Felton Prairie Scientific and Natural Area:
Shrike Unit

Felton Prairie SNA, Shrike Unit
       
County

Clay

  Clay County
GPS

N47 04.720
W96 26.062

 
Size

98 acres

 
Habitat

Mesic prairie, wet prairie

Hiking Trails

None


Links

Minnesota DNR


Comments

The northern two-thirds is wet prairie, the southern one-third is mesic prairie.


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Birds

Minnesota DNR Bird Checklist (all units) This is a PDF File. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to read it.

 
 

mourning dove (Zenaida macroura)

mourning dove
     

Insects

 

 
 

Carolina grasshopper (Dissosteira carolina)

goldenrod soldier beetle (Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus)

great spangled fritillary (Speyeria cybele)

monarch (Danaus plexippus)

seven-spotted lady beetle (Coccinella septempunctata)

great spangled fritillary
     

Plants

Minnesota DNR Plant List (all units)

 
 

absinth wormwood (Artemisia absinthium)

alfalfa (Medicago sativa ssp. sativa)

big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii)

bird’s-foot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus var. corniculatus)

black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)

bottle gentian (Gentiana andrewsii var. andrewsii)

broad-leaved cattail (Typha latifolia)

brook lobelia (Lobelia kalmii)

Canada anemone (Anemone canadensis)

Canada goldenrod (Solidago canadensis var. canadensis)

common boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum var. perfoliatum)

common evening primrose (Oenothera biennis)

common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia)

common sow thistle (Sonchus oleraceus)

common sneezeweed (Helenium autumnale)

common strawberry (Fragaria virginiana)

curly-cup gumweed (Grindelia squarrosa)

dotted blazing star (Liatris punctata)

field sow thistle (Sonchus arvensis ssp. uliginosus)

foxtail barley (Hordeum jubatum ssp. jubatum)

fringed loosestrife (Lysimachia ciliata)

giant sunflower (Helianthus giganteus)

grass-leaved goldenrod (Euthamia graminifolia var. graminifolia)

green milkweed (Asclepias viridiflora)

Indian hemp (Apocynum cannabinum)

Indiangrass (Sorghastrum nutans)

Maximilian’s sunflower (Helianthus maximilianii)

meadow horsetail (Equisetum pratense)

narrow-leaved cattail (Typha angustifolia)

northern bugleweed (Lycopus uniflorus var. uniflorus)

northern plains blazing star (Liatris ligulistylis)

plains cottonwood (Populus deltoides ssp. molinifera)

prairie blazing star (Liatris pycnostachya var. pycnostachya)

purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria)

purple prairie clover (Dalea purpurea var. purpurea)

purple rattlesnake root (Prenanthes racemosa)

quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides)

red osier dogwood (Cornus sericea ssp. sericea)

Riddell’s goldenrod (Oligoneuron riddellii)

rough blazing star (Liatris aspera)

sawtooth sunflower (Helianthus grosseserratus)

scouring rush horsetail (Equisetum hyemale var. affine)

silverweed (Potentilla anserina)

smooth scouring rush (Equisetum laevigatum)

spotted Joe Pye weed (Eutrochium maculatum var. bruneri)

stinging nettle (Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis)

swamp betony (Pedicularis lanceolata)

swamp smartweed (Polygonum amphibium var. emersum)

tall meadow rue (Thalictrum dasycarpum)

Virginia mountain mint (Pycnanthemum virginianum)

white prairie aster (Symphyotrichum falcatum var. commutatum)

white sweet clover (Melilotus albus)

wild licorice (Glycyrrhiza lepidota)

wild mint (Mentha arvensis)

black-eyed susan

 

 

 

 

 

bottle gentian

 

 

 

 

 

Canada anemone

 

 

 

 

 

common sneezeweed

 

 

 

 

 

fringed loosestrife

 

 

 

 

 

green milkweed

 

 

 

 

 

prairie blazing star

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

purple rattlesnake root

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

swamp smartweed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

wild licorice

 

 

     

Visits

8/22/2009

   
       
 

 

         

 

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