Minnesota Seasons - Cannon River Turtle Preserve SNA



			Goodhue County
			Southeast Minnesota

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Size

909 acres

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East Section		West Section

Parking

Cannon Valley Bike Trail parking lot
(access to area south of Cannon River)
N44 34.459, W92 38.529

Circle Drive pull off
(access to area north of Cannon River)
N44 34.522, W92 41.330

Cannon River Public Water Access
(access to area south of Cannon River)
N44 34.866, W92 39.320

Hiking Trails

The Cannon River Bike Trail runs alongside this SNA. There are no other hiking trails.

Hunting

All hunting. See Hunting and Trapping Regulations (MN DNR) for details.

Ecological Classification

Province

Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province

Section

Paleozoic Plateau

Subsection(s)

The Blufflands

Land Type Association(s)

Altura Ridgetops

Cannon River Valley

Elba Slopes

HamptonTill Plain

Native Plant Communities¹

Dry Bedrock Bluff Prairie (Southern)

Oak - Shagbark Hickory Woodland

Red Oak - White Oak Forest

Sand Beach/Sandbar (River): Permanent Stream Subtype

Silver Maple - Green Ash - Cottonwood Terrace Forest

Silver Maple - (Virginia Creeper) Floodplain Forest

Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Bitternut Hickory) Forest

Sugar Maple - Basswood - Red Oak - (Blue Beech) Forest

Ownership

Links

Minnesota DNR

Comments

Mosquitoes can be thick in the summer. DEET is highly recommended.

Visits

4/21/2006


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Cannon River


Cannon Valley Bike Trail

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	Cannon River Turtle Preserve SNA minnesota_snas

	About This site was protected largely in the interest of securing critical habitat for the state-threatened wood turtle, which prefers small, fast moving streams in forests with grassy meadows on the banks and raised sandbars for nesting.

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Amphibians	boreal chorus frog (Pseudacris maculata)

Birds	In the spring of 2006 a pair of Bald Eagles nested on the site.

	eBird Field Checklist

	American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia) Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors) Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum) Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) Green Heron (Butorides virescens) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) Rock Pigeon (Columba livia) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius)

Mammals	American beaver (Castor canadensis) northern raccoon (Procyon lotor) whitetail deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

Plants	Plants frequently found in: Dry Bedrock Bluff Prairie (Southern) UPs13c Oak - Shagbark Hickory Woodland FDs38a Red Oak - White Oak Forest MHs37a Sand Beach/Sandbar (River): Permanent Stream Subtype RVx32b2 Silver Maple - Green Ash - Cottonwood Terrace Forest FFs59a Silver Maple - (Virginia Creeper) Floodplain Forest FFs68a Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Bitternut Hickory) Forest MHs39a Sugar Maple - Basswood - Red Oak - (Blue Beech) Forest MHs39b

	Common Name Scientific Name American basswood (Tilia americana var. americana) American elm (Ulmus americana) bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) Canada anemone (Anemone canadensis) common blue violet (Viola sororia) common burdock (Arctium minus) common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale) common mullein (Verbascum thapsus ssp. thapsus) Dutchman’s breeches (Dicentra cucullaria) eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana) eastern false rue anemone (Enemion biternatum) green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica) ground ivy (Glechoma hederacea) kidney-leaved buttercup (Ranunculus abortivus) large-flowered bellwort (Uvularia grandiflora) lyre-leaved rock cress (Arabidopsis lyrata ssp. lyrata) northern pin oak (Quercus ellipsoidalis) northern red oak (Quercus rubra) northern white cedar (Thuja occidentalis) plains cottonwood (Populus deltoides ssp. molinifera) scouring rush horsetail (Equisetum hyemale var. affine) sharp-lobed hepatica (Anemone acutiloba) silver maple (Acer saccharinum) smooth sumac (Rhus glabra) smooth yellow violet (Viola pubescens var. scabriuscula) Virginia spring beauty (Claytonia virginica var. virginica) Virginia waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum var. virginianum) white trout lily (Erythronium albidum) wild ginger (Asarum canadense) wild leek (Allium tricoccum) Acer saccharinum (silver maple) Allium tricoccum (wild leek) Anemone acutiloba (sharp-lobed hepatica) Anemone canadensis (Canada anemone) Arabidopsis lyrata ssp. lyrata (lyre-leaved rock cress) Arctium minus (common burdock) Asarum canadense (wild ginger) Claytonia virginica var. virginica (Virginia spring beauty) Dicentra cucullaria (Dutchman’s breeches) Enemion biternatum (eastern false rue anemone) Equisetum hyemale var. affine (scouring rush horsetail) Erythronium albidum (white trout lily) Fraxinus pennsylvanica (green ash) Glechoma hederacea (ground ivy) Hydrophyllum virginianum var. virginianum (Virginia waterleaf) Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana (eastern redcedar) Populus deltoides ssp. molinifera (plains cottonwood) Quercus ellipsoidalis (northern pin oak) Quercus rubra (northern red oak) Ranunculus abortivus (kidney-leaved buttercup) Rhus glabra (smooth sumac) Sanguinaria canadensis (bloodroot) Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale (common dandelion) Thuja occidentalis (northern white cedar) Tilia americana (American basswood) Ulmus americana (American elm) Uvularia grandiflora (large-flowered bellwort) Verbascum thapsus ssp. thapsus (common mullein) Viola pubescens var. scabriuscula (smooth yellow violet) Viola sororia (common blue violet)

Reptiles	Wood turtle can be seen on the sand bars in the river, which are off-limits to visitors.

	One reptile species with conservation status in Minnesota is found here:
	Threatened	wood turtle (Glyptemys insculpta)

	painted turtle (Chrysemys picta) wood turtle (Glyptemys insculpta)