Cherry Grove Blind Valley SNA |
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Fillmore County |
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| Size | 40 acres |
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| Parking | N43 34.947 W92 15.848 |
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| Hiking Trails | None |
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| Ecological Classification | Province |
Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province |
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Paleozoic Plateau |
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Rochester Plateau |
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Land Type Association(s) |
Stewartville Plain |
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| Natural Features | Prairie, oak forest. Sinkholes, caves, sinking streams, and a blind valley. |
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| Ownership | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources |
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| Comments |
This SNA is just south of Forestville/Mystery Cave State Park. It is bordered to the north by the Cherry Grove State Wildlife Management Area. Just across the road (193rd Avenue) from the parking spot is the privately owned Minnesota Karst Preserve, Goliath’s Cave section. The protected feature of this SNA is the underground cave system, which connects to caves in Forestville State Park. Access to the gated cave system for qualified spelunkers requires written permission. The only above-ground feature mentioned by the Minnesota DNR on their Web page for this SNA are “sinkholes filled with scrub trees.” |
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American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) |
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| Plants | The Minnesota DNR has not published a plant list for this site. |
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common burdock (Arctium minus) common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale) common motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca) common mullein (Verbascum thapsus) northern hackberry (Celtis occidentalis) northern pin oak (Quercus ellipsoidalis) quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) smooth rose (Rosa blanda var. blanda) Virginia waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum var. virginianum) |
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| Visits | 4/17/2009 |
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