Myrtle Lake Peatland SNA

 

 

     
 
About
 
 

Ownership

 
 

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Minnesota DNR

Lake Agassiz Peatlands Natural Area (National Park Service)

 
     
 

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Size

 
 

22,950 acres statutory, 22,630 acres owned

 
         
 

Parking

 
 

See the Minnesota DNR web page Myrtle Lake Peatland for detailed directions for parking and hiking into the site.

N47 58.197, W93 35.639

N47 57.051, W93 25.049

N47 57.004, W93 21.361

 
         
 

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          Koochiching County  
          Northeast Minnesota  
     
 
Activities
 
 

Hiking Trails

 
 

No maintained trails

 
     
 

Hunting

 
 

All hunting and trapping. See Hunting and Trapping Regulations (MN DNR) for details.

 
     
 
Ecology
 
 

Ecological Classification

  Ecological Classification  
  Ecological Province    

Laurentian Mixed Forest Province

   
  Ecological Section    

Northern Minnesota & Ontario Peatlands

   
  Ecological Subsection    

Littlefork-Vermillion Uplands

   
  Land Type Association    

Myrtle Lake Peatlands

   
             
 

Native Plant Communities*

   
 

Not mapped (10/11/2021)

   
  * Source: The Minnesota Biological Survey, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Division of Ecological Resources      
         
 

Natural Features

     
 

Coniferous forest, raised bog, string bog, ribbed fen, patterned water track

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

National Natural Landmark

Myrtle Lake Peatland SNA is part of Lake Agassiz Peatlands Natural Area, which has been designated a National Natural Landmark.

 

 

 

 

 

 

GPS recommended

A GPS unit and topographical map are recommended.

 

 

 

 

           
 
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Plants

 
 

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

Threatened

cuckoo flower (Cardamine pratensis)

ram’s head lady’s slipper (Cypripedium arietinum)

Special Concern

coastal sedge (Carex exilis)

English sundew (Drosera anglica)

moor rush (Juncus stygius var. americanus)

northern yellow-eyed grass (Xyris montana)

slenderleaf sundew (Drosera linearis)

smooth sawgrass (Cladium mariscoides)

white adder’s-mouth (Malaxis monophyllos var. brachypoda)

 
 

Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas and Minnesota Biological Survey Vegetation Releves Plant List

 
         

 

 

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