Le Sueur County

221 acres

Map with GPS coordinates

N44 23.938, W93 56.687

There are a few well worn footpaths starting at the parking area that fade as they approach the floodplain forest. There are no maintained trails.

No hunting

Province

Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province

Section

Minnesota & NE Iowa Morainal

Subsection(s)

Big Woods

Land Type Association(s)

Minnesota DNR

In wet seasons, such as Spring 2012, much of the northeast quarter of this SNA is covered in water. This can be seen on the aerial map (see Maps above).

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Two bird species with protected status in Minnesota have been seen here:

Special concern – Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens), Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)

A pair of Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)s nested here in the spring of 2005.

Minnesota DNR Bird checklist

One plant species with protected status in Minnesota and three tracked species are found here:

Endangered – false Indian plantain (Hasteola suaveolens)

Tracked – Kentucky coffee tree (Gymnocladus dioica), Virginia bugleweed (Lycopus virginicus), wild grape (Vitis riparia)

A giant plains cottonwood in the floodplain forest measures over 7′ in diameter and over 21′ in circumference at breast height.

University of Minnesota Herbarium Plant List

Plants frequently found in:

Pin Oak - Bur Oak Woodland FDs37b

Silver Maple - (Virginia Creeper) Floodplain Forest FFs68a