Giardino botanico Gole del Sagittario

Botanical Garden at the Sorgenti del Cavuto
Location Riserva delle Gole del Sagittario, Italy
Nearest city Anversa degli Abruzzi
Area 4.5 km2 (1.7 sq mi)
Established 1996
Governing body WWF and Anversa degli Abruzzi
www.comune.anversa.aq.it/riserva.asp

The Botanical Garden at the Sorgenti del Cavuto is located in Anversa degli Abruzzi, which is in the Province of L'Aquila.

The Botanical Garden is the latest offshoot of the Riserva delle Gole del Sagittario near Anversa degli Abruzzi. The Botanical Garden is accessed is through a descent from Anversa degli Abruzzi, which also the manages the garden along with the World Wide Fund for Nature and the province of Aquila.

The botanical garden was established in 1996 by L.R. 35/97.[1] It hosts 380 species of plants of which 45 are classified as threatened.

The Sorgenti del Cavuto flow directly into the river Sagittario, the main tributary of the Aterno-Pescara. The garden has an irrigated nursery whose water is provided by the Sagittario and the Sorgenti del Cavuto. These rivers also feed a power plant.

Area water plants

The Giardino Botanico Gole del Sagittario (6,000 m²) is a botanical garden located at the entrance to the Riserva Naturale Gole del Sagittario in Anversa degli Abruzzi, province of L'Aquila, Abruzzo, Italy.

The garden was established in 1999, and is managed by the municipality of Anversa degli Abruzzi in agreement with the World Wide Fund for Nature. It contains about 350 native plant species, of which about 25% are endangered.

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References

  1. ↑ Paolo Mazzei, Ilaria Pimpinelli (1995-04-28). "Legge Regionale n. 35/97". Cogecstre.com. Retrieved 2011-04-16.

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Coordinates: 41°59′44″N 13°48′14″E / 41.995541°N 13.803924°E / 41.995541; 13.803924

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