Two Rivers Aspen Prairie Parkland SNA
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1400 Acres Located from Pelan 2.5 miles E on MN Hwy 11, then N on gravel road 1.5 miles. Park on road shoulder. Roseau County Twp 160N Rng 44W Sec 17-20 & 29-30 Type: Deciduous Woods ECS Subsection: Aspen Parklands |
Description:
This site contains some of the finest prairie parkland in northwestern Minnesota: its swells and swales support extensive areas of wet and wet-mesic brush prairie, shrubby wet meadow, and aspen woodland. A prominent beach ridge of the Agassiz Lacustrine Plain lies along the south margin. Big bluestem, Indian grass, prairie dropseed, mat muhly, prairie cordgrass, northern reed grass, and bluejoint grass dominate, with sedges appearing in meadow communities. Willows, bog birch, and shrubby cinquefoil dot the wet areas. In better drained sites, hazel, chokecherry, and serviceberry thrive, with scattered bur oak. Quaking aspen increases in density toward the southwest, where it forms an aspen woodland. In summer, the rare northern gentian and nesting sandhill cranes can be found on the prairie. Diverse prairie lands provide a variety of native flowers, including sunflowers, asters, star toadflax, purple prairie clover, bedstraw, harebell, wood betony, puccoon, tall meadow rue, marsh pea, wood lily, Culver's root, brown-eyed Susan, blazing star, alum root, Canada anemone, dogbane, water hemlock, swamp lousewort, and blue lettuce.
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