Compass Prairie SNA

   

Compass Prairie SNA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Area and County

 

 

 

Nobles County

 

 

 

 

 


Size

20 acres

Printable map
 
Maps

MinnesotaSeasons map with GPS coordinates

 
Parking

N43 34.357 W95 44.659

 
Hiking Trails

None


Ecological Classification

Province

Prairie Parkland Province

Ecological Classification

Section

North Central Glaciated Plains

Subsection(s)

Coteau Moraines

Land Type Association(s)

Buffalo Ridge

Slayton Moraine

 
Native Plant Communities1

Dry Hill Prairie (Southern)

Mesic Prairie (Southern)


Ownership

Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

 
Links

Minnesota DNR


Comments

 


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Birds

Minnesota DNR Bird checkist

 
 

Upland Sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda)

 

Insects and Arachnids

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

Special concern – Powesheik skipperling (Oarisma powesheik)


Plants

Minnesota DNR Plant List


Plants frequently found in:

Dry Hill Prairie (Southern) UPs13d

Mesic Prairie (Southern) UPs23a

 
 

compass plant (Silphium laciniatum)

purple locoweed (Oxytropis lambertii var. lambertii)

compass plant

Visits

7/17/2004

9/9/2011

   
     

 

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