Minnesota Seasons - Cannon River Turtle Preserve SNA


Cannon River Turtle Preserve SNA

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			Goodhue County




Size	909 acres

Maps	MinnesotaSeasons maps with GPS coordinates Complete East Section West Section

Parking	N44 34.459 W92 38.529

Hiking Trails	The Canon River Bike Trail runs alongside this SNA.

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	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Links	Minnesota DNR

Comments	Mosquitoes can be thick in the summer.

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Amphibians

	western chorus frog (Pseudacris triseriata)

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

	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-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) Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina) Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius)

Mammals

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

Plants	Minnesota DNR Plant List 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

	American basswood (Tilia 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) 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)

Reptiles	One reptile species with protected status in Minnesota is found here: Threatened – wood turtle (Glyptemys insculpta) Wood turtle can be seen on the sand bars in the river, which are off-limits to visitors.

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

Visits	4/21/2006