Shooting Star Prairie SNA

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Area and County

Mower County

 

 

 


Size

13.7 acres

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Maps

Map with GPS coordinates

 
Parking

N43 32.630, W92 34.682

 
Hiking Trails

None

 
Hunting

No hunting


Ecological Classification

Province

Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province

Ecological Classification

Section

Minnesota & NE Iowa Morainal

Subsection(s)

Oak Savanna

Land Type Association(s)

Hayfield Till Plain

 
Native Plant Communities1 Mesic Prairie (Southern)

Ownership

 
Links

Minnesota DNR


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Birds

 

 
 

Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus)

Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)

Mourning Dove

Insects and Arachnids

 

 
 

common wood nymph (Cercyonis pegala nephala)

eastern tiger swallowtail (Papilio glaucus)

goldenrod soldier beetle (Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus)

monarch (Danaus plexippus)

painted lady (Vanessa cardui)

painted lady

Plants

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

Endangered – prairie shooting star (Primula meadia)

Prairie shooting star is being reintroduced into this tiny SNA.


Plants frequently found in:

Mesic Prairie (Southern) UPs23a

 
 

big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii)

black raspberry (Rubus occidentalis)

black walnut (Juglans nigra)

blue vervain (Verbena hastata)

bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa)

Canada goldenrod (Solidago canadensis)

Canada lettuce (Lactuca canadensis)

Canada plum (Prunus nigra)

common burdock (Arctium minus)

common evening primrose (Oenothera biennis)

common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)

common snowberry (Symphoricarpos albus var. albus)

common yarrow (Achillea millefolium)

curly dock (Rumex crispus)

giant ragweed (Ambrosia trifida var. trifida)

Indiangrass (Sorghastrum nutans)

Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus)

northern pin oak (Quercus ellipsoidalis)

purple prairie clover (Dalea purpurea var. purpurea)

quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides)

rattlesnake master (Eryngium yuccifolium var. yuccifolium)

red osier dogwood (Cornus sericea ssp. sericea)

rough blazing star (Liatris aspera)

smooth sumac (Rhus glabra)

spotted Joe Pye weed (Eutrochium maculatum)

spotted touch-me-not (Impatiens capensis)

stiff goldenrod (Solidago rigida)

tall blue lettuce (Lactuca biennis)

western bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum var. latiusculum)

western poison ivy (Toxicodendron rydbergii)

white sage (Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana)

white snakeroot (Ageratina altissima var. altissima)

white sweet clover (Melilotus albus)

wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa)

wild grape (Vitis riparia)

woodbine (Parthenocissus vitacea)

big bluestem

 

 

 

 

black raspberry

 

 

 

 

Canada plum

 

 

 

 

giant ragweed

 

 

 

 

purple prairie clover

 

 

 

 

spotted touch-me-not

 

 

 

 

rattlesnake master

 

 

 

 

stiff goldenrod

 

 

 

 

white snakeroot

 

 


Visits

8/28/2005

   

 

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