Clinton Prairie Scientific and Natural Area

Clinton Prairie SNA
       
County

Big Stone

  Big Stone County
GPS

N45 27.436
W96 33.885

 
Size

160 Acres

 
Habitat

Upland blacksoil prairie

Hiking Trails

None


Links

Minnesota DNR


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Birds

Chestnut-collared longspur (Calcarius ornatus), a Minnesota endangered species, can be found here. Other birds commonly seen here, along with those listed below, include red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis), sedge wren (Cistothorus platensis), marsh wren (othorus palustris), common yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas), bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus), clay-colored sparrow (Spizella pallida), and savannah sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis).

Minnesota DNR Bird List This is a PDF File. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to read it.

 
 

bank swallow (Riparia riparia)

barn swallow (Hirundo rustica)

blue jay (Cyanocitta cristata)

mourning dove (Zenaida macroura)

ring-necked pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)

tree swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)

mourning dove
     

Insects

Powesheik skipperling (Oarisma powesheik), a Minnesota special concern species, can be found here.

 
 

cherry-faced meadowhawk (Sympetrum internum)

common green darner (Anax junius)

dainty sulphur (Nathalis iole)

dog day cicada (Tibicen canicularis)

goldenrod soldier beetle (Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus)

monarch (Danaus plexippus)

orange sulphur (Colias eurytheme)

common green darner

 

 

 

 

 

orange sulphur

 

 

     

Plants

Other plants that can be seen here, along with those listed below, include ground plum (Astragalus crassicarpus var. crassicarpus), western sunflower (Helianthus occidentalis ssp. occidentalis), hoary puccoon (Lithospermum canescens), palespike lobelia (Lobelia spicata var. spicata), prairie turnip (Pediomelum esculentum), bristly buttercup (Ranunculus hispidus var. nitidus), mountain death camas (Zigadenus elegans ssp. glaucus), and prairie violet (Viola pedatifida).

Minnesota DNR Plant List

 
 

alfalfa (Medicago sativa ssp. sativa)

big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii)

bottle gentian (Gentiana andrewsii var. andrewsii)

Canada anemone (Anemone canadensis)

Canada goldenrod (Solidago canadensis var. canadensis)

Canadian milkvetch (Astragalus canadensis var. canadensis)

candle anemone (Anemone cylindrica)

common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale)

common evening primrose (Oenothera biennis)

common lamb’s-quarters (Chenopodium album var. album)

common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)

common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia)

common strawberry (Fragaria virginiana)

curly dock (Rumex crispus ssp. crispus)

downy gentian (Gentiana puberulenta)

field sow thistle (Sonchus arvensis)

fringed loosestrife (Lysimachia ciliata)

heart-leaved golden alexanders (Zizia aptera)

hedge bindweed (Calystegia sepium ssp. angulata)

Indian hemp (Apocynum cannabinum)

Indiangrass (Sorghastrum nutans)

leadplant (Amorpha canescens)

marsh hedge nettle (Stachys p alustris)

Maximilian’s sunflower (Helianthus maximilianii)

Missouri goldenrod (Solidago missouriensis var. fasciculata)

Mystery Plant A

narrow-leaved cattail (Typha angustifolia)

narrow-leaved meadowsweet (Spiraea alba var. alba)

narrow-leaved purple coneflower (Echinacea angustifolia var. angustifolia)

Pennsylvania smartweed (Polygonum pensylvanicum)

prairie cordgrass (Spartina pectinata)

prairie ironweed (Vernonia fasciculata var. fasciculata)

prairie onion (Allium stellatum)

prairie rose (Rosa arkansana)

purple lovegrass (Eragrostis spectabilis)

purple prairie clover (Dalea purpurea var. purpurea)

purple rattlesnake root (Prenanthes racemosa)

rough blazing star (Liatris aspera)

rough false pennyroyal (Hedeoma hispida)

silky aster (Symphyotrichum sericeum)

silverleaf scurfpea (Pediomelum argophyllum)

stiff goldenrod (Oligoneuron rigidum)

stiff sunflower (Helianthus pauciflorus ssp. subrhomboideus)

swamp smartweed (Polygonum amphibium var. emersum)

tall cinquefoil (Potentilla arguta ssp. arguta)

tall meadow rue (Thalictrum dasycarpum)

white heath aster (Symphyotrichum ericoides var. ericoides)

white prairie clover (Dalea candida var. candida)

white sage (Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana)

white sweet clover (Melilotus albus)

wolfberry (Symphoricarpos occidentalis)

yellow goat’s beard (Tragopogon dubius)

yellow sweet clover (Melilotus officinalis)

Canada goldenrod

 

 

 

 

 

Canadian milkvetch

 

 

 

 

 

downy gentian

 

 

 

 

 

heart-leaved golden alexanders

 

 

 

 

 

narrow-leaved meadowsweet

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

narrow-leaved purple coneflower

 

 

 

 

 

prairie onion

 

 

 

 

 

prairie rose

 

 

 

 

 

swamp smartweed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

yellow goat’s beard

 

 

 

 

     

Visits

9/4/2009

   
       
 

 

         

 

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