About Hai Duong

Exploring Con Son Botanical Garden

THANH CHUNG • 16/03/2024 22:35

Formed in 1995, Con Son Botanical Garden in Chi Linh city, Hai Duong province is a special ecological environment, the home of tens of thousands of native plants with up to 30 floral species listed in the Red Book.

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Con Son Botanical Garden, located next to Con Son – Kiep Bac special national relic site, covers an area of 30 ha with about 450 species of native and imported plants
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The garden was a bare hill in 1997
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It is now a lush forest
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The Con Son Forest Management Station under the Hai Duong provincial Forest Management Board directly manages the garden along with nine local households
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Cutting down wild trees for other plants to grow
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A big ironwood tree about 35 m tall in the garden. It requires two people to fully embrace
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A sao den (Hopea odorata) tree which is recorded in the Red Book, originates in Southern forests, and is around 25 m tall with lush branches
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A camphor tree, a precious medicine with special aromatic attar
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Staff members of the Con Son Forest Management Station manage the flora system in the garden through a digital map, records, and a Zalo group

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