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Tending the Arboretum’s 1,200 acres and 513 acres in outlying properties requires an experienced staff of land managers, along with scientists, students and volunteers who restore and protect biological diversity and ecosystem functions. The Arboretum is a research center under the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research at UW–Madison.
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Many of the early visions have also continued through...
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Until the mid-1800s, prairies and savannas covered most of southern Wisconsin. Today, thanks to many decades of intensive restoration work at the Arboretum, a succession of more than 300 species of native plants bloom on the property from April through October. Oak savannas are a species-rich ecological community characterized by frequent fire and ...
Woodland flowers bloom here in spring, followed by shady summer foliage and brilliant autumn color. Wingra Woods and Gallistel Woods contain ancient burial mounds, relics of a Native American culture that flourished here between 650-1200 years ago. Noe Woods With 41 acres of white oaks and black oaks, Noe Woods is typical of many woods that develop...
The Arboretum’s pine and boreal forests are representative of Wisconsin northwoods. Leopold Pines Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) crews planted most of the red and white pines in this 21-acre stand between 1933 and 1937, along with small numbers of red maple, white birch and some northern shrubs and ground layer plants of the northern Wisconsin p...
Species richness in shallow-water habitats at the Arboretum is diminishing due to a long history of modified water levels and aggressive plant invasions. Research on Arboretum wetlands focuses on how to restore biodiversity to these areas. Gardner Marsh This wetland is part of the site of a failed residential development in the early 1900s and once...
The Arboretum is many things to many people. At its most basic, it comprises 1,200 acres of prairies, savannas, forests, wetlands, and gardens in Madison, and just over 500 acres of land across 11 proper-ties located throughout Wisconsin. In his 1934 dedication speech, Aldo Leopold said the Arboretum would be a benchmark “in the long and
Aug 13, 2018 · The main grounds of the UW Arboretum comprise about 1,200 acres of woodlands, oak savanna, prairie, and wetland. Arboretum staff and researchers also manage an additional 500 acres of land scattered across southern Wisconsin. Between 1935 and 1941, workers with the Civilian Conservation Corps, a New Deal program, helped develop the UW Arboretum.
The Arboretum began in 1932 when the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents acquired 245 acres on the south shore of Lake Wingra. It was formally dedicated in 1934 and has since grown to 1,260 acres in Madison as well as a number of outlying properties throughout Wisconsin.
Today the Arboretum comprises 1,200 acres of preserved natural space, and most of this current land holding came from gifts and purchases when land was cheap during the Great Depression.
