Lac qui Parle County

894 acres

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West Unit

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No hunting

Province

Prairie Parkland Province

Section

North Central Glaciated Plains

Subsection(s)

Minnesota River Prairie

Land Type Association(s)

Minnesota River Valley Scenic Byway

The Nature Conservancy

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Five bird species with protected status in Minnesota have been seen here:

Threatened – Wilson’s Phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor), Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus)

Special concern – Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus), Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa), Greater Prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus cupido)

Minnesota River Valley Birding Trail

One insect species with protected status in Minnesota is found here:

Threatened – Dakota skipper (Hesperia dacotae)

Two mammal species with protected status in Minnesota are found here:

Special concern – plains pocket mouse (Perognathus flavescens), prairie vole (Microtus ochrogaster)

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

Special concern – disk waterhyssop (Bacopa rotundifolia), flexile milkvetch (Astragalus flexuosus), small white lady’s slipper (Cypripedium candidum), water mudwort (Limosella aquatica), velvety goldenrod (Solidago mollis)

University of Minnesota Herbarium Plant List

Plants frequently found in:

Mesic Prairie (Southern) UPs23a