Minnesota Seasons - Chamberlain Woods Scientific and Natural Area


Chamberlain Woods Scientific and Natural Area

County	Le Sueur
GPS	N44 23.928 W93 56.654
Size	254 acres
Habitat	Oak savanna, floodplain forest
Hiking Trails

Links	Minnesota DNR

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Birds	Two bird species with protected status in Minnesota are found here: Special concern – Acadian flycatcher (Empidonax virescens), bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) A pair of bald eagles nested here in the spring of 2005.

	American robin (Turdus migratorius) bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) great blue heron (Ardea herodias) northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)


Mammals

	whitetail deer (Odocoileus virginianus)


Plants	Plains cottonwood (Populus deltoides ssp. molinifera), American basswood (Tilia americana), and American elm (Ulmus americana) dominate the floodplain forest. Minnesota DNR Plant List

	bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) common blue violet (Viola sororia) common burdock (Arctium minus) common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale) plains cottonwood (Populus deltoides ssp. molinifera) cut-leaved toothwort (Cardamine concatenata) Dutchman’s breeches (Dicentra cucullaria) ground ivy (Glechoma hederacea) smooth yellow violet (Viola pubescens var. scabriuscula) Virginia waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum var. virginianum) white trout lily (Erythronium albidum) wild blue phlox (Phlox divaricata ssp. laphamii) wild ginger (Asarum canadense)