Luua Arboretum is an

arboretum An arboretum (: arboreta) is a botanical collection composed exclusively of trees and shrubs of a variety of species. Originally mostly created as a section in a larger garden or park for specimens of mostly non-local species, many modern arbor ...

Luua Luua (until 1920: ''Ludenhof'') is a village in Jõgeva Parish, Jõgeva County in eastern Estonia. Luua Manor Luua Manor () has a history that goes back to at least 1519, when it was owned by Jürgen von Lude, whose family name is the source of ...

, Estonia. The arboretum was founded in 1953 and rapidly grew during the 1950s. By 1962, 2273 plants belonging to 327

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had been planted in the arboretum. Subsequently, the arboretum expanded less swiftly because plants from most common species had already been planted. Today the arboretum contains a large number of species, sources give vague numbers of "about 500" or "more than 800". The plants are organised according to their geographical origin; the arboretum has sections for plants from

Europe Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and Asia to the east ...

Siberia Siberia ( ; , ) is an extensive geographical region comprising all of North Asia, from the Ural Mountains in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east. It has formed a part of the sovereign territory of Russia and its predecessor states ...

Central Asia Central Asia is a region of Asia consisting of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. The countries as a group are also colloquially referred to as the "-stans" as all have names ending with the Persian language, Pers ...

, the

Far East The Far East is the geographical region that encompasses the easternmost portion of the Asian continent, including North Asia, North, East Asia, East and Southeast Asia. South Asia is sometimes also included in the definition of the term. In mod ...

and

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. The Central Asian and Siberian sections have the fewest taxa represented, while at least earlier the North American and the Far Eastern divisions were the richest. The whole arboretum is protected as a wildlife reserve by Estonian law.

References

{{Reflist Arboreta Jõgeva Parish Forestry in Estonia Botanical gardens in Estonia