Wabu Woods SNA

103 Acres Located near Deer Lake. Travel approximately 12 miles N of Grand Rapids on MN Hwy 38, then 1 mile W on Co Hwy 19. Park on shoulder of Co Hwy 19 or in parking area on W side of Co Hwy 62, .7 mile S of Co Hwy 19. Itasca County Twp 57N Rng 26W Sec 22 Type: Coniferous Forest ECS Subsection: St. Louis Moraines

Description:

Two separate land parcels comprise the Wabu Woods SNA, located in the St. Louis Moraines landscape area. The north parcel contains a 22-acre mature northern hardwood-conifer forest with scattered large white pines, a young stand of white cedar, small pockets of hardwood swamp, and several species of orchids. The southern parcel features an aspen-birch and northern hardwood-conifer forest, with scattered red pine, mature aspen, young northern hardwoods, and balsam fir. A small conifer swamp with several orchid species and an open bog dominated by leather-leaf are also found on the site. The land was gifted as an SNA by The Nature Conservancy.

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