Minnesota Seasons - Cannon River Trout Lily SNA


Cannon River Trout Lily SNA

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			Rice County




Size	95 acres

Maps	MinnesotaSeasons map with GPS coordinates

Parking	West N44 20.691 W93 14.836 East N44 20.630 W93 14.527

Hiking Trails	None



Ecological Classification	Province	Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province
	Section	Minnesota & NE Iowa Morainal
	Subsection(s)	Big Woods Oak Savanna
	Land Type Association(s)	Blooming Prairie Till Plain Cordova Moraine

Native Plant Communities¹	Silver Maple - Green Ash - Cottonwood Terrace Forest Southern Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Sugar Maple Forest (Big Woods)

Ownership	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Links	Minnesota DNR

Comments	This SNA is is composed of two units. The southern part, the Kitzman-Morris Unit, is accessible only by canoe from Faribault, 1.5 miles away. Access to the northern unit is well concealed. A gravel road, Township Road 166, leads ½ mile east from Rice County Road 3. At the end of that road an unmarked, unimproved road leads another quarter mile to the SNA.

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	The SNA is at the end of an unmarked road.

Birds	Minnesota DNR Bird checkist

	Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)

Mammals

	whitetail deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

Plants	One plant species with protected status in Minnesota is found here: Endangered – Minnesota dwarf trout lily (Erythronium propullans Minnesota dwarf trout lily can be seen here in mid-April to early or mid-May. Minnesota DNR Plant List University of Minnesota Herbarium Plant List Plants frequently found in: Silver Maple - Green Ash - Cottonwood Terrace Forest FFs59a Southern Dry-Mesic Oak Forest MHs37 Sugar Maple Forest (Big Woods) MHs39c

	bristly buttercup (Ranunculus hispidus var. nitidus) common blue violet (Viola sororia) downy yellow violet (Viola pubescens var. pubescens) eastern false rue anemone (Enemion biternatum) ground ivy (Glechoma hederacea) scouring rush horsetail (Equisetum hyemale var. affine) smooth yellow violet (Viola pubescens var. scabriuscula) Virginia waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum var. virginianum) white trout lily (Erythronium albidum) wild blue phlox (Phlox divaricata ssp. laphamii)

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