Chiayi Botanical Garden | |
Native Name: | 嘉義植物園 |
Native Name Lang: | zh |
Type: | botanical garden |
Location: | East, Chiayi City, Taiwan |
Area: | 8.6 hectares |
Opened: | 1908 |
Owner: | Taiwan Forestry Research Institute |
Collections: | 140 tree species |
The Chiayi Botanical Garden is a botanical garden in East District, Chiayi City, Taiwan belongs to the Taiwan Forestry Research Institute of Council of Agriculture.
The botanical garden was established in 1908.[1]
The botanical garden spreads across an 8.6 hectares of land.[2] It is an experimental ground for planning and developing economical tropical trees. Currently there are 140 tree species in the garden, which is further classified into 47 families and 107 classes.[1]