Rock Ridge Prairie SNA

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Area and County

Cottonwood County

 

 

 


Size

203 acres

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Maps

Map with GPS coordinates

 
Parking

N44 5.829, W95 3.623

 
Hiking Trails

None

 
Hunting

No hunting


Ecological Classification

Province

Prairie Parkland Province

Ecological Classification

Section

North Central Glaciated Plains

Subsection(s)

Minnesota River Prairie

Land Type Association(s)

Darfur Bedrock Hills

 
Native Plant Communities1

Crystalline Bedrock Outcrop (Prairie): Sioux Quartzite Subtype

Mesic Prairie (Southern)


Ownership

 
Links

Minnesota DNR


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Amphibians

 

 
 

northern leopard frog (Rana pipiens)

northern leopard frog

Birds

Minnesota DNR Bird checklist

 
 

Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus)

Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota)

Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus)

Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)

Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)

Mourning Dove

Insects and Arachnids

 

 
 

Carolina grasshopper (Dissosteira carolina)

common green darner (Anax junius)

dog day cicada (Tibicen canicularis)

goldenrod bunch gall midge (Rhopalomyia solidaginis)

goldenrod gall fly (Eurosta solidaginis)

goldenrod soldier beetle (Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus)

monarch (Danaus plexippus)

northern bush katydid (Scudderia septentrionalis)

orange sulphur (Colias eurytheme)

twelve-spotted skimmer (Libellula pulchella)

monarch

 

 

 

 

twelve-spotted skimmer

 

 


Mammals

 

 
 

American red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus)

plains pocket gopher (Geomys bursarius)

American red squirrel

Plants

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

Threatened – prairie bush clover (Lespedeza leptostachya)

Special concern – buffalo grass (Buchloë dactyloides), tumblegrass (Schedonnardus paniculatus)


University of Minnesota Herbarium Plant List


Plants frequently found in:

Crystalline Bedrock Outcrop (Prairie): Sioux Quartzite Subtype ROs12a2

Mesic Prairie (Southern) UPs23a

 
 

absinth wormwood (Artemisia absinthium)

alfalfa (Medicago sativa ssp. sativa)

alsike clover (Trifolium hybridum)

American stickseed (Hackelia deflexa var. americana)

big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii)

black medick (Medicago lupulina)

black-seeded plantain (Plantago rugelii var. rugelii)

blue spruce (Picea pungens)

blue vervain (Verbena hastata)

bracted vervain (Verbena bracteata)

brittle pricklypear (Opuntia fragilis)

buffalo grass (Buchloë dactyloides)

bull thistle (Cirsium vulgare)

Canada anemone (Anemone canadensis)

Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense)

Canadian horseweed (Conyza canadensis)

candle anemone (Anemone cylindrica)

catnip (Nepeta cataria)

clammy groundcherry (Physalis heterophylla var. heterophylla)

common burdock (Arctium minus)

common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale)

common evening primrose (Oenothera biennis)

common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)

common plantain (Plantago major)

common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia)

common yarrow (Achillea millefolium)

corn (Zea mays) (on-site crop)

curly dock (Rumex crispus)

curly-cup gumweed (Grindelia squarrosa)

downy phlox (Phlox pilosa ssp. fulgida)

early figwort (Scrophularia lanceolata)

eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana)

false sunflower (Heliopsis helianthoides var. occidentalis)

field sow thistle (Sonchus arvensis)

Flodman’s thistle (Cirsium flodmanii)

fluxweed (Isanthus brachiatus)

giant ragweed (Ambrosia trifida var. trifida)

goldmoss stonecrop (Sedum acre)

gray-headed coneflower (Ratibida pinnata)

Great Plains flat-topped goldenrod (Euthamia gymnospermoides)

green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica)

green foxtail (Setaria viridis)

grimmia dry rock moss (Grimmia laevigata)

hairy grama (Bouteloua hirsuta var. hirsuta)

heart-leaved golden alexanders (Zizia aptera)

hedge bindweed (Calystegia sepium)

hoary vervain (Verbena stricta)

Indian hemp (Apocynum cannabinum)

Indiangrass (Sorghastrum nutans)

Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis ssp. pratensis)

late goldenrod (Solidago altissima)

leadplant (Amorpha canescens)

little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium)

Morrow’s honeysuckle (Lonicera morrowii)

nodding spurge (Euphorbia nutans)

pin cherry (Prunus pensylvanica var. pensylvanica)

prairie alumroot (Heuchera richardsonii)

prairie coreopsis (Coreopsis palmata)

prairie dropseed (Sporobolus heterolepis)

prairie fleabane (Erigeron strigosus)

prairie lettuce (Lactuca ludoviciana)

prairie onion (Allium stellatum)

prairie peppergrass (Lepidium densiflorum var. densiflorum)

prairie rose (Rosa arkansana)

prickly lettuce (Lactuca serriola)

quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides)

red clover (Trifolium pratense)

redroot amaranth (Amaranthus retroflexus)

rock spikemoss (Selaginella rupestris)

rough blazing star (Liatris aspera)

rough cinquefoil (Potentilla norvegica)

rough false pennyroyal (Hedeoma hispida)

rough rattlesnake root (Nabalus asper)

round-headed bush clover (Lespedeza capitata)

Russian olive (Elaeagnus angustifolia)

sideoats grama (Bouteloua curtipendula var. curtipendula)

silverleaf scurfpea (Pediomelum argophyllum)

smooth Solomon’s seal (Polygonatum biflorum var. commutatum)

Standley’s goosefoot (Chenopodium standleyanum)

stiff sunflower (Helianthus pauciflorus ssp. pauciflorus)

stiff sunflower (Helianthus pauciflorus ssp. subrhomboideus)

stinging nettle (Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis)

sunbright (Phemeranthus parviflorus)

tall cinquefoil (Drymocallis arguta)

tall thimbleweed (Anemone virginiana)

tall thistle (Cirsium altissimum)

timothy (Phleum pratense)

veiny pea (Lathyrus venosus)

western poison ivy (Toxicodendron rydbergii)

white clover (Trifolium repens)

white prairie clover (Dalea candida)

white sage (Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana)

white spruce (Picea glauca)

white sweet clover (Melilotus albus)

whorled milkweed (Asclepias verticillata)

wild grape (Vitis riparia)

wolfberry (Symphoricarpos occidentalis)

woodbine (Parthenocissus vitacea)

woolly plantain (Plantago patagonica)

yellow foxtail (Setaria pumila ssp. pumila)

yellow goat’s beard (Tragopogon dubius)

yellow sweet clover (Melilotus officinalis)

alsike clover

 

 

 

 

big bluestem

 

 

 

 

brittle pricklypear

 

 

 

 

catnip

 

 

 

 

common evening primrose

 

 

 

 

common evening primrose

 

 

 

 

common yarrow

 

 

 

 

downy phlox

 

 

 

 

false sunflower

 

 

 

 

field sow thistle

 

 

 

 

gray-headed coneflower

 

 

 

 

heart-leaved golden alexanders

 

 

 

 

hedge bindweed

 

 

 

 

leadplant

 

 

 

 

prairie coreopsis

 

 

 

 

prairie onion

 

 

 

 

prairie rose

 

 

 

 

rough cinquefoil

 

 

 

 

rough false pennyroyal

 

 

 

 

Russian olive

 

 

 

 

silverleaf scurfpea

 

 

 

 

tall cinquefoil

 

 

 

 

western poison ivy

 

 

 

 

white prairie clover

 

 

 

 

whorled milkweed

 

 

 

 

woolly plantain

 

 

 

 

yellow goat’s beard

 


Visits

8/1/2010

   

 

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