Access | - Open from dawn until dusk |
Location |
- South Campus, farms area, east of the intersection of Forest Rd. and Beaumont Rd. - Most of this woodlot is surrounded by a fence, but a large portion on the eastern side of the woodlot is unfenced > Two electric fences run north and south within this woodlot, separating the fenced portion from the unfenced portion - Accessibility is limited due to the natural growth of vegetation and the terrain - Entrance Points - map > There are no formal entrances |
Parking |
- Farm Contact to be determined - Park along the northern edge of the natural area at the northwest corner of the woodlot |
Features |
- 24 acres - The forest covers 13.5 acres with an additional 10.5 acres of buffer primarily on the southeast corner - Old-growth beech-maple forest - Relatively undisturbed site, even fenced off to prevent disturbance - Prominent species include sugar maple, beech, basswood, black cherry, white ash, and red oak - Permanent pond located on the east side |
Publications & Reports |
- Favour, P. 1975. Evaluation of Toumey Woodlot, Ingham County, Michigan for eligibility for registered natural landmark designation. Manuscript, Michigan State University Office of Campus Park & Planning. 6 pp. - Medley, K. 1983. Floristic analysis of Toumey Woodlot: A natural area preserve, Michigan State University. Manuscript, Michigan State University Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Beal-Darlington Herbarium. 25 pp. - Peña, M. (2021). Toumey Woodlot Bio-inventory Report. Michigan State University. - Schneider, G. 1966. A twenty-year ecological investigation in a relatively undisturbed sugar maple-beech stand in southern Michigan. Agricultural Experiment Station Research Bulletin 15. 61pp. - Toumey Woodlot Bio-inventory Report, August 2021 - Walker, E.D. and R.W. Merrit. 1988. The significance of leaf detritus to mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) productivity from treeholes. Environmental Entomology 17:199-206. |
Toumey Woodlot was originally acquired by the Bennett family in 1852. It was later obtained by Michigan State University from the Frank Bennett estate in 1939. Toumey woodlot has been the subject of Forestry Department-sponsored studies initiated in 1940, with observations in permanent quadrats at 10-year intervals. It was placed on the National Park Service Register of Natural Landmarks in 1976.