Minnesota Seasons - Rushford Sand Barrens SNA


Rushford Sand Barrens SNA

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			Fillmore County




Size	230 acres

Maps	Map with GPS coordinates

Parking	N43 47.675, W91 48.462

Hiking Trails	A footpath leads to the top of the first ridge.

Hunting	All hunting. See Hunting and Trapping Regulations (MN DNR) for details.

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

Native Plant Communities¹	Black Oak - White Oak Woodland (Sand) Dry Barrens Oak Savanna (Southern): Oak Subtype Dry Barrens Prairie (Southern) Dry Bedrock Bluff Prairie (Southern) Jack Pine - Oak Woodland (Sand) Oak - Shagbark Hickory Woodland Red Oak - Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Bitternut Hickory) Forest Red Oak - White Oak - (Sugar Maple) Forest

Ownership	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Links	Minnesota DNR

Comments	This site lies within the Richard J. Dorer Memorial Hardwood State Forest. The wooden SNA sign is completely obscured by tall shrubs. Look for a field access (crossing the roadside ditch) on the east side of the road just south of the Root River bridge. It is in front of a row of shrubbery and trees separating two crop fields.

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	The wooden sign is not visible from the road.



Birds

	American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus) Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea) White-breasted Nuthatch (Meleagris gallopavo)

Fungi

	Black Knot (Apiosporina morbosa) Stalked Scarlet Cup (Sarcoscypha occidentalis)

Insects and Arachnids

	brown daddy-long-legs (Leiobunum ventricosum) Canadian cicada (Okanagana canescens) common green bottle fly (Lucilia sericata) gorgone checkerspot (Chlosyne gorgone) great spangled fritillary (Speyeria cybele) Leconte’s haploa (Haploa lecontei) little wood satyr (Megisto cymela) northern pearly eye (Lethe anthedon anthedon)

Mammals

	American red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) thirteen-lined ground squirrel (Ictidomys tridecemlineatus)

Plants	Five plant species with protected status in Minnesota are found here: Threatened – smooth forked nail-wort (Paronychia canadensis) Special concern – American witchhazel (Hamamelis virginiana), clasping milkweed (Asclepias amplexicaulis), goat’s rue (Tephrosia virginiana), seaside three-awn (Aristida tuberculosa) Northern prickly ash (Zanthoxylum americanum) is abundant throughout the site, sometimes forming impenetrable thickets. Minnesota DNR Plant List Plants frequently found in: Black Oak - White Oak Woodland (Sand) FDs27c Dry Barrens Oak Savanna (Southern): Oak Subtype UPs14a2 Dry Barrens Prairie (Southern) UPs13a Dry Bedrock Bluff Prairie (Southern) UPs13c Jack Pine - Oak Woodland (Sand) FDs27a Oak - Shagbark Hickory Woodland FDs38a Red Oak - Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Bitternut Hickory) Forest MHs38c Red Oak - White Oak - (Sugar Maple) Forest MHs37b

	Allegheny blackberry (Rubus allegheniensis) American basswood (Tilia americana) American cow parsnip (Heracleum maximum) American hazel (Corylus americana) American hog peanut (Amphicarpaea bracteata) American witchhazel (Hamamelis virginiana) bird’s-foot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus var. corniculatus) bitternut hickory (Carya cordiformis) black cherry (Prunus serotina var. serotina) black medick (Medicago lupulina) black raspberry (Rubus occidentalis) black walnut (Juglans nigra) black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) black-seeded plantain (Plantago rugelii var. rugelii) bland sweet cicely (Osmorhiza claytonii) blisterwort (Ranunculus recurvatus var. recurvatus) bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) boxelder (Acer negundo) bristly greenbrier (Smilax tamnoides) bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa) Canadian honewort (Cryptotaenia canadensis) Canadian woodnettle (Laportea canadensis) cleavers (Galium aparine) common buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica) common burdock (Arctium minus) common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale) common false Solomon’s seal (Maianthemum racemosum var. racemosum) common juniper (Juniperus communis var. depressa) common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) common motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca) common mullein (Verbascum thapsus) common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia) common strawberry (Fragaria virginiana) common yarrow (Achillea millefolium) downy phlox (Phlox pilosa ssp. fulgida) downy rattlesnake plantain (Goodyera pubescens) early meadow rue (Thalictrum dioicum) eastern false rue anemone (Enemion biternatum) eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana) field bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis) flowering spurge (Euphorbia corollata) fragrant bedstraw (Galium triflorum) fringed loosestrife (Lysimachia ciliata) giant ragweed (Ambrosia trifida var. trifida) goat’s rue (Tephrosia virginiana) gray dogwood (Cornus racemosa) hairy puccoon (Lithospermum caroliniense var. croceum) harebell (Campanula rotundifolia) hedge bindweed (Calystegia sepium) interrupted fern (Osmunda claytoniana) ironwood (Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana) jack pine (Pinus banksiana) Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) kidney-leaved buttercup (Ranunculus abortivus) late horse-gentian (Triosteum perfoliatum) leadplant (Amorpha canescens) northern bedstraw (Galium boreale) northern hackberry (Celtis occidentalis) northern lady fern (Athyrium filix-femina ssp. angustum) northern maidenhair (Adiantum pedatum) northern pin oak (Quercus ellipsoidalis) northern prickly ash (Zanthoxylum americanum) northern red oak (Quercus rubra) northern shagbark hickory (Carya ovata) Ohio spiderwort (Tradescantia ohiensis) pagoda dogwood (Cornus alternifolia) palespike lobelia (Lobelia spicata var. spicata) paper birch (Betula papyrifera var. papyrifera) plantain-leaved pussytoes (Antennaria plantaginifolia) pointed-leaved tick-trefoil (Desmodium glutinosum) prairie coreopsis (Coreopsis palmata) purple prairie clover (Dalea purpurea var. purpurea) quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) red baneberry (Actaea rubra ssp. rubra) red clover (Trifolium pratense) red osier dogwood (Cornus sericea ssp. sericea) rough-fruited cinquefoil (Potentilla recta) round-leaved dogwood (Cornus rugosa) round-lobed hepatica (Anemone americana) sharp-lobed hepatica (Anemone acutiloba) shining bedstraw (Galium concinnum) silky dogwood (Cornus obliqua) smooth brome (Bromus inermis) smooth sumac (Rhus glabra) starry false Solomon’s seal (Maianthemum stellatum) stinging nettle (Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis) sugar maple (Acer saccharum ssp. saccharum) sundial lupine (Lupinus perennis var. perennis) tall boneset (Eupatorium altissimum) tall thimbleweed (Anemone virginiana) Tartarian honeysuckle (Lonicera tatarica) timothy (Phleum pratense) Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia) Virginia waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum var. virginianum) western blue virgin’s bower (Clematis occidentalis var. occidentalis) western bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum var. latiusculum) western poison ivy (Toxicodendron rydbergii) western ragweed (Ambrosia psilostachya) white campion (Silene latifolia ssp. alba) white clover (Trifolium repens) white oak (Quercus alba) white sage (Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana) wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa) wild columbine (Aquilegia canadensis) wild geranium (Geranium maculatum) wild ginger (Asarum canadense) wild grape (Vitis riparia) wild parsnip (Pastinaca sativa) wood lily (Lilium philadelphicum var. andinum) woodbine (Parthenocissus vitacea) woodland strawberry (Fragaria vesca ssp. americana) yellow goat’s beard (Tragopogon dubius) yellow wood sorrel (Oxalis stricta)

Visits	6/20/2010