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Crum Creek Barrens

Description

The Crum Creek Barrens were part of a larger and presumably once continuous barrens habitat known in older literature as the "serpentine ridge" north of West Chester, extending from East Goshen east-northeast across Willistown and just into Easttown Townships. This may be synonymous with the Paoli Barrens; a c. 1900 account by William J. Serrill places the "Paoli Pine Barrens" about 1.5 miles SW of Paoli station, on the headwaters of Crum Creek.

Clearview Road Barrens

Description

The Clearview Road Barrens is a fragment of a larger and presumably once continuous barrens habitat known in older literature as the "serpentine ridge" north of West Chester, extending from East Goshen east-northeast across Willistown and just into Easttown Townships. It was once continuous with the Crum Creek Barrens. A few serpentine flora survive in an old and otherwise unrecorded quarry.

Visiting

The Clearview Road Barrens is private property and should not be visited.

Paoli Barrens

Description

The Paoli Barrens was part of a larger and presumably once continuous barrens habitat known in older literature as the "serpentine ridge" north of West Chester, extending from East Goshen east-northeast across Willistown and just into Easttown Townships. Francis W. Pennell's 1912 paper places them to the south of Daylesford Abbey, but a c. 1900 account by William J. Serrill places the "Paoli Pine Barrens" about 1.5 miles SW of Paoli station, on the headwaters of Crum Creek. They may not be distinguishable from the Crum Creek Barrens.

Sconnelltown Barrens

Description

Much reduced in size by development, the current grassland is maintained by a private owner and still contained serpentine flora when surveyed in 2009.

Visiting

Sconnelltown Barrens is privately owned and should not be visited.

Wawa Barrens

Description

Enumerated by Francis W Pennell. Probably around the headwaters of the small stream (Trout Run) draining the vicinity of Lima SW into Chester Creek. Grown into forest during the twentieth century and now developed.

Glen Riddle Barrens

Description

Distinguished in Francis W Pennell's list of serpentine barrens from the "Williamson" barren slightly to the northeast, but probably part of the continuous Williamson School Barrens complex. Now succeeded into forest.

Mineral Hill

Description

This serpentine body was the site of Crump's quarries, which produced serpentine building stone in the early 1870s. A small feldspar quarry was also worked nearby. The dumps were well known as a locale for mineral collection. The area later became a Boy Scout camp before being sold to the county. A small grassland opening once existed towards the southwest corner of the property. However, part of this area has been developed and the rest seems to have succumbed to succession.