Cedar Rock SNA

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	Minnesota DNR

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	Size
	62.1 acres

	Parking
	There is a wide field access at the northwest corner of the SNA large enough to accommodate at least three vehicles (see photos below). A fence completely surrounds the site. The only break in the fence is at the southwest corner of the SNA. N44 36.973, W95 10.665


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					Redwood County
					Southwest Minnesota


	Activities

	Hiking Trails
	There are no maintained trails. A cleared path, possibly a former utility road, begins at the north side of the shallow lake. It leads north through the dense redcedar forest to the clearing at the north boundary of the SNA. It continues east, paralleling the south shore of the much larger lake. It ends at a well-worn footpath that continues 60 yards to the east boundary of the SNA. In the summer it is overgrown with grasses and forbs. The only evidence of it is a conspicuous lack of trees and shrubs.

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


	Ecology

	Ecological Classification
	Ecological Province			Prairie Parkland Province
	Ecological Section			North Central Glaciated Plains
	Ecological Subsection			Minnesota River Prairie
	Land Type Association			Milan Alluvial Plain

	Native Plant Communities*
	Crystalline Bedrock Outcrop (Prairie): Minnesota River Subtype
	* Source: The Minnesota Biological Survey, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Division of Ecological Resources

	Natural Features
	Rounded bedrock knobs; redcedar forest.


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	Crystalline Bedrock Outcrop (Prairie): Minnesota River Subtype


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	Redcedar Forest


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	Cleared Path

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	Cedar Rock SNA minnesota_snas

	About The most prominent features of Cedar Rock SNA are its rounded bedrock knobs composed of Morton gneiss situated in the valley of the Minnesota River.

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Visits
7/16/2013

Amphibians

northern leopard frog (Rana pipiens)

Birds

Two bird species with conservation status in Minnesota have been seen here:

Special Concern

American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)

Forster’s Tern (Sterna forsteri)

Minnesota DNR Bird checklist

American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)

American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)

Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)

Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas)

Dickcissel (Spiza americana)

Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla)

Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)

Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)

Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)

Insects and Arachnids


One insect and arachnid species with conservation status in Minnesota has been seen here:
Endangered	Ottoe skipper (Hesperia ottoe)

cabbage white (Pieris rapae)

common buckeye (Junonia coenia)

common green darner (Anax junius)

common wood nymph (Cercyonis pegala)

dog day cicada (Neotibicen canicularis)

goldenrod bunch gall midge (Rhopalomyia solidaginis)

goldenrod gall fly (Eurosta solidaginis)

Halloween pennant (Celithemis eponina)

monarch (Danaus plexippus)

twelve-spotted skimmer (Libellula pulchella)

viceroy (Limenitis archippus)

widow skimmer (Libellula luctuosa)

Mammals

plains pocket gopher (Geomys bursarius)

Plants


Three plant species with conservation status in Minnesota are found here:
Threatened	disk water-hyssop (Bacopa rotundifolia)
Special Concern	plains prickly pear (Opuntia macrorhiza) tumblegrass (Schedonnardus paniculatus)