Mound Prairie SNA

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	Overview
	Mound Prairie SNA lies within the Richard J. Dorer Memorial Hardwood State Forest. It consists of three disconnected units. The tiny Central Unit is 2.9 acres of steep bluff prairie. It is 150 yards south of the South Unit parking area on Golfview Dr.

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	Location

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	North and Central Units		South Unit


	Size
	265 acres

	Parking
	North Unit N43 45.996, W91 25.462 South Unit, Central Unit N43 45.666, W91 25.406


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					Houston County
					Southeast Minnesota


	Activities

	Hiking Trails
	There are no maintained trails. Beginning at the South Unit parking spot, a trail follows a forest road east ¼ mile then turns south and enters the SNA. Twenty yards after it turns south look for an orangish-yellow SNA boundary marker a few yards to the left (east). This marks the northern boundary of the SNA. The trail ends here but the forest road continues south to a gate at the southern boundary of the SNA. A second former forest road branches off of this road near the south gate. It leads northwest then west, following a gradually narrowing ridge. It ends just east of a steep slope with an oak forest to the north and bluff prairie to the south. This second forest road is not maintained and is densely overgrown for most of its length with successional shrubs. It is sometimes easier to follow it from a short distance than to try to walk on it.

	Hunting
	All hunting (only the portion north of Hwy 16). No hunting elsewhere. See Hunting and Trapping Regulations (MN DNR) for details.


	Ecology

	Ecological Classification
	Ecological Province			Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province
	Ecological Section			Paleozoic Plateau
	Ecological Subsection			The Blufflands
	Land Type Association			Brownsville Slopes Caledonia Ridgetops Root River Valley

	Native Plant Communities*
	Dry Bedrock Bluff Prairie (Southern) Red Oak - White Oak - (Sugar Maple) Forest
	* Source: The Minnesota Biological Survey, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Division of Ecological Resources

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	North Unit
	Parking


	Dry Bedrock Bluff Prairie (Southern)


	Central Unit


	South Unit
	Parking


	Forest Road Approach


	Oak Forest


	Small Pond


	South Gate


	Bluff Prairie

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	Mound Prairie Scientific and Natural Area Brian

	About Mound Prairie Scientific and Natural Area is a preserve in Houston County, Minnesota (extreme southeastern corner of the state). It contains bluff prairies that are home to many fascinating and rare species.

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Visits
4/28/2009		9/7/2013

Birds

Two bird species with conservation status in Minnesota have been seen here:

Special Concern

Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus)

Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator)

eBird Field Checklist

American Robin (Turdus migratorius)

Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)

Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)

Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula)

Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus)

Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)

Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus)

Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)

Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)

Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)

Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)

Fungi and Lichens

Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas Fungi List

Black Knot (Apiosporina morbosa)

False Turkey Tail (Stereum ostrea)

Insects and Arachnids

bald-faced hornet (Dolichovespula maculata)

dog day cicada (Neotibicen canicularis)

goldenrod gall fly (Eurosta solidaginis)

goldenrod soldier beetle (Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus)

monarch (Danaus plexippus)

mourning cloak (Nymphalis antiopa)

multicolored Asian lady beetle

predatory stink bug (Podisus modestus)

white snakeroot leaf miner (Liriomyza eupatoriella)

Mammals

eastern chipmunk (Tamias striatus)

whitetail deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

Plants


Six plant species with conservation status in Minnesota are found here:
Endangered	narrow-leaved milkweed (Asclepias stenophylla)
Threatened	clasping milkweed (Asclepias amplexicaulis)
Special Concern	goat’s rue (Tephrosia virginiana) cream wild indigo (Baptisia bracteata var. leucophaea) prairie moonwort (Botrychium campestre) white wild indigo (Baptisia alba var. macrophylla)