Minnesota Seasons - Hastings SNA


Hastings SNA





			Dakota County




Size	69 acres

Maps	Map with GPS coordinates

Parking	N44 43.772, W92 49.995

Hiking Trails	None

Hunting	No hunting

Ecological Classification	Province	Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province
	Section	Minnesota & NE Iowa Morainal Paleozoic Plateau
	Subsection(s)	The Blufflands Oak Savanna St. Paul-Baldwin Plains
	Land Type Association(s)	Coates Sand Plain Mississippi River Valley Pig's Eye Alluvial Plain

Native Plant Communities¹	Bulrush Marsh (Northern) Silver Maple - (Virginia Creeper) Floodplain Forest Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Bitternut Hickory) Forest

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Amphibians

	bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana) northern leopard frog (Rana pipiens)

Birds

	American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) Eastern Wood-peewee (Contopus virens) Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus) Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)

Fungi

	Black Knot (Apiosporina morbosa) Crown Rust (Puccinia coronata) Gray False Death Cap (Amanita citrina var. grisea) Scarlet Cup (Sarcoscypha austriaca)

Insects and Arachnids

	Carolina grasshopper (Dissosteira carolina) common whitetail (Plathemis lydia) dog day cicada (Tibicen canicularis) ebony jewelwing (Calopteryx maculata) linden wart gall midge (Cecidomyia verrucicola) orange sulphur (Colias eurytheme) red admiral (Vanessa atalanta) twelve-spotted skimmer (Libellula pulchella) widow skimmer (Libellula luctuosa)

Mammals

	Canadian beaver (Castor canadensis canadensis) eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) whitetail deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

Plants	One plant species with protected status in Minnesota is found here: Special concern – snow trillium (Trillium nivale) Tracked – American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius) University of Minnesota Herbarium Plant List Plants frequently found in: Bulrush Marsh (Northern) MRn93a Silver Maple - (Virginia Creeper) Floodplain Forest FFs68a Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Bitternut Hickory) Forest MHs39a

	alfalfa (Medicago sativa ssp. sativa) American basswood (Tilia americana) American elm (Ulmus americana) American germander (Teucrium canadense) American hog peanut (Amphicarpaea bracteata var. comosa) American lopseed (Phryma leptostachya) amur maple (Acer ginnala) annual fleabane (Erigeron annuus) bird’s-foot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus var. corniculatus) black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) black-seeded plantain (Plantago rugelii var. rugelii) black ash (Fraxinus nigra) black bindweed (Fallopia convolvulus) black cherry (Prunus serotina var. serotina) black maple (Acer saccharum ssp. nigrum) black raspberry (Rubus occidentalis) bland sweet cicely (Osmorhiza claytonii) bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) blue cohosh (Caulophyllum thalictroides) bouncing bet (Saponaria officinalis) boxelder (Acer negundo var. negundo) broad-leaved arrowhead (Sagittaria latifolia) broadleaf enchanter’s nightshade (Circaea lutetiana ssp. canadensis) butternut (Juglans cinerea) Canada lettuce (Lactuca canadensis) Canada moonseed (Menispermum canadense) Canadian clearweed (Pilea pumila) Canadian honewort (Cryptotaenia canadensis) Canadian woodnettle (Laportea canadensis) chokecherry (Prunus virginiana var. virginiana) clustered black snakeroot (Sanicula odorata) common buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica) common burdock (Arctium minus) common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale) common dayflower (Commelina communis) common evening primrose (Oenothera biennis) common false Solomon’s seal (Maianthemum racemosum var. racemosum) common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) common motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca) common mullein (Verbascum thapsus ssp. thapsus) common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia) common yarrow (Achillea millefolium) curly dock (Rumex crispus) David’s spurge (Euphorbia davidii) desert false indigo (Amorpha fruticosa) early meadow rue (Thalictrum dioicum) eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana) field clover (Trifolium campestre) field horsetail (Equisetum arvense) flowering spurge (Euphorbia corollata) fragrant bedstraw (Galium triflorum) fringed loosestrife (Lysimachia ciliata) giant ragweed (Ambrosia trifida var. trifida) green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica) green foxtail (Setaria viridis var. viridis) hoary vervain (Verbena stricta) Indian hemp (Apocynum cannabinum) ironwood (Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana) Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) Japanese barberry (Berberis thunbergii) Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus) kidney-leaved buttercup (Ranunculus abortivus) Maryland black snakeroot (Sanicula marilandica) Missouri gooseberry (Ribes missouriense) nannyberry (Viburnum lentago) northern blue flag (Iris versicolor) northern hackberry (Celtis occidentalis) northern lady fern (Athyrium filix-femina ssp. angustum) northern pin oak (Quercus ellipsoidalis) northern prickly ash (Zanthoxylum americanum) northern red oak (Quercus rubra) northern shagbark hickory (Carya ovata) ostrich fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris var. pensylvanica) pagoda dogwood (Cornus alternifolia) Pennsylvania buttercup (Ranunculus pensylvanicus) plains cottonwood (Populus deltoides ssp. molinifera) pointed-leaved tick-trefoil (Desmodium glutinosum) prairie rose (Rosa arkansana) red baneberry (Actaea rubra ssp. rubra) red clover (Trifolium pratense) red pine (Pinus resinosa) reed canary grass (Phalaris arundinacea) sensitive fern (Onoclea sensibilis) sharp-lobed hepatica (Anemone acutiloba) silky dogwood (Cornus obliqua) silver maple (Acer saccharinum) sleepy catchfly (Silene antirrhina) smooth carrionflower (Smilax herbacea) smooth sumac (Rhus glabra) spotted touch-me-not (Impatiens capensis) staghorn sumac (Rhus typhina) starry false Solomon’s seal (Maianthemum stellatum) stinging nettle (Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis) sugar maple (Acer saccharum ssp. saccharum) swamp smartweed (Polygonum amphibium var. emersum) tall meadow rue (Thalictrum dasycarpum) tall thimbleweed (Anemone virginiana) Tartarian honeysuckle (Lonicera tatarica) timothy (Phleum pratense) twinleaf (Jeffersonia diphylla) upright carrionflower (Smilax ecirrhata) Virginia stickseed (Hackelia virginiana) Virginia waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum var. virginianum) western poison ivy (Toxicodendron rydbergii) white clover (Trifolium repens) white oak (Quercus alba) white poplar (Populus alba) white sweet clover (Melilotus albus) wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa) wild geranium (Geranium maculatum) wild ginger (Asarum canadense) wild grape (Vitis riparia) wild leek (Allium tricoccum) woodbine (Parthenocissus vitacea) woodland horsetail (Equisetum sylvaticum) yellow goat’s beard (Tragopogon dubius) yellow marsh marigold (Caltha palustris var. palustris) yellow wood sorrel (Oxalis stricta) zigzag goldenrod (Solidago flexicaulis)

Visits	4/1/2006 7/5/2012

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