Minnesota Seasons - Liable Woods


Liable Woods

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			McLeod County




Size	41 acres

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Parking	N44 50.149, W94 12.274 Park on shoulder. Do not block road.

Hiking Trails	None

Hunting	No hunting.

Ecological Classification	Province	Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province
	Section	Minnesota & NE Iowa Morainal
	Subsection(s)	Big Woods
	Land Type Association(s)	Komensky Moraine

Native Plant Communities¹	Basswood - Bur Oak - (Green Ash) Forest

Ownership	The Nature Conservancy

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Birds

	Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Brewer’s Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus) Eastern Wood-peewee (Contopus virens) Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus)

Insects and Arachnids

	monarch (Danaus plexippus)

Mammals

	eastern chipmunk (Tamias striatus) whitetail deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

Plants	Plants frequently found in: Basswood - Bur Oak - (Green Ash) Forest MHs38b

	American basswood (Tilia americana) American gromwell (Lithospermum latifolium) American hog peanut (Amphicarpaea bracteata) black-seeded plantain (Plantago rugelii var. rugelii) bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) boxelder (Acer negundo var. negundo) bristly greenbrier (Smilax tamnoides) bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa) Canada mayflower (Maianthemum canadense) Canada moonseed (Menispermum canadense) Canadian woodnettle (Laportea canadensis) cleavers (Galium aparine) common buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica) common burdock (Arctium minus) common false Solomon’s seal (Maianthemum racemosum var. racemosum) early meadow rue (Thalictrum dioicum) eastern prickly gooseberry (Ribes cynosbati) eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana) fragrant bedstraw (Galium triflorum) garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata) giant ragweed (Ambrosia trifida var. trifida) golden alexanders (Zizia aurea) gray dogwood (Cornus racemosa) grayleaf red raspberry (Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus) green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica) ground ivy (Glechoma hederacea) ironwood (Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana) Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) kidney-leaved buttercup (Ranunculus abortivus) large-flowered bellwort (Uvularia grandiflora) Missouri gooseberry (Ribes missouriense) nannyberry (Viburnum lentago) northern hackberry (Celtis occidentalis) northern lady fern (Athyrium filix-femina ssp. angustum) northern prickly ash (Zanthoxylum americanum) ostrich fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris var. pensylvanica) pagoda dogwood (Cornus alternifolia) Philadelphia fleabane (Erigeron philadelphicus var. philadelphicus) red baneberry (Actaea rubra ssp. rubra) sharp-lobed hepatica (Anemone acutiloba) silky dogwood (Cornus obliqua) starry false Solomon’s seal (Maianthemum stellatum) stinging nettle (Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis) tall meadow rue (Thalictrum dasycarpum) upright carrionflower (Smilax ecirrhata) Virginia waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum var. virginianum) western poison ivy (Toxicodendron rydbergii) wild columbine (Aquilegia canadensis) wild geranium (Geranium maculatum) wild grape (Vitis riparia) wolfberry (Symphoricarpos occidentalis) woodbine (Parthenocissus vitacea)

Visits	6/11/2011