Ladies Tresses Swamp SNA
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40 Acres Located from Bigfork 8.3 miles SE on County Rd. 7, then 3.1 miles NE on County Rd. 344 to woods road going left (northwest). Turn left on that woods road and follow it 0.25 mile to where road ahead is blocked by a gate. Continue walking on this road for 0.15 mile to Y in road; stay to left and follow this old woods road for 1.0 mile. At that point, you will be 260' south of the SE corner of the Ladies Tresses Swamp SNA, and will need to travel cross-country to the SNA. Look for the yellow SNA boundary signs posted about every 250 feet around the outside of the unit. A GPS is recommended to help you navigate to and within this remote site. Itasca County Twp 60N Rng 25W Sec 04 Type: Coniferous Forest ECS Subsection: St. Louis Moraines |
Description:
Ladies Tresses Swamp contains an excellent example of lowland conifer forest dominated by mature white cedar, black ash, and black spruce. Orchids associated with coniferous forests, including ladies tresses, also grow here. This isolated site, located near Scenic State Park, was gifted to the SNA program by the U.S. Department of Interior through the Bureau of Land Management. The best time to visit is early summer when wildflowers of the coniferous forest are blooming.
