Minnesota Seasons - Nelson Wildlife Sanctuary


Nelson Wildlife Sanctuary

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			Freeborn County




Size	18 acres

Maps	Map with GPS coordinates

Parking	N43 40.449 W93 24.350

Hiking Trails	None. An abandoned railway runs along the eastern border of the site. A utility clearing leads from the highway to and along the western border of the site.

Hunting	No hunting.

Ecological Classification	Province	Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province
	Section	Minnesota & NE Iowa Morainal
	Subsection(s)	Oak Savanna
	Land Type Association(s)	Lemond Moraine

Native Plant Communities¹	None or no information available

Ownership	The Nature Conservancy

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Birds

	American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Eastern Wood-peewee (Contopus virens) Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)

Fungi

	Crown-tipped Coral (Artomyces pyxidatus)

Insects and Arachnids

	American dog tick (Dermacentor variablis) common eastern bumblebee (Bombus impatiens) common whitetail (Plathemis lydia) ebony jewelwing (Calopteryx maculata) European skipper (Thymelicus lineola) mourning cloak (Nymphalis antiopa) widow skimmer (Libellula luctuosa)

Mammals

	whitetail deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

Plants	University of Minnesota Herbarium Plant List

	American basswood (Tilia americana) annual fleabane (Erigeron annuus) bird’s-foot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus var. corniculatus) bittersweet nightshade (Solanum dulcamara) black cherry (Prunus serotina var. serotina) black medick (Medicago lupulina) black walnut (Juglans nigra) bland sweet cicely (Osmorhiza claytonii) bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) boxelder (Acer negundo var. negundo) bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa) Canadian woodnettle (Laportea canadensis) catnip (Nepeta cataria) cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) cleavers (Galium aparine) common agrimony (Agrimonia gryposepala) common buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica) common burdock (Arctium minus) common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale) common false Solomon’s seal (Maianthemum racemosum var. racemosum) common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) common motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca) common mullein (Verbascum thapsus) common yarrow (Achillea millefolium) crown vetch (Securigera varia) curly dock (Rumex crispus) downy phlox (Phlox pilosa ssp. fulgida) early figwort (Scrophularia lanceolata) eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana) false sunflower (Heliopsis helianthoides var. occidentalis) field horsetail (Equisetum arvense) foxtail barley (Hordeum jubatum ssp. jubatum) grayleaf red raspberry (Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus) green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica) Indian hemp (Apocynum cannabinum) ironwood (Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana) Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) kidney-leaved buttercup (Ranunculus abortivus) Morrow’s honeysuckle (Lonicera morrowii) northern bedstraw (Galium boreale) northern hackberry (Celtis occidentalis) northern red oak (Quercus rubra) plains cottonwood (Populus deltoides ssp. molinifera) prairie ironweed (Vernonia fasciculata ssp. fasciculata) prairie rose (Rosa arkansana) quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) red baneberry (Actaea rubra ssp. rubra) red clover (Trifolium pratense) rough-fruited cinquefoil (Potentilla recta) sharp-lobed hepatica (Anemone acutiloba) shining bedstraw (Galium concinnum) smooth scouring rush (Equisetum laevigatum) smooth Solomon’s seal (Polygonatum biflorum var. commutatum) smooth sumac (Rhus glabra) starry false Solomon’s seal (Maianthemum stellatum) stinging nettle (Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis) tall meadow rue (Thalictrum dasycarpum) Tartarian honeysuckle (Lonicera tatarica) tower mustard (Turritis glabra) Virginia waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum var. virginianum) white campion (Silene latifolia ssp. alba) wild columbine (Aquilegia canadensis) wild cucumber (Echinocystis lobata) wild geranium (Geranium maculatum) wild grape (Vitis riparia) wild leek (Allium tricoccum) wild parsnip (Pastinaca sativa) wild sarsaparilla (Aralia nudicaulis) winter vetch (Vicia villosa ssp. villosa) woodbine (Parthenocissus vitacea) yellow goat’s beard (Tragopogon dubius) yellow sweet clover (Melilotus officinalis) yellow wood sorrel (Oxalis stricta)

Visits	6/24/2011