Monday, August 3, 2020
Not Tyler, but
Taylor Memorial Arboretum at Widener University, in Wallingford, PA. It was established in 1931 by Chester lawyer, Joshua C Taylor, in memory of his wife, Ann Rulon Gray. In 1951 the arboretum was opened to the public.
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Taylor Memorial Arboretum entrance circle
surrounded by trees planted in the early 1950s
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| Art in Nature |
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Cornus florida/White Dogwood with Kent checking out the
leaves that were drying out because of the heat |
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| Trunk of the Metasequoia glyptostroboides/Dawn Redwood |
Once thought extinct, plant explorers found survivors in remote China in the 1930s. Taylor Arboretum received this Dawn Redwood from Morris Arboretum in 1954.
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| Leaves/needles of the Dawn Redwood (KSS) |
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| Nesting box in the Native Meadow |
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| Paths have been cut through the Native Meadow |
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| Apocynum cannabinum/Hemp Dogbane (KSS) |
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| Apocynum cannabinum/Hemp Dogbane seed pods |
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Ridley Creek (KSS)
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Ridley Creek site of former 7-ft stone Sharpless Dam (KSS)
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Capstones from Sharpless Dam;
we could not find the one that rocks
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Asimina triloba/Paw Paw leaves (KSS)
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Um, forest of Southern Oaks?
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The first director of the arboretum, W C Camp, traveled to the Carolinas to bring back a thousand seedlings from Southern lowland forests, including Willow Oaks, Swamp White Oaks, Laurel Oaks, and Water Oaks.
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| Taxodium distichum/Bald Cypress knees (KSS) |
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Taxodium distichum/Bald Cypress
surround a vernal/spring or seasonal pond |
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Path along row of specimen trees, including the
Acer platanoides/Norway Maple cultivar with dark leaves (KSS) |
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| Carpinus betulus/Common Hornbeam leaves (KSS) |
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Carpinus betulus/Common Hornbeam aka
the Musclewood Tree |
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Known as the Musclewood Tree because it
looks like someone flexing his muscles |
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| "Pebble Beach" at Ridley Creek (KSS) |
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Tamiko by Ridley Creek (KSS)
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Kids cooling off in Ridley Creek
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Perhaps the site of Sharpless Mill, a 1764 saw mill then
1790 fulling mill, later a grist mill; all later known as the Waterville Mills |
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We do not know what happened in 1828!
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We ended up at the fenced border of the arboretum, since the walking tour guide did not have matching landmarks on the map.
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| Chamaecyparis lawsonianna/Lawson Cypress leaves maybe (KSS) |
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| Chamaecyparis lawsonianna/Lawson Cypress |
Finally we found sections that had wooden signs!
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Magnolias
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Dogwoods
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Hollies
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| Platanus occidentalis/American Sycamore seed ball with no seeds (KSS) |
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| Japanese Maples |
We will have to return in the fall and spring seasons, and find the two Pennsylvania Champion Trees.
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