Minnesota Seasons - Wild Indigo Prairie SNA


Wild Indigo Prairie SNA





			Mower County




Size	150 acres

Maps	Maps with GPS coordinates East Unit West Unit

Parking	East (Front Street) N43 43.254, W92 42.564 Center (610^th Ave.) N43 44.062, W92 49.762 West (570^th Ave.) N43 43.565, W92 54.564

Hiking Trails	None

Hunting	No hunting

Ecological Classification	Province	Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province
	Section	Minnesota & NE Iowa Morainal
	Subsection(s)	Oak Savanna
	Land Type Association(s)	Hayfield Till Plain Le Roy Till Plain

Native Plant Communities¹	Mesic Prairie (Southern)

Ownership

Links	Minnesota DNR

Comments	This SNA is follows an abandoned railroad right-of-way for 12 miles.

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Birds

	American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis) Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)

Insects and Arachnids

	black swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes asterius) Carolina grasshopper (Dissosteira carolina) dog day cicada (Tibicen canicularis) eastern tent caterpillar (Malacosoma americanum) eastern tiger swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) goldenrod bunch gall midge (Rhopalomyia solidaginis) goldenrod gall fly (Eurosta solidaginis) gray hairstreak (Strymon melinus) large milkweed bug (Oncopeltus fasciatus) monarch (Danaus plexippus) multicolored Asian lady beetle (Harmonia axyridis f. succinea) orange sulphur (Colias eurytheme) pelecinid wasp (Pelecinus polyturator) red saddlebags (Tramea onusta) viceroy (Limenitis archippus)

Mammals

	plains pocket gopher (Geomys bursarius) whitetail deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

Plants	Six plant species with protected status in Minnesota are found here: Endangered – wild quinine (Parthenium integrifolium) Threatened – prairie milkweed (Asclepias hirtella), Sullivant’s milkweed (Asclepias sullivantii), edible valerian (Valeriana edulis var. ciliata) Special concern – longbract wild indigo (Baptisia bracteata var. leucophaea), white wild indigo (Baptisia lactea var. lactea) Plants frequently found in: Mesic Prairie (Southern) UPs23a

	alsike clover (Trifolium hybridum) American basswood (Tilia americana) American elderberry (Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis) American hazel (Corylus americana) American hog peanut (Amphicarpaea bracteata) American plum (Prunus americana) asparagus (Asparagus officinalis) big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii) black bindweed (Fallopia convolvulus) black medick (Medicago lupulina) black raspberry (Rubus occidentalis) black-seeded plantain (Plantago rugelii var. rugelii) blue grama (Bouteloua gracilis) bottle gentian (Gentiana andrewsii) bouncing bet (Saponaria officinalis) boxelder (Acer negundo var. negundo) broadleaf enchanter’s nightshade (Circaea lutetiana ssp. canadensis) Canada mayflower (Maianthemum canadense) Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense) Canada wildrye (Elymus canadensis) Canadian tick-trefoil (Desmodium canadense) candle anemone (Anemone cylindrica) chokecherry (Prunus virginiana var. virginiana) clammy groundcherry (Physalis heterophylla var. heterophylla) cleavers (Galium aparine) common burdock (Arctium minus) common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale) common evening primrose (Oenothera biennis) common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) common motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca) common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia) common St. Johnswort (Hypericum perforatum) common strawberry (Fragaria virginiana) common yarrow (Achillea millefolium) compass plant (Silphium laciniatum) cup plant (Silphium perfoliatum var. perfoliatum) curly dock (Rumex crispus) cut-leaved coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata var. laciniata) dyc (flava composita damnatus) early figwort (Scrophularia lanceolata) field horsetail (Equisetum arvense) field thistle (Cirsium discolor) giant foxtail (Setaria faberi) giant ragweed (Ambrosia trifida var. trifida) giant sunflower (Helianthus giganteus) golden alexanders (Zizia aurea) grass-leaved goldenrod (Euthamia graminifolia var. graminifolia) gray-headed coneflower (Ratibida pinnata) grayleaf red raspberry (Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus) green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica) ground ivy (Glechoma hederacea) hairy four o’clock (Mirabilis hirsuta) hairy sunflower (Helianthus hirsutus) heal-all (Prunella vulgaris) hedge bindweed (Calystegia sepium) Indian hemp (Apocynum cannabinum) Indiangrass (Sorghastrum nutans) June grass (Koeleria macrantha) late goldenrod (Solidago altissima) narrow-leaved cattail (Typha angustifolia) New England aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae) northern bedstraw (Galium boreale) northern lady fern (Athyrium filix-femina ssp. angustum) pagoda dogwood (Cornus alternifolia) plains cottonwood (Populus deltoides ssp. molinifera) prairie blazing star (Liatris pycnostachya var. pycnostachya) prairie cordgrass (Spartina pectinata) prairie dropseed (Sporobolus heterolepis) prickly lettuce (Lactuca serriola) purple rattlesnake root (Nabalus racemosus) quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) rattlesnake master (Eryngium yuccifolium var. yuccifolium) red clover (Trifolium pratense) rock elm (Ulmus thomasii) rough blazing star (Liatris aspera) round-headed bush clover (Lespedeza capitata) round-leaved dogwood (Cornus rugosa) sawtooth sunflower (Helianthus grosseserratus) silver maple (Acer saccharinum) sleepy catchfly (Silene antirrhina) smooth scouring rush (Equisetum laevigatum) smooth sumac (Rhus glabra) staghorn sumac (Rhus hirta) starry campion (Silene stellata) stiff goldenrod (Solidago rigida) stiff sunflower (Helianthus pauciflorus ssp. subrhomboideus) stinging nettle (Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis) tall blue lettuce (Lactuca biennis) Tartarian honeysuckle (Lonicera tatarica) timothy (Phleum pratense) tower mustard (Turritis glabra) western poison ivy (Toxicodendron rydbergii) white campion (Silene latifolia ssp. alba) white clover (Trifolium repens) white sage (Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana) white sweet clover (Melilotus albus) wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa) wild cucumber (Echinocystis lobata) wild grape (Vitis riparia) wild parsnip (Pastinaca sativa) wild quinine (Parthenium integrifolium) winged loosestrife (Lythrum alatum var. alatum) wolfberry (Symphoricarpos occidentalis) woodbine (Parthenocissus vitacea) yellow foxtail (Setaria pumila ssp. pumila) yellow goat’s beard (Tragopogon dubius)

Visits	10/28/2008 8/25/2010

Wild Indigo Prairie SNA

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