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UNLV Arboretum

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Constructed: 1957
Completed: 1988
Cost: Total Budget $1500000
Other Size Measure: 2-acre xeric garden
74 acres of turf
14 acres of woody ornamentals
4 acres of display beds
URL (bibliographic): http://hrc.nevada.edu/arboretum/
Description: The UNLV arboretum in was designated in 1985 by the Nevada Legislature, UNLV’s trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants are cultivated for scientific and educational purposes.

The University grounds are at times refered to as an "Emerald in the Desert"

Contaions more thatn 70 sepcies of plants
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Extra Note: University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Landscape Management. June 2005 :58-59.
Also Online. http://www.pestcontrolmag.com/landscape/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=168237&searchString=University%20of%20nevada%20las%20vegas
Last Acessed on October 5, 2006.

Waddell, Deana. "Green Acres." Inside UNLV. September 2008: 12.
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