Wood-Rill SNA

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				Hennepin County




Size	150 acres

Maps	Detail map (MN DNR) Printable Map with GPS coordinates

Parking	N44 59.056, W93 32.678

Hiking Trails	There are trails throughout the site. Maps are posted at only 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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Links	Minnesota DNR

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Visits	5/6/2006 6/20/2014		3/7/2015


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Kirk Nelson

Boardwalk and trails during winter






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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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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

	American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) Eastern Wood-peewee (Contopus virens) Great Egret (Ardea alba) House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) Sedge Wren (Cistothorus platensis) Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)

Fungi and Lichens	Crown-tipped Coral (Artomyces pyxidatus) False Turkey Tail (Stereum ostrea) Gray False Death Cap (Amanita citrina var. grisea) White Jelly Fungus (Ductifera pululahuana)

Insects and Arachnids	bald-faced hornet (Dolichovespula maculata) chalk-fronted corporal (Ladona julia) common whitetail (Plathemis lydia) hackberry emperor (Asterocampa celtis) leaf miner fly (Liriomyza eupatoriella) lime nail gall mite (Eriophyes tiliae) maple spindle-gall mite (Vasates aceriscrumena) twelve-spotted skimmer (Libellula pulchella)

Mammals	American red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) 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 elderberry (Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis) American elm (Ulmus americana) American highbush cranberry (Viburnum opulus var. americanum) American hog peanut (Amphicarpaea bracteata var. bracteata) American white waterlily (Nymphaea odorata) annual fleabane (Erigeron annuus) bitternut hickory (Carya cordiformis) bittersweet nightshade (Solanum dulcamara) black ash (Fraxinus nigra) black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia) black medick (Medicago lupulina) black raspberry (Rubus occidentalis) black walnut (Juglans nigra) black-seeded plantain (Plantago rugelii var. rugelii) bland sweet cicely (Osmorhiza claytonii) bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) blue cohosh (Caulophyllum thalictroides) boxelder (Acer negundo var. negundo) bristly greenbrier (Smilax tamnoides) 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 buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica) common burdock (Arctium minus) common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale) common false Solomon’s seal (Maianthemum racemosum var. racemosum) common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) common motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca ssp. cardiaca) common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia) crown vetch (Securigera varia) early meadow rue (Thalictrum dioicum) eastern prickly gooseberry (Ribes cynosbati) eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana) eastern white pine (Pinus strobus) fragrant bedstraw (Galium triflorum) garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata) glossy buckthorn (Frangula alnus) green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica) ground ivy (Glechoma hederacea) hedge mustard (Sisymbrium officinale) ironwood (Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana) Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) Japanese knotweed (Fallopia japonica var. japonica) kidney-leaved buttercup (Ranunculus abortivus) large-flowered bellwort (Uvularia grandiflora) large-flowered trillium (Trillium grandiflorum) nodding trillium (Trillium cernuum) northern hackberry (Celtis occidentalis) northern lady fern (Athyrium filix-femina ssp. angustum) northern pin oak (Quercus ellipsoidalis) northern prickly ash (Zanthoxylum americanum) northern red oak (Quercus rubra) northern white cedar (Thuja occidentalis) 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) 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) round-leaved dogwood (Cornus rugosa) rue anemone (Thalictrum thalictroides) sensitive fern (Onoclea sensibilis) shepherd’s purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris) silky dogwood (Cornus amomum ssp. obliqua) silver maple (Acer saccharinum) smooth brome (Bromus inermis) smooth Solomon’s seal (Polygonatum biflorum var. commutatum) spinulose wood fern (Dryopteris carthusiana) staghorn sumac (Rhus typhina) stinging nettle (Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis) sugar maple (Acer saccharum ssp. saccharum) touch-me-not (Impatiens sp.) upright carrionflower (Smilax ecirrhata) Virginia waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum var. virginianum) western poison ivy (Toxicodendron rydbergii) white campion (Silene latifolia ssp. alba) white clover (Trifolium repens) white oak (Quercus alba) white snakeroot (Ageratina altissima var. altissima) white spruce (Picea glauca) 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 sarsaparilla (Aralia nudicaulis) wood anemone (Anemone quinquefolia var. quinquefolia) woodbine (Parthenocissus vitacea) woodland strawberry (Fragaria vesca ssp. americana) yellow marsh marigold (Caltha palustris var. palustris) yellow sweet clover (Melilotus officinalis) yellow violet (Viola pubescens) yellow wood sorrel (Oxalis stricta) zigzag goldenrod (Solidago flexicaulis) Acer negundo var. negundo (boxelder) Acer rubrum var. rubrum (red maple) Acer saccharinum (silver maple) Acer saccharum ssp. saccharum (sugar maple) Actaea rubra ssp. rubra (red baneberry) Ageratina altissima var. altissima (white snakeroot) Alliaria petiolata (garlic mustard) Allium tricoccum (wild leek) Ambrosia artemisiifolia (common ragweed) Amphicarpaea bracteata var. bracteata (American hog peanut) Anemone quinquefolia var. quinquefolia (wood anemone) 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 ssp. angustum (northern lady fern) Betula papyrifera var. papyrifera (paper birch) Bromus inermis (smooth brome) Caltha palustris var. palustris (yellow marsh marigold) Capsella bursa-pastoris (shepherd’s purse) Carya cordiformis (bitternut hickory) Caulophyllum thalictroides (blue cohosh) Celtis occidentalis (northern hackberry) Cirsium arvense (Canada thistle) 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) Dryopteris carthusiana (spinulose wood fern) Echinocystis lobata (wild cucumber) Erigeron annuus (annual fleabane) Erigeron philadelphicus var. philadelphicus (Philadelphia fleabane) Fallopia japonica var. japonica (Japanese knotweed) Fragaria vesca ssp. americana (woodland strawberry) Frangula alnus (glossy buckthorn) Fraxinus nigra (black ash) Fraxinus pennsylvanica (green ash) Galium aparine (cleavers) Galium triflorum (fragrant bedstraw) Geranium maculatum (wild geranium) Glechoma hederacea (ground ivy) Hydrophyllum virginianum var. virginianum (Virginia waterleaf) Impatiens sp. (touch-me-not) Juglans cinerea (butternut) Juglans nigra (black walnut) Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana (eastern redcedar) Laportea canadensis (Canadian woodnettle) Leonurus cardiaca ssp. cardiaca (common motherwort) Maianthemum canadense (Canada mayflower) Maianthemum racemosum var. racemosum (common false Solomon’s seal) 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) Nepeta cataria (catnip) Nymphaea odorata (American white waterlily) Onoclea sensibilis (sensitive fern) Osmorhiza claytonii (bland sweet cicely) Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana (ironwood) Oxalis stricta (yellow wood sorrel) Parthenocissus vitacea (woodbine) Picea glauca (white spruce) Pilea pumila (Canadian clearweed) Pinus resinosa (red pine) Pinus strobus (eastern white pine) Plantago rugelii var. rugelii (black-seeded plantain) Polygonatum biflorum var. commutatum (smooth Solomon’s seal) 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) Rhamnus cathartica (common buckthorn) Rhus typhina (staghorn sumac) Ribes americanum (American black currant) Ribes cynosbati (eastern prickly gooseberry) Robinia pseudoacacia (black locust) Rubus occidentalis (black raspberry) Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis (American elderberry) Sambucus racemosa var. racemosa (red elderberry) Sanguinaria canadensis (bloodroot) Securigera varia (crown vetch) Silene latifolia ssp. alba (white campion) Sisymbrium officinale (hedge mustard) Smilax ecirrhata (upright carrionflower) Smilax tamnoides (bristly greenbrier) Solanum dulcamara (bittersweet nightshade) Solidago flexicaulis (zigzag goldenrod) 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) Ulmus americana (American elm) Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis (stinging nettle) Uvularia grandiflora (large-flowered bellwort) Viburnum opulus var. americanum (American highbush cranberry) Viola pubescens (yellow violet) Viola sororia (common blue violet) Vitis riparia (wild grape) Zanthoxylum americanum (northern prickly ash)

Slime Molds	red raspberry slime mold (Tubifera ferruginosa)