Minnesota Seasons - Kasota Prairie SNA


Kasota Prairie SNA





			Le Sueur County




Size	45 acres

Maps	Map with GPS coordinates

Parking	N44 16.053, W94 0.151

Hiking Trails	A well-worn footpath leads through the woods at the western edge of the site. There are no other trails.

Hunting	No hunting

Ecological Classification	Province	Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province
	Section	Minnesota & NE Iowa Morainal
	Subsection(s)	Big Woods
	Land Type Association(s)	Le Sueur Alluvial Plain

Native Plant Communities¹	Mesic Prairie (Southern) Seepage Meadow/Carr

Ownership

Links	Kasota Prairie Minnesota DNR

Comments	Kasota Prairie is less than one mile north of this SNA and is well worth exploring.

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Birds	Minnesota River Valley Birding Trail Minnesota DNR Bird checklist

	American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis) Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) Dickcissel (Spiza americana) Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Wilson’s Snipe (Gallinago delicata)

Insects and Arachnids

	band-winged meadowhawk (Sympetrum semicinctum) common green darner (Anax junius) common wood nymph (Cercyonis pegala nephala) dog day cicada (Tibicen canicularis) goldenrod bunch gall midge (Rhopalomyia solidaginis) goldenrod gall fly (Eurosta solidaginis) goldenrod soldier beetle (Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus) monarch (Danaus plexippus) orange sulphur (Colias eurytheme) twelve-spotted skimmer (Libellula pulchella) Walker’s cicada (Tibicen marginalis) widow skimmer (Libellula luctuosa)

Plants	Four plant species with protected status in Minnesota are found here: Threatened – tuberous Indian plantain (Arnoglossum plantagineum), Sullivant’s milkweed (Asclepias sullivantii) Special concern – small white lady’s slipper (Cypripedium candidum), rattlesnake master (Eryngium yuccifolium var. yuccifolium) University of Minnesota Herbarium Plant List Plants frequently found in: Mesic Prairie (Southern) UPs23a Seepage Meadow/Carr WMs83a1

	alfalfa (Medicago sativa ssp. sativa) American basswood (Tilia americana) American elm (Ulmus americana) American germander (Teucrium canadense) American hazel (Corylus americana) American hog peanut (Amphicarpaea bracteata) American lopseed (Phryma leptostachya) American vetch (Vicia americana ssp. americana) asparagus (asparagus officinalis) big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii) black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) black-seeded plantain (Plantago rugelii var. rugelii) black medick (Medicago lupulina) black raspberry (Rubus occidentalis) boxelder (Acer negundo var. negundo) bracted spiderwort (Tradescantia bracteata) bristly greenbrier (Smilax tamnoides) broadleaf enchanter’s nightshade (Circaea lutetiana ssp. canadensis) broad-leaved cattail (Typha latifolia) bull thistle (Cirsium vulgare) bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa) butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa ssp. interior) Canada anemone (Anemone canadensis) Canada moonseed (Menispermum canadense) Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense) Canada wildrye (Elymus canadensis) Canadian black snakeroot (Sanicula canadensis) Canadian milkvetch (Astragalus canadensis var. canadensis) candle anemone (Anemone cylindrica) catnip (Nepeta cataria) chicory (Cichorium intybus) clammy groundcherry (Physalis heterophylla var. heterophylla) common buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica) common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale) common evening primrose (Oenothera biennis) common false Solomon’s seal (Maianthemum racemosum var. racemosum) common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) common mullein (Verbascum thapsus ssp. thapsus) common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia) common yarrow (Achillea millefolium) Culver’s root (Veronicastrum virginicum) cup plant (Silphium perfoliatum var. perfoliatum) cut-leaved coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata var. laciniata) dotted blazing star (Liatris punctata var. punctata) downy gentian (Gentiana puberulenta) downy phlox (Phlox pilosa ssp. fulgida) early meadow rue (Thalictrum dioicum) eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana) false boneset (Brickellia eupatorioides var. corymbulosa) false sunflower (Heliopsis helianthoides var. occidentalis) field thistle (Cirsium discolor) flat-topped aster (Doellingeria umbellata var. umbellata) giant ragweed (Ambrosia trifida var. trifida) gray-headed coneflower (Ratibida pinnata) gray dogwood (Cornus racemosa) gray goldenrod (Solidago nemoralis) great water dock (Rumex britannica) green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica) grooved yellow flax (Linum sulcatum var. sulcatum) harebell (Campanula rotundifolia) heart-leaved golden alexanders (Zizia aptera) hedge bindweed (Calystegia sepium) hoary vervain (Verbena stricta) Indian hemp (Apocynum cannabinum) Indiangrass (Sorghastrum nutans) ironwood (Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana) Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) late goldenrod (Solidago altissima) leadplant (Amorpha canescens) little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium) Maximilian’s sunflower (Helianthus maximilianii) Missouri goldenrod (Solidago missouriensis) narrow-leaved meadowsweet (Spiraea alba var. alba) nodding spurge (Euphorbia nutans) northern bedstraw (Galium boreale) northern hackberry (Celtis occidentalis) northern prickly ash (Zanthoxylum americanum) palespike lobelia (Lobelia spicata) plains cottonwood (Populus deltoides ssp. molinifera) prairie coreopsis (Coreopsis palmata) prairie dropseed (Sporobolus heterolepis) prairie fleabane (Erigeron strigosus) prairie lettuce (Lactuca ludoviciana) prairie onion (Allium stellatum) prairie rose (Rosa arkansana) purple prairie clover (Dalea purpurea var. purpurea) quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) rattlesnake master (Eryngium yuccifolium var. yuccifolium) red clover (Trifolium pratense) red-seeded dandelion (Taraxacum erythrospermum) reed canary grass (Phalaris arundinacea) rough blazing star (Liatris aspera) rough cocklebur (Xanthium strumarium) sideoats grama (Bouteloua curtipendula var. curtipendula) silverleaf scurfpea (Pediomelum argophyllum) smooth brome (Bromus inermis) smooth Solomon’s seal (Polygonatum biflorum var. commutatum) smooth sumac (Rhus glabra) spotted touch-me-not (Impatiens capensis) staghorn sumac (Rhus typhina) starry false Solomon’s seal (Maianthemum stellatum) stiff goldenrod (Solidago rigida) stiff sunflower (Helianthus pauciflorus ssp. subrhomboideus) tall blue lettuce (Lactuca biennis) tall boneset (Eupatorium altissimum) tall meadow rue (Thalictrum dasycarpum) tall thimbleweed (Anemone virginiana) timothy (Phleum pratense) Virginia mountain mint (Pycnanthemum virginianum) Virginia stickseed (Hackelia virginiana) water horsetail (Equisetum fluviatile) western poison ivy (Toxicodendron rydbergii) western ragweed (Ambrosia psilostachya) white prairie clover (Dalea candida) white sage (Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana) white snakeroot (Ageratina altissima var. altissima) white sweet clover (Melilotus albus) white vervain (Verbena urticifolia) whorled milkweed (Asclepias verticillata) wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa) wild cucumber (Echinocystis lobata) wild grape (Vitis riparia) winter vetch (Vicia villosa ssp. villosa) wolfberry (Symphoricarpos occidentalis) woodbine (Parthenocissus vitacea) yellow foxtail (Setaria pumila ssp. pumila) yellow goat’s beard (Tragopogon dubius) yellow wood sorrel (Oxalis stricta)

Visits	7/16/2004 8/6/2010

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