Collection Groups

The Dawes Arboretum's plant collection objectives are to provide the public, special interest groups and scientific community a well documented, well-labeled, accurate and diverse collection. We strive to obtain as many representatives of families, genera, species and infraspecific taxa as can be grown in central Ohio. This serves to facilitate education, conservation and research.

Our goal is to obtain certain genera in comprehensive collections, which include all species, lower ranks, and registered or published cultivars hardy, or suspected hardy, in this climate. The comprehensive collections at this time include the following genera:

• Conifers
• Hamamelis
• Ilex
• Aesculus
• Ginkgo
• Buxus
• Quercus
• Viburnum
• Spiraea