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Rogów Arboretum of Warsaw University of Life Sciences

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Poland - Rogów

Institution Code: ROGOW

International Agenda Registration: Yes

BGCI Member: Yes

A lane with Japanese maples and Black gum in Autumn.
A lane with Japanese maples and Black gum in Autumn.

Main Address:
Rogów Arboretum of Warsaw University of Life Sciences
Rogów Forest Experimental Station
Leśna 5b
Rogów
95-063 Poland

Telephone: +48468748136
Fax: +48468748136
URL: http://arboretum.sggw.pl
Primary Email: arbor@wp.pl

Staff Details

  • Director's Name: Piotr Banaszczak
    Curator's Name:
    Plant Records Officer's Name:
  • Total Staff:
    Horticultural Staff Number: 5
    Educational Staff Number:
    Research Staff Number: 1
    Administration Staff Number: 2

About the Garden

  • Institution Type: Botanic Garden
  • Status
  • Status: Private: No
    Status: State: Yes
    Status: Educational: Yes
    Status: Municipal: No
    Status: Satellite: No
    Status: Trust: No
  • Date founded: 1923
  • Physical Data
  • Natural Vegetation Area: Yes
    Natural vegetation area: Size: 13 Hectares
  • Landscaped Area: No
  • Total Area: 54 Hectares
    Latitude: 51.8166
    Longitude: 19.8833
    Annual Rainfall: 596 mm
    Altitude: 185.00 Metres
    Total area of glasshouses: 424 Metres
    Total area of shadehouses: 1000 Metres
  • Locality: Information
  • Locality: Garden Name: Arboretum SGGW w Rogowie
  • Local Address: ul. Leśna 5b, 95-063 Rogów
  • Locality: City: Rogów
  • Locality: State:

Features and Facilities

  • Herbarium: Yes
    Herbarium: Number of Specimens: 1000
    Arboretum: Yes
    Arboretum Size: 54
  • Micropropagation/ Tissue Culture Facilities: No
    Seed Bank: No
    Published Plant Catalogue: Yes
    Computer Plant Record System: Yes
  • Open to public: Yes
    Friends society: No
    Retail Outlet: Shop: Yes
    Retail Outlet: Plant Sales: Yes
    Disabled access: No
  • Number of Visitors: 50000

Plant Collections

  • Accession Number: 7400
    Cultivation Taxa Num: 4200
  • Special Collections:Conifers - 1021 accessions, 415 taxa including 206 cultivars
    Acer sp. - 556 accessions, 232 taxa
    Stewartia sp. - 30 accessions, 10 taxa
    Araliaceae (woody species) - 123 accessions, 59 taxa
    Sorbus sp. - 190 accessions, 118 taxa
  • Invasive Species Monitoring: Yes
    Invasive Species Policy: No
    ABS Policy: No
    Plant Collection Policy: Yes

Conservation Programmes

  • Conservation Programme: Yes
    Medicinal Plant Programme: No
    Ex Situ Conservation Programme: No
    Reintroduction Programme: No

Research Programmes

  • Biotechnology: No
    Plant Breeding: No
    Conservation - Biology: Yes
    Conservation - Genetics: No
    Data Management Systems and Information Technology: No
    Ecology: Yes
    Ecosystem Conservation: Yes
    Education: Yes
    Ethnobotany: No
    Exploration: No
    Floristics: No
    Horticulture: Yes
    Invasive Species Biology and Control: Yes
    Molecular Genetics: No
    Pollination Biology: No
    Restoration Ecology: No
    Seed/Spore Biology: No
    Systematics and Taxonomy: Yes
    Sustainability: No
    Pharmacology: No
    Agriculture: No
    Land Restoration: No
    Urban Environments: No

Education Programmes

  • Visitor/Education Centre: No
    Education Signs in Garden: Yes
    Public Lectures/Talks: Yes
    Education Booklets/Leaflets: Yes
    Guided Tours: Yes
    Permanent Public Displays: No
    Special Exhibitions: Yes
    Courses for School Children: No
    Courses for University/College Students: Yes
    Courses for General Public: No
    Education Programme: No
  

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