Yellow Bank Hills SNA

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	Size
	78 acres

	Parking
	There is a field access and a gate on the west side of County Highway 7. Park on the field access in front of the gate. N45 3.674, W96 24.890


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					Lac qui Parle County
					Southwest Minnesota


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	Hiking Trails
	No maintained trails

	Hunting
	All hunting and trapping. See Hunting and Trapping Regulations (MN DNR) for details.


	Ecology

	Ecological Classification
	Ecological Province			Prairie Parkland Province
	Ecological Section			North Central Glaciated Plains
	Ecological Subsection			Minnesota River Prairie
	Land Type Association			Renville Till Plain

	Native Plant Communities*
	Dry Sand - Gravel Prairie (Southern)
	* Source: The Minnesota Biological Survey, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Division of Ecological Resources

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	Pegg Lake


	Dry Sand-Gravel Prairie (Southern)




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Visits
8/27/2004		7/28/2012

Birds

Three bird species with conservation status in Minnesota have been seen here:

Special Concern

American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)

Forster’s Tern (Sterna forsteri)

Franklin’s Gull (Leucophaeus pipixcan)

Minnesota DNR Bird checklist

American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis)

Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)

Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)

Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas)

Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus)

Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)

Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)

Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)

Sedge Wren (Cistothorus platensis)

Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)

Upland Sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda)

Fungi and Lichens

Crown Rust (Puccinia coronata)

Insects and Arachnids


One insect and arachnid species with conservation status in Minnesota has been seen here:
Special Concern	Pawnee skipper (Hesperia leonardus pawnee)

Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas Insects List

blue orchard bee (Osmia lignaria lignaria)

checkered white (Pontia protodice)

common whitetail (Plathemis lydia)

goldenrod gall fly (Eurosta solidaginis)

Melissa blue (Plebejus melissa melissa)

monarch (Danaus plexippus)

northern crescent (Phyciodes cocyta)

orange sulphur (Colias eurytheme)

red admiral (Vanessa atalanta)

red milkweed beetle (Tetraopes tetrophthalmus)

twelve-spotted skimmer (Libellula pulchella)

Mammals


One mammal species with conservation status in Minnesota has been seen here:
Special Concern	prairie vole (Microtus ochrogaster)

plains pocket gopher (Geomys bursarius)

white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

white-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus townsendii)

woodchuck (Marmota monax)

Plants


Four plant species with conservation status in Minnesota are found here:
Threatened	Nuttall’s violet (Viola nuttallii)
Special Concern	cut-leaf ironplant (Xanthisma spinulosum var. spinulosum) Missouri milkvetch (Astragalus missouriensis var. missouriensis) velvety goldenrod (Solidago mollis)