Minnesota Seasons - Falls Creek SNA


Falls Creek SNA





			Washington County




Size	136 acres

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Parking	N45 16.400, W92 46.675 N45 16.258, W92 46.577

Hiking Trails	None

Hunting	No hunting


Ecological Classification	Province	Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province
	Section	Minnesota & NE Iowa Morainal
	Subsection(s)	St. Paul-Baldwin Plains
	Land Type Association(s)	Maplewood Moraine

Native Plant Communities¹	Dry Bedrock Bluff Prairie (Southern) Red Oak - Basswood Forest (Noncalcareous Till) Red Oak - White Oak - (Sugar Maple) Forest Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Bitternut Hickory) Forest

Ownership

Links	Minnesota DNR

Comments	The sign at this SNA is almost impossible to see when passing on busy Minnesota Highway 95 at 55 miles per hour.

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Amphibians

	northern leopard frog (Rana pipiens)

Birds	One bird species with protected status in Minnesota has been seen here: Special concern – Louisiana Waterthrush (Seiurus motacilla) Minnesota DNR Bird checklist

	American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)

Insects and Arachnids

	brown daddy-long-legs (Leiobunum ventricosum) eastern boxelder bug (Leptocoris trivittatus) meadow spittlebug (Philaenus spumarius) Pennsylvania firefly (Photuris pennsylvanica) twelve-spotted skimmer (Libellula pulchella) widow skimmer (Libellula luctuosa)

Mammals

	whitetail deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

Plants	Three plant species with protected status in Minnesota and one tracked species are found here: Threatened – kitten-tails (Besseya bullii), bare-stemmed tick trefoil (Desmodium nudiflorum), American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius) Tracked – bog bluegrass (Poa paludigena) University of Minnesota Herbarium Plant List Plants frequently found in: Dry Bedrock Bluff Prairie (Southern) UPs13c Red Oak - Basswood Forest (Noncalcareous Till) MHc36a Red Oak - White Oak - (Sugar Maple) Forest MHs37b Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Bitternut Hickory) Forest MHs39a

	alsike clover (Trifolium hybridum) American basswood (Tilia americana) American vetch (Vicia americana ssp. americana) bird’s-foot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus var. corniculatus) black medick (Medicago lupulina) bland sweet cicely (Osmorhiza claytonii) boxelder (Acer negundo) Canada moonseed (Menispermum canadense) cleavers (Galium aparine) common burdock (Arctium minus) common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale) common evening primrose (Oenothera biennis) common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) common mullein (Verbascum thapsus ssp. thapsus) common plantain (Plantago major) common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia) common strawberry (Fragaria virginiana) common yarrow (Achillea millefolium) coon’s tail (Ceratophyllum demersum) curly dock (Rumex crispus) dame’s rocket (Hesperis matronalis) eastern prickly gooseberry (Ribes cynosbati) eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana) eastern white pine (Pinus strobus) field mustard (Brassica rapa) fragrant bedstraw (Galium triflorum) giant chickweed (Myosoton aquaticum) gray dogwood (Cornus racemosa) ground ivy (Glechoma hederacea) Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) kidney-leaved buttercup (Ranunculus abortivus) mouse-ear chickweed (Cerastium fontanum ssp. vulgare) northern beech fern (Phegopteris connectilis) northern pin oak (Quercus ellipsoidalis) northern red oak (Quercus rubra) pagoda dogwood (Cornus alternifolia) paper birch (Betula papyrifera var. papyrifera) Philadelphia fleabane (Erigeron philadelphicus var. philadelphicus) prairie fleabane (Erigeron strigosus) quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) round-lobed hepatica (Anemone americana) sensitive fern (Onoclea sensibilis) sharp-lobed hepatica (Anemone acutiloba) silver maple (Acer saccharinum) smooth brome (Bromus inermis) stinging nettle (Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis) tall meadow rue (Thalictrum dasycarpum) tower mustard (Turritis glabra) Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia) Virginia waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum var. virginianum) western poison ivy (Toxicodendron rydbergii) white campion (Silene latifolia ssp. alba) white clover (Trifolium repens) wild ginger (Asarum canadense) wild grape (Vitis riparia) wild radish (Raphanus raphanistrum) wild yam (Dioscorea villosa) winter vetch (Vicia villosa ssp. villosa) wood anemone (Anemone quinquefolia var. quinquefolia) woodbine (Parthenocissus vitacea) yellow wood sorrel (Oxalis stricta)

Visits	6/12/2006

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