Darlington Woods
Darlington Woods is in the Central Hill Plain natural region in Montgomery County. This property contains valuable timber and has a long research history as it was previously used as a field laboratory for students and private landowners. The stream running through the property provides an additional research topic.
Property Statistics
- Acreage: 57
- Acquired: 1945
More About Darlington Woods
- Experimental planting of white pine, loblolly pine, and Chinese chestnut as part of national study – 1947
- Underplanting study of Northern Red Oak, cottonwood, walnut, tulip tree – 1961
- United States Forest Service black walnut tree planting – 1962
- Containerized oak planting in clearcut sites – 1981
- Red oak stock study in clearcut sites – 2008
- Lye Creek runs through middle of property
- Demonstration planting site for red oak – 2008
- Wednesday in the Wild-Forestry for the Birds Case Study on Purdue Properties-2023
Please contact the property manager for a copy of this property’s management plan.
Property Manager:
Don Carlson
Southeast-Purdue Agricultural Center (SEPAC)
4425 East 350 North
Butlerville, IN 47223
Cell: 812.798.2764
Email:carlsode@purdue.edu
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Photo of Lye Creek in the winter of 2015. Photo by Don Carlson. 
Site preparation for a harvest in 2007. Photo by Don Carlson. 
Spring ephemerals present in in a stand at Darlington in early spring. Photo by Don Carlson. 