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Coker Arboretum (5.3 acres) is an arboretum within the North Carolina Botanical Garden on the campus of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The collection consists of a wide variety of plantings including flowering trees and shrubs as well as bulb and perennial displays.[1] It is open daily without charge.
| Coker Arboretum | |
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| 35°54′49.5″N 79°2′56.3″W / 35.913750°N 79.048972°W | |
| Date opened | 1903 |
| Location | Chapel Hill, North Carolina |
| Land area | 5.3 acres (0.0 sq mi; 0.0 km2) |
| Website | https://ncbg.unc.edu/visit/coker-arboretum/ |
The arboretum was established in 1903 by Dr. William Chambers Coker, the university's first Professor of Botany and the first chair of the University Buildings and Grounds Committee.[2] Coker loved East Asian species and added many throughout the 1920s into the 1940s, including conifers and one Metasequoia, as well as daffodils and daylilies. Two prominent features are a native vine arbor (300 feet long) and an adjacent stone circle.
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edit- ^ "Arbnet | Coker Arboretum - North Carolina Botanical Garden". www.arbnet.org. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
- ^ "Arbnet | Coker Arboretum - North Carolina Botanical Garden". www.arbnet.org. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
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