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The arboretum's [[Rhododendron]] and [[Azalea]] Collection is one of the more extensive native azalea collections in the nation<ref name=":03">{{Cite web|url=https://www.auburnvillager.com/news/auburn-azalea-festival-blooms-saturday/article_432c8692-61e9-11e9-a64b-2f48ac5ae620.html|title=Auburn Azalea Festival blooms Saturday&|website=auburnvillager.com}}</ref><ref name=":04">{{Cite web|url=https://www.aotourism.com/Event/39729/Auburn-Azalea-Festival-2020/|title=Auburn Azalea Festival 2020|website=aotourism.com}}</ref> and the nationally accredited Oaks Collection contains over 40 regional [[Quercus]] species.<ref name=":02" />
The arboretum partners in a number of [[Conservation biology|conservation]] projects through the [[Alabama Plant Conservation Alliance]] (APCA) hosted by Auburn University and largely coordinated by the arboretum.<ref name=":
== History & Mission ==
In [[1959]], by the proposal of Prof. Donald E. Davis, the Auburn University School of Agriculture passed a resolution asking that a plot of land located immediately south of the university president’s home be used as an arboretum for Alabama's native trees. The plot, which was just north of the [[Old Rotation]], contained forest, wetland, and pasture. Davis began surveying and working the Arboretum after its approval in [[1963]].<ref name=":02" /> In [[1977]] the Arboretum was dedicated in his name. The mission of the Arboretum was established "to display and preserve living plant collections and native [[Southeastern United States|southeastern]] plant communities; to inspire an understanding of the natural world and our connection to it; and to promote [[education]], [[Research#Scientific research|research]], [[Conservation biology|conservation]], and [[outreach]]."<ref name=":01" />
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At the turn of the century, the Auburn [[Forestry]] department worked with the arboretum to document 900 tree specimens on campus and the arboretum's plant [[accessions]] database was built to facilitate an [[acorn]] collecting program to track the [[Provenance#Seed provenance|provenance]] of its specimens.<ref name=":02" /> In 2002, [[Natureserve]] published a report showing that Alabama was among the most biologically diverse states in the nation.<ref name=":
== Conservation and Collections==
Along with working on [[in situ#Biology and biomedical engineering|''in situ'' conservation]] projects throughout the state, the APCA starts ''[[ex situ]]'' populations with the aid of the arboretum's propogation program. The native plants nursery tracks accession provenance as well as participates in genomic [[ecotype]] studies with about 20 institutions.<ref name=":02" /><ref name=":
===Rhododendron===
The Rhododendron collection is world-renowned, containing 60 varieties of Rhododendron and Azalea including its own Auburn Azalea Series of hybrids. <ref name=":02" /> During their period of bloom, the Arboretum is host to the Auburn Azalea Festival.<ref name=":04" />
===Quercus===
The arboretum's conservation program has participated in''The Tree Gene Conservation'' projects with APGA and the [[USDA Forest Service]] for four oak species including the rare ''[[Quercus boyntonii]]''.<ref name=":02" /> It's oak collection contains all 39 of Alabama’s oak species plus two more from Tennessee and Arkansas. The collection includes Auburn University's ''Founders Oak'' (''[[Quercus stellata]]''), which became the most prized tree on AU campus, after the [[Iron Bowl#Notable games|2010 Iron Bowl]] [[Toomer's Corner#Vandalism|arboricidal rampage]] on the ceremonious [[live oak]]s across from [[Toomer's Corner]]<ref name=":
===Carnivorous plants===
The arboretum's ''[[Carnivorous plants|Carnivorous]] Bog'' contains species from all carnivorous genera of the [[Deep South]], [[Sarracenia]] (19 sp.), [[Drosera]] (3 sp.), [[Dionaea (plant)|Dionaea]], [[Utricularia]], and [[Pinguicula]].<ref name=":
===APCA Projects===
After [[2014]], the Arboretum partnered with APCA members conserving populations of endangered species from the [[Cahaba River|Cahaba]] Ketona glade such as ''[[Xyris]] spathifoli''. Other statewide APCA projects include the restoration of Harper's ginger ''([[Hexastylis]] speciosa)'', [[Eastern turkeybeard]], [[Pondberry]], Giant whorled sunflower (''[[Helianthus]] verticillatus''), Green Pitcher Plant ''([[Sarracenia oreophila]])'', Alabama Canebrake Pitcher Plant ''([[Sarracenia alabamensis]])'', and various species in the 480 acre Haines Island Park on the [[Alabama River]]<ref name=":
===Other notable species===
Some notable species in the arboretum's collection include:<ref name=":
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