Englund Ecotone SNA

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	160 acres

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					Benton County
					Central Minnesota


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	No maintained trails

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	No hunting


	Ecology

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

	Native Plant Communities*
	Sedge Meadow Southern Dry-Mesic Oak (Maple) Woodland
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	Intermittent Stream in Southern Dry-Mesic Oak (Maple) Woodland

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	Englund Ecotone SNA minnesota_snas

	About An ecotone is the transition zone between two different plant communities, in this case between oak woodland and sedge meadow. Englund Ecotone SNA preserves one of the few remaining natural areas in Benton County. The pin oak-bur oak woodland now here was in pre-settlement times frequently touched by fires that maintained the landscape in oak openings and barrens.

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Visits
6/29/2011

Amphibians

wood frog (Lithobates sylvaticus)

wood frog

Bacteria, Viruses, and Other Pathogens

Birds

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

Special Concern

Purple Martin (Progne subis)

Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)

Minnesota DNR Bird checklist

eBird Field Checklist

American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)

American Robin (Turdus migratorius)

Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)

Eastern Wood-peewee (Contopus virens)

Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)

Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa umbellus)

Sandhill Crane (Antigone canadensis)

Fungi and Lichens

Black Knot (Apiosporina morbosa)

Black Knot

Insects and Arachnids

Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas Insects List

American dog tick (Dermacentor variabilis)

goldenrod gall fly (Eurosta solidaginis)

monarch (Danaus plexippus)

monarch

Mammals

Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas Mammals List

whitetail deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

whitetail deer

Plants

Two plant species with conservation status in Minnesota are found here:

Special Concern

blue toadflax (Nuttallanthus canadensis)

Vermont blackberry (Rubus vermontanus)

Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas and Minnesota Biological Survey Vegetation Releves Plant List

Plants frequently found in:

Sedge Meadow WMn82b

Southern Dry-Mesic Oak (Maple) Woodland FDs37

Common Name
Scientific Name

American bugleweed (Lycopus americanus)

American elm (Ulmus americana)

American hazelnut (Corylus americana)

American red raspberry (Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus)

American stinging nettle (Urtica gracilis ssp. gracilis)

American vetch (Vicia americana ssp. americana)

American woodland strawberry (Fragaria vesca ssp. americana)

black bindweed (Fallopia convolvulus)

black raspberry (Rubus occidentalis)

bland sweet cicely (Osmorhiza claytonii)

bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis)

boxelder (Acer negundo var. negundo)

bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa)

Canada anemone (Anemonastrum canadense)

Canada mayflower (Maianthemum canadense)

chokecherry (Prunus virginiana var. virginiana)

cinnamon fern (Osmundastrum cinnamomeum)

cleavers (Galium aparine)

common boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum var. perfoliatum)

common buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica)

common cinquefoil (Potentilla simplex)

common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale)

common yarrow (Achillea millefolium)

field horsetail (Equisetum arvense)

field sagewort (Artemisia campestris ssp. caudata)

fragrant bedstraw (Galium triflorum)

glossy buckthorn (Frangula alnus)

gray dogwood (Cornus racemosa)

green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica)

hairy hedge nettle (Stachys pilosa var. pilosa)

hedge bindweed (Calystegia sepium)

hog peanut (Amphicarpaea bracteata var. bracteata)

interrupted fern (Claytosmunda claytoniana)

Japanese barberry (Berberis thunbergii)

marsh skullcap (Scutellaria galericulata)

Maryland black snakeroot (Sanicula marilandica)

Missouri gooseberry (Ribes missouriense)

narrow-leaved hawk’s-beard (Crepis tectorum)

nodding trillium (Trillium cernuum)

northern bedstraw (Galium boreale)

northern pin oak (Quercus ellipsoidalis)

northern red oak (Quercus rubra)

northern starflower (Lysimachia borealis)

pointed-leaved tick-trefoil (Hylodesmum glutinosum)

purple meadow-rue (Thalictrum dasycarpum)

quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides)

red baneberry (Actaea rubra ssp. rubra)

red maple (Acer rubrum var. rubrum)

red osier dogwood (Cornus sericea ssp. sericea)

rose twisted-stalk (Streptopus lanceolatus var. longipipes)

round-leaved dogwood (Cornus rugosa)

sensitive fern (Onoclea sensibilis)

shinleaf (Pyrola elliptica)

silver maple (Acer saccharinum)

southern blue flag (Iris virginica var. shrevei)

spotted Joe Pye weed (Eutrochium maculatum)

spotted touch-me-not (Impatiens capensis)

spreading dogbane (Apocynum androsaemifolium)

starry false Solomon’s seal (Maianthemum stellatum)

tall buttercup (Ranunculus acris var. acris)

upright carrionflower (Smilax ecirrhata)

Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia)

western bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum var. latiusculum)

western poison ivy (Toxicodendron rydbergii)

white avens (Geum canadense)

white-flowered leafcup (Polymnia canadensis)

wild columbine (Aquilegia canadensis)

wild geranium (Geranium maculatum)

wild grape (Vitis riparia)

wild strawberry (Fragaria virginiana)

woodbine (Parthenocissus vitacea)

yellow marsh marigold (Caltha palustris var. palustris)

yellow wood sorrel (Oxalis stricta)

Acer negundo var. negundo (boxelder)

Acer rubrum var. rubrum (red maple)

Acer saccharinum (silver maple)

Achillea millefolium (common yarrow)

Actaea rubra ssp. rubra (red baneberry)

Amphicarpaea bracteata var. bracteata (hog peanut)

Anemonastrum canadense (Canada anemone)

Apocynum androsaemifolium (spreading dogbane)

Aquilegia canadensis (wild columbine)

Artemisia campestris ssp. caudata (field sagewort)

Berberis thunbergii (Japanese barberry)

Caltha palustris var. palustris (yellow marsh marigold)

Calystegia sepium (hedge bindweed)

Cornus racemosa (gray dogwood)

Cornus rugosa (round-leaved dogwood)

Cornus sericea ssp. sericea (red osier dogwood)

Corylus americana (American hazelnut)

Crepis tectorum (narrow-leaved hawk’s-beard)

Equisetum arvense (field horsetail)

Eupatorium perfoliatum var. perfoliatum (common boneset)

Eutrochium maculatum (spotted Joe Pye weed)

Fallopia convolvulus (black bindweed)

Fragaria vesca ssp. americana (American woodland strawberry)

Fragaria virginiana (wild strawberry)

Frangula alnus (glossy buckthorn)

Fraxinus pennsylvanica (green ash)

Galium aparine (cleavers)

Galium boreale (northern bedstraw)

Galium triflorum (fragrant bedstraw)

Geranium maculatum (wild geranium)

Geum canadense (white avens)

Hylodesmum glutinosum (pointed-leaved tick-trefoil)

Impatiens capensis (spotted touch-me-not)

Iris virginica var. shrevei (southern blue flag)

Lycopus americanus (American bugleweed)

Lysimachia borealis (northern starflower)

Maianthemum canadense (Canada mayflower)

Maianthemum stellatum (starry false Solomon’s seal)

Onoclea sensibilis (sensitive fern)

Osmorhiza claytonii (bland sweet cicely)

Claytosmunda claytoniana (interrupted fern)

Osmundastrum cinnamomeum (cinnamon fern)

Oxalis stricta (yellow wood sorrel)

Parthenocissus quinquefolia (Virginia creeper)

Parthenocissus vitacea (woodbine)

Polymnia canadensis (white-flowered leafcup)

Populus tremuloides (quaking aspen)

Potentilla simplex (common cinquefoil)

Prunus virginiana var. virginiana (chokecherry)

Pteridium aquilinum var. latiusculum (western bracken fern)

Pyrola elliptica (shinleaf)

Quercus ellipsoidalis (northern pin oak)

Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa (bur oak)

Quercus rubra (northern red oak)

Ranunculus acris var. acris (tall buttercup)

Rhamnus cathartica (common buckthorn)

Ribes missouriense (Missouri gooseberry)

Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus (American red raspberry)

Rubus occidentalis (black raspberry)

Sanguinaria canadensis (bloodroot)

Sanicula marilandica (Maryland black snakeroot)

Scutellaria galericulata (marsh skullcap)

Smilax ecirrhata (upright carrionflower)

Stachys pilosa var. pilosa (hairy hedge nettle)

Streptopus lanceolatus var. longipipes (rose twisted-stalk)

Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale (common dandelion)

Thalictrum dasycarpum (purple meadow-rue)

Toxicodendron rydbergii (western poison ivy)

Trillium cernuum (nodding trillium)

Ulmus americana (American elm)

Urtica gracilis ssp. gracilis (American stinging nettle)

Vicia americana ssp. americana (American vetch)

Vitis riparia (wild grape)

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