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Old-Growth Woods
The 1,000 acre former estate of the du Pont family features five distinct forest areas that have mature or old-growth trees. Species in these forests include white oak, red oak, American beech, tulip-poplar, black gum, flowering dogwood, along with others less dominant. Most of the trees date between 100 and 300 years of age in Browns Woods (17 acres), Chandler Farm Woods (53 acres), Old Quarry Woods (44 acres), Duck Ponds Woods, (46 acres) and Negandank Woods (12 acres). A William Penn tulip poplar grows in the Chandler's Woods, which means the tree was likely growing upon Penn's arrival in the region.
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