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Mary Schmidt Crawford Woods SNA





			Wright County




Size	120 acres

Maps	Map with GPS coordinates

Parking	Parking by Routed Sign (sun) N45 10.429, W93 47.153 Parking Lot (shade) N45 10.374, W93 47.052

Hiking Trails	An old logging road forms the southern boundary of the panhandle portion of the SNA. A well worn, meandering footpath leads from the parking lot about 100 yards to a stone marker.

Hunting	No hunting

Ecological Classification	Province	Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province
	Section	Minnesota & NE Iowa Morainal
	Subsection(s)	Big Woods
	Land Type Association(s)	Maple Plain Moraine

Native Plant Communities¹	Sedge Meadow Sugar Maple Forest (Big Woods)

Ownership

Links	Minnesota DNR

Comments	Parking There is a slightly raised ditch crossing and short grassy roadway leading from CR 117 to the routed SNA sign. Pull across the ditch and park in the sun. One hundred yards south on CR 117 there is a small, well-shaded parking lot. The parking lot is within the SNA boundary signs.

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Unmapped Intermittent Stream

Wetlands

Old Logging Trail

“Big Woods”

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Amphibians

	boreal chorus frog (Pseudacris maculata) wood frog (Rana sylvatica)

Birds	Two bird species with protected status in Minnesota have been seen here: Special concern – American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos), Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) Minnesota DNR Bird checklist

	American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) Eastern Wood-peewee (Contopus virens) Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapillus) Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina)

Fungi

	Black Knot (Apiosporina morbosa) Scarlet Cup (Sarcoscypha austriaca) Scarlet Waxy Cap (Hygrocybe punicea)

Insects and Arachnids

	blue dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis) Carolina grasshopper (Dissosteira carolina) eyed brown (Lethe eurydice) goldenrod gall fly (Eurosta solidaginis) green stink bug (Chinavia hilaris) Halloween pennant (Celithemis eponina) linden leaf gall mite (Eriophyes tiliae) red admiral (Vanessa atalanta) twelve-spotted skimmer (Libellula pulchella) widow skimmer (Libellula luctuosa)

Mammals

	eastern chipmunk (Tamias striatus) thirteen-lined ground squirrel (Ictidomys tridecemlineatus) whitetail deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

Plants	One plant species with protected status in Minnesota is found here: Threatened – American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius) University of Minnesota Herbarium Plant List Plants frequently found in: Sedge Meadow WMn82b Sugar Maple Forest (Big Woods) MHs39c

	alsike clover (Trifolium hybridum) American basswood (Tilia americana) American hog peanut (Amphicarpaea bracteata var. bracteata) American lopseed (Phryma leptostachya) American stickseed (Hackelia deflexa var. americana) American vetch (Vicia americana ssp. americana) balsam poplar (Populus balsamifera) bigleaf aster (Eurybia macrophylla) bigtooth aspen (Populus grandidentata) bird’s-foot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus var. corniculatus) bitternut hickory (Carya cordiformis) bittersweet nightshade (Solanum dulcamara) black ash (Fraxinus nigra) 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 beech (Carpinus betulus) blue cohosh (Caulophyllum thalictroides) boxelder (Acer negundo var. negundo) broad-leaved arrowhead (Sagittaria latifolia) broad-leaved cattail (Typha latifolia) broadleaf enchanter’s nightshade (Circaea lutetiana ssp. canadensis) bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa) Canada anemone (Anemone canadensis) Canadian clearweed (Pilea pumila) Canada mayflower (Maianthemum canadense) Canada moonseed (Menispermum canadense) Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense) Canadian woodnettle (Laportea canadensis) chokecherry (Prunus virginiana var. virginiana) cleavers (Galium aparine) clustered black snakeroot (Sanicula odorata) common agrimony (Agrimonia gryposepala) common buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica) common burdock (Arctium minus) common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale) common false Solomon’s seal (Maianthemum racemosum var. racemosum) common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) common mullein (Verbascum thapsus ssp. thapsus) common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia) cut-leaved toothwort (Cardamine concatenata) early meadow rue (Thalictrum dioicum) eastern black nightshade (Solanum ptychanthum) eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana) eastern white pine (Pinus strobus) foxtail barley (Hordeum jubatum ssp. jubatum) fragrant bedstraw (Galium triflorum) garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata) giant ragweed (Ambrosia trifida var. trifida) grayleaf red raspberry (Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus) green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica) green carpetweed (Mollugo verticillata) hairy Solomon’s seal (Polygonatum pubescens) hookedspur violet (Viola adunca var. adunca) hop sedge (Carex lupulina) ironwood (Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana) Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) kidney-leaved buttercup (Ranunculus abortivus) large-flowered bellwort (Uvularia grandiflora) late goldenrod (Solidago altissima) Missouri gooseberry (Ribes missouriense) narrow-leaved cattail (Typha angustifolia) nodding trillium (Trillium cernuum) northern blue flag (Iris versicolor) northern lady fern (Athyrium filix-femina ssp. angustum) northern pin oak (Quercus ellipsoidalis) northern prickly ash (Zanthoxylum americanum) northern red oak (Quercus rubra) plains cottonwood (Populus deltoides ssp. molinifera) pointed-leaved tick-trefoil (Desmodium glutinosum) puttyroot (Aplectrum hyemale) rattlesnake fern (Botrypus virginianus) red baneberry (Actaea rubra ssp. rubra) red clover (Trifolium pratense) reed canary grass (Phalaris arundinacea) sensitive fern (Onoclea sensibilis) sharp-lobed hepatica (Anemone acutiloba) silver maple (Acer saccharinum) smooth sumac (Rhus glabra) spotted touch-me-not (Impatiens capensis) starry false Solomon’s seal (Maianthemum stellatum) stinging nettle (Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis) sugar maple (Acer saccharum ssp. saccharum) timothy (Phleum pratense) upright carrionflower (Smilax ecirrhata) Virginia waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum var. virginianum) western poison ivy (Toxicodendron rydbergii) white avens (Geum canadense) white oak (Quercus alba) white sweet clover (Melilotus albus) wild columbine (Aquilegia canadensis) wild geranium (Geranium maculatum) wild ginger (Asarum canadense) wild grape (Vitis riparia) wild leek (Allium tricoccum) wild sarsaparilla (Aralia nudicaulis) wood anemone (Anemone quinquefolia var. quinquefolia) woodbine (Parthenocissus vitacea) woodland strawberry (Fragaria vesca ssp. americana) woundwort (Stachys pilosa var. arenicola) yellow goat’s beard (Tragopogon dubius) yellow marsh marigold (Caltha palustris var. palustris) yellow sweet clover (Melilotus officinalis) yellow violet (Viola pubescens) yellow wood sorrel (Oxalis stricta) zigzag goldenrod (Solidago flexicaulis)

Reptiles

	western painted turtle (Chrysemys picta bellii)

Visits	4/27/2006 7/1/2012

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