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Box Woodland

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Box Woodland

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WJBeal@msu.edu on behalf of Campus Natural Areas

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Campus Natural Areas 408 W Circle Rd, Room 207 East Lansing, MI 48824

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Access

Open from dawn until dusk.

Location

  • Box Woodland Location Map
  • South Campus, farms area, west of College Rd. south side of Power Line Dr. Please note, Power Line Dr. is a restricted 2-track road.
  • Accessibility is limited due to the natural growth of vegetation and the terrain.
  • Entrance Points - map
  • There are no formal entrances.

Parking

  • Contact: Lance Forsberg, Plant Pathology Farm Manager; email: ljf@msu.edu.
  • Follow the instructions of the Farm Contact for parking.

Features

  • Area: 5 acres
  • Contains silver maple, white ash, basswood, sugar maple, sycamore, bur oak, red oak, chinkapin oak, and a rare species in red mulberry.
  • Exceptionally rich herbaceous flora.
  • Numerous rotting elm trunks observed in 1978.

Publications & Reports

  • Colunga-Garcia, M. (1996). Interactions between landscape structure and ladybird beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) in field crop agroecosystems. Michigan State University.

  • Ward, S. (2024). Box Woodland Bio-inventory Report. Michigan State University.