Elsesser West Woodland

 - Elsesser West Woodland Location Map

 - South Campus, farms area, west of College Rd. between Bennett Rd. and Power Line Dr.

 - Entire woodlot is unfenced

 - Accessibility is limited due to the natural growth of vegetation and the terrain

 - Entrance Points - map

> There are no formal entrances

 - Elsesser West Woodland Location Map

 - Farm Contact to be determined

 - Follow the instructions of the Farm Contact for parking

 - Sugar maple, basswood, and northern red oak are most common within the overstory

 - Understory has high density of sugar maple saplings and seedlings

 - The northwest corner of the woodlot is a cleared out area where 30 saplings, consisting of basswood, tuliptree, swamp white oak, and American sycamore, were planted in 2019

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

 - 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.

 - Peña, M. (2021). Elsesser West Woodland Bio-inventory Report. Michigan State University.