West Unit
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Miller Prairie consists of two widely separated units. The small East Unit is 1.33 miles east as the crow flies, or a 3.37-mile drive south and east, from the much larger West Unit. |
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Activities |
Hiking, nature photography, birdwatching |
Hiking Trails |
No maintained trails |
Hunting |
No hunting |
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 | Anthony Lake Plain Campbell Lake Plain |
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Native Plant Communities* |
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Prairie Wetland Complex |
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* Source: The Minnesota Biological Survey, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Division of Ecological Resources | |||||
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The Nature Conservancy sign |
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A tale of two prairies |
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A fenceline separates the ungrazed prairie (prairie wetland complex) on the left and the previously grazed prairie on the right. |
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Prairie Wetland Complex |
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Previously grazed prairie |
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Visits |
9/3/2009 6/26/2015 |
Birds |
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Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus) Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum) Greater Prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus cupido) Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) Ring-necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) Rusty Blackbird (Euphagus carolinus) |
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clouded sulphur (Colias philodice) goldenrod gall fly (Eurosta solidaginis) |
Mammals |
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whitetail deer (Odocoileus virginianus) |
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Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas and Minnesota Biological Survey Vegetation Releves Plant List |
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alfalfa (Medicago sativa ssp. sativa) American bugleweed (Lycopus americanus) American plum (Prunus americana) Baltic rush (Juncus balticus var. littoralis) big bluestem (Andropogon gerardi) bracted spiderwort (Tradescantia bracteata) Canada anemone (Anemonastrum canadense) Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense) common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale) common evening primrose (Oenothera biennis) common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) common yarrow (Achillea millefolium) falsegold groundsel (Packera pseudaurea var. semicordata) Flodman’s thistle (Cirsium flodmanii) foxtail barley (Hordeum jubatum ssp. jubatum) giant goldenrod (Solidago gigantea) golden alexanders (Zizia aurea) heart-leaved golden alexanders (Zizia aptera) hedge bindweed (Calystegia sepium) hoary puccoon (Lithospermum canescens) Indian hemp (Apocynum cannabinum) Leiberg’s panic grass (Dichanthelium leibergii) long-stalk sedge (Carex pedunculata) marsh hedge nettle (Stachys palustris) marsh vetchling (Lathyrus palustris) Maximilian’s sunflower (Helianthus maximiliani) narrow-leaved cattail (Typha angustifolia) narrow-leaved meadowsweet (Spiraea alba var. alba) northern bedstraw (Galium boreale) pale agoseris (Agoseris glauca var. glauca) plumeless thistle (Carduus acanthoides ssp. acanthoides) prairie blazing star (Liatris pycnostachya var. pycnostachya) prairie cordgrass (Sporobolus michauxianus) prairie dropseed (Sporobolus heterolepis) prairie peppergrass (Lepidium densiflorum) prairie smoke (Geum triflorum var. triflorum) prairie violet (Viola pedatifida var. pedatifida) purple prairie clover (Dalea purpurea var. purpurea) reed canary grass (Phalaris arundinacea) Russian olive (Elaeagnus angustifolia) sandbar willow (Salix interior) silverleaf scurfpea (Pediomelum argophyllum) slender willow (Salix petiolaris) spotted water hemlock (Cicuta maculata) stiff goldenrod (Solidago rigida ssp. rigida) stiff sunflower (Helianthus pauciflorus ssp. subrhomboideus) swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata ssp. incarnata) tall cinquefoil (Drymocallis arguta) tall goldenrod (Solidago altissima var. altissima) veiny pea (Lathyrus venosus var. intonsus) violet wood sorrel (Oxalis violacea) water smartweed (Persicaria amphibia) white clover (Trifolium repens ssp. repens) white heath aster (Symphyotrichum ericoides var. ericoides) white prairie clover (Dalea candida var. candida) white sage (Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana) white sweet clover (Melilotus albus) wild licorice (Glycyrrhiza lepidota) wood betony (Pedicularis canadensis ssp. canadensis) wood lily (Lilium philadelphicum var. andinum)
Achillea millefolium (common yarrow) Agoseris glauca var. glauca (pale agoseris) Andropogon gerardi (big bluestem) Anemonastrum canadense (Canada anemone) Apocynum cannabinum (Indian hemp) Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana (white sage) Asclepias incarnata ssp. incarnata (swamp milkweed) Asclepias syriaca (common milkweed) Calystegia sepium (hedge bindweed) Carduus acanthoides (plumeless thistle) Carex pedunculata (long-stalk sedge) Cicuta maculata (spotted water hemlock) Cirsium arvense (Canada thistle) Cirsium flodmanii (Flodman’s thistle) Dalea candida var. candida (white prairie clover) Dalea purpurea var. purpurea (purple prairie clover) Dichanthelium leibergii (Leiberg’s panic grass) Drymocallis arguta (tall cinquefoil) Elaeagnus angustifolia (Russian olive) Galium boreale (northern bedstraw) Geum triflorum var. triflorum (prairie smoke) Glycyrrhiza lepidota (wild licorice) Helianthus maximiliani (Maximilian’s sunflower) Helianthus pauciflorus ssp. subrhomboideus (stiff sunflower) Hordeum jubatum ssp. jubatum (foxtail barley) Hypoxis hirsuta (yellow star grass) Juncus balticus var. littoralis (Baltic rush) Lathyrus palustris (marsh vetchling) Lathyrus venosus var. intonsus) (veiny pea) Lepidium densiflorum (prairie peppergrass) Liatris pycnostachya var. pycnostachya (prairie blazing star) Lilium philadelphicum var. andinum (wood lily) Lithospermum canescens (hoary puccoon) Lycopus americanus (American bugleweed) Medicago sativa ssp. sativa (alfalfa) Melilotus albus (white sweet clover) Melilotus officinalis (yellow sweet clover) Oenothera biennis (common evening primrose) Oxalis violacea (violet wood sorrel) Packera pseudaurea var. semicordata (falsegold groundsel) Pedicularis canadensis ssp. canadensis (wood betony) Pediomelum argophyllum (silverleaf scurfpea) Persicaria amphibia (water smartweed) Phalaris arundinacea (reed canary grass) Prunus americana (American plum) Salix interior (sandbar willow) Salix petiolaris (slender willow) Solidago altissima var. altissima (tall goldenrod) Solidago gigantea (giant goldenrod) Solidago rigida ssp. rigida (stiff goldenrod) Spiraea alba var. alba (narrow-leaved meadowsweet) Sporobolus heterolepis (prairie dropseed) Sporobolus michauxianus (prairie cordgrass) Stachys palustris (marsh hedge nettle) Symphyotrichum ericoides var. ericoides (white heath aster) Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale (common dandelion) Tradescantia bracteata (bracted spiderwort) Trifolium repens ssp. repens (white clover) Typha angustifolia (narrow-leaved cattail) Viola pedatifida var. pedatifida (prairie violet) |
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