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Pembina Trail Preserve SNA |
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Polk County |
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| Size | 2,377 acres |
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| Parking | See units for GPS data |
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| Hunting | No hunting. |
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| Ecological Classification | Province |
Tallgrass Aspen Parklands |
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Lake Agassiz, Aspen Parklands |
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Aspen Parklands |
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Land Type Association(s) |
Beach Ridges Gentilly Lake Plain |
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| Native Plant Communities1 | 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) |
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| Ownership | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources The Nature Conservancy |
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| Birds | Several bird species with protected status in Minnesota have been seen here: Endangered – Baird’s Sparrow (Ammodramus bairdii) Threatened – Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator), Wilson’s Phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor) Special concern – American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos), Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), Greater Prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus cupido), Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa), Nelson’s Sharp-tailed Sparrow (Ammodramus nelsoni), Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus), Yellow Rail (Coturnicops noveboracensis) Other birds commonly seen on this site include Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus), American Kestrel (Falco sparverius), Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis), Wilson’s Snipe (Gallinago delicata), Upland Sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda), Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris), and in the winter, Common Redpoll (Acanthis flammea). |
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| Plants | Six plant species with protected status in Minnesota are found here: Endangered – western prairie fringed orchid (Platanthera praeclara) Special concern – Hall’s sedge (Carex hallii), northern singlespike sedge (Carex scirpoidea ssp. scirpoidea), small white lady’s slipper (Cypripedium candidum), pleated gentian (Gentiana affinis), four-flowered yellow loosestrife (Lysimachia quadriflora) Western prairie fringed orchid blooms here in the first week of July. University of Minnesota Herbarium Plant List Plants frequently found in: Bulrush Marsh (Prairie) MRp93a Calcareous Fen (Northwestern) OPp93a Mesic Prairie (Northern) UPn23b Northwestern Mesic Aspen-Oak Woodland FDw34 Northwestern Wet-Mesic Aspen Woodland FDw44 |
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| Visits | 7/31/2004 8/16/2011 |
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