Kalamazoo Nature Center Survey:
(HTML format contains links to pictures of each species)
1. Grasses and Sedges: HTML EXCEL
2. Shrubs and Trees: HTML
VEGETATION TABLES:
1. Table A. Fungi by Compartment
2. Table B. Mosses, Lichens and Ferns by Compartment
3. Table C. Vascular Plant Species
4. Table C-1. Vegetation Survey. Line Data - Occurrences of Woody Plant Species
5. Table C-2. Vegetation Survey. Canopy Data - Percentage of Occurrences
6. Table C-3. Vegetation Survey. Belt Data - Small Woody Plants
7. Table C-3. Vegetation Survey. Belt Data - Small Woody Plants
8. Table C-4. Vegetation Survey
9. Table C-5. Vegetation Survey. Large Trees
10. Table C-6. Plant Species Observed at Parkview Hills in 2000-2001 That May Occur at the Preserve
11. Table C-7. Vascular Plant Species Observed During 3 Previous Asylum Lake Studies, 1976-1992+
VEGETATION FIGURES AND MAPS:
1. Figure 1: Percentage Make-up of Canopy
2. Figure 2: Belt Data - Small Woody Vegetation
3. Figure 3: Belt Data - Number of Medium Woody Plants
4. Figure 4: Number of Single Trees Over 13cm DBH
5. Figure 5: Average DBH of Large Trees
6. Figure 6: Belt Data - White Oak and Black Cherry DBH
7. Map 11: Asylum Lake Preserve - Plant Survey Points
Prairie Seeding Mix:
In 2001, in an effort to restore the native prairie, seeding mix was spread.(Clicking on links will take you to descriptions and pictures outside of this site)
This mix contained:
GRASSES
Big Bluestem (Andropogan gerardii)
Little Bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium, Andropogan scoparius)
Indian Grass (Sorghastrum nutans)
Priarie Dropseed (Sporobolus heterolepis)
FORBS AND LEGUMES
New Jersey Tea (Ceanothus americanus)
White False Indigo (Baptisia lactaea)
Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis)
Butterfly Milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa)
Heart-leaved Golden Alexanders (Zizia aptera)
Rough Blazingstar (Liatris aspera)
Purple Prairie Clover (Dalea purpurea)
Stiff Goldenrod (Solidago rigida)
Dotted Mint (Monarda punctata)
Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)
New England Aster (Aster novae-angliae)
Ox-eye Sunflower (Heliopsis helianthoides)
White Prairie Clover (Dalea candida)
Lance-leaved Coreopsis (Coreopsis lanceolata)
Canada Milk Vetch (Astragalus canadensis)
Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriacus)
Western Sunflower (Helianthus occidentalis)
Lupine (Lupinus perennis)
Invasive Species:
Asylum Lake Property unfortunately contains invasive plant species.
These invasive species include:
HERBACEOUS WEEDS:
Bull Thistle, Cirsium vulgare
Canada Thistle, Cirsium arvense
Curly Dock, Rumex crispus
Spotted Knapweed, Centaurea maculosa
Crown Vetch, Coronilla varia (Still intentionally planted as a slope-stabilizer)
Purple Loosestrife, Lythrum salicaria
Japanese Knotweed, Polygonum japonicum
Garlic Mustard, Alliaria officinalis (petiolata)
Mugwort, Artemisia vulgaris
Horseweed, Conyza (Erigeron) canadensis
GRASSES AND REEDS:
Giant Reed, Phragmites australis (A problem at the inlet to Asylum Lake, East of Drake)
Quack Grass, Agropyron repens
Timothy, Phleum pratensis
Kentucky Bluegrass, Poa pratensis (the same one we plant as turfgrass)
Brome Grasses, Bromus inermis, japonicus, etc.
WEEDY TREES:
Box Elder, Acer negundo (Native, but a problem in our woodlands)
Black Locust, Robinia pseudoacacia
Norway Maple, Acer negundo (These are still offered by nurseries and planted in landscapes)
Russian Olive, Eleagnus angustifolia
Siberian Elm, Ulmus pumila
INVASIVE WOODY SHRUBS:
Japanese Barberry, Berberis thunbergii
Common Privet, Ligustrum vulgare
Honeysuckles, Lonicera maackii, L. tatarica et. al.
Common Buckthorn, Rhamnus cathartica
Multiflora Rose, Rosa multiflora
Related Links:
1. The Nature Conservancy - Invasive Species
2. Wildflowers Association of Michigan
3. Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
4. Wisconsin Vascular Plant Species
5. Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants
7. Rain Gardens of West Michigan
8. American Public Gardens Association
9. Aquatic Plant Management Society
10. Invasive Species
