Felton Prairie
About • Location • Activities • Ecology
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Felton Prairie SNA, Assiniboia Skipper Unit Felton Prairie SNA, Bicentennial Unit Felton Prairie SNA, Shrike Unit Zilmer Prairie WPA |
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Size |
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2,900 acres |
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Parking |
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N47 3.001, W96 26.527 |
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| Clay County | ||||||
| Northwest Minnesota | ||||||
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Ecology |
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Ecological Classification |
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| Ecological Province | Prairie Parkland Province |
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| Ecological Section | Red River Valley |
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| Ecological Subsection | Red River Prairie |
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| Land Type Association | Barnesville Beach Complex Felton Lake Plain Flom Till Plain |
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Native Plant Communities* |
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Calcareous Fen (Northwestern) Dry Sand - Gravel Prairie (Northern) Green Ash - Bur Oak - Elm Forest Mesic Prairie (Northern) Prairie Mixed Cattail Marsh Prairie Wetland Complex Seepage Meadow/Carr Wet Prairie (Northern) Wet Saline Prairie (Northern) Wet Seepage Prairie (Northern) |
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| * Source: The Minnesota Biological Survey, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Division of Ecological Resources | |||||||
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Unmanaged Site
Felton Prairie is not really unmanaged and it is not really a site. It is a collection of many managed sites totalling 2,900 acres scattered over a 30 square mile area of Clay County. It includes areas managed by Clay County, the Minnesota DNR, The Nature Conservancy, and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.
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| Sprague's pipit singing at Felton Prairie MN googs21 |
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Published on Jun 10, 2012 This video was uploaded from an Android phone. |
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