Antelope Valley SNA

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			Yellow Medicine County
			Southwest Minnesota

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Size

160 acres

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Parking

Park on a field access on the west side of 270th St.

N44 40.600, W96 6.825

Hiking Trails

No maintained trails

Hunting

All hunting and trapping. See Hunting and Trapping Regulations (MN DNR) for details.

Ecological Classification

Province

Prairie Parkland Province

Section

North Central Glaciated Plains

Subsection(s)

Minnesota River Prairie

Land Type Association(s)

Renville Till Plain

Native Plant Communities¹

Saline Wet Prairie Complex

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Minnesota DNR

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7/3/2016


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Two narrow strips of foxtail barley testifies to the passage of a two-wheeled vehicle in the not too distant past.


This prairie is cut in half by a barbed wire fence. Based on the presence if dried cow patties, the prairie on the right has been grazed recently, the one on the left has not.


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Saline Wet Prairie Complex


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	About An especially unique feature of Antelope Valley SNA is mineral salt at the soil surface that supports a wet saline prairie. Very few prairies of this type occur in Minnesota and this is the first and only one protected on an SNA. A complex of wet and mesic prairies covers much of the rest of this site.

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Birds	Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus) Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus) Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) Ring-necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis) Sedge Wren (Cistothorus platensis) Upland Sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda) Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta)

Insects and Arachnids	bicolored agapostemon (Agapostemon virescens) convergent lady beetle (Hippodamia convergens) goldenrod gall fly (Eurosta solidaginis) meadow fritillary (Boloria bellona) orange sulphur (Colias eurytheme)

Mammals	northern raccoon (Procyon lotor) plains pocket gopher (Geomys bursarius)

Plants	One plant species with conservation status in Minnesota is found here:
	Special concern	deer sedge (Carex hallii)

	Common Name Scientific Name alfalfa (Medicago sativa ssp. sativa) alkali buttercup (Ranunculus cymbalaria) American plum (Prunus americana) American water plantain (Alisma subcordatum) Baltic rush (Juncus balticus var. littoralis) big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii) black bindweed (Fallopia convolvulus) black medick (Medicago lupulina) blue vervain (Verbena hastata var. scabra) bracted vervain (Verbena bracteata) broad-leaved arrowhead (Sagittaria latifolia) broad-leaved cattail (Typha latifolia) bull thistle (Cirsium vulgare) Canada anemone (Anemone canadensis) Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense) catnip (Nepeta cataria) common buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica) common bur-reed (Sparganium eurycarpum) common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale) common lamb’s-quarters (Chenopodium album) common plantain (Plantago major) common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia) common sneezeweed (Helenium autumnale) common yarrow (Achillea millefolium) curly dock (Rumex crispus) curly-cup gumweed (Grindelia squarrosa) deer sedge (Carex hallii) field bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis) field sow thistle (Sonchus arvensis) Flodman’s thistle (Cirsium flodmanii) foxtail barley (Hordeum jubatum ssp. jubatum) golden alexanders (Zizia aurea) heart-leaved four o’clock (Mirabilis nyctaginea) heart-leaved golden alexanders (Zizia aptera) hedge bindweed (Calystegia sepium) hoary vervain (Verbena stricta) hybrid cattail (Typha x glauca) Indian hemp (Apocynum cannabinum) long-headed coneflower (Ratibida columnifera) Maximilian’s sunflower (Helianthus maximilianii) meadow garlic (Allium canadense var. canadense) musk thistle (Carduus nutans) narrow-leaved cattail (Typha angustifolia) northern water plantain (Alisma triviale) palespike lobelia (Lobelia spicata) plains cottonwood (Populus deltoides ssp. molinifera) prairie blue-eyed grass (Sisyrinchium campestre) prairie cordgrass (Spartina pectinata) prairie fleabane (Erigeron strigosus) prairie ironweed (Vernonia fasciculata ssp. fasciculata) prairie lettuce (Lactuca ludoviciana) prairie peppergrass (Lepidium densiflorum var. densiflorum) purple prairie clover (Dalea purpurea var. purpurea) quackgrass (Elymus repens) red clover (Trifolium pratense) red mulberry (Morus rubra) * redtop (Agrostis gigantea) reed canary grass (Phalaris arundinacea) river bulrush (Bolboschoenus fluviatilis) rough blazing star (Liatris aspera) rough cocklebur (Xanthium strumarium) Russian olive (Elaeagnus angustifolia) shorthair goldenrod (Solidago altissima ssp. gilvocanescens) showy milkweed (Asclepias speciosa) silverweed (Argentina anserina) smooth brome (Bromus inermis) soft-stem bulrush (Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani) strawberry clover (Trifolium fragiferum) swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata ssp. incarnata) timothy (Phleum pratense) water speedwell (Veronica catenata) western germander (Teucrium canadense var. occidentale) western panic grass (Dichanthelium acuminatum var. fasciculatum) western ragweed (Ambrosia psilostachya) white prairie clover (Dalea candida var. candida) white sweet clover (Melilotus albus) whorled milkweed (Asclepias verticillata) wild licorice (Glycyrrhiza lepidota) yellow alfalfa (Medicago sativa ssp. falcata) yellow goat’s beard (Tragopogon dubius) yellow sweet clover (Melilotus officinalis) Achillea millefolium (common yarrow) Agrostis gigantea (redtop) Alisma subcordatum (American water plantain) Alisma triviale (northern water plantain) Allium canadense var. canadense (meadow garlic) Ambrosia artemisiifolia (common ragweed) Ambrosia psilostachya (western ragweed) Andropogon gerardii (big bluestem) Anemone canadensis (Canada anemone) Apocynum cannabinum (Indian hemp) Argentina anserina (silverweed) Asclepias incarnata ssp. incarnata (swamp milkweed) Asclepias speciosa (showy milkweed) Asclepias verticillata (whorled milkweed) Bolboschoenus fluviatilis (river bulrush) Bromus inermis (smooth brome) Calystegia sepium (hedge bindweed) Carduus nutans (musk thistle) Carex hallii (deer sedge) Chenopodium album (common lamb’s-quarters) Cirsium arvense (Canada thistle) Cirsium flodmanii (Flodman’s thistle) Cirsium vulgare (bull thistle) Convolvulus arvensis (field bindweed) Dalea candida var. candida (white prairie clover) Dalea purpurea var. purpurea (purple prairie clover) Dichanthelium acuminatum var. fasciculatum (western panic grass) Elaeagnus angustifolia (Russian olive) Elymus repens (quackgrass) Erigeron strigosus (prairie fleabane) Fallopia convolvulus (black bindweed) Glycyrrhiza lepidota (wild licorice) Grindelia squarrosa (curly-cup gumweed) Helenium autumnale (common sneezeweed) Helianthus maximilianii (Maximilian’s sunflower) Hordeum jubatum ssp. jubatum (foxtail barley) Juncus balticus var. littoralis (Baltic rush) Lactuca ludoviciana (prairie lettuce) Lepidium densiflorum var. densiflorum (prairie peppergrass) Liatris aspera (rough blazing star) Lobelia spicata (palespike lobelia) Medicago lupulina (black medick) Medicago sativa ssp. falcata (yellow alfalfa) Medicago sativa ssp. sativa (alfalfa) Melilotus albus (white sweet clover) Melilotus officinalis (yellow sweet clover) Mirabilis nyctaginea (heart-leaved four o’clock) Morus rubra (red mulberry) * Nepeta cataria (catnip) Phalaris arundinacea (reed canary grass) Phleum pratense (timothy) Plantago major (common plantain) Populus deltoides ssp. molinifera (plains cottonwood) Prunus americana (American plum) Ranunculus cymbalaria (alkali buttercup) Ratibida columnifera (long-headed coneflower) Rhamnus cathartica (common buckthorn) Rumex crispus (curly dock) Sagittaria latifolia (broad-leaved arrowhead) Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani (soft-stem bulrush) Sisyrinchium campestre (prairie blue-eyed grass) Solidago altissima ssp. gilvocanescens (shorthair goldenrod) Sonchus arvensis (field sow thistle) Sparganium eurycarpum (common bur-reed) Spartina pectinata (prairie cordgrass) Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale (common dandelion) Teucrium canadense var. occidentale (western germander) Tragopogon dubius (yellow goat’s beard) Trifolium fragiferum (strawberry clover) Trifolium pratense (red clover) Typha angustifolia (narrow-leaved cattail) Typha latifolia (broad-leaved cattail) Typha x glauca (hybrid cattail) Verbena bracteata (bracted vervain) Verbena hastata var. scabra (blue vervain) Verbena stricta (hoary vervain) Vernonia fasciculata ssp. fasciculata (prairie ironweed) Veronica catenata (water speedwell) Xanthium strumarium (rough cocklebur) Zizia aptera (heart-leaved golden alexanders) Zizia aurea (golden alexanders)
	___________________ * Immediately adjacent to the site and hanging over the fence, but the trunk not within the SNA boundary.