L'arboretum de la Hutte

Hennezel, France, France

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L'arboretum de la Hutte is a 3-hectare forest arboretum located near the hamlet of La Hutte in Hennezel (technically on the commune of Claudon) in the Vosges department of eastern France, nestled within the exceptional Darney-La Vôge forest in the Vallée de l'Ourche.

Created around 1874 by forge-master Alfred Irrois (also spelled Irroy) for the families of nearby forge workers, it features mature specimens of remarkable trees including Liriodendron tulipifera (tulip tree), Quercus rubra (red oak), Sequoiadendron (giant sequoia), and Thujopsis dolabrata, with some centennial specimens reaching imposing dimensions that qualify them as notable trees of the Vosges department.

The arboretum contains a diversity of tree species from two families: common forest species found throughout the Darney forest massif, and specific species introduced from outside at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century, making it a forest-medium arboretum rather than a park-style one.