Minnesota Seasons - Minnesota Point Pine Forest SNA


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	Minnesota Point Pine Forest SNA


	Size
	18 acres

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	N46 43.632, W92 2.846


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					St. Louis County
					Northeast Minnesota


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	Hiking Trails
	A footpath leads along the center of this narrow spit of land.

	Hunting
	No hunting


	Ecology

	Ecological Classification
	Ecological Province			Laurentian Mixed Forest Province
	Ecological Section			Northern Superior Uplands
	Ecological Subsection			North Shore Highlands
	Land Type Association			Split Rock Till Plain

	Native Plant Communities*
	Beachgrass Dune (Lake Superior) Juniper Dune Shrubland (Lake Superior) Red Pine-White Pine Woodland (Minnesota Point) Sand Beach (Lake Superior)
	* Source: The Minnesota Biological Survey, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Division of Ecological Resources

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	Minnesota Point Pine Forest Scientific and Natural Area Virtual Hike Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

	About Apr 2, 2020 Hike through towering old-growth red and white pines on a 0.3-mile wide sandbar separating the Superior Bay from Lake Superior. Leaving the forest you’ll stand on the dunes and then the beach looking out across the big lake! This old forest growing on a young sandbar (geologically speaking) is pretty unique. mndnr.gov/snas/sna02000



	Sunset "At the Beach" unclekennymusic

	About Published on Nov 27, 2012 This beach is on Minnesota Point that includes an old-growth pine forest. This is a State designated Scientific Natural Area SNA and the nearby Sky Harbor Airport has proposed removing trees citing safety reasons and have considered possibly moving the airport runway. June of 2012 saw a record amount of rainfall when 10" fell creating swollen streams and rivers uprooting trees and changing the area landscape the debris pictured here is from that flooding. The large pipe and vent cap are top secret and I'm unable to reveal any details due to sworn testimony and orders from a high ranking official. Produced and Edited by me, using a Sony camera. Soundtrack courtesy of Youtube.

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Nine bird species with conservation status in Minnesota have been seen here:
Threatened	Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
Special Concern	American Goshawk (Accipiter atricapillus) American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) Boreal Owl (Aegolius funereus) Forster’s Tern (Sterna forsteri) Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) Purple Martin (Progne subis) Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus) Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator)


One fungi and lichen species with conservation status in Minnesota has been seen here:
Special Concern	Sandy Laccaria (Laccaria trullisata)


Six plant species with conservation status in Minnesota are found here:
Threatened	American beachgrass (Ammophila breviligulata) wavy hairgrass (Deschampsia flexuosa) butternut (Juglans cinerea)
Special Concern	Allegheny vine (Adlumia fungosa) least moonwort (Botrychium simplex) pale moonwort (Botrychium pallidum)