Minnesota Seasons - Cedar Mountain SNA


Cedar Mountain SNA





			Redwood County




Size	317 acres

Maps	Map with GPS coordinates

Parking Lot	N44 30.434, W94 53.450

Hiking Trails	None

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

Ecological Classification	Province	Prairie Parkland Province
	Section	North Central Glaciated Plains
	Subsection(s)	Minnesota River Prairie
	Land Type Association(s)	Milan Alluvial Plain

Native Plant Communities¹	Basswood - Bur Oak - (Green Ash) Forest Crystalline Bedrock Outcrop (Prairie): Minnesota River Subtype Mesic Prairie (Southern) Rock Outcrop - Dry Prairie Complex Silver Maple - (Virginia Creeper) Floodplain Forest Spikerush - Bur Reed Marsh (Prairie) Wet Prairie (Southern)

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Birds	Minnesota DNR Bird checklist

	American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis) Eastern Wood-peewee (Contopus virens) Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus)

Insects and Arachnids

	Carolina grasshopper (Dissosteira carolina) dog day cicada (Tibicen canicularis) goldenrod bunch gall midge (Rhopalomyia solidaginis) goldenrod gall fly (Eurosta solidaginis) monarch (Danaus plexippus) orange sulphur (Colias eurytheme) viceroy (Limenitis archippus) white-faced meadowhawk (Sympetrum obtrusum) widow skimmer (Libellula luctuosa)

Mammals

	Canadian beaver (Castor canadensis canadensis) whitetail deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

Plants	Three plant species with protected status in Minnesota are found here: Threatened – prairie bush clover (Lespedeza leptostachya) Special concern – plains pricklypear (Opuntia macrorhiza), disk water-hyssop (Bacopa rotundifolia) University of Minnesota Herbarium Plant List Plants frequently found in: Basswood - Bur Oak - (Green Ash) Forest MHs38b Crystalline Bedrock Outcrop (Prairie): Minnesota River Subtype ROs12a1 Mesic Prairie (Southern) UPs23a Silver Maple - (Virginia Creeper) Floodplain Forest FFs68a Spikerush - Bur Reed Marsh (Prairie) MRp93b Wet Prairie (Southern) WPs54b

	American bugleweed (Lycopus americanus) American germander (Teucrium canadense) American hog peanut (Amphicarpaea bracteata) American lopseed (Phryma leptostachya) American stickseed (Hackelia deflexa var. americana) American willow herb (Epilobium ciliatum ssp. ciliatum) black bindweed (Fallopia convolvulus) black raspberry (Rubus occidentalis) black walnut (Juglans nigra) black-seeded plantain (Plantago rugelii var. rugelii) boxelder (Acer negundo var. negundo) bristly buttercup (Ranunculus hispidus) bristly greenbrier (Smilax tamnoides) bull thistle (Cirsium vulgare) bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa) Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense) Canadian black snakeroot (Sanicula canadensis) Canadian honewort (Cryptotaenia canadensis) Canadian horseweed (Conyza canadensis) Canadian tick-trefoil (Desmodium canadense) Canadian woodnettle (Laportea canadensis) common agrimony (Agrimonia gryposepala) common buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica) common burdock (Arctium minus) common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) common motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca) common yarrow (Achillea millefolium) cup plant (Silphium perfoliatum var. perfoliatum) curly dock (Rumex crispus) cut-leaved coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata var. laciniata) eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana) false indigo (Amorpha fruticosa) field sow thistle (Sonchus arvensis) giant ragweed (Ambrosia trifida var. trifida) gray-headed coneflower (Ratibida pinnata) gray dogwood (Cornus racemosa) green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica) hairy four o’clock (Mirabilis hirsuta) hairy hedge nettle (Stachys pilosa var. pilosa) hedge bindweed (Calystegia sepium) Indian hemp (Apocynum cannabinum) ironwood (Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana) late goldenrod (Solidago altissima) narrow-leaved cattail (Typha angustifolia) northern blue flag (Iris versicolor) northern bugleweed (Lycopus uniflorus var. uniflorus) northern hackberry (Celtis occidentalis) northern prickly ash (Zanthoxylum americanum) obedient plant (Physostegia virginiana) prairie alumroot (Heuchera richardsonii) prairie onion (Allium stellatum) purple giant hyssop (Agastache scrophulariifolia) quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) smooth scouring rush (Equisetum laevigatum) spotted Joe Pye weed (Eutrochium maculatum) spotted touch-me-not (Impatiens capensis) stinging nettle (Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis) tall bellflower (Campanulastrum americanum) tall thistle (Cirsium altissimum) virgin’s bower (Clematis virginiana) western ragweed (Ambrosia psilostachya) white snakeroot (Ageratina altissima var. altissima) white sweet clover (Melilotus albus) wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa) wild grape (Vitis riparia) winged loosestrife (Lythrum alatum var. alatum) wolfberry (Symphoricarpos occidentalis) woodbine (Parthenocissus vitacea)

Visits	8/3/2010

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