Access | - Advance permission from Farm Contact required |
Location |
- Elsesser East Woodland Location Map - South Campus, farms area, east of College Rd. between Bennett Rd. and Power Line Dr. - Adjoining to Clever Woodland - South and west sides are fenced - Accessibility is limited due to the natural growth of vegetation and the terrain - Entrance Points - map > There are no formal entrances |
Parking |
- Elsesser East Woodland Location Map - Farm Contact: Tony Boughton, University Farms Manager; email: boughto3@msu.edu; phone: 517-355-0154 - Follow the instructions of the Farm Contact for parking |
Features |
- ~7 acres. Discrepancy with original description of 2.2 acres. - Contains mostly sugar maple, but also has some basswood, white ash, butternut, beech, and red oak - Lots of young even-aged sugar maple in the understory - Dense thicket of prickly-ash on the south and east sides - Small pond on northwest boundary |
Publications & Reports |
- Ward, S. (2024). Elsesser East Woodland Bio-inventory Report. Michigan State University. |
Elsesser East Woodland is joined with Clever Woodland. The northwest portion is Clever and the southeast portion is Elsesser East.