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51 Friends of the Mississippi River Camp Cozy Park NRMP <br />oak, cedar, willow, cottonwood and hackberry are also present. Buckthorn is present in the <br />shrub and sub-canopy layer, along with honeysuckle, prickly ash and black cherry. Buckthorn is <br />also common in the groundcover, along with native gooseberry, Pennsylvania sedge, and <br />hackberry seedlings. Columbine, sweet cicely and starry false Solomon’s seal are also present in <br />the groundcover, among other native herbaceous species. Recorded vegetation data is <br />documented in Appendix A. Although much of this unit was likely an oak savanna prior to <br />European colonization, restoring this unit to savanna would be logistically challenging and <br />costly, requiring the removal of many large canopy trees and a major transition of the <br />understory plant community. A trail connecting the north prairie (Unit 1) to the road, at the <br />northeast corner of the property, is present and appears to get some use from wildlife and <br />human visitors. <br /> <br />Recommended Plant Community: MHs38b Basswood - Bur Oak - (Green Ash) Forest (Appendix <br />B). <br /> <br /> <br />Unit 6 <br />South Oak Forest <br />Photo 6. Sprawling bur oak canopy in Unit 6 oak forest, September 2023.