Ordway Prairie

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	Complete		North Section


	Middle Section		South Section



	Size
	656 acres

	Parking
	Roadside Park There is a roadside park on the east side of MN Hwy 104 near the northwest corner of the preserve. The parking lot has room for several cars. N45 26.710, W95 15.240 Field Access There are two field accesses on the east side of MN Hwy 104 at the west boundary of the preserve. Park on a field access. N45 26.415, W95 15.298 N45 26.160, W95 15.296


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					Pope County
					Northwest Minnesota


	Activities

	Hiking Trails
	No maintained trails

	Hunting
	No hunting


	Ecology

	Ecological Classification
	Ecological Province			Prairie Parkland Province
	Ecological Section			North Central Glaciated Plains
	Ecological Subsection			Minnesota River Prairie
	Land Type Association			Gilchrist Moraine

	Native Plant Communities*
	Dry Sand - Gravel Prairie (Southern) Meadow - Marsh - Fen-Swamp Complex Pin Oak - Bur Oak Woodland Prairie Extremely Rich Fen Rich Fen (Mineral Soil) Sedge Meadow Seepage Meadow/Carr
	* Source: The Minnesota Biological Survey, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Division of Ecological Resources

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	Parking - Wayside Rest


	Parking - Field Access


	Wood Routed Sign


	Marsh


	Dry Sand - Gravel Prairie (Southern)

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	Postcards: My Ocean pioneerpublic

	About Published on Mar 2, 2017 "My Ocean" is an artistic performance staged on the Ordway Prairie by Sunburg, MN. See what it was like for artists Bethany Lacktorin, James Everest, and Jais Gossman to put this performance together. For more information about Postcards visit: http://www.pioneer.org/postcards.html

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8/3/2011

Amphibians

Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas Amphibians and Reptiles List

American toad (Anaxyrus americanus)

northern leopard frog (Rana pipiens)

Birds


Three bird species with conservation status in Minnesota have been seen here:
Endangered	Henslow’s Sparrow (Centronyx henslowii)
Special Concern	American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator)

eBird Field Checklist

American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis)

Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)

Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota)

Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis)

Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus)

Eastern Wood-peewee (Contopus virens)

Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla)

Great Egret (Ardea alba)

Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)

Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)

Fungi and Lichens

Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas Fungi List

Insects and Arachnids


Two insect and arachnid species with conservation status in Minnesota have been seen here:
Endangered	Poweshiek skipperling (Oarisma poweshiek)
Special Concern	regal fritillary (Argynnis idalia)

Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas Insects List

American dog tick (Dermacentor variabilis)

band-winged meadowhawk (Sympetrum semicinctum)

black swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes)

Carolina grasshopper (Dissosteira carolina)

common green darner (Anax junius)

common whitetail (Plathemis lydia)

common wood nymph (Cercyonis pegala)

dog day cicada (Neotibicen canicularis)

goldenrod bunch gall midge (Rhopalomyia solidaginis)

goldenrod gall fly (Eurosta solidaginis)

goldenrod soldier beetle (Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus)

great spangled fritillary (Argynnis cybele)

Halloween pennant (Celithemis eponina)

monarch (Danaus plexippus)

twelve-spotted skimmer (Libellula pulchella)

variegated fritillary (Euptoieta claudia)

viceroy (Limenitis archippus)

widow skimmer (Libellula luctuosa)

Mammals

Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas Mammals List

plains pocket gopher (Geomys bursarius)

thirteen-lined ground squirrel (Ictidomys tridecemlineatus)

whitetail deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

Plants


Six plant species with conservation status in Minnesota are found here:
Threatened	hair-like beak-rush (Rhynchospora capillacea) sterile sedge (Carex sterilis) whorled nut-rush (Scleria verticillata)
Special Concern	Hill’s thistle (Cirsium pumilum var. hillii) prairie moonwort (Botrychium campestre) small white lady’s slipper (Cypripedium candidum)