Dodge County

35 acres

Map with GPS coordinates

South
N43 51.799, W92 50.629

North
N43 52.660, W92 50.974

None

No hunting

Province

Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province

Section

Minnesota & NE Iowa Morainal

Subsection(s)

Oak Savanna

Land Type Association(s)

Minnesota DNR

Besides bieng the “largest contiguous example of mesic tallgrass prairie remaining in southeastern Minnesota” the Minnesota DNR calls this SNA “finest mesic prairie known in this area of Minnesota.”

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Nine plant species with protected status in Minnesota and two tracked species are found here:

Endangered – wild quinine (Parthenium integrifolium), western prairie fringed orchid (Platanthera praeclara)

Threatened – tuberous Indian plantain (Arnoglossum plantagineum), Sullivant’s milkweed (Asclepias sullivantii), edible valerian (Valeriana edulis var. ciliata)

Special concern – yellow-fruited sedge (Carex annectens), small white lady’s slipper (Cypripedium candidum), rattlesnake master (Eryngium yuccifolium var. yuccifolium), wild sweet William (Phlox maculata ssp. maculata)

Tracked – rough avens (Geum laciniatum), stiff cowbane (Oxypolis rigidior)

University of Minnesota Herbarium Plant List

Plants frequently found in:

Mesic Prairie (Southern) UPs23a

Wet Prairie (Southern) WPs54b