The Giardino Montano per la Conservazione della Biodiversità "Ruggero Tomaselli", also known as the Giardino Botanico Alpino "Ruggero Tomaselli" and the Giardino Botanico "Ruggero Tomaselli", is a nature preserve, arboretum and botanical garden in Italy. It is located inside the Cittadella di Scienze della Natura at the summit of the Campo dei Fiori di Varese (elevation ), in the Province of Varese, Lombardy. It is open on weekends in the warmer months.
The garden was established in 1956 and named in honor of botanist Ruggero Tomaselli.
Exhibits
Its collections include:
Aconitum napellus
Arum maculatum
Atropa belladonna
Caltha palustris
Campanula raineri
Cephalanthera longifolia
Colchicum autumnale
Daphne laureola
Daphne mezereum
Daphne striata
Digitalis purpurea
Draba aizoides
Dryas octopetala
Epilobium hirsutum
Epipactis atropurpurea
Equisetum arvense
Filipendula ulmaria
Gentiana verna
Globularia
Gymnadenia conopsea
Helleborus foetidus
Helleborus niger
Horminum pyrenaicum
Iris pseudacorus
Linaria alpina
Listera obovata
Menyanthes trifoliata
Orchis maculata
Orchis mascula
Osmunda regalis
Paris quadrifolia
Polemonium coeruleum
Primula auricular
Primula glaucescens
Rhododendron ferrugineum
Rhododendron hirsutum
Saxifraga
Sedum
Sempervivum
Taxus baccata
Vaccinium myrtillus
Vaccinium vitis-idaea
Veratrum album
Viola biflora
Viola palustris.
The garden's arboretum includes:
Acer campestre
Acer platanoides
Acer pseudoplatanus
Cornus mas
Corylus avellana
Laburnum alpinum
Larix decidua
Pinus cembra
Pinus montana
Pinus mugo
Pseudotsuga douglasii
Sambucus racemosa.
See also
List of botanical gardens in Italy
References
Giardino Montano per la Conservazione della Biodiversità "Ruggero Tomaselli" Regione Lombardia description Parchi di Lombardia description (Italian)