{"id":7460,"date":"2019-06-14T15:22:07","date_gmt":"2019-06-14T19:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/?p=7460"},"modified":"2023-02-15T10:46:18","modified_gmt":"2023-02-15T15:46:18","slug":"armstrong-arboretum-map","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/2019\/06\/14\/armstrong-arboretum-map\/","title":{"rendered":"Armstrong Campus Arboretum Now Has Map and Database"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/image021.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7461\" width=\"297\" height=\"483\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/image021.jpg 785w, https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/image021-61x100.jpg 61w, https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/image021-315x513.jpg 315w, https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/image021-768x1250.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/image021-369x600.jpg 369w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 297px) 100vw, 297px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Did you know that one of our campuses is officially an arboretum? The Georgia Southern University Armstrong Campus Arboretum is a treasure of calm inside the busy southside Savannah area.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The arboretum encompasses the entire 268-acre Armstrong campus and displays a wide variety of shrubs and other woody plants. Several major plant collections have been established including a Fern Garden, a Ginger Garden, a White Garden, an International Garden and a Primitive Garden.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of special interest are a Reference Conifer Garden\u2014designated by the American Conifer Society and a Camellia Garden, on the official Camellia Society\u2019s Camellia Trail,\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A project to create a comprehensive map and database of the Arboretum\u2019s plant inventory is nearly complete.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been a kind of an ongoing project. And it\u2019s also constantly moving. I mean we\u2019re always adding things and removing things,\u201d said Philip Schretter, grounds superintendent and director of the Armstrong Arboretum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBotanists and taxonomists don\u2019t always completely agree on things. Plant names change. So when we go through and map the plants, we have to go back and do research to make sure that we have the most current name for the plants,\u201d said Schretter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Plant locations are mapped and incorporated into a GIS map of the campus with an accompanying database containing plant name, family and native range. The searchable map and plant inventory are included on the Arboretum\u2019s web page at georgiasouthern.edu\/arboretum. You can also read or download the most recent newsletter, Arboretum News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Armstrong Campus Arboretum is open to the public seven days a week during daylight hours.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"five columns\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"display: inline-block; padding: 12px 24px; margin: 10px 0px; border: 0; text-align: center; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 0.0625em; background: #041e42; color: #fff; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/arcg.is\/1jHnCL\">View the Armstrong Campus <br \/>Plant Inventory Map<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:64px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know that one of our campuses is officially an arboretum? The Georgia Southern University Armstrong Campus Arboretum is a treasure of calm inside the busy southside Savannah area.\u00a0 The arboretum encompasses the entire 268-acre Armstrong campus and displays a wide variety of shrubs and other woody plants. 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