Canada Total No. of Botanic Gardens Recorded in Canada: 59 (+ 37 Additional Gardens with Notable Ex Situ Plant Collections) Appr
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Canada Total no. of Botanic Gardens recorded in Canada: 59 (+ 37 additional gardens with notable ex situ plant collections) Approx. number of living plant accessions recorded in these botanic gardens: >100,000 Approx. number of taxa (species) in these collections: c.30,000 (10,000 to 15,000 spp.) Estimated % of pre-CBD collections: 90% Location: ALBERTA Founded: Unknown Garden Name: Boreal Botanic Garden Address: Box 1106, High Level, Alberta T0H 1Z0 Status: Unknown Herbarium: Unknown Ex situ Collections: No information available No. of taxa: Unknown Rare and Endangered plants: Unknown Location: ALBERTA Founded: Unknown Garden Name: Calgary Zoo & Botanical Gardens Address: PO Box 3036, Station B, Calgary, Alberta T2M 4R8 Status: Unknown Herbarium: Unknown Ex situ collections: Astilbe, birch, Clematis, Delphinium, dwarf conifers, Hemerocallis, Heuchera, Hosta, Iris, Juniper, lilac, lily, Malus, peony, Phlox, Pinus, Papaver, Potentilla, Primula, Rosa, Spirea, Picea, Viburnum. Also alpine, woodland and water conservation plants. No. of taxa: Unknown Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown Location: ALBERTA Founded: Unknown Garden Name: George Pegg Botanic Garden Address: Box 82, Glenevis, Alberta T0E 0X0 Status: Unknown Herbarium: Unknown Ex situ Collections: No information available No. of taxa: Unknown Rare and Endangered plants: Unknown Location: ALBERTA Founded: Unknown Garden Name: Golden Prairie Arboretum Address: Alberta Special Crops and Horticultural Research Centre, Bag Service 200, Brooks, Alberta T0J 0J0 Status: Unknown Herbarium: Unknown Ex situ Collections: No information available No. of taxa: Unknown Rare and Endangered plants: Unknown Location: ALBERTA Founded: 1976 Garden Name: Muttart Conservatory Address: c/o Edmonton Parks & Recreation, 9626 - 99A Street, Edmonton, Alberta T6C 4L8 Status: Municipal Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: Unknown Ex situ Collections: Over 700 spp. from diverse range of climatic conditions. Show Pyramid plus tropical pyramid (orchids, Passiflora, Hibiscus, Strelitzia, palms and fig trees; temperate pyramid and arid pyramid with plants that originate in North America, the Mediterranean, Africa and Madagascar, including plants of economic importance. No. of taxa: Unknown Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown Location: ALBERTA Founded: Unknown Garden Name: Olds College Arboretum Address: Olds College, Olds, Alberta T0M 1P0 Status: Educational Herbarium: Unknown Ex situ Collections: No information available No. of taxa: Unknown Rare and Endangered plants: Unknown Location: ALBERTA Founded: Unknown Garden Name: Trochu Arboretum Address: Trochu and District Arboretum Society, Trochu, Alberta T0M 2A0 Status: Unknown Herbarium: Unknown Ex situ Collections: No information available No. of taxa: Unknown Rare and Endangered plants: Unknown Location: ALBERTA Founded: 1959 Garden Name: University of Alberta Devonian Botanic Garden Address: University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E9 Status: University Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 6,500 (also microfungus collection). Ex situ Collections: Caragana, Gentiana, Geranium, Paeonia, Populus, Potentilla fruiticosa cvs, Primula, shrub roses, Thuja occidentalis cvs, dwarf Pinus and Picea cvs, Medicago spp. in seed bank. No. of taxa: 423 Rare & Endangered plants: Yes Special Conservation Collections: Native Cypripedium Location: ALBERTA Founded: Unknown Garden Name: Waterton Lakes National Park Address: Waterton Park, Alberta T0K 2M0 Status: State (Federal Government) Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 6,108 Ex situ Collections: No information available Rare & Endangered: Unknown Location: BRITISH COLOMBIA Founded: Unknown Garden Name: Crown Zellerbach Arboretum and Museum Address: Ladysmith, British Colombia V0R 2E0 Status: Unknown Herbarium: Unknown Ex situ Collections: No information available No. of taxa: Unknown Rare and Endangered plants: Unknown Location: BRITISH COLUMBIA Founded: 1967 Garden Name: Dept. of Biological Sciences Arboretum Address: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia V5A 1S6 Status: Provincial University Herbarium: Yes Approx no. of herbarium specimens, 10,000 Ex situ Collections: No information available. No. of taxa: Unknown Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown Location: BRITISH COLUMBIA Founded: Unknown Garden Name: Douglas Fir Arboretum Address: c/o Research Division, B.C. Forest Service, Victoria, British Columbia VSV 1X5 Situated: At Cowichan Lake, Vancouver Island, B.C. Status: Unknown Herbarium: Unknown Ex situ Collections: No information available No. of taxa: Unknown Rare and Endangered plants: Unknown Location: BRITISH COLUMBIA Founded: Unknown Garden Name: Dr Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden Address: 578 Carrall Street, Vancouver, British Columbia V6B 5K2 Status: Unknown Herbarium: Unknown Ex situ Collections: No information available No. of taxa: Unknown Rare and Endangered plants: Unknown Location: BRITISH COLUMBIA Founded: 1950s Garden Name: Milner Gardens and Woodland Address: 2179 W Island Highway, Qualicum Beach, British Columbia, V9K 1G1 Status: University (since 1996). Herbarium: No Ex situ Collections: No information available. No. of taxa: Unknown Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown. Location: BRITISH COLUMBIA Founded: Unknown Garden Name: Native Plant Garden, Royal British Colombia Museum Address: 675 Belleville Street, Victoria, British Columbia V8V 1X4 Status: Unknown Herbarium: Yes Approx no. of herbarium specimens: 185,000 Ex situ Collections: No information available No. of taxa: Unknown Rare and Endangered plants: Unknown Location: BRITISH COLUMBIA Founded: Unknown Garden Name: Queen Elizabeth Park & Bloedel Conservatory Address: 2099 Beach Avenue, Vancouver, British Columbia V6G 1Z4 Status: Unknown Herbarium: Unknown Ex situ Collections: No information available No. of taxa: Unknown Rare and Endangered plants: Unknown Location: BRITISH COLUMBIA Founded: Unknown Garden Name: Totem Park Address: Totem Park, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1W5 Status: University Herbarium: Unknown Ex situ Collections: Collections of plants used by NW Indians, eg Thuja plicata, Picea sitchensis, Tsuga heterophylla, Pseudotsuga menziesii, Taxus brevifolia, Acer macrophyllum, Alnus rubra, Prunus emarginata, Salix scouleriana, Rubus spectabilis, Rubus parviflorus, Gaultheria shallon, Sambucus racemosa, Berberis nervosa, B. aquifolium, Corylus cornuta, Osmaronia cerasiformus, Red lacustre, Ribes sanguineum, Oplopanax horridus, Philadelphus lewisii. No. of taxa: Unknown Rare and Endangered plants: Unknown Location: BRITISH COLUMBIA Founded: 1916 Garden Name: University of British Columbia Botanical Garden Address: 6501 N.W. Marine Drive, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1W5 Status: University Herbarium: Yes Approx No. of herbarium specimens: 500,000 Ex situ Collections: Rhododendrons, alpines, plants of British Columbia, medicinal and pharmaceutical plants: Asteraceae (439 spp. and 502 taxa); Caprifoliaceae (86 spp. and 120 taxa); Ericaceae (435 spp. and 835 taxa); Fabaceae (182 spp. and 214 taxa); Primulaceae 179 spp. and 280 taxa); Rosaceae (399 spp. and 624 taxa); Acer (58 spp. and 90 taxa); Meconopsis (9 spp. and 15 taxa); Primula (88 spp. and 158 taxa) Rhododendron (297 spp. and 509 taxa); Rubus (40 spp. and 61 taxa); Viburnum 33 spp. and 49 taxa); Asian plants No. of taxa: 14,000 Rare & Endangered plants: 25 spp Special Conservation Collections: Medicinal Plant (138 taxa); Native and naturalized plant (1,600 taxa) Location: BRITISH COLUMBIA Founded: 1971 Garden Name: Van Dusen Botanical Garden Address: 5251 Oak Street, Vancouver, British Columbia V6M 4H1 Status: Municipal Herbarium: No Ex situ Collections: Ericaceae (387 spp. and 1412 taxa); Rosaceae (242 spp. and 625 taxa); Taxodiaceae (12 spp. and 33 taxa); Magnolia (28 spp. and 77 taxa); Pinus (34 spp. and 73 taxa); Rhododendron (294 spp. and 1112 taxa; Calluna (85 taxa); Fagus (26 taxa); Hydrangea (67 taxa); Ilex (198 taxa); Robinia (11 taxa); Sorbus (48 taxa); conifers, heathers. No. of taxa: 3,000 Rare & Endangered plants: Yes Special Conservation Collections: Ilex (198 taxa Province of BC Holly Collection); Rhododendron (150 taxa, Greig collection). Canadian Heritage Garden, cultivars of Canadian origin. Location: MANITOBA Founded: 1924 Garden Name: Morden Research Station Address: P.O. Box 3001, Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, Morden, Manitoba R0G 1J0 Status: State Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 5700 Ex situ Collections: Syringa, Malus, Prunus, Rosa, Potentilla, Amelanchier (23 taxa), Fraxinus (14 taxa), Malus, crabapple (126 taxa), Populus (70 taxa), Prunus (91 taxa), Rosa (25 taxa), Syringa (459 taxa). No. of taxa: 3,000 Rare & Endangered plants: Yes. Special Conservation Collections: Malus (93 taxa, National Apple Germplasm Collection, Canada) Location: MANITOBA Founded: Unknown Garden Name: Island Park Arboretum Status: Unknown Address: Parks Division, 97 Sasketchewan Avenue East, Portage la Prairie, Manitoba R1N 0L8 Herbarium: Unknown Ex situ Collections: No information available No of taxa: Unknown Rare & Endangered: Unknown Location: NEW BRUNSWICK Founded: Unknown Garden Name: Fredericton Botanic Garden Address: Box 57, Station A, Fredericton, New Brunswick, E3B 4YW (a new botanic garden on the west side of Odell Park) Status: Public garden Herbarium: Unknown Ex situ Collections: Native plants, herbs, orchids, perennials, roses, tropical and wetlands. Arboretum. No. of taxa: Unknown Rare and Endangered plants: Unknown Location: NEW BRUNSWICK