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{{Short description|Arboretum in Salt Lake City, Utah}}
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The '''State Arboretum of Utah''' ({{Convert|1500|acre|km2|abbr=on}})<ref>The total size of the University. The space available for trees has increased and decreased as buildings, streets and parking areas have been required or removed.</ref> is an [[arboretum]] located across the campus of the [[University of Utah]] in [[Salt Lake City, Utah]], as well as on an additional site ({{Convert|147|acre|km2|abbr=on}})<ref>The Red Butte Gardens area is filled with a combination of trees and other plants, as well as access and congregation areas.</ref> at [[Red Butte Garden and Arboretum]]. The campus grounds and the Red Butte Garden<ref>Admission to Red Butte Garden is by paid admission.</ref> are open to the public every day. The conservatory is open by appointment only.

The State Arboretum was established in 1961.<ref>[http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/UU_EAD&CISOPTR=35 J Willard Marriott Library (University of Utah), accessed 23 August 2011]</ref><ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110927091304/http://www.treelink.org/woodnotes/vol1/no3/Arboretums.htm TreeLink.org]}} ''Utah State Arboretum'', accessed 23 August 2011</ref> It now contains over 8,000 trees (300 species and varieties, including over 200 taxa of [[conifer]]s). The arboretum's conservatory ({{Convert|1100|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}) contains over 400 exotic taxa. [[Red Butte Garden and Arboretum]] contains more than 1,500 conifers.

==See also==
* [[Red Butte Garden and Arboretum]]
* [[List of botanical gardens in the United States]]
* [[Utah Native Plant Society]]

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