Cannon River Trout Lily SNA
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Izaak Walton Unit |
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96 acres |
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Access to the Izaak Walton Unit is well concealed. A gravel road, 166th Street, 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. In 2005, parking was at the end of this unmarked road by the wood routed SNA sign. In 2013, this road was blocked by several windthrows, and parking was at the end of 166th Street. 166th St. Unmarked Road |
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No hunting |
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| Ecological Province | Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province |
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| Ecological Section | Minnesota & NE Iowa Morainal |
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| Ecological Subsection | Big Woods Oak Savanna |
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| Land Type Association | Blooming Prairie Till Plain Cordova Moraine |
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Silver Maple - Green Ash - Cottonwood Terrace Forest Southern Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Sugar Maple Forest (Big Woods) |
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Two Units
This SNA is is composed of two units. The south unit, the Kitzman-Morris Unit, is accessible only by canoe from Faribault, 1.5 miles away.
Waterproof footwear recommended
In the spring much of this site may be under water. The unmarked road that leads to the site continues through the site as a raised roadbed. It crosses a small bridge and ends at the west bank of the Cannon River. If a visitor wants to venture beyond this raised roadway, waterproof footwear is recommended.
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Cannon River |
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Raised Roadbed |
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Shallow Lake |
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Silver Maple - Green Ash - Cottonwood Terrace Forest |
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| Cannon River Trout Lily Scientific and Natural Area Brian |
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About
The Minnesota Dwarf Trout Lily, Erythronium propullans is Minnesota's only endemic flowering plant. It occurs only in three counties in southeastern Minnesota, in highly specific habitat. Numerous other spring ephemerals also occur at the site. Cannon River Trout Lily Scientific and Natural Area, near Faribault, Minnesota, April 6, 2012. |
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Bank Swallow Colony
In 2013, a colony of Bank Swallows inhabited the east cliff face across the Canon River from the old roadbed.
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