Minnesota Seasons - Wood-Rill SNA


Wood-Rill SNA

More photos…



			Hennepin County




Size	150 acres

Maps	Map with GPS coordinates

Parking	N44 59.098, W93 32.689

Hiking Trails	There are trails throughout the site. Maps are posted at a few intersections.

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	Black Ash - Yellow Birch - Red Maple - Alder Swamp (Eastcentral) Sedge Meadow Sugar Maple Forest (Big Woods) Tamarack Swamp (Southern)

Ownership	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Links	Minnesota DNR

Comments

Images


Amphibians

	boreal chorus frog (Pseudacris maculata)

Birds	Minnesota DNR Bird checkist

	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	One plant species with protected status in Minnesota is found here: Special concern – butternut (Juglans cinerea) Minnesota DNR Plant List Plants frequently found in: Black Ash - Yellow Birch - Red Maple - Alder Swamp (Eastcentral) WFn64b Sedge Meadow WMn82b Sugar Maple Forest (Big Woods) MHs39c Tamarack Swamp (Southern) FPs63a

	American basswood (Tilia americana) bitternut hickory (Carya cordiformis) black ash (Fraxinus nigra) bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa var. 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) 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) Japanese knotweed (Polygonum cuspidatum) kidney-leaved buttercup (Ranunculus abortivus) large-flowered bellwort (Uvularia grandiflora) large-flowered trillium (Trillium grandiflorum) nodding trillium (Trillium cernuum) northern lady fern (Athyrium filix-femina ssp. angustum) 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) wood anemone (Anemone quinquefolia var. quinquefolia) woodland strawberry (Fragaria vesca ssp. americana) yellow marsh marigold (Caltha palustris var. palustris)

Visits	5/6/2006