Minnesota Seasons - Pin Oak Prairie SNA


Pin Oak Prairie SNA

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				Fillmore County




Size	184 acres

Maps	Map with GPS coordinates

Parking	SNA Sign (sun) N43 47.570, W92 13.147 River (shade) N43 47.840, W92 13.170

Hiking Trails	None

Hunting	No hunting.

Ecological Classification	Province	Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province
	Section	Paleozoic Plateau
	Subsection(s)	The Blufflands Rochester Plateau
	Land Type Association(s)	Alluvial Plain Elba Slopes Stewartville Plain

Native Plant Communities¹	Dry Sand - Gravel Prairie (Southern) Oak - Shagbark Hickory Woodland Sedge Meadow

Ownership	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Links	Minnesota DNR

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	Early May		Late October

Birds

	American Black Duck (Anas rubripes) American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus) Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca) Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) Rock Pigeon (Columba livia) Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)

Mammals

	Canadian beaver (Castor canadensis canadensis) whitetail deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

Plants	Two plant species with protected status in Minnesota are found here: Threatened – glade mallow (Napaea dioica) Special concern – clasping milkweed (Asclepias amplexicaulis) Minnesota DNR Plant List Plants frequently found in: Dry Sand - Gravel Prairie (Southern) UPs13b Oak - Shagbark Hickory Woodland FDs38a Sedge Meadow WMn82b

	American basswood (Tilia americana) bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) boxelder (Acer negundo) bristly buttercup (Ranunculus hispidus var. nitidus) bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa) Canada goldenrod (Solidago canadensis) Canadian horseweed (Conyza canadensis) clasping milkweed (Asclepias amplexicaulis) cleavers (Galium aparine) common blue violet (Viola sororia) common burdock (Arctium minus) common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale) common evening primrose (Oenothera biennis) common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) common mullein (Verbascum thapsus) common strawberry (Fragaria virginiana) common yarrow (Achillea millefolium) Dutchman’s breeches (Dicentra cucullaria) eastern false rue anemone (Enemion biternatum) eastern prickly gooseberry (Ribes cynosbati) eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana) field horsetail (Equisetum arvense) garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata) Greek valerian (Polemonium reptans var. reptans) green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica) ground ivy (Glechoma hederacea) hoary vervain (Verbena stricta) ironwood (Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana) Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) May-apple (Podophyllum peltatum) narrow-leaved cattail (Typha angustifolia) northern pin oak (Quercus ellipsoidalis) northern red oak (Quercus rubra) plains cottonwood (Populus deltoides ssp. molinifera) prairie smoke (Geum triflorum var. triflorum) purple-stem angelica (Angelica atropurpurea) quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) red pine (Pinus resinosa) rue anemone (Thalictrum thalictroides) Scotch pine (Pinus sylvestris) sharp-lobed hepatica (Anemone acutiloba) smooth Solomon’s seal (Polygonatum biflorum var. commutatum) smooth sumac (Rhus glabra) swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata ssp. incarnata) tall buttercup (Ranunculus acris) Virginia bluebells (Mertensia virginica) Virginia spring beauty (Claytonia virginica var. virginica) Virginia waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum var. virginianum) water horsetail (Equisetum fluviatile) white oak (Quercus alba) white trout lily (Erythronium albidum) wild geranium (Geranium maculatum) wild ginger (Asarum canadense) wild grape (Vitis riparia) winter cress (Barbarea vulgaris) yellow marsh marigold (Caltha palustris var. palustris)

Reptiles	One reptile species with protected status in Minnesota is found here: Threatened – Blanding’s turtle (Emydoidea blandingii)

	eastern garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis)

Visits	10/28/2008 5/2/2009