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Red Cedar Natural Area - North




For purposes of reference and management, the Red Cedar Natural Area is divided into two areas by the Kalamazoo St.




Location

 - Red Cedar Natural Area - North Location Map

 - Northwest corner of campus, north of Kalamazoo St.

 - Woodlot is surrounded by a chain link fence in the areas where it is not bordering the Red Cedar River

 - Accessibility is limited at the entrance points due to the ZigZag entrances

 - 3 Entrance Points

> Entrance 1: ZigZag, 42.728252, -84.50251, Google Map

> Entrance 2: ZigZag, 42.728252, -84.502111, Google Map

> Entrance 3: ZigZag, 42.7283, -84.4988, Google Map

Parking

 - Red Cedar Natural Area - North Location Map

 - Public Parking: closest public parking is a City of East Lansing parking lot north of Kalamazoo St. and S Clippert St

 - For Red Cedar Natural Area - North, follow the sidewalk on the north side of Kalamazoo St. eastward or towards campus to an entrance of the Natural Area

Features

 - 14 acres

Publications & Reports

 - Kron, K. A., and B. S. Walters. "A study of Red Cedar Natural Area. I. Historical background and description of the vegetation." The Michigan botanist (USA) (1986).

 - Kron, K. A., and B. S. Walters. "A study of Red Cedar Natural Area. II. Checklist of vascular plants." The Michigan botanist (USA) (1986).

 - Han, Ho-Yeon, Ro, Kyung-Eui and McPheron, Bruce A. (2006). Molecular phylogeny of the subfamily Tephritinae (Diptera: Tephritidae) based on mitochondrial 16S rDNA sequences. Molecules & Cells (Springer Science & Business Media BV) 22.1.

 - Peña, M. (2021). Red Cedar North Natural Area Bio-inventory Report. Michigan State University.

 - Pielou, W. P. (1957). A Life-History Study of the Tufted Titmouse, Parus Bicolor, Linnaeus. Michigan State University.

 - Reemts, Charlotte Murray (2005). Temperate deciduous forest fragments: edge effects, invasion by non-native plants, and long-term change in mature forest structure. Dissertation. Michigan State University.

 - Zak, D. R., & Pregitzer, K. S. (1988). Nitrate assimilation by herbaceous ground flora in late successional forests. The Journal of Ecology, 537-546.

 - Zak, Donald Robert (1987). Landscape patterns of intraecosystem nitrogen cycling. Dissertation. Michigan State University.