Minnesota Seasons - Hastings Sand Coulee Scientific and Natural Area


Hastings Sand Coulee Scientific and Natural Area

County	Dakota
GPS	N44 41.588 W92 49.037
Size	77 acres
Habitat	Sandy ravine, sand gravel prairie
Hiking Trails	None

Links	Minnesota DNR

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Birds

	bank swallow (Riparia riparia) turkey vulture (Cathartes aura) wood thrush (Hylocichla mustelina)


Insects	Regal fritillary (Speyeria idalia), a Minnesota special concern species, can be seen here.

	eastern tent saterpillar (Malacosoma americanum) monarch (Danaus plexippus) multicolored Asian lady beetle (Harmonia axyridis f. succinea)


Plants	James’ polanisia (Polanisia jamesii), a Minnesota endangered species, is found here. Minnesota DNR Plant List

	American plum (Prunus americana) balsam groundsel (Packera paupercula) bastard toadflax (Comandra umbellata ssp. umbellata) brook lobelia (Lobelia kalmii) bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa) Canadian horseweed (Conyza canadensis var. canadensis) candle anemone (Anemone cylindrica) common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale) common mullein (Verbascum thapsus) common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia) common strawberry (Fragaria virginiana) common yarrow (Achillea millefolium) DYC eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana) field sagewort (Artemisia campestris) hairy puccoon (Lithospermum caroliniense var. croceum) hoary alyssum (Berteroa incana) hoary puccoon (Lithospermum canescens) Indian hemp (Apocynum cannabinum) large-flowered beardtongue (Penstemon grandiflorus) leadplant (Amorpha canescens) plantain-leaved pussytoes (Antennaria plantaginifolia) prairie rose (Rosa arkansana) prairie spiderwort (Tradescantia occidentalis var. occidentalis) red clover (Trifolium pratense) red sorrel (Rumex acetosella) silvery cinquefoil (Potentilla argentea var. argentea) smooth hedge nettle (Stachys tenuifolia var. tenuifolia) smooth scouring rush (Equisetum laevigatum) smooth Solomon’s seal (Polygonatum biflorum var. commutatum) smooth sumac (Rhus glabra) spreading dogbane (Apocynum androsaemifolium) stinging nettle (Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis) Virginia groundcherry (Physalis virginiana var. virginiana) western poison ivy (Toxicodendron rydbergii) white campion (Silene latifolia ssp. alba) white sage (Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana) wild grape (Vitis riparia) winter vetch (Vicia villosa ssp. villosa) woodbine (Parthenocissus vitacea) woolly plantain (Plantago patagonica) woundwort (Stachys pilosa var. arenicola) yellow goat’s beard (Tragopogon dubius) yellow sweet clover (Melilotus officinalis)




Reptiles	Gopher snake (Pituophis catenifer), also called Bull Snake, a Minnesota special concern species, can be seen here.




Visits	06/05/2009