Botany Bog SNA

132 Acres Located from Grand Rapids 10 miles N on MN Hwy 38, then about 1 mile W on Twp Rd 244. Itasca County Twp 56N Rng 26W Sec 01 Type: Coniferous Forest ECS Subsection: St. Louis Moraines

Description:

Small ponds, bog, and upland woods can all be found at Botany Bog SNA. The ponds and bog have four rare plant species occurring at the extreme limits of their ranges: the four angled water-lily, humped bladderwort, olivaceous spike-rush, and yellow-eyed grass. The bog contains a great diversity of plant species. The best time to visit is early summer during the blooming period of bog laurel and rosemary, and again in late summer when joe pye-weed and swamp milkweed are blooming.

Plant List