Buffalo River State Park

   

Buffalo River State Park

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Area and County

 

 

 

Clay County

 

 

 

 

 


Size

1,082 acres

 
 
Maps

Minnesota DNR Summer Map

 
Park Office

N46 52.248 W96 28.480

 
Hiking Trails

12 miles
1 mile interpretive trail


Ecological Classification

Province

Prairie Parkland Province

Ecological Classification

Section

Red River Valley

Subsection(s)

Red River Prairie

Land Type Association(s)

Barnesville Beach Complex

Felton Lake Plain

 
Native Plant Communities1

Dry Hill Prairie (Northern)

Dry Sand - Gravel Prairie (Northern)

Green Ash - Bur Oak - Elm Forest

Mesic Prairie (Northern)

Wet Prairie (Northern)


Ownership

Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

 
Links

Minnesota DNR


Comments

 


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Birds

 

 
 

American goldfinch (Carduelis tristis)

downy woodpecker (Picoides pubescens)

American goldfinch

Plants

Plants frequently found in:

Dry Hill Prairie (Northern) UPn12d

Dry Sand - Gravel Prairie (Northern) UPn12b

Green Ash - Bur Oak - Elm Forest MHw36a

Mesic Prairie (Northern) UPn23b

Wet Prairie (Northern) WPn53b

 
 

crown vetch (Coronilla varia)

downy yellow violet (Viola pubescens var. pubescens)

hoary puccoon (Lithospermum canescens)

nodding trillium (Trillium cernuum)

wild columbine (Aquilegia canadensis)

wild columbine


  1. Source: Minnesota County Biological Survey

Visits

5/19/2000

9/7/2011

   
               

 

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