Minnesota Seasons - Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge


Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge

More photos…



			Sherburne County




Size	30,665 acres

Maps	Sand Dunes State Forest Trail Map USFWS Refuge Map USFWS Wildlife Drive Map

Parking	Information Kiosk, County Road 9 N45 30.108, W93 39.998

Hiking Trails	Mahnomen Trail: 2.86 miles Blue Hill Trail: 5.05 miles Prairie Trail: 0.42 mile Woodland Trail: 0.5 mile 7.3 mile Prairie’s Edge Wildlife Drive

Hunting	Deer by shotgun and archery, migratory birds, small game, and spring turkey. See Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge Special Hunting Regulations (USFWS) for details.

Ecological Classification	Province	Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province Laurentian Mixed Forest Province
	Section	Minnesota & NE Iowa Morainal Western Superior Uplands
	Subsection(s)	Anoka Sand Plain Mille Lacs Uplands
	Land Type Association(s)	Anoka Lake Plain Milaca Till Plain

Native Plant Communities¹	Alder - (Maple - Loosestrife) Swamp Black Ash - Yellow Birch - Red Maple - Basswood Swamp (Eastcentral) Central Dry-Mesic Oak-Aspen Forest Dry Barrens Oak Savanna (Southern) Dry Barrens Oak Savanna (Southern): Oak Subtype Dry Barrens Prairie (Southern) Dry Sand - Gravel Oak Savanna (Southern) Northern Mixed Cattail Marsh Northwestern Wet-Mesic Aspen Woodland Other Water Body Prairie Rich Fen Sedge Meadow Southern Dry Savanna Southern Dry-Mesic Oak (Maple) Woodland Southern Wet Prairie Tamarack Swamp (Southern) Wet Prairie (Southern) Willow - Dogwood Shrub Swamp

Ownership	U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Links	U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Comments

Images


Amphibians	USFWS Reptile and Amphibian Checklist

Birds	Great River Birding Trail USFWS Bird Checklist

	American Black Duck (Anas rubripes) American Coot (Fulica americana) American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) Common Loon (Gavia immer) Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus) Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) Great Egret (Ardea alba) Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis) Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus) Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)

Mammals	USFWS Mammal Checklist

Plants	USFWS Plant Checklist

	round-headed bush clover (Lespedeza capitata)


Reptiles	USFWS Reptile and Amphibian Checklist

Visits	7/21/2010