Brownsville Bluff SNA








			Houston County




Size	286 acres

Maps	Printable Map with GPS coordinates

Parking	N43 40.700, W91 16.702

Hiking Trails	No maintained trails

Hunting	Whitetail deer. See Hunting and Trapping Regulations (MN DNR) for details.


Ecological Classification	Province	Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province
	Section	Paleozoic Plateau
	Subsection(s)	The Blufflands
	Land Type Association(s)	Brownsville Slopes Caledonia Ridgetops Mississippi River Valley

Native Plant Communities¹	Not mapped (3/30/2017)

Natural Features	Oak-hickory woodlands, oak-basswood forest, steep bluffs, and old fields.

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Links	Minnesota DNR

Comments	This SNA lies within the Richard J. Dorer Memorial Hardwood State Forest. History This site was designated Brownsville Bluff Scientific and Natural Area on January 19, 2016. Sanctuary The 39-acre south section of this SNA is a wildlife sanctuary. It is closed to the public except to those with a research permit.

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Birds	One bird species with conservation status in Minnesota has been seen here:
	Special concern	Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)

Plants	One plant species on the watch list is found here:
	Watch list	licorice bedstraw (Galium circaezans var. hypomalacum)

Reptiles	One reptile species with conservation status in Minnesota and one tracked species have been seen here:
	Threatened	rat snake (Elaphe obsoleta)

	Tracked	milk snake (Lampropeltis triangulum)

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