Arboretum, Alcsutdoboz park with its partly manmade water system a sparkling lake in Hungary

Located on the south side of the settlement, the arboretum forms a nature and bird conservation reserve together with the Csaplár Forest.

In this park with its partly manmade water system a sparkling lake among giant trees greets the visitor.

Approximately 540 species of ligneous plants live here including copper beaches (Fagus sylvatica purpurea), Canadian poplars (Populus deltoides), Japanese pagoda trees (Sophora japonica), honey locusts (Gleditsia triacanthos), black walnuts (Juglans nigra), and various maples. The collection of lime trees, oaks and chestnut species are also valuable. Among the different species of pines there is a whole forest of Eastern red cedar (Juniperus virginiana). The North American bald cypresses (Taxodium distichum) are spectacular. The giant thuja growing 24 trunks from one stem, the weeping beech (Fagus sylvatica 'pendula') and the Turkish filbert (Corylus colurna) with its seven trunks are all unique.

Weeping willows, elms, common ashes and European hornbeams also add their own colour to the scenery the silence of which is broken only by birdsong. Among the wild flowers there are six species of snowdrop here. A short walk in a southern direction along the lime tree avenue takes the visitor from the park to Csaplár Forest. The largest tree of the forest is a Lebanon cedar (Cedrus libani) planted here in 1830. This botanical rarity is 29 metres tall with a 4-metre girth.

Source : hungarystartshere