Minnesota Seasons - Wolsfeld Woods Scientific and Natural Area


Wolsfeld Woods Scientific and Natural Area

County	Hennepin
GPS	N44 59.912 W93 34.427
Size	221 acres
Habitat	“Big Woods” maple-basswood forest
Hiking Trails	Unlike most SNAs this site has marked trails and visitors are required to stay on them.

Links	Friends of Wolsfeld Woods Minnesota DNR

Comments	This is a well-used horse park. Visitors will not be alone here.

Images	Click on an image for a larger view.

	Park at the church


		The only map. No printed map, no online map. Print this picture and take it with you.


Amphibians

	wood frog (Rana sylvatica)


Birds

	American robin (Turdus migratorius) blue jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Canada goose (Branta canadensis) great blue heron (Ardea herodias) northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) white-breasted nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)


Insects

	eastern pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis) eastern tiger swallowtail (Papilio glaucus)


Plants	Butternut (Juglans cinerea), a Minnesota special concern species, is found here. Other plants that can be seen here, aside from those listed below, include slippery elm (Ulmus rubra), nodding trillium (Trillium cernuum), and Dutchman’s breeches (Dicentra cucullaria). Minnesota DNR Plant List

	American basswood (Tilia americana var. americana) American black currant (Ribes americanum) American elm (Ulmus americana) bitternut hickory (Carya cordiformis) black ash (Fraxinus nigra) black cherry (Prunus serotina var. serotina) bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) boxelder (Acer negundo) Canada mayflower (Maianthemum canadense) Canada moonseed (Menispermum canadense) Canadian woodnettle (Laportea canadensis) cleavers (Galium aparine) common blue violet (Viola sororia) common burdock (Arctium minus) common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale) common false Solomon’s seal (Maianthemum racemosum var. racemosum) common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) common strawberry (Fragaria virginiana) cut-leaved toothwort (Cardamine concatenata) early meadow rue (Thalictrum dioicum) field horsetail (Equisetum arvense) fragrant bedstraw (Galium triflorum) garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata) green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica) ground ivy (Glechoma hederacea) ironwood (Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana) Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum ssp. triphyllum) kidney-leaved buttercup (Ranunculus abortivus) large-flowered bellwort (Uvularia grandiflora) narrow-leaved cattail (Typha angustifolia) northern maidenhair (Adiantum pedatum) northern pin oak (Quercus ellipsoidalis) northern red oak (Quercus rubra) plains cottonwood (Populus deltoides ssp. molinifera) red baneberry (Actaea rubra ssp. rubra) red clover (Trifolium pratense) rue anemone (Thalictrum thalictroides) Scotch pine (Pinus sylvestris) scouring rush horsetail (Equisetum hyemale var. affine) sensitive fern (Onoclea sensibilis) sicklepod (Arabis canadensis) silky dogwood (Cornus obliqua) silver maple (Acer saccharinum) smooth yellow violet (Viola pubescens var. scabriuscula) staghorn sumac (Rhus hirta) sugar maple (Acer saccharum var. saccharum) swamp white oak (Quercus bicolor) Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia) Virginia waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum var. virginianum) white oak (Quercus alba) wild columbine (Aquilegia canadensis) wild geranium (Geranium maculatum) wild ginger (Asarum canadense) wild leek (Allium tricoccum var. tricoccum) wood anemone (Anemone quinquefolia var. bifolia)


Visits	05/19/2009