Des Moines River Prairie
Scientific and Natural Area

Des Moines River Prairie SNA
       
County

Jackson

  Jackson County
GPS

N43 47.449
W95 05.329

 
Size

210 acres

 
Habitat

Hill prairie, calcerous fen

Hiking Trails

None


Links

Minnesota DNR


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  Des Moines River Prairie SNA   Des Moines River Prairie SNA        
               

Birds

 

 
 

American goldfinch (Carduelis tristis)

American robin (Turdus migratorius)

eastern kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus)

American robin
     

Insects

 

 
 

common wood nymph (Cercyonis pegala)

eastern comma (Polygonia comma)

goldenrod soldier beetle (Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus)

monarch (Danaus plexippus)

eastern comma

 

 

 

 

 

monarch

 

     

Plants

One of the largest known populations of prairie bush clover (Lespedeza leptostachya), a federal and state threatened species, grows here.

Other plants that can be found here, in addition to those listed below, include birdfoot violet (Viola pedata) and prairie coreopsis (Coreopsis palmata).

Minnesota DNR Plant List

 
 

American pasqueflower (Pulsatilla patens ssp. multifida)

big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii)

butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa ssp. interior)

Canada anemone (Anemone canadensis)

Canada goldenrod (Solidago canadensis var. canadensis)

Canada wildrye (Elymus canadensis)

candle anemone (Anemone cylindrica)

common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)

common plantain (Plantago major)

common yarrow (Achillea millefolium)

Culver’s root (Veronicastrum virginicum)

cup plant (Silphium perfoliatum var. perfoliatum)

curly dock (Rumex crispus ssp. crispus)

common evening primrose (Oenothera biennis)

false sunflower (Heliopsis helianthoides var. occidentalis)

gray goldenrod (Solidago nemoralis)

gray-headed coneflower (Ratibida pinnata)

hoary vervain (Verbena stricta)

leadplant (Amorpha canescens)

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

prairie coreopsis (Coreopsis palmata)

prairie rose (Rosa arkansana)

prickly sow thistle (Sonchus asper)

purple locoweed (Oxytropis lambertii var. lambertii)

purple prairie clover (Dalea purpurea var. purpurea)

rattlesnake master (Eryngium yuccifolium var. yuccifolium)

red clover (Trifolium pratense)

reed canary grass (Phalaris arundinacea)

rough blazing star (Liatris aspera)

round-headed bush clover (Lespedeza capitata)

smooth brome (Bromus inermis)

spotted water hemlock (Cicuta maculata var. maculata)

stinging nettle (Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis)

tall cinquefoil (Potentilla arguta ssp. arguta)

timothy (Phleum Pratense)

Virginia mountain mint (Pycnanthemum virginianum)

western poison ivy (Toxicodendron rydbergii)

white clover (Trifolium repens)

white prairie clover (Dalea candida var. candida)

white sage (Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana)

white sweet clover (Melilotus albus)

wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa)

wild grape (Vitis riparia)

wolfberry (Symphoricarpos occidentalis)

woodbine (Parthenocissus vitacea)

yellow goat’s beard (Tragopogon dubius)

yellow sweet clover (Melilotus officinalis)

American pasqueflower

 

 

 

 

 

Canada wildrye

 

 

 

 

 

cup plant

 

 

 

 

 

gray-headed coneflower

 

 

 

 

 

purple locoweed

 

 

 

 

 

rattlesnake master

 

 

 

 

 

round-headed bush clover

 

 

 

 

 

tall cinquefoil

 

 

 

 

 

Wild Clover

 

 

 

 

 

wild bergamot

 

 

 

     

Visits

4/9/2005

8/11/2005

   
       
               

 

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