- Chester M. Alter Arboretum
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The Chester M Alter Arboretum is an arboretum located on the campus of the University of Denver, 2467 South Vine Street, Denver, Colorado.
In 1999 the University Park campus was named an arboretum in honor of Chancellor Emeritus Chester M Alter. It now includes a "living fossil forest" that features the nearest living relatives of fossilized plants found in the Rocky Mountains.
The Arboretum consists of over 1,800 trees, including many rare specimens for Colorado. Specimens include: Giant Sequoia (Sequoiadendron gigantium), Dawn Redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides), Japanese Cryptomeria (Cryptomeria japonica), Cedar of Lebanon (Cedrus libani), Baldcypress (Taxodium distichum), as well as numerous species of Maples (Acer)and Oaks (Quercus).
In addition to the numerous trees the Arboretum also features a large Water Garden. The Water Garden features many Colorado native waterlilys as well as exotic aquatic plants.
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