Chavez Ravine Arboretum

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The Chavez Ravine Arboretum, in Elysian Park, just north of Dodger Stadium, at 929 Academy Road, Los Angeles, California, USA contains more than 1,000 varieties of trees from around the world, including what are believed to be the oldest and largest cape chestnut, kauri, and tipu trees in the United States. Admission to the arboretum is free.

The Arboretum was founded in 1893 by the Los Angeles Horticultural Society, and planting of rare trees continued through the 1920s. Most of the original trees are still standing. The Arboretum was declared a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument in 1967.

Trees in the Arboretum include: Acacia delbata, Acer campestre, Acer negundo, Acer paxii, Acer saccharinum, Aesculus x carnea, Agathis robusta, Alnus rhombifolia, Angophora costata, Araucaria bidwillii, Archontophoenix cunninghamiana, Baphia chrysophylla, Bauhinia forticata, Bauhinia variegata, Betula nigra, Brachychiton acerifolius, Brachychiton acerifolius (Herman hybrid), Brachychiton discolor, Brachychiton populneus, Brahea armata, Brahea brandegeei, Brahea edulis, Butia capitata, Calocedrus decurrens, Calodendrum capense, Caryota urens, Castanospermum australe, Casuarina cunninghamiana, Cedrela toona, Cedrus deodara, Cedrus libani, Celtis australis, Chamaerops humilis, Chionanthus retusus, Chorisia insignis, Chorisia speciosa, Cryptocarya rubra, Cryptomeria japonica, Cupaniopsis anacardioides, Cupressus glabra, Cupressus sp., Dalbergia sissoo, Dracaena draco, Ehretia anacua, Ehretia tinifolia, Eriobotrya deflexa, Eriobotrya japonica, Erythrina coralloides, Erythrina falcate, Erythrina humeana, Ethretia tinifolia, Eucalyptus camaldulensis, Eucalyptus citriodora, Eucalyptus cladocalyx, Eucalyptus globulus, Eucalyptus robusta, Eucalyptus rudis, Eucalyptus viminalis, Ficus microcarpa nitida, Ficus racemosa, Ficus religiosa, Ficus sp., Fraxinus uhdei, Fraxinus velutina, Hetermeles arbutifolia, Jacaranda acutifolia, Jubaea chilensis, Juglans nigra, Lagerstroemia indica, Liquidambar formosana, Liriodendron tulipifera, Livistona australis, Livistona chinensis, Macadamia ternifolia, Magnolia grandiflora, Metasequoia glyptostroboides, Metrosideros excelsus, Myrcia cauliflora, Nyssa sylvatica, Phoenix canariensis, Phoenix dactylifera, Phoenix reclinata, Phoenix reclinata (hybrid), Phoenix roebelenii x rupicola, Phoenix rupicola, Phytolacca dioica, Pinus canariensis, Pinus edulis, Pinus halepensis, Pinus thunbergii, Pittosporum phillyraeoides, Pittosporum tenuifolium, Pittosporum undulatum, Podocarpus gracilior, Podocarpus totara, Psidium guajava, Quercus agrifolia, Quercus alba, Quercus cerris, Quercus coccinea, Quercus macrocarpa, Quercus palustris, Quercus rubra, Quercus suber, Quercus virginiana, Rhapidophyllum hystrix, Rhapis excelsa, Rhodosphaera rhodanthema, Rhopalostylis baueri, Rhus integrifolia, Sabal causiarum, Sabal sp., Salix babylonica, Schinus molle, Schinus polygamus, Sequoiadendron giganteum, Syagrus romanzoffiana, Tabebuia avellanedae, Taxodium distichum, Tipuana tipu, Trachycarpus fortunei, Trachycarpus wagnerianus, Tristania laurina, Trithrinax acanthocoma, Ulmus Americana, Umbellularia californica, Washingtonia fillifera, Washingtonia robusta, and Zelkova serrata.