Clinton Falls Dwarf Trout Lily SNA

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	About

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	Minnesota DNR

	Overview


	History
	This SNA was designated June 27, 2011.

	Management


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	Location

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	Size
	20.5 acres

	Parking
	Park at the Straight River Public Water Access #2. Cross the Straight River on the road shoulder to arrive at the east boundary of the SNA. N44 8.929, W93 14.597


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					Steele County
					Southeast Minnesota


	Activities

	Hiking Trails
	No maintained trails

	Hunting
	No hunting


	Ecology

	Ecological Classification
	Ecological Province			Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province
	Ecological Section			Minnesota & NE Iowa Morainal
	Ecological Subsection			Oak Savanna
	Land Type Association			Lemond Moraine

	Native Plant Communities*
	Elm - Ash - Basswood Terrace Forest
	* Source: The Minnesota Biological Survey, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Division of Ecological Resources

	Natural Features
	Frontage on the Straight River

Signage

There is no wood routed sign but the boundaries are well marked.

Water Trail

The Straight River Water Trail passes through this site.


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	Elm - Ash - Basswood Terrace Forest


	Straight River




	Clearing on Peninsula between Straight River and Crane Creek


	Floodplain Forest

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Visits
5/7/2013		4/23/2015

Amphibians

boreal chorus frog (Pseudacris maculata)

boreal chorus frog

Birds

American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)

American Robin (Turdus migratorius)

Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)

Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)

Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater)

Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum)

Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)

Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor)

Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe)

Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)

Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)

Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus)

Magnolia Warbler (Setophaga magnolia)

Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)

Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)

Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)

Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)

Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)

Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)

Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)

White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)

White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis)

Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata)

Fishes

Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas Fishes List

Fungi and Lichens

Artist’s Conk (Ganoderma applanatum)

Black Knot (Apiosporina morbosa)

Artist’s Conk

Insects and Arachnids

Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas Insects List

American dog tick (Dermacentor variabilis)

eastern boxelder bug (Boisea trivittata)

eastern boxelder bug

Mammals

eastern cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus)

fox squirrel (Sciurus niger)

whitetail deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

eastern cottontail

Plants


One plant species with conservation status in Minnesota are found here:
Endangered	Minnesota dwarf trout lily (Erythronium propullans)

Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas and Minnesota Biological Survey Vegetation Releves Plant List

Plants frequently found in:

Elm - Ash - Basswood Terrace Forest FFs59c

Common Name
Scientific Name

American basswood (Tilia americana var. americana)

American hophornbeam (Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana)

black cherry (Prunus serotina var. serotina)

black raspberry (Rubus occidentalis)

bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis)

boxelder (Acer negundo var. negundo)

bull thistle (Cirsium vulgare)

bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa)

chokecherry (Prunus virginiana var. virginiana)

cleavers (Galium aparine)

common blue violet (Viola sororia)

common buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica)

common burdock (Arctium minus)

common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale)

common evening primrose (Oenothera biennis)

common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)

common motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca ssp. cardiaca)

common mullein (Verbascum thapsus ssp. thapsus)

cut-leaved toothwort (Cardamine concatenata)

eastern false rue anemone (Enemion biternatum)

eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana)

green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica)

ground ivy (Glechoma hederacea)

large-flowered bellwort (Uvularia grandiflora)

northern hackberry (Celtis occidentalis)

northern pin oak (Quercus ellipsoidalis)

Pennsylvania sedge (Carex pensylvanica)

plumeless thistle (Carduus acanthoides ssp. acanthoides)

quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides)

rue anemone (Thalictrum thalictroides)

Siberian squill (Scilla siberica)

smooth yellow violet (Viola pubescens var. scabriuscula)

stinging nettle (Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis)

Virginia waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum var. virginianum)

white trout lily (Erythronium albidum)

wild grape (Vitis riparia)

wild leek (Allium tricoccum)

Acer negundo var. negundo (boxelder)

Allium tricoccum (wild leek)

Arctium minus (common burdock)

Asclepias syriaca (common milkweed)

Cardamine concatenata (cut-leaved toothwort)

Carduus acanthoides (plumeless thistle)

Carex pensylvanica (Pennsylvania sedge)

Celtis occidentalis (northern hackberry)

Cirsium vulgare (bull thistle)

Enemion biternatum (eastern false rue anemone)

Erythronium albidum (white trout lily)

Fraxinus pennsylvanica (green ash)

Galium aparine (cleavers)

Glechoma hederacea (ground ivy)

Hydrophyllum virginianum var. virginianum (Virginia waterleaf)

Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana (eastern redcedar)

Leonurus cardiaca ssp. cardiaca (common motherwort)

Oenothera biennis (common evening primrose)

Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana (American hophornbeam)

Populus tremuloides (quaking aspen)

Prunus serotina var. serotina (black cherry)

Prunus virginiana var. virginiana (chokecherry)

Quercus ellipsoidalis (northern pin oak)

Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa (bur oak)

Rhamnus cathartica (common buckthorn)

Rubus occidentalis (black raspberry)

Sanguinaria canadensis (bloodroot)

Scilla siberica (Siberian squill)

Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale (common dandelion)

Thalictrum thalictroides (rue anemone)

Tilia americana var. americana (American basswood)

Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis (stinging nettle)

Uvularia grandiflora (large-flowered bellwort)

Verbascum thapsus ssp. thapsus (common mullein)

Viola pubescens var. scabriuscula (smooth yellow violet)

Viola sororia (common blue violet)

Vitis riparia (wild grape)

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