Minnesota Seasons - Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge







			Becker County




Size	30,665 acres

Maps	Refuge Map Trail Map

Parking	Visitor Center N46 57.468, W95 39.250

Hiking Trails	1.5 miles 5 mile Auto Tour Route

Hunting	Deer by firearms and archery, migratory birds, small game, and furbearers. See the Tamarac NWR Hunting Regulations and Map for details.

Ecological Classification	Province	Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province Laurentian Mixed Forest Province
	Section	Minnesota & NE Iowa Morainal Northern Minnesota Drift & Lake Plains
	Subsection(s)	Hardwood Hills Pine Moraines & Outwash Plains
	Land Type Association(s)	Naytahwaush Moraine Round Lake Sand Plain Shell Lake Moraine White Earth Moraine

Native Plant Communities¹	Alder - (Maple - Loosestrife) Swamp Alder - (Red Currant - Meadow-Rue) Swamp Aspen - Birch - Basswood Forest Aspen - Birch - Fir Forest Aspen - (Sugar Maple - Basswood) Forest Beaver Wetland Complex Black Ash - Mountain Maple Swamp (Northern) Black Ash - Yellow Birch - Red Maple - Basswood Swamp (Eastcentral) Bog Birch - Alder Shore Fen Central Mesic Hardwood Forest (Western) Extremely Rich Tamarack Swamp Graminoid Poor Fen (Basin) Graminoid Rich Fen (Basin) Graminoid - Sphagnum Rich Fen (Basin) Low Shrub Poor Fen Meadow - Marsh - Fen-Swamp Complex Northern Mesic Hardwood Forest Northern Rich Fen (Basin) Northern Very Wet Ash Swamp Northern Wet Ash Swamp Northern Wet-Mesic Boreal Hardwood-Conifer Forest Oak - Aspen Forest Oak - Aspen - Red Maple Forest Poor Tamarack - Black Spruce Swamp Red Oak - Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Bluebead Lily) Forest Red Oak - Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Large-Flowered Trillium) Forest Red Pine - White Pine Forest Sedge Meadow Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Aspen) Forest Willow - Dogwood Shrub Swamp Young Forest Complex

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Links	U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

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	About Published on Aug 29, 2013 Relax with the early morning fog at Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge. Listen to the trumpeter swans at sunset as the day closes.

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	About Uploaded on Aug 19, 2008 Introduction to visitor opportunities at Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge

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Birds	American Coot (Fulica americana) Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus)



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Birds	Eighteen bird species with conservation status in Minnesota and one tracked species have been seen here:
	Endangered	Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus) Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus)

	Threatened	Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) Wilson’s Phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor)

	Special concern	American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) Boreal Owl (Aegolius funereus) Forster’s Tern (Sterna forsteri) Franklin’s Gull (Leucophaeus pipixcan) Greater Prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus cupido) Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus) Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa fedoa) Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) Purple Martin (Progne subis) Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus) Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator) Yellow Rail (Coturnicops noveboracensis)

	Tracked	Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)

	USFWS Bird Checklist

	Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)

Mammals	One mammal species with conservation status in Minnesota has been seen here:
	Threatened	gray wolf (Canis lupus)

	North American porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum)

Plants	Two plant species with conservation status in Minnesota are found here:
	Special concern	Guadalupe waternymph (Najas guadalupensis ssp. olivacea) Mingan moonwort (Botrychium minganense)

	Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas (Bell Museum of Natural History) Plant List

	Plants frequently found in: Alder - (Maple - Loosestrife) Swamp FPn73a Alder - (Red Currant - Meadow-Rue) Swamp WFn74a (Fact sheet not available) Aspen - Birch - Basswood Forest MHn35a Aspen - Birch - Fir Forest MHn44d Aspen - (Sugar Maple - Basswood) Forest MHc37a Black Ash - Mountain Maple Swamp (Northern) WFn55c Black Ash - Yellow Birch - Red Maple - Basswood Swamp (Eastcentral) WFn55b Bog Birch - Alder Shore Fen OPn81a Central Mesic Hardwood Forest (Western) MHc37 Extremely Rich Tamarack Swamp FPn82b Graminoid Poor Fen (Basin) APn91b Graminoid Rich Fen (Basin) OPn92a Graminoid - Sphagnum Rich Fen (Basin) OPn92b Low Shrub Poor Fen APn91a Northern Mesic Hardwood Forest MHn35 Northern Rich Fen (Basin) OPn92 Northern Very Wet Ash Swamp WFw64 Northern Wet Ash Swamp WFn55 Northern Wet-Mesic Boreal Hardwood-Conifer Forest MHn44 Oak - Aspen Forest FDc34b Oak - Aspen - Red Maple Forest MHc26a Poor Tamarack - Black Spruce Swamp APn81b Red Oak - Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Bluebead Lily) Forest MHn35b Red Oak - Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Large-Flowered Trillium) Forest MHc26b Red Pine - White Pine Forest FDc34a Sedge Meadow WMn82b Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Aspen) Forest MHc37b Willow - Dogwood Shrub Swamp WMn82a

	Common Name Scientific Name wild calla (Calla palustris) Calla palustris (wild calla)

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