361:, the Oman Botanic Garden project was initiated. The scale and complexity of the project is such that the design and construction work has been divided into multiple phases. Construction of the Oman Botanic Garden started in 2007 with the construction of a native plants nursery on site. The on-site nursery was constructed in 2008 and has been fully functional since then. The nursery now houses one of the largest documented collections of Arabian plants in the world, with ca. 70,000 plants in cultivation. The garden also houses a seed bank with currently ca. 5 million seeds. Most seeds are collected from the wild, with verification levels close to 100%.
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range of species in the past. Endemics are found in all vegetation types throughout the country. However, some habitats are particularly rich in range-restricted species and are of special interest, encompassing sites of maximum biodiversity. Significant species-rich habitats include the monsoon-affected mountains in southern Oman, the northern
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Oman has a total of 191 range-restricted species, representing 13.6% of the total flora (Patzelt, 2014). This high proportion of range-restricted species (endemics, near endemics and regional endemics) in the
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Botanic Garden include living plants in the nursery, seeds in the seed bank, and preserved plants in the herbarium. The plants grown in the nursery represent the largest scientific and documented collection of Arabian Plants on earth. Only very few of the plants of
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The majority of the native plants of Oman, which will be planted in the Oman
Botanic Garden, are not available commercially. Therefore, the botany team has spent thousands of days on field expeditions to collect seed and other plant material to build up the collection. Seeds are collected, and the
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Botanic Garden are currently under design or construction, at varying levels of completion, while the plant collection is being grown. The Oman Botanic Garden is not only Oman's leading institution of National
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The overall vision of the habitat gardens is to represent a specific habitat at its best. A habitat design is not formal but provides a true representation of the plants in their natural environments. The native plants of Oman will also be used in the amenity areas of the garden, outside of the
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Detailed studies of the vegetation and plant communities are still scarce and current knowledge ranges from no documentation at all to brief descriptions of the vegetation types or to characterization of the vegetation units by their complete floristic composition and arranged in a hierarchical
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Oman has a rich and unique botanical heritage and has taken regional leadership in environmental issues. The garden will be the first in the world to grow only the native species of a region, planted in scientifically accurate, natural habitat gardens. The respect and value for plant diversity
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Several of the team are recruits from the local village, enabling the involvement of the local community with the project and helping to ensure that the benefits and information about the project are shared - an important aspect of the project's sustainability focus.
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and one of the largest in the world. The garden consists of the following key components: nursery, visitor centre, research centre, field study centre, outdoor habitat gardens, northern mountain biome, southern mountain biome, and nature reserve area.
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has so far been poorly represented in any botanic garden on a global scale. Botanic gardens worldwide do not adequately reflect the Arabian plant diversity and the number of collections is the smallest of all botanic garden living plant material.
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kingdoms, as well as between subtropical and tropical climate zones. This position is reflected by the presence of plant species from several bio-geographical regions as demonstrated by the comparatively high number of vascular plants in Oman.
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The garden's Herbarium currently holds 1800 plant vouchers, which are arranged systematically. The herbarium is open to visitors and will also conduct plant genetics research once the research facilities are constructed and ready to use.
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As a part of its main objective, Oman Botanic Garden is helping to create a more sustainable world, throughout its design, construction and operation. The project is applying for certification for some of the buildings through the
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and Conservation, Living Collections, Education and Communication, Operations, and Corporate Services. To date, the garden employs 80 staff, including four international experts and 76 Omani nationals.
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system of floristic similarity. Data are also lacking regarding the population parameters and ecology of individual plant species.
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