Whitney Island SNA

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	Size
	Whitney Island: 42 acres Shore Unit: 2 acres

	Parking
	The island is accessible only by boat. The nearest public water access is Cedar Lake Public Water Access at the north side of the lake. Cedar Lake Public Water Access N44 18.124, W93 25.177 There is designated parking at the shore unit. The shoulder is very narrow and the slope of the roadside ditch is steep. Park on the west side of Geneva Avenue with two wheels on the shoulder of the road and two wheels on the ditch bank. Do not block the field access on the east side of the road. Shore Unit N44 17.204, W93 24.544


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					Rice County
					Southeast Minnesota


	Activities

	Hiking Trails
	No maintained trails

	Hunting
	No hunting


	Ecology

	Ecological Classification
	Ecological Province			Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province
	Ecological Section			Minnesota & NE Iowa Morainal
	Ecological Subsection			Big Woods
	Land Type Association			Cordova Moraine

	Native Plant Communities*
	Elm - Basswood - Black Ash - (Hackberry) Forest Gravel/Cobble Beach (Inland Lake) Northern Mixed Cattail Marsh Sugar Maple Forest (Big Woods)
	* Source: The Minnesota Biological Survey, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Division of Ecological Resources

	Natural Features

Boat Required

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Whitney Island SNA is accessible only by boat.


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	Cedar Lake Public Water Access


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5/23/2013

Amphibians

boreal chorus frog (Pseudacris maculata)

boreal chorus frog

Birds


One bird species with conservation status in Minnesota has been seen here:
Special Concern	Purple Martin (Progne subis)

Minnesota DNR Bird checklist

American Tree Sparrow (Spizelloides arborea)

Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla)

Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)

Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)

Red-winged Blackbird

Fungi and Lichens

Black Knot (Apiosporina morbosa)

Black Knot

Plants

Plants frequently found in:

Elm - Basswood - Black Ash - (Hackberry) Forest MHs49a

Gravel/Cobble Beach (Inland Lake) LKi32b

Northern Mixed Cattail Marsh MRn83

Sugar Maple Forest (Big Woods) MHs39c

Common Name
Scientific Name

black cherry (Prunus serotina var. serotina)

boxelder (Acer negundo var. negundo)

Canada moonseed (Menispermum canadense)

chokecherry (Prunus virginiana var. virginiana)

common buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica)

common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale)

common false Solomon’s seal (Maianthemum racemosum var. racemosum)

common motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca ssp. cardiaca)

Dutchman’s breeches (Dicentra cucullaria)

eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana)

field horsetail (Equisetum arvense)

fragrant bedstraw (Galium triflorum)

garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata)

jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum)

Missouri gooseberry (Ribes missouriense)

northern hackberry (Celtis occidentalis)

northern prickly ash (Zanthoxylum americanum)

quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides)

purple meadow-rue (Thalictrum dasycarpum)

red baneberry (Actaea rubra ssp. rubra)

red elderberry (Sambucus racemosa var. racemosa)

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

smooth yellow violet (Viola eriocarpa)

staghorn sumac (Rhus typhina)

starry false Solomon’s seal (Maianthemum stellatum)

sugar maple (Acer saccharum ssp. saccharum)

Virginia waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum var. virginianum)

white trout lily (Erythronium albidum)

wild grape (Vitis riparia)

woodbine (Parthenocissus vitacea)

Acer negundo var. negundo (boxelder)

Acer saccharum ssp. saccharum (sugar maple)

Actaea rubra ssp. rubra (red baneberry)

Alliaria petiolata (garlic mustard)

Arisaema triphyllum (jack-in-the-pulpit)

Celtis occidentalis (northern hackberry)

Dicentra cucullaria (Dutchman’s breeches)

Equisetum arvense (field horsetail)

Erythronium albidum (white trout lily)

Galium triflorum (fragrant bedstraw)

Hydrophyllum virginianum var. virginianum (Virginia waterleaf)

Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana (eastern redcedar)

Leonurus cardiaca ssp. cardiaca (common motherwort)

Maianthemum racemosum var. racemosum (common false Solomon’s seal)

Maianthemum stellatum (starry false Solomon’s seal)

Menispermum canadense (Canada moonseed)

Parthenocissus vitacea (woodbine)

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

Populus tremuloides (quaking aspen)

Prunus serotina var. serotina (black cherry)

Prunus virginiana var. virginiana (chokecherry)

Rhamnus cathartica (common buckthorn)

Rhus typhina (staghorn sumac)

Ribes missouriense (Missouri gooseberry)

Sambucus racemosa var. racemosa (red elderberry)

Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale (common dandelion)

Thalictrum dasycarpum (purple meadow-rue)

Viola eriocarpa (smooth yellow violet)

Vitis riparia (wild grape)

Zanthoxylum americanum (northern prickly ash)

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