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Winter Road Lake Peatland SNA |
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Lake of the Woods and Roseau Counties |
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| Size | 4,300 acres |
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| Parking | N48 42.173, W95 12.671 |
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| Hunting | All trapping and hunting. See Hunting and Trapping Regulations (MN DNR) for details. |
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| Ecological Classification | Province |
Laurentian Mixed Forest Province |
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Northern Minnesota & Ontario Peatlands |
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Subsection(s) |
Agassiz Lowlands |
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Land Type Association(s) |
Beltrami-Pine Island Beach Ridges Pine Island Peatlands |
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| Native Plant Communities1 | Alder - (Maple - Loosestrife) Swamp Aspen - Fir Forest Black Ash Aspen - Balsam Poplar Swamp (Northeastern) Black Spruce Bog/Semi-Treed Subtype Black Spruce Bog/Treed Subtype Extremely Rich Tamarack Swamp Graminoid Bog/Typic Subtype Graminoid Rich Fen (Basin) Graminoid Rich Fen (Water Track)/Featureless Water Track Subtype Graminoid Rich Fen (Water Track)/Flark Subtype Graminoid - Sphagnum Rich Fen (Basin) Lowland Black Ash - Aspen - Balsam Poplar Forest Lowland White Cedar Forest (Northern) Rich Tamarack (Sundew - Pitcher Plant) Swamp Rich Tamarack - (Alder) Swamp Sedge Meadow Shrub Rich Fen (Water Track) Willow - Dogwood Shrub Swamp |
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| Ownership | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources |
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| Amphibians | Spring peeper (Pseudacris crucifer) has been recorded on this site. |
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| Birds | Three bird species with protected status in Minnesota have been seen here: Threatened – Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator) Special concern – Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus), Yellow Rail (Coturnicops noveboracensis) |
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| Insects and Arachnids | Butterflies recorded here include frigga fritillary (Boloria frigga), Acadian hairstreak (Satyrium acadica), bronze copper (Lycaena hyllus), broad-winged skipper (Poanes viator), eastern tailed-blue (Cupido comyntas), mourning cloak (Nymphalis antiopa), red-disked alpine (Erebia discoidalis), Compton tortoiseshell (Nymphalis vaualbum), silver-bordered fritillary (Boloria selene), and common wood nymph (Cercyonis pegala nephala). |
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| Mammals | Mammals recorded on this site include meadow vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus), short-tailed shrew (short-tailed shrew), masked shrew (Sorex cinereus), and arctic shrew (Sorex arcticus). |
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| Reptiles | Eastern garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis) has been recorded on this site. |
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