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Elsesser East Woodland

Elsesser East Woodland, Location Map

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

 - Cook, J. L. (2004). Disease, pollinator, and resource limitation influences on the reproductive biology and growing season of Arisaema triphyllum, Jack-in-the-Pulpit. Michigan State University.

 - Palik, B. J., & Murphy, P. G. (1990). Disturbance versus edge effects in sugar-maple/beech forest fragments. Forest Ecology and Management, 32(2-4), 187-202.

 - 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.