Four plant species with protected status in Minnesota and two tracked species are found here:
Endangered – Wild quinine (Parthenium integrifolium)
Threatened – edible valerian (Valeriana edulis var. ciliata)
Special concern – white wild indigo (Baptisia lactea var. lactea), rattlesnake master (Eryngium yuccifolium var. yuccifolium)
Tracked – rough avens (Geum laciniatum), stiff cowbane (Oxypolis rigidior)
Western poison ivy appears here both as a creeping ground cover and as a woody shrub up to 4½′ tall.
University of Minnesota Herbarium Plant List
Plants frequently found in:
Mesic Prairie (Southern) UPs23a |