Rice Lake Savanna SNA

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			Sherburne County
			Central Minnesota

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Size

80 acres

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Parking

N45 32.481, W93 54.846

Hiking Trails

No maintained trails

Hunting

No hunting

Ecological Classification

Province

Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province

Section

Minnesota & NE Iowa Morainal

Subsection(s)

Anoka Sand Plain

Land Type Association(s)

Anoka Lake Plain

Native Plant Communities¹

Dry Sand - Gravel Oak Savanna (Southern)

Low Shrub Poor Fen

Sedge Meadow

Southern Dry-Mesic Oak (Maple) Woodland

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Minnesota DNR

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This SNA is easy to miss even if you are looking for it. No wood-routed sign is visible from the road. About one mile north of Sherburne County Road 3 look to left (west) for two SNA boundary markers in an open area. They mark the southeast corner of the site. There is a shared driveway at the northeast corner of the site, and a pull-off on the south side of the shared driveway before the two driveways fork. Park on the pulloff.

Visits

6/20/2005

7/21/2010

8/11/2020


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Dry Sand - Gravel Oak Savanna (Southern)


Sedge Meadow




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	Poison ivy is abundant throughout the site. There are almost no places that are both dry and free of poison ivy. This downed tree provides a rare chance to sit.

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Amphibians	northern leopard frog (Rana pipiens)

Birds	Two bird species with conservation status in Minnesota have been seen here:
	Special concern	Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus) Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)

	Minnesota DNR Bird checklist

	Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus) Eastern Wood-peewee (Contopus virens) Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)

Fungi and Lichens	Black Knot (Apiosporina morbosa) British Soldiers (Cladonia cristatella) Cherry Leaf Spot (Blumeriella jaapii) Confusing Bolete (Strobilomyces confusus) False Tinder Fungus (Phellinus igniarius)

Insects and Arachnids	American dog tick (Dermacentor variabilis) Aphrodite fritillary (Speyeria aphrodite) Carolina grasshopper (Dissosteira carolina) chokecherry finger gall mite (Eriophyes emarginatae) common whitetail (Plathemis lydia) deer fly (Chrysops sp.) dog day cicada (Neotibicen canicularis) eastern tent caterpillar moth (Malacosoma americanum) eastern tiger swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) giant swallowtail (Papilio cresphontes) goldenrod gall fly (Eurosta solidaginis) goldenrod soldier beetle (Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus) great spangled fritillary (Speyeria cybele) monarch (Danaus plexippus) mourning cloak (Nymphalis antiopa) northern pearly eye (Lethe anthedon) oak fig gall wasp (Trigonaspis quercusforticorne) red admiral (Vanessa atalanta) twelve-spotted skimmer (Libellula pulchella) viceroy (Limenitis archippus) white-faced meadowhawk (Sympetrum obtrusum)

Mammals	eastern chipmunk (Tamias striatus) plains pocket gopher (Geomys bursarius) whitetail deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

Plants	One plant species with conservation status in Minnesota is found here:
	Threatened	bristle-berry (Rubus fulleri)

	Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas Plant List

	Plants frequently found in: Dry Sand - Gravel Oak Savanna (Southern) UPs14ab Low Shrub Poor Fen APn91a Sedge Meadow WMn82b Southern Dry-Mesic Oak (Maple) Woodland FDs37

	Common Name Scientific Name alfalfa (Medicago sativa ssp. sativa) American bugleweed (Lycopus americanus) American burnweed (Erechtites hieraciifolius var. hieraciifolius) American hazel (Corylus americana) American hog peanut (Amphicarpaea bracteata var. bracteata) American lopseed (Phryma leptostachya) American red raspberry (Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus) American starflower (Lysimachia borealis) arctic brome (Bromus kalmii) arrowleaf tearthumb (Persicaria sagittata) Baltic rush (Juncus balticus var. littoralis) Bell’s honeysuckle (Lonicera × bella) big bluestem (Andropogon gerardi) bird’s-foot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus var. corniculatus) bittersweet nightshade (Solanum dulcamara) black cherry (Prunus serotina var. serotina) black raspberry (Rubus occidentalis) black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta var. pulcherrima) bland sweet cicely (Osmorhiza claytonii) blue giant hyssop (Agastache foeniculum) blue skullcap (Scutellaria lateriflora var. lateriflora) blue spruce (Picea pungens) blue vervain (Verbena hastata var. hastata) blue vervain (Verbena hastata var. scabra) boxelder (Acer negundo) bracted spiderwort (Tradescantia bracteata) broad-leaved cattail (Typha latifolia) broadleaf enchanter’s nightshade (Circaea canadensis ssp. canadensis) bull thistle (Cirsium vulgare) bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa) butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa ssp. interior) butter and eggs (Linaria vulgaris) Canada mayflower (Maianthemum canadense) Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense) Canadian black snakeroot (Sanicula canadensis) Canadian clearweed (Pilea pumila) Canadian horseweed (Conyza canadensis) Canadian tick-trefoil (Desmodium canadense) Canadian woodnettle (Laportea canadensis) catnip (Nepeta cataria) chokecherry (Prunus virginiana var. virginiana) common boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum var. perfoliatum) common buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica) common burdock (Arctium minus) common cinquefoil (Potentilla simplex) common evening primrose (Oenothera biennis) common false Solomon’s seal (Maianthemum racemosum var. racemosum) common juniper (Juniperus communis var. depressa) common lamb’s-quarters (Chenopodium album) common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) common mullein (Verbascum thapsus ssp. thapsus) common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia) common St. Johnswort (Hypericum perforatum) common strawberry (Fragaria virginiana) common yarrow (Achillea millefolium) crested wood fern (Dryopteris cristata) Culver’s root (Veronicastrum virginicum) curly-cup gumweed (Grindelia squarrosa) desert goosefoot (Chenopodium pratericola) early meadow-rue (Thalictrum dioicum) eastern marsh fern (Thelypteris palustris var. pubescens) eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana) eastern white pine (Pinus strobus) field sagewort (Artemisia campestris ssp. caudata) flat-topped aster (Doellingeria umbellata) fowl bluegrass (Poa palustris) giant foxtail (Setaria faberi) giant goldenrod (Solidago gigantea) glossy buckthorn (Frangula alnus) grass-leaved goldenrod (Euthamia graminifolia) gray dogwood (Cornus racemosa) Great Plains flat sedge (Cyperus lupulinus ssp. lupulinus) Green’s rush (Juncus greenei) hairy four o’clock (Mirabilis albida) hairy goldenrod (Solidago hispida) hairy puccoon (Lithospermum caroliniense var. croceum) harebell (Campanula rotundifolia) hoary alyssum (Berteroa incana) Indiangrass (Sorghastrum nutans) interrupted fern (Claytosmunda claytoniana) jack pine (Pinus banksiana) June grass (Koeleria macrantha) Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis ssp. pratensis) leadplant (Amorpha canescens) little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium) marsh bellflower (Campanula aparinoides var. grandiflora) marsh hedge nettle (Stachys palustris) Missouri goldenrod (Solidago missouriensis) Morrow’s honeysuckle (Lonicera morrowii) narrow-leaved hawkweed (Hieracium umbellatum) narrow-leaved meadowsweet (Spiraea alba var. alba) narrowleaf goosefoot (Chenopodium desiccatum) northern blue flag (Iris versicolor) northern bugleweed (Lycopus uniflorus var. uniflorus) northern lady fern (Athyrium filix-femina var. angustum) northern pin oak (Quercus ellipsoidalis) northern prickly ash (Zanthoxylum americanum) northern red oak (Quercus rubra) one-sided wintergreen (Orthilia secunda) oval-leaf milkweed (Asclepias ovalifolia) paleleaf woodland sunflower (Helianthus strumosus) paper birch (Betula papyrifera var. papyrifera) Pennsylvania smartweed (Persicaria pensylvanica) pointed-leaved tick-trefoil (Desmodium glutinosum) porcupine grass (Hesperostipa spartea) prairie coreopsis (Coreopsis palmata) prairie dropseed (Sporobolus heterolepis) prairie fleabane (Erigeron strigosus) prairie onion (Allium stellatum) prairie rose (Rosa arkansana) prairie spiderwort (Tradescantia occidentalis var. occidentalis) prairie willow (Salix humilis var. humilis) purple giant hyssop (Agastache scrophulariifolia) purple prairie clover (Dalea purpurea var. purpurea) quackgrass (Elymus repens) quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) rabbit’s foot clover (Trifolium arvense) rabbit-tobacco (Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium) red pine (Pinus resinosa) red sorrel (Rumex acetosella) reed canary grass (Phalaris arundinacea) rough blazing star (Liatris aspera var. intermedia) rough cinquefoil (Potentilla norvegica) round-headed bush clover (Lespedeza capitata) sandbar willow (Salix interior) Scotch pine (Pinus sylvestris) scouring rush horsetail (Equisetum hyemale ssp. affine) sensitive fern (Onoclea sensibilis) showy goldenrod (Solidago speciosa) Siberian elm (Ulmus pumila) sky-blue aster (Symphyotrichum oolentangiense var. oolentangiense) slender willow (Salix petiolaris) smooth brome (Bromus inermis) smooth oxeye (Heliopsis helianthoides var. scabra) smooth scouring rush (Equisetum laevigatum) smooth Solomon’s seal (Polygonatum biflorum var. commutatum) smooth sumac (Rhus glabra) spotted Joe Pye weed (Eutrochium maculatum var. maculatum) spotted knapweed (Centaurea stoebe ssp. micranthos) spreading dogbane (Apocynum androsaemifolium) starry false Solomon’s seal (Maianthemum stellatum) steeplebush (Spiraea tomentosa) stinging nettle (Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis) swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata ssp. incarnata) switch grass (Panicum virgatum var. virgatum) tall goldenrod (Solidago altissima ssp. altissima) tall meadow-rue (Thalictrum dasycarpum) timothy (Phleum pratense) upright carrionflower (Smilax ecirrhata) veiny pea (Lathyrus venosus var. intonsus) Virginia bugleweed (Lycopus virginicus) Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia) Virginia mountain mint (Pycnanthemum virginianum) Virginia stickseed (Hackelia virginiana) western poison ivy (Toxicodendron rydbergii) western ragweed (Ambrosia psilostachya) white avens (Geum canadense) white campion (Silene latifolia ssp. alba) white clover (Trifolium repens) white panicled aster (Symphyotrichum lanceolatum) white prairie clover (Dalea candida) white rattlesnake root (Nabalus albus) white sage (Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana) white spruce (Picea glauca) white sweet clover (Melilotus albus) white vervain (Verbena urticifolia) wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa) wild cucumber (Echinocystis lobata) wild geranium (Geranium maculatum) wild grape (Vitis riparia) wild oats (Uvularia sessilifolia) wild sarsaparilla (Aralia nudicaulis) winter cress (Barbarea vulgaris) witch grass (Panicum capillare) woodbine (Parthenocissus vitacea) woodland strawberry (Fragaria vesca ssp. americana) wool grass (Scirpus cyperinus) woolly plantain (Plantago patagonica) yellow foxtail (Setaria pumila ssp. pumila) yellow goat’s beard (Tragopogon dubius) yellow sweet clover (Melilotus officinalis) zigzag goldenrod (Solidago flexicaulis) Acer negundo (boxelder) Achillea millefolium (common yarrow) Agastache foeniculum (blue giant hyssop) Agastache scrophulariifolia (purple giant hyssop) Allium stellatum (prairie onion) Ambrosia artemisiifolia (common ragweed) Ambrosia psilostachya (western ragweed) Amorpha canescens (leadplant) Amphicarpaea bracteata var. bracteata (American hog peanut) Andropogon gerardi (big bluestem) Apocynum androsaemifolium (spreading dogbane) Aralia nudicaulis (wild sarsaparilla) Arctium minus (common burdock) Artemisia campestris ssp. caudata (field sagewort) Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana (white sage) Asclepias incarnata ssp. incarnata (swamp milkweed) Asclepias ovalifolia (oval-leaf milkweed) Asclepias syriaca (common milkweed) Asclepias tuberosa ssp. interior (butterfly weed) Athyrium filix-femina var. angustum (northern lady fern) Barbarea vulgaris (winter cress) Berteroa incana (hoary alyssum) Betula papyrifera var. papyrifera (paper birch) Bromus inermis (smooth brome) Bromus kalmii (arctic brome) Campanula aparinoides var. grandiflora (marsh bellflower) Campanula rotundifolia (harebell) Centaurea stoebe ssp. micranthos (spotted knapweed) Chenopodium album (common lamb’s-quarters) Chenopodium desiccatum (narrowleaf goosefoot) Chenopodium pratericola (desert goosefoot) Circaea canadensis ssp. canadensis (broadleaf enchanter’s nightshade) Cirsium arvense (Canada thistle) Cirsium vulgare (bull thistle) Conyza canadensis (Canadian horseweed) Coreopsis palmata (prairie coreopsis) Cornus racemosa (gray dogwood) Corylus americana (American hazel) Cyperus lupulinus ssp. lupulinus (Great Plains flat sedge) Dalea candida (white prairie clover) Dalea purpurea var. purpurea (purple prairie clover) Desmodium canadense (Canadian tick-trefoil) Desmodium glutinosum (pointed-leaved tick-trefoil) Doellingeria umbellata (flat-topped aster) Dryopteris cristata (crested wood fern) Echinocystis lobata (wild cucumber) Elymus repens (quackgrass) Equisetum hyemale ssp. affine (scouring rush horsetail) Equisetum laevigatum (smooth scouring rush) Erechtites hieraciifolius var. hieraciifolius (American burnweed) Erigeron strigosus (prairie fleabane) Eupatorium perfoliatum var. perfoliatum (common boneset) Euthamia graminifolia (grass-leaved goldenrod) Eutrochium maculatum var. maculatum (spotted Joe Pye weed) Fragaria vesca ssp. americana (woodland strawberry) Fragaria virginiana (common strawberry) Frangula alnus (glossy buckthorn) Geranium maculatum (wild geranium) Geum canadense (white avens) Grindelia squarrosa (curly-cup gumweed) Hackelia virginiana (Virginia stickseed) Helianthus strumosus (paleleaf woodland sunflower) Heliopsis helianthoides var. scabra (smooth oxeye) Hesperostipa spartea (porcupine grass) Hieracium umbellatum (narrow-leaved hawkweed) Hypericum perforatum (common St. Johnswort) Iris versicolor (northern blue flag) Juncus balticus var. littoralis (Baltic rush) Juncus greenei (Green’s rush) Juniperus communis var. depressa (common juniper) Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana (eastern redcedar) Koeleria macrantha (June grass) Laportea canadensis (Canadian woodnettle) Lathyrus venosus var. intonsus) (veiny pea) Lespedeza capitata (round-headed bush clover) Liatris aspera var. intermedia (rough blazing star) Linaria vulgaris (butter and eggs) Lithospermum caroliniense var. croceum (hairy puccoon) Lonicera × bella (Bell’s honeysuckle) Lonicera morrowii (Morrow’s honeysuckle) Lotus corniculatus var. corniculatus (bird’s-foot trefoil) Lycopus americanus (American bugleweed) Lycopus uniflorus var. uniflorus (northern bugleweed) Lycopus virginicus (Virginia bugleweed) Lysimachia borealis (American starflower) Maianthemum canadense (Canada mayflower) Maianthemum racemosum var. racemosum (common false Solomon’s seal) Maianthemum stellatum (starry false Solomon’s seal) Medicago sativa ssp. sativa (alfalfa) Melilotus albus (white sweet clover) Melilotus officinalis (yellow sweet clover) Mirabilis albida (hairy four o’clock) Monarda fistulosa (wild bergamot) Nabalus albus (white rattlesnake root) Nepeta cataria (catnip) Oenothera biennis (common evening primrose) Onoclea sensibilis (sensitive fern) Orthilia secunda (one-sided wintergreen) Osmorhiza claytonii (bland sweet cicely) Claytosmunda claytoniana (interrupted fern) Panicum capillare (witch grass) Panicum virgatum var. virgatum (switch grass) Parthenocissus quinquefolia (Virginia creeper) Parthenocissus vitacea (woodbine) Persicaria pensylvanica (Pennsylvania smartweed) Persicaria sagittata (arrowleaf tearthumb) Phalaris arundinacea (reed canary grass) Phleum pratense (timothy) Phryma leptostachya (American lopseed) Picea glauca (white spruce) Picea pungens (blue spruce) Pilea pumila (Canadian clearweed) Pinus banksiana (jack pine) Pinus resinosa (red pine) Pinus strobus (eastern white pine) Pinus sylvestris (Scotch pine) Plantago patagonica (woolly plantain) Poa palustris (fowl bluegrass) Poa pratensis ssp. pratensis (Kentucky bluegrass) Polygonatum biflorum var. commutatum (smooth Solomon’s seal) Populus tremuloides (quaking aspen) Potentilla norvegica (rough cinquefoil) Potentilla simplex (common cinquefoil) Prunus serotina var. serotina (black cherry) Prunus virginiana var. virginiana (chokecherry) Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium (rabbit-tobacco) Pycnanthemum virginianum (Virginia mountain mint) Quercus ellipsoidalis (northern pin oak) Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa (bur oak) Quercus rubra (northern red oak) Rhamnus cathartica (common buckthorn) Rhus glabra (smooth sumac) Rosa arkansana (prairie rose) Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus (American red raspberry) Rubus occidentalis (black raspberry) Rudbeckia hirta var. pulcherrima (black-eyed Susan) Rumex acetosella (red sorrel) Salix humilis var. humilis (prairie willow) Salix interior (sandbar willow) Salix petiolaris (slender willow) Sanicula canadensis (Canadian black snakeroot) Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium (little bluestem) Scirpus cyperinus (wool grass) Scutellaria lateriflora var. lateriflora (blue skullcap) Setaria faberi (giant foxtail) Setaria pumila ssp. pumila (yellow foxtail) Silene latifolia ssp. alba (white campion) Smilax ecirrhata (upright carrionflower) Solanum dulcamara (bittersweet nightshade) Solidago altissima ssp. altissima (tall goldenrod) Solidago flexicaulis (zigzag goldenrod) Solidago gigantea (giant goldenrod) Solidago hispida (hairy goldenrod) Solidago missouriensis (Missouri goldenrod) Solidago speciosa (showy goldenrod) Sorghastrum nutans (Indiangrass) Spiraea alba var. alba (narrow-leaved meadowsweet) Spiraea tomentosa (steeplebush) Sporobolus heterolepis (prairie dropseed) Stachys palustris (marsh hedge nettle) Symphyotrichum lanceolatum (white panicled aster) Symphyotrichum oolentangiense var. oolentangiense (sky-blue aster) Thalictrum dasycarpum (tall meadow-rue) Thalictrum dioicum (early meadow-rue) Thelypteris palustris var. pubescens (eastern marsh fern) Toxicodendron rydbergii (western poison ivy) Tradescantia bracteata (bracted spiderwort) Tradescantia occidentalis var. occidentalis (prairie spiderwort) Tragopogon dubius (yellow goat’s beard) Trifolium arvense (rabbit’s foot clover) Trifolium repens (white clover) Typha latifolia (broad-leaved cattail) Ulmus pumila (Siberian elm) Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis (stinging nettle) Uvularia sessilifolia (wild oats) Verbascum thapsus ssp. thapsus (common mullein) Verbena hastata var. hastata (blue vervain) Verbena hastata var. scabra (blue vervain) Verbena urticifolia (white vervain) Veronicastrum virginicum (Culver’s root) Vitis riparia (wild grape) Zanthoxylum americanum (northern prickly ash)