Minnesota Seasons - Wolsfeld Woods SNA


Wolsfeld Woods SNA

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			Hennepin County




Size	221 acres

Maps	Map with GPS coordinates

Parking	N44 59.984, W93 34.445

Hiking Trails	This SNA has marked trails and visitors are required to stay on them.

Hunting	No hunting.

Ecological Classification	Province	Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province
	Section	Minnesota & NE Iowa Morainal
	Subsection(s)	Big Woods
	Land Type Association(s)	Maple Plain Moraine

Native Plant Communities¹	Elm - Basswood - Black Ash - (Hackberry) Forest Red Oak - Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Bitternut Hickory) Forest Spikerush - Bur Reed Marsh (Northern) Sugar Maple Forest (Big Woods)

Ownership	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Links	Friends of Wolsfeld Woods Minnesota DNR

Comments	This is a busy suburban horse park. Visitors will not be alone here.

Images
Park at the church







Amphibians

	wood frog (Rana sylvatica)

Birds	Minnesota DNR Bird checkist

	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 and Arachnids

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

Plants	One plant species with protected status in Minnesota is found here: Special concern – butternut (Juglans cinerea) Minnesota DNR Plant List Plants frequently found in: Elm - Basswood - Black Ash - (Hackberry) Forest MHs49a Red Oak - Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Bitternut Hickory) Forest MHs38c Spikerush - Bur Reed Marsh (Northern) MRn93b Sugar Maple Forest (Big Woods) MHs39c

	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) 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 (Boechera canadensis) silky dogwood (Cornus obliqua) silver maple (Acer saccharinum) smooth yellow violet (Viola pubescens var. scabriuscula) staghorn sumac (Rhus hirta) sugar maple (Acer saccharum ssp. 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) wood anemone (Anemone quinquefolia var. quinquefolia)

Visits	5/19/2009