One Hundred Years of Vegetation Change in Benzie County Michigan
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Issue Date
2014-05-29
Authors
Overlease, Edith
Overlease, William
Subject
Vegetation ; Benzie County ; Michigan ; Natural Resources Management and Conservation Section ; Michigan Academy of Science Meeting ; March 11, 1994
Abstract
Paper given: Natural Resources Management and Conservation Section, Michigan Academy of Science Meeting, March 11, 1994, East Lansing. NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION
One Hundred Years of Vegetation Change in Benzie County,
Michigan. William Overlease and Edith Overlease, West
Chester University, Biology Department,1645 Sycamore Court,
Bloomington, Indiana,47401, 812-332-3532.
Beginning with the vegetation of Benzie County,Michigan
as summarized from witness tree data as reported in the 1839
Government Land Surveys, changes in vegetation and flora
resulting from the complete logging of the county at the
turn of the century, the subsequent fires,settlement and
recent real estate development are discussed. Observations
and data from the authors' active botanical work in the
county from 1964 is supplemented with observations of early
loggers at the turn of the century. Changes in vegetation
and flora of the major cover types, Northern Hardwoods,Oakpine
Forests,Swamp Forests, and Lake Michigan Dunes are
summarized. Introduced weed flora is used as a barometer
to field and disturbed land use. The recent aggressive weeds
in the county, the Helleborine Orchid (Epipactis helleborine),
Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria) and Garlic Mustard
(Alliaria petiolata) are documented.
Description
Partial OCR done. 21 pages total.