Minnesota Seasons - Rice Lake Savanna SNA


Rice Lake Savanna SNA

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			Sherburne County




Size	80 acres

Maps	MinnesotaSeasons map with GPS coordinates

Parking	N45 32.471 W93 54.839

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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

Ownership	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Links	Minnesota DNR

Comments	This SNA is easy to miss even if you are looking for it. The sign is obscured by roadside trees. About one mile north of Sherburne County Road 3 look to left (west) for two SNA boundary marker signs in an open area (see picture). There is a driveway at the north boundary of the site. Most of the site is wooded. A row of trees screens the savanna from the road. Park on the shoulder near the southeast corner for easiest access.

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Birds	Minnesota DNR Bird checkist

	Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Eastern Wood-peewee (Contopus virens) Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)

Fungi and Lichens

	Black Knot (Apiosporina morbosa) British Soldiers (Cladonia cristatella) Confusing Bolete (Strobilomyces confusus) Russula sp.

Insects and Arachnids

	American dog tick (Dermacentor variablis) Atlantis fritillary (Speyeria atlantis) Carolina grasshopper (Dissosteira carolina) common whitetail (Libellula lydia) deer fly (Chrysops sp.) dog day cicada (Tibicen canicularis) eastern tent caterpillar (Malacosoma americanum) eastern tiger swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) monarch (Danaus plexippus) mourning cloak (Nymphalis antiopa) northern pearly eye (Lethe anthedon anthedon) red admiral (Vanessa atalanta) twelve-spotted skimmer (Libellula pulchella) viceroy (Limenitis archippus) white-faced meadowhawk (Sympetrum obtrusum)

Mammals

	plains pocket gopher (Geomys bursarius) whitetail deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

Plants	Plants found on this site, along with those listed below, include porcupine grass (Stipa spartea), silky aster (Symphyotrichum sericeum), and purple prairie clover (Dalea purpurea var. purpurea). Minnesota DNR 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

	American bugleweed (Lycopus americanus) American hazel (Corylus americana) American hog peanut (Amphicarpaea bracteata) American lopseed (Phryma leptostachya) American starflower (Trientalis borealis) arrowleaf tearthumb (Persicaria sagittata) big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii) bittersweet nightshade (Solanum dulcamara) black cherry (Prunus serotina var. serotina) black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) bland sweet cicely (Osmorhiza claytonii) blue giant hyssop (Agastache foeniculum) blue spruce (Picea pungens) blue vervain (Verbena hastata var. hastata) boxelder (Acer negundo) bracted spiderwort (Tradescantia bracteata) broadleaf enchanter’s nightshade (Circaea lutetiana ssp. canadensis) bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa) butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa ssp. interior) butter and eggs (Linaria vulgaris) Canada mayflower (Maianthemum canadense) Canadian black snakeroot (Sanicula canadensis) Canadian horseweed (Conyza canadensis) Canadian tick-trefoil (Desmodium canadense) catnip (Nepeta cataria) chokecherry (Prunus virginiana var. virginiana) common boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum var. perfoliatum) common buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica) common cinquefoil (Potentilla simplex) common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) common mullein (Verbascum thapsus) common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia) common St. Johnswort (Hypericum perforatum) common strawberry (Fragaria virginiana) common yarrow (Achillea millefolium) Culver’s root (Veronicastrum virginicum) dwarf milkweed (Asclepias ovalifolia) early meadow rue (Thalictrum dioicum) eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana) false sunflower (Heliopsis helianthoides var. occidentalis) field sagewort (Artemisia campestris) flat-topped aster (Doellingeria umbellata) glossy buckthorn (Frangula alnus) grass-leaved goldenrod (Euthamia graminifolia var. graminifolia) grayleaf red raspberry (Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus) Great Plains flat sedge (Cyperus lupulinus ssp. lupulinus) hairy puccoon (Lithospermum caroliniense var. croceum) harebell (Campanula rotundifolia) hoary alyssum (Berteroa incana) Indiangrass (Sorghastrum nutans) 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) marsh hedge nettle (Stachys palustris) marsh skullcap (Scutellaria galericulata) Morrow’s honeysuckle (Lonicera morrowii) northern blue flag (Iris versicolor) northern lady fern (Athyrium filix-femina ssp. angustum) northern pin oak (Quercus ellipsoidalis) northern prickly ash (Zanthoxylum americanum) northern red oak (Quercus rubra) paleleaf woodland sunflower (Helianthus strumosus) pointed-leaved tick-trefoil (Desmodium glutinosum) prairie coreopsis (Coreopsis palmata) prairie dropseed (Sporobolus heterolepis) prairie onion (Allium stellatum) prairie rose (Rosa arkansana) prairie spiderwort (Tradescantia occidentalis var. occidentalis) purple prairie clover (Dalea purpurea var. purpurea) quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) rabbit’s foot clover (Trifolium arvense) red pine (Pinus resinosa) rough blazing star (Liatris aspera var. intermedia) round-headed bush clover (Lespedeza capitata) Scotch pine (Pinus sylvestris) scouring rush horsetail (Equisetum hyemale var. affine) sensitive fern (Onoclea sensibilis) showy goldenrod (Solidago speciosa) sleepy catchfly (Silene antirrhina) smooth carrionflower (Smilax herbacea) smooth scouring rush (Equisetum laevigatum) smooth sumac (Rhus glabra) spotted Joe Pye weed (Eutrochium maculatum var. maculatum) spreading dogbane (Apocynum androsaemifolium) starry false Solomon’s seal (Maianthemum stellatum) steeplebush (Spiraea tomentosa) swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata ssp. incarnata) timothy (Phleum pratense) upright carrionflower (Smilax ecirrhata) Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia) Virginia stickseed (Hackelia virginiana) western poison ivy (Toxicodendron rydbergii) western ragweed (Ambrosia psilostachya) white campion (Silene latifolia ssp. alba) white prairie clover (Dalea candida) white sage (Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana) white spruce (Picea glauca) white sweet clover (Melilotus albus) wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa) wild geranium (Geranium maculatum) wild grape (Vitis riparia) woodbine (Parthenocissus vitacea) woolly plantain (Plantago patagonica) yellow foxtail (Setaria pumila ssp. pumila)

Visits	6/20/2005 7/21/2010