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Lott South Woodland

Lott South Woodland

Access  - Open from dawn until dusk
Location

 - Lott South Woodland Location Map

 - South Campus, farms area, south of I96, north of Sandhill Rd., between College Rd. and Hagadorn Rd.

 - Woodlot is unfenced

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

 - Entrance Points - map

> There are no formal entrances

Parking

 - Lott South Woodland Location Map

 - Contact: Tony Boughton, University Farms Manager; email: boughto3@msu.edu; phone: 517-355-0154

 - Park near the southeast corner of the natural area off Sandhill Rd.

Features

 - 43.5 acres

 - Consists of mixed age floodplain forest to the east and a sandhill rising to the west

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.

 - Dodge, S. L. (1984). Soil Texture, Glacial Sediments, and Woodlot Species Composition in Northeast Ingham County, Michigan (Biogeography, Plant Geography) (Doctoral dissertation, Michigan State University).

 - Flanders, R. A. (1971). Temporal associations among woodland plants in southern Michigan. Michigan State University. Department of Botany and Plant Pathology.

 - Frye, D.M. (1976). A botanical inventory of Sandhill Woodlot, Ingham County, Michigan I. The Vegetation. Michigan Botanist 15:192-204.

 - Frye, D. M. (1977). A botanical inventory of Sandhill Woodlot, Ingham County [Michigan], III: Phenology study. Michigan Botanist (USA).

 - Neary, D. G. (1974). Effects of Municipal Wastewater Irrigation on Forest Sites in Southern Michigan. Michigan State University.

 - Pregitzer, K. S., Kubiske, M. E., Yu, C. K., & Hendrick, R. L. (1997). Relationships among root branch order, carbon, and nitrogen in four temperate species. Oecologia, 111(3), 302-308.

 - Valasek, D. M. (1972). A botanical inventory of Sandhill Woodlot : With emphasis on phenology and comparative aspects of this and other Central Michigan woodlots. Thesis submitted to Michigan State University. Department of Botany and Plant Pathology.

 - Woodrum, C. L. (2002). Hydraulic, biomechanical, and anatomical study of xylem from five tree species of Acer. Michigan State University.

 - Woodrum, C. L., Ewers, F. W., & Telewski, F. W. (2003). Hydraulic, biomechanical, and anatomical interactions of xylem from five species of Acer (Aceraceae). American Journal of Botany, 90(5), 693-699.

Lott South Woodland was originally called Sandhill Woodlot.