Nelson Wildlife Sanctuary

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Area and County

Freeborn County

 

 

 


Size

18 acres

Printable map
 
Maps

Map with GPS coordinates

 
Parking

N43 40.449, W93 24.350

 
Hiking Trails

None. An abandoned railway runs along the eastern border of the site. A utility clearing leads from the highway to and along the western border of the site.

 
Hunting

No hunting


Ecological Classification

Province

Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province

Ecological Classification

Section

Minnesota & NE Iowa Morainal

Subsection(s)

Oak Savanna

Land Type Association(s)

Lemond Moraine

 
Native Plant Communities1

None or no information available


Ownership

 

 
Links

 


Comments

This site was until recently owned by The Nature Conservancy.


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Birds

 

 
 

American Robin (Turdus migratorius)

Eastern Wood-peewee (Contopus virens)

Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)

American Robin

 


Fungi

 

 
 

Crown-tipped Coral (Artomyces pyxidatus)

 


Insects and Arachnids

 

 
 

American dog tick (Dermacentor variabilis)

common eastern bumblebee (Bombus impatiens)

common whitetail (Plathemis lydia)

ebony jewelwing (Calopteryx maculata)

European skipper (Thymelicus lineola)

mourning cloak (Nymphalis antiopa)

widow skimmer (Libellula luctuosa)

common whitetail

 

 

 

 

European skipper

 


Mammals

 

 
 

whitetail deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

whitetail deer

 


Plants

University of Minnesota Herbarium Plant List

 
 

American basswood (Tilia americana)

annual fleabane (Erigeron annuus)

bird’s-foot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus var. corniculatus)

bittersweet nightshade (Solanum dulcamara)

black cherry (Prunus serotina var. serotina)

black medick (Medicago lupulina)

black walnut (Juglans nigra)

bland sweet cicely (Osmorhiza claytonii)

bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis)

boxelder (Acer negundo var. negundo)

bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa)

Canadian woodnettle (Laportea canadensis)

catnip (Nepeta cataria)

cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum)

cleavers (Galium aparine)

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 motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca)

common mullein (Verbascum thapsus ssp. thapsus)

common yarrow (Achillea millefolium)

crown vetch (Securigera varia)

curly dock (Rumex crispus)

downy phlox (Phlox pilosa ssp. fulgida)

early figwort (Scrophularia lanceolata)

eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana)

false sunflower (Heliopsis helianthoides var. occidentalis)

field horsetail (Equisetum arvense)

foxtail barley (Hordeum jubatum ssp. jubatum)

grayleaf red raspberry (Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus)

green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica)

Indian hemp (Apocynum cannabinum)

ironwood (Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana)

Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum)

kidney-leaved buttercup (Ranunculus abortivus)

Morrow’s honeysuckle (Lonicera morrowii)

northern bedstraw (Galium boreale)

northern hackberry (Celtis occidentalis)

northern red oak (Quercus rubra)

plains cottonwood (Populus deltoides ssp. molinifera)

prairie ironweed (Vernonia fasciculata ssp. fasciculata)

prairie rose (Rosa arkansana)

quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides)

red baneberry (Actaea rubra ssp. rubra)

red clover (Trifolium pratense)

rough-fruited cinquefoil (Potentilla recta)

sharp-lobed hepatica (Anemone acutiloba)

shining bedstraw (Galium concinnum)

smooth scouring rush (Equisetum laevigatum)

smooth Solomon’s seal (Polygonatum biflorum var. commutatum)

smooth sumac (Rhus glabra)

starry false Solomon’s seal (Maianthemum stellatum)

stinging nettle (Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis)

tall meadow rue (Thalictrum dasycarpum)

Tartarian honeysuckle (Lonicera tatarica)

tower mustard (Turritis glabra)

Virginia waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum var. virginianum)

white campion (Silene latifolia ssp. alba)

wild columbine (Aquilegia canadensis)

wild cucumber (Echinocystis lobata)

wild geranium (Geranium maculatum)

wild grape (Vitis riparia)

wild leek (Allium tricoccum)

wild parsnip (Pastinaca sativa)

wild sarsaparilla (Aralia nudicaulis)

winter vetch (Vicia villosa ssp. villosa)

woodbine (Parthenocissus vitacea)

yellow goat’s beard (Tragopogon dubius)

yellow sweet clover (Melilotus officinalis)

yellow wood sorrel (Oxalis stricta)

black cherry

 

 

 

 

bur oak (var. macrocarpa)

 

 

 

 

catnip

 

 

 

 

common burdock

 

 

 

 

common false Solomon’s seal

 

 

 

 

common milkweed

 

 

 

 

common mullein

 

 

 

 

common yarrow

 

 

 

 

false sunflower

 

 

 

 

northern bedstraw

 

 

 

 

prairie ironweed

 

 

 

 

prairie rose

 

 

 

 

red baneberry

 

 

 

 

rough-fruited cinquefoil

 

 

 

 

sharp-lobed hepatica

 

 

 

 

Virginia waterleaf

 

 

 

 

wild columbine

 

 

 

 

wild geranium

 

 

 

 

wild parsnip

 

 

 


Visits

6/24/2011

   

 

Driving Directions

 

 

 

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