The Higher Learning Commission oversees the accreditation of degree-granting colleges and universities in nineteen mostly Midwestern and South-Central states, namely Arkansas, Arizona, Colorado, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, New Mexico, South Dakota, Wisconsin, West Virginia, ...
The timber rattlesnake occurs in the eastern and central United States. Minnesota is on the northwestern periphery of its range, which extends north along the Mississippi River from Illinois to Minnesota.he timber rattlesnake occurs in the eastern and central United States. Minnesota is on the northwestern periphery of its range, which extends north along the Mississippi River from Illinois to Minnesota.
Additionally, rattlesnakes can lie in ambush, ready to strike prey, while hiding in vegetation. Pigmy rattlesnakes (Sistrurus miliarius) often hide under the large fronds of saw palmetto plants. Timber rattlesnakes (Crotalus horridus) hide in dense areas of vegetation during the spring, summer and fall.