Wabasha County

592 acres

Map with GPS coordinates

N44 15.490 W91 55.949

None

Deer only by archery permit.

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

Province

Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province

Section

Paleozoic Plateau

Subsection(s)

The Blufflands

Land Type Association(s)

Mississippi River Valley

Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

The Nature Conservancy

Kellogg-Weaver Dunes SNA

Minnesota DNR

The Nature Conservancy

For a list of plants and animals seen at both units of this SNA, click on the Kellogg-Weaver Dunes SNA link above.

One bird species with protected status in Minnesota is found here:

Threatened – Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus)

Two insect species with protected status in Minnesota are found here:

Threatened – Ottoe skipper (Hesperia ottoe)

Special concern – regal fritillary (Speyeria idalia)

One mammal species with protected status in Minnesota is found here:

Special concern – plains pocket mouse (Perognathus flavescens)

Several plant species with protected status in Minnesota are found here:

Endangered – rough-seeded fameflower (Talinum rugospermum)

Special concern – yellow-fruited sedge (Carex annectens), seaside three-awn (Aristida tuberculosa), purple sand-grass (Triplasis purpurea), woolly beachheather (Hudsonia tomentosa), clasping milkweed (Asclepias amplexicaulis), longbract wild indigo (Baptisia bracteata var. leucophaea), goat’s rue (Tephrosia virginiana), cliff goldenrod (Solidago sciaphila)

In mid-summer, rough-seeded fameflower blooms daily after 4:30 p.m. for only three hours.

Minnesota DNR Plant List

University of Minnesota Herbarium Plant List

Plants frequently found in:

Dry Barrens Prairie (Southern) UPs13a

Dry Barrens Oak Savanna (Southern): Oak Subtype UPs14a2

Silver Maple - (Virginia Creeper) Floodplain Forest FFs68a

Two reptile species with protected status in Minnesota are found here:

Threatened – Blanding’s turtle (Emydoidea blandingii)

Special concern – gopher snake (Pituophis catenifer)

This area hosts one of the largest populations of the Blanding’s turtle. In June, females migrate to here to lay their eggs, and in August the hatchlings return to the wetlands.