Orto Botanico Riserva Lago di Penne
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| Orto botanico riserva Lago di Penne | |
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 Water lilies in the garden | |
 Interactive map of Orto botanico riserva Lago di Penne | |
| Type | Botanical garden |
| Nearest city | Penne, Abruzzo |
| Coordinates | 42°26′28″N 13°54′15″E / 42.441211°N 13.904086°E |
| Area | 1 hectare (2.5 acres) |
| Elevation | 250 meters (820 ft) |
| Authorized | 1988 |
| Administered by | Comune di Penne |
| Open | 365 days a year |
| Website | www |
The Orto botanico riserva Lago di Penne (Italian: Botanical garden of the Penne Lake Preserve) is a botanical garden located within the Riserva Lago di Penne, southwest of Penne, Abruzzo, Italy. The garden was established in 1988 and contains plants organized by geography and ecological system.
The garden itself covers 1 hectare. It was established in 1988, one year after the Riserva Lago di Penne. In 1997 it was recognized as a botanical garden of regional interest, pursuant to regional law n.35/1997. In 1998, the Reserve adopted a forest management plan using naturalistic silviculture principles.
Organization
Visitors enter the garden along the lakeside after passing the visitor center. Continuing along the lake, their path encounters the Duck Center, the Otter Center, and wildlife areas dedicated to ferrets and tortoises.
This is followed by the main botanical walking path (Percorso Botanico). It includes a route dedicated to aromatic plant species, set up for the blind with interpretive signs in Braille, and sections dedicated to Maquis shrubland, downy oak-dominated xeric forest, black hornbeam-dominated mesic forest, riparian forest, and wetland. The garden's plants are arranged by geography and ecology, rather than by taxonomy, in order to reconstruct Abruzzo's major plant associations.
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