North Fork Zumbro Woods |
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| County | Goodhue |
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| GPS | N44 17.828 |
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| Size | 65 acres |
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| Habitat | Maple-basswood forest, floodplain forest, lowland hardwood forest |
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| Hiking Trails |
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| Comments |
According to the Minnesota DNR this SNA is accessible by canoe but not by land. The Delorme™ atlas shows an “Unimproved Road” or “Foot Trail” leading 0.8 mile from Goodhue County Road 1 east to the site. This is a dead-end gravel road that becomes a driveway leading to a single farm house. There is a small paved field access just next to the woods at one point. It is large enough to park one vehicle. Unfortunately, it is on private property. There is a narrow wooded corridor along both sides of the North Fork Zumbro River as it passes through farmland from CR 1 in the direction of the SNA. The corridor is negotiable though there is no trail. This may be the best way for a visitor to access the SNA, if he or she is comfortable leaving the car on the shoulder near the bridge. There are no yellow boundary signs on the river, near the road, or in the woods to indicate the location of the SNA. |
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| Birds | There is a great blue heron nesting site on this site. |
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American robin (Turdus migratorius) black-capped chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) blue jay (Cyanocitta cristata) brown-headed cowbird (Molothrus ater) Canada goose (Branta canadensis) downy woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) great blue heron (Ardea herodias) northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) turkey vulture (Cathartes aura) white-breasted nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) |
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eastern fox squirrel (Sciurus niger) northern raccoon (Procyon lotor) |
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| Plants | Three plant species with protected status in Minnesota are found here: Endangered – Minnesota dwarf trout lily (Erythronium propullans) Threatened – glade mallow (Napaea dioica) Special concern – snow trillium (Trillium nivale) |
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bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) Dutchman’s breeches (Dicentra cucullaria) eastern false rue anemone (Enemion biternatum) northern red oak (Quercus rubra) plains cottonwood (Populus deltoides ssp. molinifera) scouring rush horsetail (Equisetum hyemale var. affine) sharp-lobed hepatica (Hepatica nobilis var. acuta) snow trillium (Trillium nivale) Virginia waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum var. virginianum) |
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