Minnesota Seasons - Clear Lake SNA


Clear Lake SNA

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			Sherburne County




Size	78 acres

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Parking	N45 25.638 W94 2.563

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Ecological Classification	Province	Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province
	Section	Minnesota & NE Iowa Morainal
	Subsection(s)	Anoka Sand Plain
	Land Type Association(s)	Mississippi Sand Plain

Native Plant Communities¹	Sedge Meadow Southern Dry-Mesic Oak (Maple) Woodland Southern Terrace Forest

Ownership	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Links	Minnesota DNR

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Birds	Minnesota DNR Bird checkist

	American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)

Insects and Arachnids

	chalk-fronted corporal (Ladona julia) common whitetail (Libellula lydia) goldenrod spider (Misumena vatia) twelve-spotted skimmer (Libellula pulchella) widow skimmer (Libellula luctuosa)

Mammals

	eastern chipmunk (Tamias striatus) red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) whitetail deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

Plants	One plant species with protected status in Minnesota is found here: Special concern – Hill’s thistle (Cirsium pumilum var. hillii) Minnesota DNR Plant List Plants frequently found in: Sedge Meadow WMn82b Southern Dry-Mesic Oak (Maple) Woodland FDs37 Southern Terrace Forest FFs59

	American basswood (Tilia americana) boxelder (Acer negundo) bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa) butternut (Juglans cinerea) Canada mayflower (Maianthemum canadense) Canada moonseed (Menispermum canadense) Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense) Canadian horseweed (Conyza canadensis) Canadian woodnettle (Laportea canadensis) catnip (Nepeta cataria) cleavers (Galium aparine) common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) common motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca) common mullein (Verbascum thapsus) common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia) common strawberry (Fragaria virginiana) common yarrow (Achillea millefolium) dame’s rocket (Hesperis matronalis) eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana) fragrant bedstraw (Galium triflorum) green carpetweed (Mollugo verticillata) ground ivy (Glechoma hederacea) hoary alyssum (Berteroa incana) Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) Missouri gooseberry (Ribes missouriense) northern pin oak (Quercus ellipsoidalis) rough-fruited cinquefoil (Potentilla recta) smooth sumac (Rhus glabra) stinging nettle (Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis) Tartarian honeysuckle (Lonicera tatarica) Virginia waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum var. virginianum) western poison ivy (Toxicodendron rydbergii) white campion (Silene latifolia ssp. alba) white clover (Trifolium repens) wild geranium (Geranium maculatum) wild grape (Vitis riparia) woodbine (Parthenocissus vitacea) woodland strawberry (Fragaria vesca ssp. americana) yellow goat’s beard (Tragopogon dubius) yellow wood sorrel (Oxalis stricta)

Visits	6/8/2006