Hakone Botanical Garden of Wetlands
Botanical garden in Japan
35°15′58.23″N 139°00′25.48″E / 35.2661750°N 139.0070778°E / 35.2661750; 139.0070778The Hakone Botanical Garden of Wetlands (箱根湿生花園, Hakone Shisseikaen) is a botanical garden located within the Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park at 817 Sengokuhara, Hakone, Kanagawa, Japan.[1] It is open daily in the warmer months; an admission fee is charged.
The garden was founded in 1976, and now contains some 1700 plant varieties, including about 200 types of woody and herbaceous wetland plants from Japan, as well as 1300 varieties (120 species) of alpine plants.[2] Collections include Habenaria, Hemerocallis, Iris, Lilium, Lysichitum, and Primula, plus deciduous trees such as Acer, Cornus, and Quercus.
External links
- Hakone National Park
- BGCI entry
See also
- List of botanical gardens in Japan
- Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park
References
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