Minnesota Seasons - Hythecker Prairie SNA


Hythecker Prairie SNA





			Dodge County




Size	40 acres

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Parking	N44 1.374, W93 2.160

Hiking Trails	None

Hunting	No hunting

Ecological Classification	Province	Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province
	Section	Minnesota & NE Iowa Morainal
	Subsection(s)	Oak Savanna
	Land Type Association(s)	Blooming Prairie Till Plain

Native Plant Communities¹	Southern Wet Prairie

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Links	Minnesota DNR

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Birds

	American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus) Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum) Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa umbellus)

Insects and Arachnids

	cabbage white (Pieris rapae) common eastern firefly (Photinus pyralis) common wood nymph (Cercyonis pegala nephala) dog day cicada (Tibicen canicularis) eastern tailed-blue (Cupido comyntas) goldenrod gall fly (Eurosta solidaginis) Halloween pennant (Celithemis eponina) monarch (Danaus plexippus) orange sulphur (Colias eurytheme) red milkweed beetle (Tetraopes tetrophthalmus) seven-spotted lady beetle (Coccinella septempunctata) twelve-spotted skimmer (Libellula pulchella) white-lined sphinx (Hyles lineata) widow skimmer (Libellula luctuosa)

Mammals

	plains pocket gopher (Geomys bursarius)

Plants	Four plant species with protected status in Minnesota are found here: Threatened – edible valerian (Valeriana edulis var. ciliata), tuberous Indian plantain (Arnoglossum plantagineum) Special concern – rattlesnake master (Eryngium yuccifolium var. yuccifolium), four-flowered yellow loosestrife (Lysimachia quadriflora) University of Minnesota Herbarium Plant List Plants frequently found in: Southern Wet Prairie WPs54

	American bugleweed (Lycopus americanus) American elderberry (Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis) annual fleabane (Erigeron annuus) asparagus (Asparagus officinalis) balsam poplar (Populus balsamifera) big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii) bird’s-foot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus var. corniculatus) black raspberry (Rubus occidentalis) black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) black cherry (Prunus serotina var. serotina) black medick (Medicago lupulina) blue vervain (Verbena hastata var. scabra) bottle gentian (Gentiana andrewsii) brook lobelia (Lobelia kalmii) Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense) candle anemone (Anemone cylindrica) catnip (Nepeta cataria) common buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica) common evening primrose (Oenothera biennis) common lamb’s-quarters (Chenopodium album) common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia) common strawberry (Fragaria virginiana) common yarrow (Achillea millefolium) compass plant (Silphium laciniatum) curly dock (Rumex crispus) downy phlox (Phlox pilosa ssp. fulgida) false sunflower (Heliopsis helianthoides var. occidentalis) field horsetail (Equisetum arvense) field thistle (Cirsium discolor) foxtail barley (Hordeum jubatum ssp. jubatum) fringed loosestrife (Lysimachia ciliata) giant ragweed (Ambrosia trifida var. trifida) gray-headed coneflower (Ratibida pinnata) gray dogwood (Cornus racemosa) grayleaf red raspberry (Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus) green foxtail (Setaria viridis var. viridis) hoary alyssum (Berteroa incana) hoary vervain (Verbena stricta) Indian hemp (Apocynum cannabinum) Indiangrass (Sorghastrum nutans) large-leaved avens (Geum macrophyllum var. perincisum) largebract ticktrefoil (Desmodium cuspidatum) late goldenrod (Solidago altissima) little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium) mountain death camas (Anticlea elegans) narrow-leaved hawk’s-beard (Crepis tectorum) narrow-leaved meadowsweet (Spiraea alba var. alba) northern bedstraw (Galium boreale) northern blue flag (Iris versicolor) pineapple-weed (Matricaria discoidea) prairie alumroot (Heuchera richardsonii) prairie blazing star (Liatris pycnostachya var. pycnostachya) prairie fleabane (Erigeron strigosus) prairie rose (Rosa arkansana) purple prairie clover (Dalea purpurea var. purpurea) quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) red clover (Trifolium pratense) reed canary grass (Phalaris arundinacea) rough blazing star (Liatris aspera) round-leaved dogwood (Cornus rugosa) Russian olive (Elaeagnus angustifolia) sawtooth sunflower (Helianthus grosseserratus) silver maple (Acer saccharinum) smooth scouring rush (Equisetum laevigatum) spotted water hemlock (Cicuta maculata) stiff goldenrod (Solidago rigida ssp. rigida) stinging nettle (Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis) swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata ssp. incarnata) tall meadow rue (Thalictrum dasycarpum) timothy (Phleum pratense) tuberous Indian plantain (Arnoglossum plantagineum) Virginia mountain mint (Pycnanthemum virginianum) Virginia pepper grass (Lepidium virginicum var. virginicum) western poison ivy (Toxicodendron rydbergii) white sweet clover (Melilotus albus) wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa var. mollis) wild cucumber (Echinocystis lobata) wild grape (Vitis riparia) wild parsnip (Pastinaca sativa) wood betony (Pedicularis canadensis ssp. canadensis) woodbine (Parthenocissus vitacea) yellow avens (Geum aleppicum) yellow goat’s beard (Tragopogon dubius) yellow wood sorrel (Oxalis stricta)

Visits	8/12/2000 8/25/2011 7/8/2012

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