Sakunothayan Botanical Garden
Sakunothayan Botanical Garden | |
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สวนพฤกษศาสตร์สกุโณทยาน | |
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Type | Botanical garden and Urban forest |
Location | Wang Thong, Phitsanulok, Thailand |
Coordinates | 16°50′30″N 100°31′53″E / 16.84167°N 100.53139°E |
Area | 1.3 km2 (0.50 sq mi) |
Created | 1955 |
Operated by | Forest and Plant Conservation Research Office |
Sakunothayan Botanical Garden (Thai: สวนพฤกษศาสตร์สกุโณทยาน) is an botanical garden in Wang Thong District, Phitsanulok Province, northern Thailand. The park, at kilometer 33 of Phitsanulok-Lomsak Road, has 164 species of plants.[1]
History
[edit]In 1955 "Wang Nok Aen Forest park" was established, with a total area of approximately 130 ha (320 acres). Royal Forest Department has changed its name to "Sakunothayan Forst Park" in 1958 and to "Sakunothayan Arboretum" in 1961.
On 4 February 2018 Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation upgraded it to "Sakunothayan Botanical Garden".[2][3]
Wang Nok Aen Waterfall
[edit]Wang Nok Aen or Sakunothayan Waterfall, within the arboretum, is a 10 metres (33 ft) elevation drop of the Wang Thong River.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Arboretum_SakunnothayaPlantlist.pdf" (PDF). DNP-Botany. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
- ^ "สวนพฤกษศาสตร์และสวนรุกขชาติ" [Botanical Gardens and Arboreta]. Forest Botany Division (in Thai). 2021. Retrieved 16 February 2021, 2 botanical gardens were established by improving of arboreta: Ban Phe botanical garden in Rayong and Sakunothayan botanical garden in Phitsanulok.
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: CS1 maint: postscript (link) - ^ "จุลสาร ฉบับที่ 20" [booklet no. 20]. Department National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (in Thai). January–March 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2021, page 7.
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: CS1 maint: postscript (link) - ^ Sakuno-Thayan Waterfall
External links
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