Cedar Creek Natural History Area |
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Anoka County |
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| Size | 5,436 acres |
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| Parking | N45 24.166 W93 12.393 |
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| Ecological Classification | Province |
Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province |
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Minnesota & NE Iowa Morainal |
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Subsection(s) |
Anoka Sand Plain |
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Land Type Association(s) |
Anoka Lake Plain |
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| Native Plant Communities1 | Alder - (Maple - Loosestrife) Swamp Black Ash - Yellow Birch - Red Maple - Alder Swamp (Eastcentral) Black Ash - Yellow Birch - Red Maple - Basswood Swamp (Eastcentral) Dry Barrens Oak Savanna (Southern): Oak Subtype Graminoid - Sphagnum Rich Fen (Basin) Low Shrub Poor Fen Lowland White Cedar Forest (Northern) Northern Bulrush - Spikerush Marsh Northern Mixed Cattail Marsh Northern Rich Fen (Basin) Oak - Aspen Woodland Poor Tamarack - Black Spruce Swamp Poor Tamarack - Black Spruce Swamp: Black Spruce Subtype Poor Tamarack - Black Spruce Swamp: Tamarack Subtype Red Oak - Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Large-Flowered Trillium) Forest Sedge Meadow Southern Dry-Mesic Oak (Maple) Woodland Tamarack Swamp (Southern) Wet Prairie (Southern) Willow - Dogwood Shrub Swamp |
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| Ownership | University of Minnesota |
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| Comments |
A day permit must be obtained to visit. |
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blue vervain (Verbena hastata) broad-leaved arrowhead (Sagittaria latifolia) bull thistle (Cirsium vulgare) butter and eggs (Linaria vulgaris) common false Solomon’s seal (Maianthemum racemosum var. racemosum) common mullein (Verbascum thapsus) harebell (Campanula rotundifolia) New England aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae) rough blazing star (Liatris aspera) spotted Joe Pye weed (Eutrochium maculatum) spotted touch-me-not (Impatiens capensis) white campion (Silene latifolia ssp. alba) white sage (Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana) white turtlehead (Chelone glabra) |
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| Visits | 8/19/2000 |
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