Collecting and planting of fruit (wild and native) trees in Zagros Botanical Garden (Lorestan Province)

Document Type : Scientific Letters

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1 M.Sc. Forestry, Research Division of Natural Resources, Lorestan Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center, AREEO, Khorramabad, Iran.

2 Prof., Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, Iran

3 Associate Prof., Research Division of Natural Resources, Lorestan Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center, AREEO, Khorramabad, Iran

10.22092/irn.2024.132057

Abstract

Botanical gardens are a collection of plants in a closed space used for education, research, preserving species outside the habitat, and introducing people to a nature-friendly environment. Zagros Botanical Garden has been built northwest of Khorramabad city with an area of 12 hectares. The collection of wild and native fruit is one of the collections in Zagros Botanical Garden, which is carried out on 1.3 hectares. Seedlings of species were obtained from the General Department of Natural Resources of Lorestan, Kermanshah, Kurdistan, and Ilam provinces. By going to different urban or rural areas, seeds or cuttings of local fruit species were collected, propagated, and planted. The planting plan was divided into two sections (wild and native) for project implementation. In each section, trees were planted in smaller rectangular and longitudinal pieces. Variable planting distances were considered based on each species' number, type, and specific ecological conditions. Six local fruit species, including 13 varieties and ten species of wild fruit, were successfully established and adapted to the conditions in Zagros Botanical Garden.

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Iran Nature
Volume 9, Issue 3 - Serial Number 46
September and October 2024
Pages 37-48

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