Lake Alexander Woods SNA

South Unit

   

Lake Alexander Woods SNA – South Unit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Area and County

 

 

 

Morrison County

 

 

 

 

 


Size

1,453 acres

Printable map
 
Maps

Maps with GPS coordinates

Complete

Upper Section

Lower Section

 
Parking

N46 9.332 , W94 33.429

 
Hiking Trails

 

 
Hunting

Deer only, by permit.

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


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)

St. Croix Moraine

 
Native Plant Communities1

Central Dry-Mesic Oak-Aspen Forest

Graminoid Poor Fen (Basin)

Low Shrub Poor Fen

Sedge Meadow

Willow - Dogwood Shrub Swamp


Ownership

Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

 
Links

Lake Alexander Woods SNA

Minnesota DNR


Comments

Park at a ditch crossing on the west side of Bear Road (County Road 5) at the coordinates above (Parking). In front of the parking spot there is a ribbon of wetland with a small amount of open water near the road. The wooden SNA sign is 200 feet to the south.


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Plants

Minnesota DNR Plant List


Plants frequently found in:

Central Dry-Mesic Oak-Aspen Forest MHc26

Graminoid Poor Fen (Basin) APn91b

Low Shrub Poor Fen APn91a

Sedge Meadow WMn82b

Willow - Dogwood Shrub Swamp WMn82a

 
 

broad-leaved arrowhead (Sagittaria latifolia)

 


Visits

8/9/2011

   
 

 

         

 

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