Minnesota Seasons - Wood-Rill Scientific and Natural Area


Wood-Rill Scientific and Natural Area

County	Hennepin
GPS	N44 59.098 W93 32.689
Size	150 acres
Habitat	“Big Woods” maple-basswood forest, wetland, wet meadow
Hiking Trails	There are walking trails throughout the site. Maps are posted at a few intersections.

Links	Minnesota DNR

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Amphibians

	western chorus frog (Pseudacris triseriata)


Birds

	American crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American robin (Turdus migratorius) black-capped chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) Canada goose (Branta canadensis) great egret (Ardea alba) northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) pileated woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) tree swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) wood duck (Aix sponsa)


Mammals

	eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) northern raccoon (Procyon lotor) whitetail deer (Odocoileus virginianus)


Plants	Butternut (Juglans cinerea), a Minnesota special concern species, is found here. Other trees that can be seen here, aside from those listed below, include sugar maple (Acer saccharum var. saccharum), green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica), northern hackberry (Celtis occidentalis), and tamarack (Larix laricina). Minnesota DNR Plant List

	American basswood (Tilia americana) bitternut hickory (Carya cordiformis) black ash (Fraxinus nigra) bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa) Canada mayflower (Maianthemum 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) drooping trillium (Trillium flexipes) early meadow rue (Thalictrum dioicum) eastern prickly gooseberry (Ribes cynosbati) eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana) garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata) ground ivy (Glechoma hederacea) Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum ssp. triphyllum) Japanese knotweed (Polygonum cuspidatum) kidney-leaved buttercup (Ranunculus abortivus) lady fern (Athyrium filix-femina var. angustum) large-flowered bellwort (Uvularia grandiflora) large-flowered trillium (Trillium grandiflorum) northern pin oak (Quercus ellipsoidalis) northern red oak (Quercus rubra) northern white cedar (Thuja occidentalis) red baneberry (Actaea rubra ssp. rubra) red clover (Trifolium pratense) red maple (Acer rubrum var. rubrum) red pine (Pinus resinosa) rue anemone (Thalictrum thalictroides) sensitive fern (Onoclea sensibilis) silver maple (Acer saccharinum) smooth Solomon’s seal (Polygonatum biflorum var. commutatum) staghorn sumac (Rhus hirta) Virginia waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum var. virginianum) white clover (Trifolium repens) white oak (Quercus alba) wild geranium (Geranium maculatum) wild leek (Allium tricoccum var. tricoccum) wood anemone (Anemone quinquefolia var. bifolia) woodland strawberry (Fragaria vesca ssp. americana) yellow marsh marigold (Caltha palustris var. palustris)


Visits	05/06/2006