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{{Short description|Botanical garden in Hiroshima, Japan}}
[[File:Roadway - Miyajima Natural Botanical Garden - DSC02307.JPG|thumb|right|Miyajima Natural Botanical Garden]]

The {{nihongo|'''Miyajima Natural Botanical Garden'''|宮島自然植物実験所|Miyajima Shizen Shokubutsu Jikkensho|11.5 hectares}} is a [[botanical garden]] operated by [[Hiroshima University]] and located at Mitsumaruko-yama 1156-2, Miyajima-cho, [[Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima]], [[Japan]]. It is open daily except New Years and August{{clarify|date=May 2015}}; admission is free.

The garden was established in 1964 for botanical research and education. It is located on the north coast of [[Itsukushima|Miyajima]] (Itsukushima) Island about 20&nbsp;km from [[Hiroshima]] City. The island forms part of the [[Setonaikai National Park]] and contains the Misen forest, a [[World Heritage Site]].

Most of the garden consists of natural forest and maritime vegetation, particularly subtropical [[species]] and [[halophyte]]s, with about 350,000 specimens in its [[herbarium]]. Current research projects include studies of local [[vascular plant|vascular]] and [[non-vascular plant]]s, especially [[bryophyte]]s; [[ecology]]; and [[conservation biology]].

== See also ==

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* [[List of botanical gardens in Japan]]

== References ==
* [http://home.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/miyajima/ Miyajima Natural Botanical Garden (Japanese)]
* [http://home.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/miyajima/index.cgi?LabPage%2fEnglish%2fTop2007 Miyajima Natural Botanical Garden]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110717210254/http://read.jst.go.jp/public/cs_kkn_005EventAction.do?action6=event&lang_act6=E&judge_act6=2&kcd2_act6=0336026000 Database of Research and Development Activities]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071013015458/http://www.jardinsbotaniquesjaponais.fr/Miyajima.htm Jardins Botaniques entry (French)]
* [http://www.bgci.org/garden.php?id=511 BGCI entry]

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[[Category:Botanical gardens in Japan]]
[[Category:Gardens in Hiroshima Prefecture]]
[[Category:Hiroshima University]]
[[Category:Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima]]
[[Category:Itsukushima]]


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