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Red Cedar Natural Area - North

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Red Cedar Natural Area - North


 

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, Google Map
    • Entrance 2: ZigZag, Google Map
    • Entrance 3: ZigZag, Google Map

Parking

  • 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

  • Area: 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.