Minnesota Seasons - Pembina Trail Preserve SNA, Foxboro Prairie Unit

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	About

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	Minnesota DNR

	Overview
	Pembina Trail Preserve SNA is composed of three units, two owned by the Minnesota DNR, one by The Nature Conservancy.

	History


	Management


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	Location

	Maps
	Detail map (MN DNR)

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	Complete		Foxboro Prairie Unit


	Size
	160 acres

	Parking
	From County Road 44 (160th Ave. SW) turn east on 350th St. SW, a minimum maintenance road. Park at the end of the road. N47 39.554, W96 22.281


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					Polk County
					Northwest Minnesota


	Activities

	Hiking Trails
	No maintained trails

	Hunting
	No hunting


	Ecology

	Ecological Classification
	Ecological Province			Tallgrass Aspen Parklands
	Ecological Section			Lake Agassiz, Aspen Parklands
	Ecological Subsection			Aspen Parklands
	Land Type Association			Gentilly Lake Plain

	Native Plant Communities*
	Agassiz Interbeach Prairie Complex Northwestern Wet-Mesic Aspen Woodland
	* Source: The Minnesota Biological Survey, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Division of Ecological Resources

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	Agassiz Interbeach Prairie Complex

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Visits
8/16/2011

Birds


Eleven bird species with conservation status in Minnesota have been seen on at least one of the units of this SNA:
Endangered	Baird’s Sparrow (Ammodramus bairdii)
Threatened	Wilson’s Phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor)
Special Concern	American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) Franklin’s Gull (Leucophaeus pipixcan) Greater Prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus cupido) Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus) Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa) Nelson’s Sparrow (Ammospiza nelsoni) Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus) Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator) Yellow Rail (Coturnicops noveboracensis)

Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas Birds List

Minnesota DNR Bird checklist

Pine to Prairie Birding Trail

eBird Field Checklist (All units)

Fungi and Lichens

Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas Fungi List

Insects and Arachnids

Two insect and arachnid species with conservation status in Minnesota have been seen on at least one of the units of this SNA:

Endangered

Dakota skipper (Hesperia dacotae)

Poweshiek skipperling (Oarisma poweshiek)

Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas Insects List

Mammals


One mammal species with conservation status in Minnesota has been seen on at least one of the units of this SNA:
Special Concern	moose (Alces americanus)

Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas Mammals List

Plants


Thirteen plant species with conservation status in Minnesota are found on at least one of the units of this SNA:
Endangered	jointed rush (Juncus articulatus) slender moonwort (Botrychium lineare) western prairie fringed orchid (Platanthera praeclara)
Threatened	hair-like beak-rush (Rhynchospora capillacea) short ray fleabane (Erigeron lonchophyllus) sterile sedge (Carex sterilis)
Special Concern	blanket flower (Gaillardia aristata) deer sedge (Carex hallii) northern singlespike sedge (Carex scirpoidea ssp. scirpoidea) pleated gentian (Gentiana affinis) prairie moonwort (Botrychium campestre) pygmy-flower rock-jasmine (Androsace septentrionalis) small white lady’s slipper (Cypripedium candidum)

Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas and Minnesota Biological Survey Vegetation Releves Plant List

Plants frequently found in:

Northwestern Mesic Aspen-Oak Woodland FDw34

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Staging Sandhill Cranes

Visitors in August are likely to see large numbers of Sandhill Cranes in the field south of the minimum maintenance road.

Pembina Trail Preserve SNA

About

Ownership

Links

Overview

History

Management

Comments

Location

Maps

Printable Map(s) with GPS coordinates

Size

Parking

Driving Directions

Activities

Hiking Trails

Hunting

Ecology

Ecological Classification

Native Plant Communities*

Natural Features

Visitor Photos

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Visitor Videos

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