Elsesser West Woodland

Access

Open from dawn until dusk.

Location

• 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.

Parking

• Contact: Lance Forsberg, Plant Pathology Farm Manager; email: ljf@msu.edu.

Features

• 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.

Publications & Reports

• 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.