Minnesota Seasons - Red Rock Prairie


Red Rock Prairie





			Cottonwood County




Size	611 acres

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Parking	N44 5.159, W95 1.170

Hiking Trails	None

Hunting	No hunting

Ecological Classification	Province	Prairie Parkland Province
	Section	North Central Glaciated Plains
	Subsection(s)	Minnesota River Prairie
	Land Type Association(s)	Darfur Bedrock Hills Renville Till Plain

Native Plant Communities¹	Crystalline Bedrock Outcrop (Prairie): Sioux Quartzite Subtype Dry Hill Prairie (Southern) Mesic Prairie (Southern)

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Links	The Nature Conservancy

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Birds

	Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus) Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) Dickcissel (Spiza americana) Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus) Ring-necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) Upland Sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda) Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta)

Insects and Arachnids	Two insect species with protected status in Minnesota are found here: Special concern – Powesheik skipperling (Oarisma powesheik), regal fritillary (Speyeria idalia)

	common wood nymph (Cercyonis pegala nephala) monarch (Danaus plexippus) twelve-spotted skimmer (Libellula pulchella)

Mammals

	whitetail deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

Plants	Two plant species with protected status in Minnesota are found here: Threatened – prairie bush clover (Lespedeza leptostachya) Special concern – buffalo grass (Buchloë dactyloides) University of Minnesota Herbarium Plant List Plants frequently found in: Crystalline Bedrock Outcrop (Prairie): Sioux Quartzite Subtype ROs12a2 Dry Hill Prairie (Southern) UPs13d Mesic Prairie (Southern) UPs23a

	alsike clover (Trifolium hybridum) bird’s-foot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus var. corniculatus) black medick (Medicago lupulina) blue vervain (Verbena hastata) bouncing bet (Saponaria officinalis) bull thistle (Cirsium vulgare) catnip (Nepeta cataria) clasping-leaved Venus’ looking-glass (Triodanis perfoliata) common burdock (Arctium minus) common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale) common evening primrose (Oenothera biennis) common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) common motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca) common mullein (Verbascum thapsus ssp. thapsus) common yarrow (Achillea millefolium) curly dock (Rumex crispus) Deptford pink (Dianthus armeria) false sunflower (Heliopsis helianthoides var. occidentalis) field bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis) foxtail barley (Hordeum jubatum ssp. jubatum) Indiangrass (Sorghastrum nutans) leadplant (Amorpha canescens) marijuana (Cannabis sativa) northern yellow-eyed grass (Xyris montana) porcupine grass (Hesperostipa spartea) prairie fleabane (Erigeron strigosus) prairie rose (Rosa arkansana) red clover (Trifolium pratense) rough cinquefoil (Potentilla norvegica) rough-fruited cinquefoil (Potentilla recta) scouring rush horsetail (Equisetum hyemale var. affine) smooth sumac (Rhus glabra) spotted lady’s thumb (Persicaria maculosa) timothy (Phleum pratense) western tansy mustard (Descurainia pinnata var. brachycarpa) white campion (Silene latifolia ssp. alba) white clover (Trifolium repens) white sage (Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana) yellow goat’s beard (Tragopogon dubius) yellow sweet clover (Melilotus officinalis) yellow wood sorrel (Oxalis stricta)

Visits	7/3/2005

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