Swedes Forest, Homme-Kollin Unit SNA

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Area and County

Redwood and Yellow Medicine Counties

 

 

 


Size

207 acres

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Maps

Map with GPS coordinates

 
Parking

N44 41.562, W95 22.110

 
Hiking Trails

None. There is a gated maintenance road beginning at the parking area that leads ½ mile to the south.

 
Hunting

No hunting


Ecological Classification

Province

Prairie Parkland Province

Ecological Classification

Section

North Central Glaciated Plains

Subsection(s)

Minnesota River Prairie

Land Type Association(s)

Milan Alluvial Plaiin

 
Native Plant Communities1

Crystaline Bedrock Outcrop (Prairie): Minnesota River Subtype

Prairie Meadow/Carr


Ownership

 
Links

Minnesota DNR


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Birds

Minnesota DNR Bird checklist


Plants

Two plant species with protected status in Minnesota and one tracked species are found here:

Threatened – tapertip flatsedge (Cyperus acuminatus)

Special concern – yellow-fruited sedge (Carex annectens)

Tracked – Engelmann's spikerush (Eleocharis engelmannii)


University of Minnesota Herbarium Plant List


Plants frequently found in:

Crystalline Bedrock Outcrop (Prairie): Minnesota River Subtype ROs12a1

Prairie Meadow/Carr WMp73a


Reptiles

One reptile species with protected status in Minnesota is found here:

Special concern – blue-tailed five-lined skink (Eumeces fasciatus)


Visits

9/14/2010

   

 

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