Lundblad Prairie SNA

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Area and County

Murray County

 

 

 


Size

80 acres

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Maps

Map with GPS coordinates

 
Parking

N43 56.101, W95 43.160

 
Hiking Trails

None

 
Hunting

No hunting

 

 

 

 


Ecological Classification

Province

Prairie Parkland Province

Ecological Classification

Section

North Central Glaciated Plains

Subsection(s)

Coteau Moraines

Land Type Association(s)

Slayton Moraine

 
Native Plant Communities1 None or no information available
 
Natural Features

Upland mesic prairie, wet prairie, meadow, cattail marsh


Ownership

 
Links

Minnesota DNR


Comments

Conditions were abnormally dry in June 2009, making it possible to walk through the cattail marsh without getting wet feet.


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Birds

Minnesota DNR Bird checklist

 
 

Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus)

Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)

Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)

Ring-necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)

Yellow-headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus)

Ring-necked Pheasant

Insects and Arachnids

 

 
 

American dog tick (Dermacentor variabilis)

eastern tent caterpillar (Malacosoma americanum)

monarch (Danaus plexippus)

eastern tent caterpillar

Mammals

 

 
 

whitetail deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

whitetail deer

Plants

Three plant species with protected status in Minnesota are found here:

Threatened – Sullivant’s milkweed (Asclepias sullivantii)

Special concern – deer sedge (Carex hallii), four-flowered yellow loosestrife (Lysimachia quadriflora)


In early- to mid-June golden alexanders and heart-leaved golden alexanders paint the prairie yellow.


University of Minnesota Herbarium Plant List

 
 

alfalfa (Medicago sativa ssp. sativa)

balsam groundsel (Packera paupercula)

Canada anemone (Anemone canadensis)

common blue violet (Viola sororia)

common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale)

common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)

common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia)

common strawberry (Fragaria virginiana)

common yarrow (Achillea millefolium)

cut-leaved coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata var. laciniata)

field horsetail (Equisetum arvense)

giant ragweed (Ambrosia trifida var. trifida)

golden alexanders (Zizia aurea)

heart-leaved golden alexanders (Zizia aptera)

hoary puccoon (Lithospermum canescens)

Indian hemp (Apocynum cannabinum)

leadplant (Amorpha canescens)

mountain death camas (Anticlea elegans)

narrow-leaved cattail (Typha angustifolia)

Philadelphia fleabane (Erigeron philadelphicus var.
philadelphicus)

prairie rose (Rosa arkansana)

prairie smoke (Geum triflorum var. triflorum)

prairie turnip (Pediomelum esculentum)

rough blazing star (Liatris aspera)

smooth scouring rush (Equisetum laevigatum)

stiff sunflower (Helianthus pauciflorus)

stinging nettle (Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis)

tall meadow rue (Thalictrum dasycarpum)

tufted loosestrife (Lysimachia thyrsiflora)

violet wood sorrel (Oxalis violacea)

white sage (Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana)

woodbine (Parthenocissus vitacea)

yellow star grass (Hypoxis hirsuta)

Canada anemone

 

 

 

 

common yarrow

 

 

 

 

cut-leaved coneflower

 

 

 

 

heart-leaved golden alexanders

 

 

 

 

hoary puccoon

 

 

 

 

leadplant

 

 

 

 

prairie rose

 

 

 

 

tufted loosestrife

 

 

 

 

violet wood sorrel

 


Visits

6/13/2009

   

 

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