Lake Alexander Preserve

   

Lake Alexander Preserve - Southwest Unit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Area and County

 

 

 

Morrison County

 

 

 

 

 


Size

1,991 acres

 
 
Maps

 

 
Units

North Unit

Southwest Unit

Southeast Unit

 
Parking

Southwest Unit
N46 11.354, W94 33.020

 
Hunting

Open only for a collaborative youth archery deer hunt by lottery through the MN DNR. Contact Lake Alexander Office (218) 575-3032 for more information.


Ecological Classification

Province

Laurentian Mixed Forest Province

Ecological Classification

Section

Northern Minnesota Drift and Lake Plains

Subsection(s)

Pine Moraines and Outwash Plains

Land Type Association(s)

Henning Till Plain

Pillager Sand Plain

St. Croix Moraine

 
Native Plant Communities1

Alder - (Maple - Loosestrife) Swamp

Basswood - Black Ash Forest

Central Dry-Mesic Oak-Aspen Forest

Graminoid Poor Fen (Basin)

Low Shrub Poor Fen

Northern Mixed Cattail Marsh

Northern Rich Fen (Basin)

Northern Rich Tamarack Swamp (Western Basin)

Northern Wet Ash Swamp

Red Pine - White Pine Forest

Sedge Meadow

Willow - Dogwood Shrub Swamp


Ownership

The Nature Conservancy

 
Links

The Nature Conservancy


Comments

 


Images  
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Plants

University of Minnesota Herbarium Plant List


Plants frequently found in:

Alder - (Maple - Loosestrife) Swamp FPn73a

Basswood - Black Ash Forest MHc47a

Central Dry-Mesic Oak-Aspen Forest MHc26

Graminoid Poor Fen (Basin) APn91b

Low Shrub Poor Fen APn91a

Northern Mixed Cattail Marsh MRn83

Northern Rich Fen (Basin) OPn92

Northern Rich Tamarack Swamp (Western Basin) FPn82

Northern Wet Ash Swamp WFn55

Red Pine - White Pine Forest FDc34a

Sedge Meadow WMn82b

Willow - Dogwood Shrub Swamp WMn82a


Visits

8/9/2011

   
 

 

         

 

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