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	Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve

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	History
	Until 2007, the site was known as Cedar Creek Natural History Area. Visitors were required to obtain a day pass prior to visiting the site.

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	Location

	Maps
	Aerial map of Cedar Creek Fish Lake Nature Trails

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	Size
	5,436 acres

	Parking
	2660 Fawn Lake Drive NE East Bethel, Minnesota 55005 Fish Lake Trail Entrance N45 23.111, W93 9.758 Fish Lake Trail Parking lot N45 23.782, W93 9.495

	Hours
	Fish Lake Trail Daylight hours Bison Trail 8am - 4:30pm

	Fees
	No fee


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					Anoka and Isanti Counties
					Central Minnesota and Metro Area


	Activities

	Hiking Trails
	Fish Lake Trail: 1.5 miles Bison trail: 1.0 mile The 1.5-mile (one way) Fish Lake Trail, and the 1-mile extension to it, the Bison Trail, is the only public access to Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve. Visitors are required to stay on the trail.

	Hunting
	No humting


	Ecology

	Ecological Classification
	Ecological Province			Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province
	Ecological Section			Minnesota & NE Iowa Morainal
	Ecological Subsection			Anoka Sand Plain
	Land Type Association			Anoka Lake Plain

	Native Plant Communities*
	Alder - (Maple - Loosestrife) Swamp Black Ash - Yellow Birch - Red Maple - Alder Swamp (Eastcentral) Black Ash - Yellow Birch - Red Maple - Basswood Swamp (Eastcentral) Dry Barrens Oak Savanna (Southern): Oak Subtype Graminoid - Sphagnum Rich Fen (Basin) Low Shrub Poor Fen Lowland White Cedar Forest (Northern) Northern Bulrush - Spikerush Marsh Northern Mixed Cattail Marsh Northern Rich Fen (Basin) Oak - Aspen Woodland Poor Tamarack - Black Spruce Swamp Poor Tamarack - Black Spruce Swamp: Black Spruce Subtype Poor Tamarack - Black Spruce Swamp: Tamarack Subtype Red Oak - Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Large-Flowered Trillium) Forest Sedge Meadow Southern Dry-Mesic Oak (Maple) Woodland Tamarack Swamp (Southern) Wet Prairie (Southern) Willow - Dogwood Shrub Swamp
	* Source: The Minnesota Biological Survey, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Division of Ecological Resources

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	Cedar Creek Glenn Allenspach

	About Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve, a property of the University of Minnesota, is the birthplace of ecological science. Anoka county, Minnesota USA



	Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve, 21st August 2011 D. Hałas

	About A birding trip to Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve, in Anoka and Isanti counties, Minnesota.



	Cedar Creek Restoration Evaluation

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	Cedar Creek Ecosystem Reserve Amanda Brooks

	About Aug 16, 2017 A short documentary about the research, education, and outreach projects currently occurring at the Cedar Creek LTER in East Bethel, MN.


	The Oak Savanna at Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve David Minor

	About May 3, 2021 Learn more about the organisms that call the oak savanna at Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve home. From Red-headed woodpeckers, Bison, and caterpillars, to prairie grasses and burr oaks. This is part of a group project I completed for a Big Woods Big Rivers - Minnesota Master Naturalist class.


	The Red-Headed Woodpeckers of Cedar Creek MinnesotaDNR

	About Uploaded on May 4, 2009 See the red-headed woodpeckers of the University of Minnesota's Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve—the largest remaining nesting area in Minnesota for a bird that has declined more than 50 percent across the Midwest since 1966. http://www.mndnr.gov/magazine



	What Makes Cedar Creek a Unique Outdoor Laboratory? umngiving

	About Uploaded on Jul 12, 2010 Video describing the unique qualities of the University of Minnesota's Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve. Support Cedar Creek by making a gift at https://www.foundation.umn.edu/pls/dm or learn more at http://www.cedarcreek.umn.edu/

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One bird species with conservation status in Minnesota has been seen here:
Special Concern	Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus)


Two fungi and lichen species with conservation status in Minnesota have been seen here:
Endangered	Butterball (Suillus weaverae)
Special Concern	Common Milkcap (Lactarius fuliginellus)


One insect and arachnid species with conservation status in Minnesota have been seen here:
Special Concern	Iowa skipper (Atrytone arogos iowa)


Twenty plant species with conservation status in Minnesota are found here:
Endangered	butternut (Juglans cinerea) cross-leaved milkwort (Polygala cruciata) tall nutrush (Scleria triglomerata) twisted yelloweyed grass (Xyris torta) wild chives (Allium schoenoprasum) yellow bartonia (Bartonia virginica)
Threatened	black huckleberry (Gaylussacia baccata) Fuller’s bristly dewberry (Rubus fulleri) Clinton’s bulrush (Trichophorum clintonii) lance-leaved violet (Viola lanceolata ssp. lanceolata) ram’s head lady’s slipper (Cypripedium arietinum) seaside three-awn (Aristida tuberculosa) woolly beachheather (Hudsonia tomentosa)
Special Concern	Guadalupe waternymph (Najas guadalupensis ssp. olivacea) rhombic evening primrose (Oenothera rhombipetala) small green wood orchid (Gymnadeniopsis clavellata) small-leaved pussytoes (Antennaria parvifolia) waterwillow (Decodon verticillatus var. laevigatus) white wild indigo (Baptisia alba var. macrophylla) snow trillium (Trillium nivale)