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Certainly worthy of any arboretum,
this tuliptree (Liriodendron tulipifera) towers over
traffic next to a bank office at the intersection of PA Route
3 and Ellis Lane in East Goshen Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
(photo credit: Brice Dorwart)
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Other Arboreta
and Botanical Gardens:
arranged roughly
in order of proximity to the Morris Arboretum
Awbury
Arboretum, Philadelphia, PA
Bartram's Garden,
Philadelphia, PA
Chanticleer Gardens,
Wayne, PA
Haverford College Arboretum,
Haverford, PA
The Barnes Foundation
Arboretum, Merion Station, PA
Tyler Arboretum, Media,
PA
Scott Arboretum of Swarthmore
College, Swarthmore, PA
Longwood Gardens, Kennett
Square, PA
University of Delaware Botanic Gardens,
Newark, DE
Brooklyn Botanic Gardens, New York,
NY
United States National Arboretum,
Washington, D.C.
Arnold Arboretum of Harvard
University, Boston, MA
Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL
Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis,
MO
Washington Park Arboretum,
Seattle, WA
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United
Kingdom
Chollipo
Arboretum, Taean Peninsula, South Korea
Australian
National Botanic Gardens, Canberra, Australia
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Conservation
Links:
The Nature Conservancy,
a leading international, nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving
the diversity on life on Earth
Natural Lands Trust, a Delaware
Valley nonprofit land conservation trust which owns and manages
a total of 45 local preserves, encompassing over 100,000 acres
Brandywine Valley Association,
the first small watershed association in America, devoted to water
protection and environmental education for the Brandywine Valley
region of Southeastern Pennsylvania; located in West Chester,
PA
The Brandywine Conservancy,
a pro-active conservation organization, committed to long-term
protection of natural, historic, and scenic resources, and combatting
suburban sprawl; located in Chadds Ford, PA
Stroud Water Research Center,
an internationally acclaimed, interdisciplinary research facility,
dedicated to studying freshwater ecosystems; located in Avondale,
PA
Bowman's Hill Wildflower Preserve,
a 100-acre preserve New Hope, PA
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