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The '''Arboretum du parc de Rouelles''', also known as the '''Arboretum des Ardennes''', is an [[arboretum]] located within the [[Parc de Rouelles]] (over 150 hectares) on the Chemin Vicinal 3, south of [[Montivilliers]], north of [[Le Havre]], [[Seine-Maritime]], [[Normandy]], [[France]].
Long ago, the park was a medieval property of Pays de Caux with castle, park, farm, and forest. Most buildings were destroyed by bombardment in 1944, but a fine [[dovecote]] remains (dating to 1631). Today's park was created from 1980 to 1993.
The ''Arboretum des Ardennes'' proper contains 200 tree [[species]], organized as 25 botanical families, all planted in the early 1980s. Specimens include local species such as [[beech]], [[hornbeam]], and [[chestnut]], as well as exotics including American [[elm]], [[eucalyptus]], and ''[[Ginkgo biloba]]''. A second arboretum is dedicated exclusively to [[conifer]]s.
== See also ==
* [[List of botanical gardens in France]]
== References ==
* [https://archive.today/20130213150750/http://www.ville-lehavre.fr/delia-CMS/version_texte/adresse_page/article_id-16339/plus-1/les-arboretums.html Arboretum du parc de Rouelles]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080410164745/http://www.univ-lehavre.fr/cybernat/pages/arboarde.htm University of Le Havre: arboretum description (French), with map]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20081211213943/http://www.univ-lehavre.fr/cybernat/pages/visiarbr.htm University of Le Havre: arboretum map with detailed botanical information (French)]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080410005130/http://www.univ-lehavre.fr/cybernat/pages/parcroue.htm University of Le Havre: park description (French), with map]
* [http://www.parcsetjardins.fr/haute_normandie/seine_maritime/le_parc_de_rouelles-548.html Parcs et Jardins entry (French)]
* [http://www.gralon.net/tourisme/parcs-et-jardins/info-le-parc-de-rouelles-524.htm Gralon entry (French)]
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