Pin Oak Prairie SNA

   

Pin Oak Prairie SNA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Area and County

 

 

 

Fillmore County

 

 

 

 

 


Size

184 acres

Printable map
 
Maps

MinnesotaSeasons 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


Ecological Classification

Province

Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province

Ecological Classification

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


Comments

 


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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)

Brown-headed Cowbird

 

 

 

 

Chipping Sparrow

 

 

 

 

Mourning Dove

 

 

 

 

Northern Cardinal

 

 

 

 

Wild Turkey

 


Mammals

 

 
 

American beaver (Castor canadensis)

whitetail deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

American beaver

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)

bloodroot

 

 

 

 

Canada goldenrod

 

 

 

 

common blue violet

 

 

 

 

common evening primrose

 

 

 

 

common yarrow

 

 

 

 

eastern false rue anemone

 

 

 

 

Greek valerian

 

 

 

 

May-apple

 

 

 

 

northern pin oak

 

 

 

 

rue anemone

 

 

 

 

sharp-lobed hepatica

 

 

 

 

Virginia bluebells

 

 

 

 

Virginia spring beauty

 

 

 

 

wild ginger

 

 

 

 

yellow marsh marigold


Reptiles

One reptile species with protected status in Minnesota is found here:

Threatened – Blanding’s turtle (Emydoidea blandingii)

 
  eastern garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis) eastern garter snake

Visits

10/28/2008

5/2/2009

   
               

 

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