Norway Dunes

 

 

     
 
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Size

 
 

320 acres

 
         
 

Parking

 
 

There is no designated parking area. What appears to have been at one time a designated parking area is located near the sign and mailbox. However, the access to the area was blocked in 2011—it appears intentionally—by a downed quaking aspen. In addition, the directions on the Nature Conservancy Web site suggest parking on the township road.

Park on the shoulder on the east side of Township Road T-289 at the GPS location below. Walk east on the mowed, two-track road there. There are “No Trespassing” signs on each side of the mowed road. Where the mowed road veers north continue walking straight east through the unmowed meadow. The southwest corner of the preserve is ½ mile from the township road. There is a wood sign identifying the nature preserve and a mailbox with a visitor’s log there.

N48 41.304, W96 35.018

 
         
 

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          Kittson County  
          Northwest Minnesota  
     
 
Activities
 
 

Hiking Trails

 
 

 

 
     
 

Hunting

 
 

No hunting

 
     
 
Ecology
 
 

Ecological Classification

  Ecological Classification  
  Ecological Province    

Tallgrass Aspen Parklands

   
  Ecological Section    

Lake Agassiz, Aspen Parklands

   
  Ecological Subsection    

Aspen Parklands

   
  Land Type Association    

Landcaster Lake Plain

Bronson Lake Plain

Strandquist Lake Plain

   
             
 

Native Plant Communities*

   
 

Aspen Parkland Complex

Aspen Woodland/Forest Complex

Aspen - (Cordgrass) Woodland

Dry Barrens Oak Savanna (Northern)

Rich Fen (Peatland)

Willow - Dogwood Shrub Swamp

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

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Dry Barrens Oak Savanna (Northern)

 
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Visits

8/15/2011                
 
 

Birds

 
 

Two bird species with conservation status in Minnesota have been seen here:

Special Concern

Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa)

Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator)

 
 

eBird Field Checklist

 
         
 

Insects and Arachnids

 
 

One insect and arachnid species with conservation status in Minnesota has been seen here:

Endangered

plains skipper (Hesperia assiniboia)

 
 

Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas Insects List

 
         
 

Mammals

 
 

One mammal species with conservation status in Minnesota has been seen here:

Special Concern

moose (Alces americanus)

 
         
 

Plants

 
 

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

Threatened

clustered broomrape (Orobanche fasciculata)

Holboell’s rockcress (Boechera retrofracta)

Louisiana broomrape (Orobanche ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana)

woolly beachheather (Hudsonia tomentosa)

Special Concern

blunt sedge (Carex obtusata)

creeping juniper (Juniperus horizontalis)

Drummond’s campion (Silene drummondii var. drummondii)

 
 

Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas and Minnesota Biological Survey Vegetation Releves Plant List

 
 

Plants frequently found in:

Aspen - (Cordgrass) Woodland FDw44a

Dry Barrens Oak Savanna (Northern) UPn13b

Rich Fen (Peatland) OPp91b

Willow - Dogwood Shrub Swamp WMn82a

     
         

 

 

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