Minnesota Seasons - Lost 40 SNA


Lost 40 SNA

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			Itasca County




Size	114 acres

Maps	Map with GPS coordinates USDA Forest Service Self-guided trail map

Parking	N47 45.975, W94 5.059

Hiking Trails	Lost 40 Trail: 1 mile

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

Ecological Classification	Province	Laurentian Mixed Forest Province
	Section	Northern Minnesota Drift & Lake Plains
	Subsection(s)	Chippewa Plains
	Land Type Association(s)	Bemidji Sand Plain Blackduck Moraine

Native Plant Communities¹	None or no information available

Natural Features	Black spruce and tamarack bog, willow and alder marsh, red pine forest , spruce-fir forest, old-growth red and white pines.

Ownership	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources USDA Forest Service

Links	Minnesota DNR USDA Forest Service

Comments	This SNA lies within the borders of the Big Fork State Forest. It is in the Blackduck Area of the Chippewa National Forest. Popular Site Despite its remoteness, this is a well-used site. A visitor who walks slowly looking at plants, birds, and insects is likely to be passed at least once by retired baby boomers power-hiking this easy one-mile trail.

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Getting There

Parking



Birds	Minnesota DNR Bird checkist

	Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)

Insects and Arachnids

	autumn meadowhawk (Sympetrum vicinum) gray comma (Polygonia progne)

Mammals

	American red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus)

Plants	Minnesota DNR Plant List

	American basswood (Tilia americana) American bittersweet (Celastrus scandens) American starflower (Trientalis borealis) amur maple (Acer ginnala) balsam fir (Abies balsamea) balsam poplar (Populus balsamifera) bigleaf aster (Eurybia macrophylla) bland sweet cicely (Osmorhiza claytonii) bluebead lily (Clintonia borealis) bunchberry (Cornus canadensis) Canada mayflower (Maianthemum canadense) cleavers (Galium aparine) common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale) common strawberry (Fragaria virginiana) creeping juniper (Juniperus horizontalis) early meadow rue (Thalictrum dioicum) eastern white pine (Pinus strobus) fan clubmoss (Lycopodium digitatum) flat-topped aster (Doellingeria umbellata) grayleaf red raspberry (Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus) green carpetweed (Mollugo verticillata) ground ivy (Glechoma hederacea) hairy goldenrod (Solidago hispida) hairy Solomon’s seal (Polygonatum pubescens) Indianpipe (Monotropa uniflora) ironwood (Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana) large-flowered bellwort (Uvularia grandiflora) Lindley’s aster (Symphyotrichum ciliolatum) lowbush blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium) mountain maple (Acer spicatum) northern bedstraw (Galium boreale) northern red oak (Quercus rubra) paper birch (Betula papyrifera var. papyrifera) prickly rose (Rosa acicularis ssp. sayi) quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) red maple (Acer rubrum var. rubrum) red pine (Pinus resinosa) rose twisted-stalk (Streptopus lanceolatus var. longipipes) rough bedstraw (Galium asprellum) round-leaved dogwood (Cornus rugosa) round-lobed hepatica (Anemone americana) running clubmoss (Lycopodium clavatum) spreading dogbane (Apocynum androsaemifolium) sugar maple (Acer saccharum ssp. saccharum) tree groundpine (Lycopodium dendroideum) Virginia waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum var. virginianum) western bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum var. latiusculum) white clover (Trifolium repens) white rattlesnake root (Nabalus albus) white spruce (Picea glauca) wild columbine (Aquilegia canadensis) wild geranium (Geranium maculatum) wild sarsaparilla (Aralia nudicaulis) yellow avens (Geum aleppicum)

Visits	9/6/2011