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Lutsen SNA |
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| Size | 720 acres |
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| Parking | County Road 5, Lutsen Access Trail County Road 5, NF-1230 Homestead Road & County Road 4 |
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| Hiking Trails | 1.5 miles (NF-1230 ski trail) |
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| Hunting | All hunting; except only deer hunting in Scherer Conservation Unit. See Hunting and Trapping Regulations (MN DNR) for details. |
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| Ecological Classification | Province |
Laurentian Mixed Forest |
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Northern Superior Uplands |
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North Shore Highlands |
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Land Type Association(s) |
North Shore Till Plain |
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| Native Plant Communities1 | Aspen - Birch Forest: Balsam Fir Subtype Beaver Wetland Complex Lowland White Cedar Forest (North Shore) Mesic Mafic Cliff (Northern) Mesic Scrub Talus (Northern) Paper Birch - Sugar Maple Forest (North Shore) Rich Black Spruce Swamp (Basin) Sugar Maple Forest (North Shore) Upland White Cedar Forest White Cedar - Yellow Birch Forest |
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| Ownership | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources |
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| Comments |
Park on the ditch crossing on County Road 5 by the Lutsen Access Trail at the coordinates shown above (Parking). Parking may also be available 140 yards north on Moose Mountain Drive. Follow the trail almost ½ mile east to the SNA. Follow it another 140 yards to the information kiosk and trail intersection. At the intersection the Lutsen Access trail continues east and a ski trail, NF-1230, heads north and south. Follow NF-1230 north and northeast 1.4 miles to the east border of the SNA. At this point either double back to the kiosk, or continue 40 yards northeast to another trail intersection, then take the Lutsen Access Trail back to to the kiosk. The Lutsen Access Trail is a state snowmobile trail that follows a former forest road. |
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| County Road 5, Lutsen Access Trail Parking |  |
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American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) |
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Carolina grasshopper (Dissosteira carolina) common scorpionfly (Panorpa subfurcata) great spangled fritillary (Speyeria cybele) |
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| Plants |
Plants frequently found in: Aspen - Birch Forest: Balsam Fir Subtype FDn43b1 Lowland White Cedar Forest (North Shore) WFn53a Mesic Mafic Cliff (Northern) CTn32a Mesic Scrub Talus (Northern) CTn24b Paper Birch - Sugar Maple Forest (North Shore) MHn45a Rich Black Spruce Swamp (Basin) FPn62a Sugar Maple Forest (North Shore) MHn45c |
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alsike clover (Trifolium hybridum) American bugleweed (Lycopus americanus) arrowleaf tearthumb (Persicaria sagittata) beaked hazel (Corylus cornuta var. cornuta) bigleaf aster (Eurybia macrophylla) bird’s-foot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus var. corniculatus) black spruce (Picea mariana) blisterwort (Ranunculus recurvatus var. recurvatus) bluebead lily (Clintonia borealis) brittlestem hempnettle (Galeopsis tetrahit var. tetrahit) bull thistle (Cirsium vulgare) bunchberry (Cornus canadensis) Canada anemone (Anemone canadensis) Canada mayflower (Maianthemum canadense) Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense) common agrimony (Agrimonia gryposepala) common false Solomon’s seal (Maianthemum racemosum var. racemosum) common plantain (Plantago major) common strawberry (Fragaria virginiana) common tansy (Tanacetum vulgare) common yarrow (Achillea millefolium) eyebright (Euphrasia officinalis) field clover (Trifolium campestre) field horsetail (Equisetum arvense) flat-topped aster (Doellingeria umbellata var. pubens) flat-topped aster (Doellingeria umbellata var. umbellata) grass-leaved goldenrod (Euthamia graminifolia var. graminifolia) grayleaf red raspberry (Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus) green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica) hairy goldenrod (Solidago hispida) hairy Solomon’s seal (Polygonatum pubescens) Indianpipe (Monotropa uniflora) interrupted fern (Osmunda claytoniana) lance selfheal (Prunella vulgaris var. lanceolata) mountain maple (Acer spicatum) narrow-leaved hawkweed (Hieracium umbellatum) nodding trillium (Trillium cernuum) northern bugleweed (Lycopus uniflorus var. uniflorus) northern lady fern (Athyrium filix-femina ssp. angustum) northern white cedar (Thuja occidentalis) ostrich fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris var. pensylvanica) oxeye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare) paper birch (Betula papyrifera var. papyrifera) pearly everlasting (Anaphalis margaritacea) Pennsylvania buttercup (Ranunculus pensylvanicus) pin cherry (Prunus pensylvanica var. pensylvanica) prickly rose (Rosa acicularis ssp. sayi) purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria) purple-stem aster (Symphyotrichum puniceum var. puniceum) quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) red clover (Trifolium pratense) red osier dogwood (Cornus sericea ssp. sericea) rough bedstraw (Galium asprellum) rough cinquefoil (Potentilla norvegica) round-leaved dogwood (Cornus rugosa) sensitive fern (Onoclea sensibilis) spotted Joe Pye weed (Eutrochium maculatum) spotted touch-me-not (Impatiens capensis) squashberry (Viburnum edule) sugar maple (Acer saccharum ssp. saccharum) tall buttercup (Ranunculus acris) tall meadow rue (Thalictrum dasycarpum) thimbleberry (Rubus parviflorus var. parviflorus) western bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum var. latiusculum) white spruce (Picea glauca) wild columbine (Aquilegia canadensis) wild geranium (Geranium maculatum) wild ginger (Asarum canadense) wild sarsaparilla (Aralia nudicaulis) yellow avens (Geum aleppicum) |
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| Visits | 8/10/2011 |
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_02.jpg "flat-topped aster (var. umbellata)")
