Minnesota Seasons - North Fork Zumbro Woods SNA


North Fork Zumbro Woods SNA

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			Goodhue County




Size	65 acres

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Parking	Shoulder of County 1 Blvd. N44 17.747 W92 52.257

Hiking Trails	None




Ecological Classification	Province	Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province
	Section	Paleozoic Plateau
	Subsection(s)	Rochester Plateau
	Land Type Association(s)	Chester Ridge Stewartville Plain

Native Plant Communities¹	Elm - Ash - Basswood Terrace Forest Elm - Basswood - Black Ash - (Hackberry) Forest Red Oak - Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Bitternut Hickory) Forest Southern Mesic Maple-Basswood Forest

Ownership	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Links	Minnesota DNR

Comments	Getting There 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, 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	In 2006 there was a Great Blue Heron nesting site on this site.

	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) Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)

Mammals

	eastern fox squirrel (Sciurus niger) northern raccoon (Procyon lotor) whitetail deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

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) Minnesota DNR Plant List Plants frequently found in: Elm - Ash - Basswood Terrace Forest FFs59c Elm - Basswood - Black Ash - (Hackberry) Forest MHs49a Red Oak - Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Bitternut Hickory) Forest MHs38c Southern Mesic Maple-Basswood Forest MHs39

	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 (Anemone acutiloba) snow trillium (Trillium nivale) Virginia waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum var. virginianum)

Visits	4/14/2006