Pembina Trail Preserve SNA

Pembina Trail Unit

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About • Location • Activities • Ecology

About

Ownership

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Minnesota DNR

The Nature Conservancy

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)

	Printable Map(s) with GPS coordinates
	Complete		Pembina Trail Unit


	Size
	1,660 acres

	Parking
	320th St. SW Field Access (Wood Routed Sign) N47 42.118, W96 20.764 320th St. SW Old Field Road (Old Pembina Trail) N47 42.118, W96 21.386 150th Ave. SW Field Access (Interpretive Sign) N47 41.255, W96 22.400


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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			Beach Ridges Gentilly Lake Plain

	Native Plant Communities*
	Agassiz Interbeach Prairie Complex Bulrush Marsh (Prairie) Calcareous Fen (Northwestern) Mesic Prairie (Northern) Northwestern Mesic Aspen-Oak Woodland Northwestern Wet-Mesic Aspen Woodland Seepage Meadow/Carr Wet Brush-Prairie (Northern) Wet Prairie (Northern)
	* Source: The Minnesota Biological Survey, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Division of Ecological Resources

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	Parking, 320th St. SW, Field Access




	Wood Routed Sign


	Interpretive Sign (150th Ave. SW)




	Agassiz Interbeach Prairie Complex

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Visits
7/31/2004	8/16/2011	8/18/2017

Amphibians

northern leopard frog (Lithobates pipiens)

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)

Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)

Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)

Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus)

Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)

Northern Harrier (Circus hudsonius)

Sandhill Crane (Antigone canadensis)

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

a psyllid gall on Juncus (Livia maculipennis)

common wood nymph (Cercyonis pegala)

goldenrod bunch gall midge (Rhopalomyia solidaginis)

goldenrod gall fly (Eurosta solidaginis)

goldenrod soldier beetle (Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus)

green stink bug (Chinavia hilaris)

monarch (Danaus plexippus)

tawny-edged skipper (Polites themistocles)

true horse flies (Tabanus spp.)

willow pinecone gall midge (Rabdophaga strobiloides)

yellow-banded bumble bee (Bombus terricola)

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	deer sedge (Carex hallii) great blanketflower (Gaillardia aristata) 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)