The species album...

... has been created to help you to find and identify plants and animals living in and around the garden area. For each cultivated plant, and for many animals populating the garden area, some pictures and a small description are provided in form of a virtual album, which you may simply browse or compose exactly according to your interests.

You can:

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of the field station

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• browse the species list of plants and animals to get an overview or to pick out a single species.
• leave through the album to get an impression of the colorful diversity of flowers and animals beginning with any species of the list.

Enter the album

• do a specific search for species, families, locations etc. on the basis of one or more filter criteria which you choose from several fields.
• use the interactive map to get information about plants growing in selected parts of the garden.

Start Species Search

The botanical garden ...

... comprises a large part of the whole station area. Plants are arranged in groups between the houses and paths. There are thematically sections according to systematic position (like the collections of Orchids and Bromelias), ecological adaptation (e.g. succulents) or human use (like tropical fruit trees, herbs and ornamental plants).

Click the map to view the site plan or download the print friendly version here.