Minnesota Seasons - Partch Woods SNA


Partch Woods SNA

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			Stearns County




Size	120 acres

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Parking	N45 37.580, W94 22.290

Hiking Trails	None

Hunting	No hunting.

Ecological Classification	Province	Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province
	Section	Minnesota & NE Iowa Morainal
	Subsection(s)	Hardwood Hills
	Land Type Association(s)	Holdingford Till Plain

Native Plant Communities¹	Black Ash - (Red Maple) Seepage Swamp Red Oak - Basswood Forest (Noncalcareous Till) Sedge Meadow

Ownership	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Links	Minnesota DNR

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Amphibians

	American toad (Bufo americanus)

Birds	This SNA is included in the Avon Hills Important Bird Area, a relatively intact, a 72,000 acre site that also includes Avon Hills Forest SNA, three waterfowl production areas, and St. John’s University campus. One bird species with protected status in Minnesota has been seen here: Special concern – Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) Great River Birding Trail Minnesota DNR Bird checkist

	Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Eastern Wood-peewee (Contopus virens) Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis) Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)

Insects and Arachnids

	Arctic skipper (Carterocephalus palaemon) brown daddy-long-legs (Leiobunum ventricosum) eastern daddy-long-legs (Phalangium opilio) forest tent caterpillar (Malacosoma disstria) friendly fly (Sarcophaga aldrichi) geometer moth (Geometridae)

Mammals

	whitetail deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

Plants	Minnesota DNR Plant List Plants frequently found in: Black Ash - (Red Maple) Seepage Swamp WFn57a Red Oak - Basswood Forest (Noncalcareous Till) MHc36a Sedge Meadow WMn82b

	absinth wormwood (Artemisia absinthium) alfalfa (Medicago sativa ssp. sativa) American basswood (Tilia americana) American bugleweed (Lycopus americanus) American elm (Ulmus americana) American hog peanut (Amphicarpaea bracteata) American vetch (Vicia americana ssp. americana) balsam groundsel (Packera paupercula) black-seeded plantain (Plantago rugelii var. rugelii) bland sweet cicely (Osmorhiza claytonii) blisterwort (Ranunculus recurvatus var. recurvatus) bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa) cleavers (Galium aparine) clustered black snakeroot (Sanicula odorata) common burdock (Arctium minus) common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale) common false Solomon’s seal (Maianthemum racemosum var. racemosum) common mullein (Verbascum thapsus) common yarrow (Achillea millefolium) early meadow rue (Thalictrum dioicum) eastern leatherwood (Dirca palustris) eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana) field horsetail (Equisetum arvense) fragrant bedstraw (Galium triflorum) giant ragweed (Ambrosia trifida var. trifida) green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica) grove sandwort (Moehringia lateriflora) ironwood (Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana) Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) large-flowered bellwort (Uvularia grandiflora) narrow-leaved cattail (Typha angustifolia) northern lady fern (Athyrium filix-femina ssp. angustum) northern red oak (Quercus rubra) ostrich fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris var. pensylvanica) paper birch (Betula papyrifera var. papyrifera) Philadelphia fleabane (Erigeron philadelphicus var. philadelphicus) rattlesnake fern (Botrypus virginianus) red clover (Trifolium pratense) round-lobed hepatica (Anemone americana) sensitive fern (Onoclea sensibilis) small-spike false nettle (Boehmeria cylindrica) smooth sumac (Rhus glabra) smooth yellow violet (Viola pubescens var. scabriuscula) speckled alder (Alnus incana ssp. rugosa) stinging nettle (Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis) sugar maple (Acer saccharum ssp. saccharum) tamarack (Larix laricina) upright carrionflower (Smilax ecirrhata) water horsetail (Equisetum fluviatile) western poison ivy (Toxicodendron rydbergii) white clover (Trifolium repens) wild geranium (Geranium maculatum) wild ginger (Asarum canadense) wild grape (Vitis riparia) winter cress (Barbarea vulgaris) woodbine (Parthenocissus vitacea) yellow marsh marigold (Caltha palustris var. palustris) yellow wood sorrel (Oxalis stricta)

Visits	5/29/2010