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<br /> <br />Elk River Natural Resource <br />Inventory and MLCCS <br />Mapping <br /> <br />~_II <br /> <br /> <br />Findings <br /> <br />. 1412 Natural and semi- <br />natural areas mapped, <br />representing 13,570 <br />acres (21 square miles) <br />. Natural Areas <br />. 9038 acres (14 square <br />miles) <br />. Largest: 383 acres <br />. Smallest: .25 acres <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Findings: Notable Sites <br /> <br />. Gun Club Barrens Prairie, <br />forest, and savanna <br />complex <br />. Wetland Complexes in <br />NW comer <br />. City-owned natura! areas <br />(parks) <br />. Numerous poor fens, dry <br />prairies, oak forests and <br />Tamarack Swamps <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Background and Methodology <br /> <br />. Field work completed in August and September, <br />2004 <br />. Sites where access was granted were checked on <br />the ground <br />. Other sites checked from the edge, from a distance, <br />or assessed from the aerial photographs. <br /> <br /> <br />Findings: Natural Community Quality <br /> <br />. Natural Areas Are in <br />Good Condition <br />. 32 High Quality <br />. 85 Good Quality <br />. 145 Moderate Quality <br />. 81 Low Quality <br />. 440 Quality <br />Undetermined <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Findings: Rare Species <br /> <br />. Sea-beach needle <br />grass (Special Concern) <br />. Creeping Juniper <br />(Special Concern) <br />. Beach Heather (Special <br />Concern) <br />. Arrow-leaved tearthumb <br />(Tracked but not listed) <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />~ <br />utJ <br /> <br /> <br />1 <br />