Inventory of Biological Features in Fort Snelling State Park and Inventory of Natural Communities and Rare Plants in Minnehaha Regional Park
Minnesota County Biological Survey. 1995. Inventory of Biological Features in Fort Snelling State Park and Inventory of Natural Communities and Rare Plants in Minnehaha Regional Park. Biological Report No. 54. Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. St. Paul, Minnesota
Rare plant and natural community surveys were conducted at Fort Snelling State Park and Minnehaha Regional Park in the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area. An animal survey was also conducted at Fort Snelling State Park. Rare plants and natural communities were surveyed using releve plots to obtain quantitative information. A vegetation cover map was created. In order to survey amphibians and reptiles at Fort Snelling State Park, drift fences, turtle traps, herp searches, and call surveys were used. Bird surveys were conducted during the breeding season using point count methodologies. Small mammals were captured in drift fences with amphibians and reptiles. Ultrasonic bat detectors were used to locate foraging bats.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Minnesota County Biological Survey
- Date of Issue
- 1995-10
- Publisher
- Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
- Units
- MISS
- Keywords
- Amphibians (Amphibia), Birds (Aves), Fort Snelling State Park, Habitats, Historic Fauna, Mammals (Mammalia), Minnehaha Regional Park, Plant Communities, Plants (Plantae), Rare Species, Reptiles (Reptilia), Vegetation