Avon Hills Forest SNA

       
   

Area and County

    Stearns County
    Central Minnesota
     
 

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Size

354 acres

 
 
Units

North Unit

South Unit

 
Maps

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Parking

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Hiking Trails

No maintained trails

 
Hunting

Deer only, by archery. See Hunting and Trapping Regulations (MN DNR) for details.

 
Ecological Classification Province  

Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province

Ecological Classification
Section  

Minnesota & NE Iowa Morainal

Subsection(s)  

Hardwood Hills

Land Type Association(s)

Holdingford Till Plain

St. Rosa Till Plain

 
Native Plant Communities1

Black Ash - (Red Maple) Seepage Swamp

Central Mesic Hardwood Forest (Eastern)

Red Oak - Basswood Forest (Noncalcareous Till)

Sugar Maple Forest (Big Woods)

Tamarack Swamp (Southern)

 
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Visits

5/29/2010

   

 

 

 

 

       
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North Unit

  Avon Hills Forest SNA - North Unit   Avon Hills Forest SNA - North Unit
       

South Unit

  Avon Hills Forest SNA - South Unit   Avon Hills Forest SNA - South Unit
       
       

 

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Birds

Five bird species with conservation status in Minnesota and one tracked species have been seen on at least one of the units of this SNA:

 

Special concern

American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)

Cerulean Warbler (Setophaga cerulea)

Forster’s Tern (Sterna forsteri)

Purple Martin (Progne subis)

Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)

 

Tracked

Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)

 
 

Minnesota DNR Bird checklist

 
Plants

Plants frequently found in:

Black Ash - (Red Maple) Seepage Swamp WFn57a

Central Mesic Hardwood Forest (Eastern) MHc36

Red Oak - Basswood Forest (Noncalcareous Till) MHc36a

Sugar Maple Forest (Big Woods) MHs39c

Tamarack Swamp (Southern) FPs63a

 
Reptiles

One tracked reptile species is found on at least one of the units of this SNA:

 

Tracked

common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina)

 

 

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