Two Rivers Aspen Prairie Parkland SNA

   

Two Rivers Aspen Prairie Parkland SNA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Area and County

 

 

 

Roseau County

 

 

 

 

 


Size

1,337 acres

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Maps

MinnesotaSeasons map with GPS coordinates

 
Parking

N48 40.887 W96 20.629

 
Hiking Trails

None


Ecological Classification

Province

Tallgrass Aspen Parklands

Ecological Classification

Section

Lake Agassiz, Aspen Parklands

Subsection(s)

Aspen Parklands

Land Type Association(s)

Beach Ridges

Bronson Lake Plain

Duxby Lake Plain

 
Native Plant Communities1 None or no information available
 
Natural Features

Prairie parkland, wet bush prairie, wet-mesic bush prairie, shrubby wet meadow, aspen woodland.


Ownership

Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

 
Links

Minnesota DNR


Comments

The eastern edge of this SNA is mostly dense aspen forest. In the interior, areas of wet prairie are interspersed with and surrounded by dense aspen woods and willow thicket.


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Birds

Sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis) nest on this site.

Minnesota DNR Bird checkist

 
 

Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)

Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)

Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis)

Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)

Sandhill Crane

Insects and Arachnids

 

 
 

great spangled fritillary (Speyeria cybele)

monarch (Danaus plexippus)

great spangled fritillary

Mammals

 

 
 

eastern cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus)

eastern cottontail

Plants

One plant species with protected status in Minnesota are found here:

Special concern – Pleated gentian (Gentiana affinis)

Minnesota DNR Plant List

University of Minnesota Herbarium Plant List

 
 

American bugleweed (Lycopus americanus)

American hazel (Corylus americana)

big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii)

black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)

bottle gentian (Gentiana andrewsii)

brittlestem hempnettle (Galeopsis tetrahit var. tetrahit)

brook lobelia (Lobelia kalmii)

bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa)

Canada anemone (Anemone canadensis)

Canada goldenrod (Solidago canadensis)

common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)

common plantain (Plantago major)

common strawberry (Fragaria virginiana)

common yarrow (Achillea millefolium)

Cooper’s milkvetch (Astragalus neglectus)

Culver’s root (Veronicastrum virginicum)

cylindric blazing star (Liatris cylindracea)

early meadow rue (Thalictrum dioicum)

field sow thistle (Sonchus arvensis)

flat-topped aster (Doellingeria umbellata)

fringed loosestrife (Lysimachia ciliata)

giant sunflower (Helianthus giganteus)

grass-leaved goldenrod (Euthamia graminifolia var. graminifolia)

gray dogwood (Cornus racemosa)

gray goldenrod (Solidago nemoralis)

great water dock (Rumex britannica)

harebell (Campanula rotundifolia)

hooded ladies’ tresses (Spiranthes romanzoffiana)

Indian hemp (Apocynum cannabinum)

inland serviceberry (Amelanchier interior)

lesser fringed gentian (Gentianopsis virgata ssp. virgata)

marsh hedge nettle (Stachys p alustris)

Maximilian’s sunflower (Helianthus maximilianii)

narrow-leaved cattail (Typha angustifolia)

narrow-leaved meadowsweet (Spiraea alba var. alba)

New England aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae)

northern bedstraw (Galium boreale)

northern plains blazing star (Liatris ligulistylis)

pin cherry (Prunus pensylvanica var. pensylvanica)

pleated gentian (Gentiana affinis)

prairie onion (Allium stellatum)

purple prairie clover (Dalea purpurea var. purpurea)

purple rattlesnake root (Nabalus racemosus)

quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides)

red clover (Trifolium pratense)

red osier dogwood (Cornus sericea ssp. sericea)

rough blazing star (Liatris aspera)

scarlet Indian paintbrush (Castilleja coccinea f. lutescens)

showy blue lettuce (Lactuca tatarica ssp. pulchella)

shrubby cinquefoil (Dasiphora fruticosa ssp. floribunda)

silverberry (Elaeagnus commutata)

silvery cinquefoil (Potentilla argentea)

silverweed (Argentina anserina)

smooth scouring rush (Equisetum laevigatum)

spotted water hemlock (Cicuta maculata var. maculata)

swamp betony (Pedicularis lanceolata)

tall meadow rue (Thalictrum dasycarpum)

tall thistle (Cirsium altissimum)

timothy (Phleum pratense)

western poison ivy (Toxicodendron rydbergii)

white heath aster (Symphyotrichum ericoides)

white sweet clover (Melilotus albus)

wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa)

wild licorice (Glycyrrhiza lepidota)

woundwort (Stachys pilosa var. arenicola)

black-eyed susan

 

 

 

 

bottle gentian

 

 

 

 

common strawberry

 

 

 

 

Cooper’s milkvetch

 

 

 

 

Culver’s root

 

 

 

 

fringed loosestrife

 

 

 

 

gray dogwood

 

 

 

 

lesser fringed gentian

 

 

 

 

narrow-leaved meadowsweet

 

 

 

 

 

 

New England aster

 

 

 

 

northern bedstraw

 

 

 

 

prairie onion

 

 

 

 

silvery cinquefoil

 

 

 

 

spotted water hemlock

 

 

 

 

tall meadow rue

 

 

 

 

wild licorice

 


Visits

8/23/2009

   
               

 

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