology: Yes
    Data Management Systems and Information Technology: Yes
    Ecology: Yes
    Ecosystem Conservation: Yes
    Education: Yes
    Ethnobotany: Yes
    Horticulture: Yes
    Invasive Species Biology and Control: Yes
    Restoration Ecology: Yes
    Systematics and Taxonomy: Yes
    Sustainability: Yes
    Agriculture: Yes
    Urban Environments: Yes

Education Programmes