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We invite you to click on one of the areas of our two primary properties below to explorer the documented plants within it.
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Area: All Areas
Matthaei Botanical Gardens
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        Conifer Plantations
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               Norway Spruce
               Scotch Pine

        Conservatory
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               Desert House
               Temperate house
               Tropical House

        Entrance-Crabapple Orchard
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               Entrance - Crabapple Orchard

        Farmhouse Cluster
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               Farmhouse Cluster

        Helen V Smith Woodland Wildflower Garden
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               Helen V Smith Woodland Wildflower Garden

        Main Building, Gardens and Service Areas
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               Alexandra Hicks Herb Knot Garden
               Alterative Lawns
               Alvar/Dune Wildflower Display Garden
               Bioswale
               Bonsai and Penjing Display Garden (not specimens)
               Bonsai and Penjing specimens
               Bromeliad and Orchid benches
               Building Front
               Commons
               Conservatory - Arid House
               Conservatory - Temperate House
               Conservatory - Tropical House
               Dry Woodland Wildflower Display Garden
               Gaffield Children's Garden
               Gateway Garden of New World Plants
               Green Roof Demonstration
               Hanging Basket
               Marie Azary Rock Garden
               Mesic Woodland and Floodplain Wildflower Display Garden
               North
               Nursery
               Orchid Wildflower Display Garden
               Perennial Garden
               Prairie Demonstration Garden
               Prairie Wildflower Demonstration Garden
               Prairie Wildflower Display Garden
               Service
               Sitting Garden
               South Service Areas
               Urban Pocket Garden
               West
               West Service Areas
               Woodland Wildflower Garden

        North Floodplain Woodlands
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               Constructed Wetland
               Duke's Skipper Wet Meadow
               East Floodplain Woodland
               Great Lakes Gardens
               Oak Opening
               West Floodplain Woodland

        North Wetlands
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               Kirk's Fen
               Wet Meadow
               Wood

        Parker Brook Wetlands
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               Floodplain Woodland
               Wet Meadow

        Prairie Grove
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               Kirk's Woods
               Marilyn Bland Demonstration Prairie

        Radrick Natural Areas
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               Radrick Fen
               Radrick Forest
               South Woods

        Research Fields
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               Aspen Woodlot
               East Field
               West Field

        Sam Graham Landscapes
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               Deconstructed Landscape
               Hardwood Floodplain
               Sam Graham Bur Oak Plain
               Sam Graham Cedar Grove / Oak-Hickory Woods
               Sam Graham Mesic Grove
               Sam Graham Oak Opening
               Sam Graham Oak-Pine Barren
               Sam Graham Prairie
               Tamarack Floodplain
               Trees

        Successional Fields
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               Dix Pond Area
               Floodplain Oak Woodland
               Mixed Canopy
               Nut Trees
               Sanford Field East
               Sanford Field West
               Sanford Hill
               Upland Oaks

        Sue Reichert Discovery Trail
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               Bug Meadow
               Discovery Trail
               Island Garden
               Norman Memorial Grove

        Workyard
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               Coldframes
               Lath House
               Nursery
               Work Yard



Nichols Arboretum
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        Ampitheatre Area
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               Ampitheatre Area
               Pine Grove
               Service Yard

        Caretaker's Residence
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               Caretaker's Residence

        Floodplain Woods
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               East Floodplain
               Nichols Drive
               Warbler's Way

        Forest Hill Woods
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               Oak-Hickory
               Pines
               Spruce

        Geddes Entrance
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               Centennial Shrub Collection
               Main Valley Overlook
               Orchard

        Hawthorn Valley
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               Chamaecypress Area
               East Valley

        Heathdale
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               Heathdale
               Rhododendron Area

        Magnolia Glade
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               Magnolia Cove
               Tuliptree Valley

        Main Valley
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               Black Oak Kame
               South-East Pine Slopes
               Valley Floor
               West Slopes

        Maple Glen
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               Maple Glen

        North Floodplain Natural Area
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               North Floodplain Natural Area

        Oak Woodlands
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               Beech Grove
               East Woods
               Inglis Valley
               Jaeger's Knoll
               North Ridge Trail
               Oak-Hickory Wood
               Orchard Hills Valley
               School Girls' Glen
               South Ridge Trail

        Prairie/Savanna
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               Alex Dow Field
               Edison Road Savanna
               Prairie Glen

        River Landing
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               River Landing

        Washington Heights Entrance
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               Gateway Garden
               Laurel Ridge
               Oak Openings Garden
               Peony Garden

        Wetland
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               Wetland



Horner Woods
        Horner Woods
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               Horner Woods



Mud Lake Bog
        Mud Lake Bog
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               Mud Lake Bog

 

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