Polk County

1,660 acres

Map with GPS coordinates

N47 42.118, W96 20.764

None

No hunting

Province

Tallgrass Aspen Parklands

Section

Lake Agassiz, Aspen Parklands

Subsection(s)

Aspen Parklands

Land Type Association(s)

Minnesota DNR

The Nature Conservancy

Pembina Trail Preserve SNA

Parking
Park on a field access on the south side of County Road 45 (320^th St. SW) at the location shown above (Parking).

Click on a visitor name below (if any) to view that visitor’s observations.

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Ten bird species with protected status in Minnesota have been seen on at least one of the units of this SNA:

Endangered – Baird’s Sparrow (Ammodramus bairdii)

Threatened – Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator), Wilson’s Phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor)

Special concern – American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos), Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), Greater Prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus cupido), Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa), Nelson’s Sharp-tailed Sparrow (Ammodramus nelsoni), Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus), Yellow Rail (Coturnicops noveboracensis)

Other birds commonly seen on this site include Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus), American Kestrel (Falco sparverius), Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis), Wilson’s Snipe (Gallinago delicata), Upland Sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda), Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris), and in the winter, Common Redpoll (Acanthis flammea).

Minnesota DNR Bird checklist

Pine to Prairie Birding Trail

University of Minnesota Herbarium Plant List

All Units

Plants frequently found in:

Bulrush Marsh (Prairie) MRp93a

Calcareous Fen (Northwestern) OPp93a

Mesic Prairie (Northern) UPn23b

Northwestern Mesic Aspen-Oak Woodland FDw34

Northwestern Wet-Mesic Aspen Woodland FDw44

Seepage Meadow/Carr WMs83a1

Wet Brush-Prairie (Northern) WPn53b

Wet Prairie (Northern) WPn53c