Elsesser East Woodland

Elsesser East Woodland is joined with Clever Woodland. The northwest portion is Clever and the southeast portion is Elsesser East.
 

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

• 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

• Area: approx. 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.