Wood-Rill SNA

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			Hennepin County
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Size

150 acres

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921 Old Long Lake Rd
Wayzata, MN 55391

N44 59.056, W93 32.678

Hiking Trails

There are trails throughout the site. Maps are posted at a few of the intersections.

Hunting

No hunting

Ecological Classification

Province

Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province

Section

Minnesota & NE Iowa Morainal

Subsection(s)

Big Woods

Land Type Association(s)

Maple Plain Moraine

Native Plant Communities¹

Black Ash - Yellow Birch - Red Maple - Alder Swamp (Eastcentral)

Sedge Meadow

Sugar Maple Forest (Big Woods)

Tamarack Swamp (Southern)

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Minnesota DNR

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History
This site was designated as a Wood-Rill scientific and Natural Area on 11/4/1996.

Visits

5/6/2006

6/20/2014

3/7/2015

5/9/2019

9/19/2019


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Kirk Nelson

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Black Ash - Yellow Birch - Red Maple - Alder Swamp (Eastcentral)


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Sugar Maple Forest (Big Woods)




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Shallow Lakes

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Amphibians	American toad (Anaxyrus americanus) boreal chorus frog (Pseudacris maculata)

Birds	Three bird species with conservation status in Minnesota have been seen here:
	Special concern	Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens) Purple Martin (Progne subis) Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)

	Minnesota DNR Bird checklist eBird Field Checklist

	American Black Duck (Anas rubripes) American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Barred Owl (Strix varia) Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens) Eastern Wood-peewee (Contopus virens) Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) Great Egret (Ardea alba) House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) Magnolia Warbler (Setophaga magnolia) Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) Northern Waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis) Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum) Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) Sandhill Crane (Antigone canadensis tabida) Sedge Wren (Cistothorus platensis) Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata)

Fungi and Lichens	Artist’s Conk (Ganoderma applanatum) Birch Polypore (Fomitopsis betulina) Chanterelle (Cantharellus cibarius) Common Greenshield Lichen (Flavoparmelia caperata) Crown-tipped Coral (Artomyces pyxidatus) False Turkey Tail (Stereum ostrea) Golden Oyster Mushroom (Pleurotus citrinopileatus) Gray False Death Cap (Amanita citrina var. grisea) Milk-white Toothed Polypore (Irpex lacteus) Pear-shaped Puffball (Lycoperdon pyriforme) Powdery Mildews (Order Erysiphales) Purple-gilled Laccaria (Laccaria ochropurpurea) Red-banded Polypore (Fomitopsis pinicola) Smooth Patch (Aleurodiscus oakesii) Thin-Walled Maze Polypore (Daedaleopsis confragosa) Turkey Tail (Trametes versicolor) White Jelly Fungus (Ductifera pululahuana)

Insects and Arachnids	bald-faced hornet (Dolichovespula maculata) Canada darner (Aeshna canadensis) chalk-fronted corporal (Ladona julia) common whitetail (Plathemis lydia) dog day cicada (Neotibicen canicularis) goldenrod bunch gall midge (Rhopalomyia solidaginis) goldenrod gall fly (Eurosta solidaginis) hackberry emperor (Asterocampa celtis) Japanese beetle (Popillia japonica) lime nail gall mite (Eriophyes tiliae) maple spindle-gall mite (Vasates aceriscrumena) pleasing fungus beetle (Triplax thoracica) twelve-spotted skimmer (Libellula pulchella) twirler moth (Scrobipalpula manierreorum) western honey bee (Apis mellifera) white snakeroot leaf miner (Liriomyza eupatoriella)

Mammals	American red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) eastern chipmunk (Tamias striatus) eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) red fox (Vulpes vulpes) star-nosed mole (Condylura cristata) northern raccoon (Procyon lotor) whitetail deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

Plants	One plant species with conservation status in Minnesota are found here:
	Endangered	butternut (Juglans cinerea)

	Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas Plant List

	Plants frequently found in: Black Ash - Yellow Birch - Red Maple - Alder Swamp (Eastcentral) WFn64b Sedge Meadow WMn82b Sugar Maple Forest (Big Woods) MHs39c Tamarack Swamp (Southern) FPs63a

	Common Name Scientific Name alfalfa (Medicago sativa ssp. sativa) American basswood (Tilia americana var. americana) American black currant (Ribes americanum) American burnweed (Erechtites hieraciifolius var. hieraciifolius) American elderberry (Sambucus canadensis) American elm (Ulmus americana) American groundnut (Apios americana) American highbush cranberry (Viburnum opulus var. americanum) American hog peanut (Amphicarpaea bracteata var. bracteata) American hophornbeam (Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana) American lopseed (Phryma leptostachya) American white waterlily (Nymphaea odorata) annual fleabane (Erigeron annuus) arrowleaf tearthumb (Persicaria sagittata) balsam fir (Abies balsamea var. balsamea) barnyard grass (Echinochloa crus-galli) Bell’s honeysuckle (Lonicera × bella) big bluestem (Andropogon gerardi) bigleaf aster (Eurybia macrophylla) bigtooth aspen (Populus grandidentata) bitternut hickory (Carya cordiformis) bittersweet nightshade (Solanum dulcamara) black ash (Fraxinus nigra) black bindweed (Fallopia convolvulus) black cherry (Prunus serotina var. serotina) black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia) black medick (Medicago lupulina) black raspberry (Rubus occidentalis) black walnut (Juglans nigra) black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta var. pulcherrima) black-seeded plantain (Plantago rugelii var. rugelii) bland sweet cicely (Osmorhiza claytonii) bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) blue cohosh (Caulophyllum thalictroides) blue flag iris (Iris sp.) blue vervain (Verbena hastata var. hastata) boxelder (Acer negundo var. negundo) bristly greenbrier (Smilax tamnoides) broad-leaved arrowhead (Sagittaria latifolia) broad-leaved cattail (Typha latifolia) broadleaf enchanter’s nightshade (Circaea canadensis ssp. canadensis) bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa) butternut (Juglans cinerea) Canada mayflower (Maianthemum canadense) Canada moonseed (Menispermum canadense) Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense) Canadian clearweed (Pilea pumila) Canadian honewort (Cryptotaenia canadensis) Canadian woodnettle (Laportea canadensis) catnip (Nepeta cataria) chokecherry (Prunus virginiana var. virginiana) cleavers (Galium aparine) common blue violet (Viola sororia) common blue wood aster (Symphyotrichum cordifolium) common buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica) common burdock (Arctium minus) common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale) common duckweed (Lemna minor) common false Solomon’s seal (Maianthemum racemosum var. racemosum) common lamb’s-quarters (Chenopodium album) common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) common motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca ssp. cardiaca) common plantain (Plantago major) common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia) common strawberry (Fragaria virginiana) common yarrow (Achillea millefolium) crested wood fern (Dryopteris cristata) crown vetch (Securigera varia) crowned beggarticks (Bidens trichosperma) cut-leaved toothwort (Cardamine concatenata) downy yellow violet (Viola pubescens) Dutchman’s breeches (Dicentra cucullaria) early meadow-rue (Thalictrum dioicum) eastern prickly gooseberry (Ribes cynosbati) eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana) eastern star sedge (Carex radiata) eastern white pine (Pinus strobus) fragrant bedstraw (Galium triflorum) garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata) giant chickweed (Myosoton aquaticum) giant goldenrod (Solidago gigantea) glossy buckthorn (Frangula alnus) gray-headed coneflower (Ratibida pinnata) green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica) ground ivy (Glechoma hederacea) heal-all (Prunella vulgaris) hedge mustard (Sisymbrium officinale) Indiangrass (Sorghastrum nutans) jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) Japanese knotweed (Reynoutria japonica) kidney-leaved buttercup (Ranunculus abortivus) large-flowered bellwort (Uvularia grandiflora) large-flowered trillium (Trillium grandiflorum) large-leaved avens (Geum macrophyllum var. perincisum) lily-leaved twayblade (Liparis liliifolia) mapleleaf goosefoot (Chenopodium simplex) Morrow’s honeysuckle (Lonicera morrowii) nodding trillium (Trillium cernuum) northern hackberry (Celtis occidentalis) northern lady fern (Athyrium filix-femina var. angustum) northern maidenhair (Adiantum pedatum) northern pin oak (Quercus ellipsoidalis) northern prickly ash (Zanthoxylum americanum) northern red oak (Quercus rubra) northern white cedar (Thuja occidentalis) Ohio buckeye (Aesculus glabra var. glabra) orange daylily (Hemerocallis fulva) ostrich fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris var. pensylvanica) pagoda dogwood (Cornus alternifolia) paper birch (Betula papyrifera var. papyrifera) Philadelphia fleabane (Erigeron philadelphicus var. philadelphicus) pineapple-weed (Matricaria discoidea) plains cottonwood (Populus deltoides ssp. molinifera) prairie crabapple (Malus ioensis) prairie fleabane (Erigeron strigosus) red baneberry (Actaea rubra ssp. rubra) red clover (Trifolium pratense) red elderberry (Sambucus racemosa var. racemosa) red maple (Acer rubrum var. rubrum) red osier dogwood (Cornus sericea ssp. sericea) red pine (Pinus resinosa) redtop (Agrostis gigantea) reed canary grass (Phalaris arundinacea) roadside agrimony (Agrimonia striata) round-leaved dogwood (Cornus rugosa) rue anemone (Thalictrum thalictroides) Scotch pine (Pinus sylvestris) sensitive fern (Onoclea sensibilis) shepherd’s purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris) shorthair goldenrod (Solidago altissima ssp. gilvocanescens) silky dogwood (Cornus amomum ssp. obliqua) silver maple (Acer saccharinum) smooth blue aster (Symphyotrichum laeve var. laeve) smooth brome (Bromus inermis) smooth oxeye (Heliopsis helianthoides var. scabra) smooth Solomon’s seal (Polygonatum biflorum var. commutatum) smooth sumac (Rhus glabra) spinulose wood fern (Dryopteris carthusiana) spotted lady’s thumb (Persicaria maculosa) spotted touch-me-not (Impatiens capensis) staghorn sumac (Rhus typhina) stinging nettle (Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis) sugar maple (Acer saccharum ssp. saccharum) tall thimbleweed (Anemone virginiana) tamarack (Larix laricina) thyme-leaved speedwell (Veronica serpyllifolia) upright carrionflower (Smilax ecirrhata) Virginia spring beauty (Claytonia virginica var. virginica) Virginia stickseed (Hackelia virginiana) Virginia waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum var. virginianum) western poison ivy (Toxicodendron rydbergii) white avens (Geum canadense) white campion (Silene latifolia ssp. alba) white clover (Trifolium repens) white oak (Quercus alba) white panicled aster (Symphyotrichum lanceolatum) white rattlesnake root (Nabalus albus) white snakeroot (Ageratina altissima var. altissima) white spruce (Picea glauca) white trout lily (Erythronium albidum) white vervain (Verbena urticifolia) wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa) wild columbine (Aquilegia canadensis) wild cucumber (Echinocystis lobata) wild geranium (Geranium maculatum) wild ginger (Asarum canadense) wild grape (Vitis riparia) wild leek (Allium tricoccum) wild lettuce (Lactuca sp.) wild sarsaparilla (Aralia nudicaulis) wood anemone (Anemone quinquefolia var. quinquefolia) woodbine (Parthenocissus vitacea) woodland strawberry (Fragaria vesca ssp. americana) yellow foxtail (Setaria pumila ssp. pumila) yellow marsh marigold (Caltha palustris var. palustris) yellow sweet clover (Melilotus officinalis) yellow wood sorrel (Oxalis stricta) zigzag goldenrod (Solidago flexicaulis) Abies balsamea var. balsamea (balsam fir) Acer negundo var. negundo (boxelder) Acer rubrum var. rubrum (red maple) Acer saccharinum (silver maple) Acer saccharum ssp. saccharum (sugar maple) Achillea millefolium (common yarrow) Actaea rubra ssp. rubra (red baneberry) Adiantum pedatum (northern maidenhair) Aesculus glabra var. glabra (Ohio buckeye) Ageratina altissima var. altissima (white snakeroot) Agrimonia striata (roadside agrimony) Agrostis gigantea (redtop) Alliaria petiolata (garlic mustard) Allium tricoccum (wild leek) Ambrosia artemisiifolia (common ragweed) Amphicarpaea bracteata var. bracteata (American hog peanut) Andropogon gerardi (big bluestem) Anemone quinquefolia var. quinquefolia (wood anemone) Anemone virginiana (tall thimbleweed) Apios americana (American groundnut) Aquilegia canadensis (wild columbine) Aralia nudicaulis (wild sarsaparilla) Arctium minus (common burdock) Arisaema triphyllum (Jack-in-the-pulpit) Asarum canadense (wild ginger) Asclepias syriaca (common milkweed) Athyrium filix-femina var. angustum (northern lady fern) Betula papyrifera var. papyrifera (paper birch) Bidens trichosperma (crowned beggarticks) Bromus inermis (smooth brome) Caltha palustris var. palustris (yellow marsh marigold) Capsella bursa-pastoris (shepherd’s purse) Cardamine concatenata (cut-leaved toothwort) Carex radiata (eastern star sedge) Carya cordiformis (bitternut hickory) Caulophyllum thalictroides (blue cohosh) Celtis occidentalis (northern hackberry) Chenopodium album (common lamb’s-quarters) Chenopodium simplex (mapleleaf goosefoot) Circaea canadensis ssp. canadensis (broadleaf enchanter’s nightshade) Cirsium arvense (Canada thistle) Claytonia virginica var. virginica (Virginia spring beauty) Cornus alternifolia (pagoda dogwood) Cornus amomum ssp. obliqua (silky dogwood) Cornus rugosa (round-leaved dogwood) Cornus sericea ssp. sericea (red osier dogwood) Cryptotaenia canadensis (Canadian honewort) Dicentra cucullaria (Dutchman’s breeches) Dryopteris carthusiana (spinulose wood fern) Dryopteris cristata (crested wood fern) Echinochloa crus-galli (barnyard grass) Echinocystis lobata (wild cucumber) Erechtites hieraciifolius var. hieraciifolius (American burnweed) Erigeron annuus (annual fleabane) Erigeron philadelphicus var. philadelphicus (Philadelphia fleabane) Erigeron strigosus (prairie fleabane) Erythronium albidum (white trout lily) Eurybia macrophylla (bigleaf aster) Fallopia convolvulus (black bindweed) Fragaria vesca ssp. americana (woodland strawberry) Fragaria virginiana (common strawberry) Frangula alnus (glossy buckthorn) Fraxinus nigra (black ash) Fraxinus pennsylvanica (green ash) Galium aparine (cleavers) Galium triflorum (fragrant bedstraw) Geranium maculatum (wild geranium) Geum canadense (white avens) Geum macrophyllum var. perincisum (large-leaved avens) Glechoma hederacea (ground ivy) Hackelia virginiana (Virginia stickseed) Heliopsis helianthoides var. scabra (smooth oxeye) Hemerocallis fulva (orange daylily) Hydrophyllum virginianum var. virginianum (Virginia waterleaf) Impatiens capensis (spotted touch-me-not) Iris sp. (blue flag iris) Juglans cinerea (butternut) Juglans nigra (black walnut) Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana (eastern redcedar) Lactuca sp. (wild lettuce) Laportea canadensis (Canadian woodnettle) Larix laricina (tamarack) Lemna minor (common duckweed) Leonurus cardiaca ssp. cardiaca (common motherwort) Liparis liliifolia (lily-leaved twayblade) Lonicera × bella (Bell’s honeysuckle) Lonicera morrowii (Morrow’s honeysuckle) Maianthemum canadense (Canada mayflower) Maianthemum racemosum var. racemosum (common false Solomon’s seal) Malus ioensis (prairie crabapple) Matricaria discoidea (pineapple-weed) Matteuccia struthiopteris var. pensylvanica (ostrich fern) Medicago lupulina (black medick) Medicago sativa ssp. sativa (alfalfa) Melilotus officinalis (yellow sweet clover) Menispermum canadense (Canada moonseed) Monarda fistulosa (wild bergamot) Myosoton aquaticum (giant chickweed) Nabalus albus (white rattlesnake root) Nepeta cataria (catnip) Nymphaea odorata (American white waterlily) Onoclea sensibilis (sensitive fern) Osmorhiza claytonii (bland sweet cicely) Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana (American hophornbeam) Oxalis stricta (yellow wood sorrel) Parthenocissus vitacea (woodbine) Persicaria maculosa (spotted lady’s thumb) Persicaria sagittata (arrowleaf tearthumb) Phalaris arundinacea (reed canary grass) Phryma leptostachya (American lopseed) Picea glauca (white spruce) Pilea pumila (Canadian clearweed) Pinus resinosa (red pine) Pinus strobus (eastern white pine) Pinus sylvestris (Scotch pine) Plantago major (common plantain) Plantago rugelii var. rugelii (black-seeded plantain) Polygonatum biflorum var. commutatum (smooth Solomon’s seal) Populus deltoides ssp. molinifera (plains cottonwood) Populus grandidentata (bigtooth aspen) Prunella vulgaris (heal-all) Prunus serotina var. serotina (black cherry) Prunus virginiana var. virginiana (chokecherry) Quercus alba (white oak) Quercus ellipsoidalis (northern pin oak) Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa (bur oak) Quercus rubra (northern red oak) Ranunculus abortivus (kidney-leaved buttercup) Ratibida pinnata (gray-headed coneflower) Reynoutria japonica (Japanese knotweed) Rhamnus cathartica (common buckthorn) Rhus glabra (smooth sumac) Rhus typhina (staghorn sumac) Ribes americanum (American black currant) Ribes cynosbati (eastern prickly gooseberry) Robinia pseudoacacia (black locust) Rubus occidentalis (black raspberry) Rudbeckia hirta var. pulcherrima (black-eyed Susan) Sagittaria latifolia (broad-leaved arrowhead) Sambucus canadensis (American elderberry) Sambucus racemosa var. racemosa (red elderberry) Sanguinaria canadensis (bloodroot) Securigera varia (crown vetch) Setaria pumila ssp. pumila (yellow foxtail) Silene latifolia ssp. alba (white campion) Sisymbrium officinale (hedge mustard) Smilax ecirrhata (upright carrionflower) Smilax tamnoides (bristly greenbrier) Solanum dulcamara (bittersweet nightshade) Solidago altissima ssp. gilvocanescens (shorthair goldenrod) Solidago flexicaulis (zigzag goldenrod) Solidago gigantea (giant goldenrod) Sorghastrum nutans (Indiangrass) Symphyotrichum cordifolium (common blue wood aster) Symphyotrichum laeve var. laeve (smooth blue aster) Symphyotrichum lanceolatum (white panicled aster) Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale (common dandelion) Thalictrum dioicum (early meadow-rue) Thalictrum thalictroides (rue anemone) Thuja occidentalis (northern white cedar) Tilia americana var. americana (American basswood) Toxicodendron rydbergii (western poison ivy) Trifolium pratense (red clover) Trifolium repens (white clover) Trillium cernuum (nodding trillium) Trillium grandiflorum (large-flowered trillium) Typha latifolia (broad-leaved cattail) Ulmus americana (American elm) Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis (stinging nettle) Uvularia grandiflora (large-flowered bellwort) Verbena hastata var. hastata (blue vervain) Verbena urticifolia (white vervain) Veronica serpyllifolia (thyme-leaved speedwell) Viburnum opulus var. americanum (American highbush cranberry) Viola pubescens (downy yellow violet) Viola sororia (common blue violet) Vitis riparia (wild grape) Zanthoxylum americanum (northern prickly ash)

Slime Molds	red raspberry slime mold (Tubifera ferruginosa)

Snails and Slugs	Orange-banded arion (Arion fasciatus), an exotic land slug, is well established here.

Reptiles	common garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis)