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Ecological Classification |
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Ecological Province | Prairie Parkland Province |
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Ecological Section | North Central Glaciated Plains |
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Ecological Subsection | Coteau Moraines |
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Land Type Association | Buffalo Ridge Woodstock Till Plain |
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Native Plant Communities* |
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Basswood - Bur Oak - (Green Ash) Forest Dry Hill Prairie (Southern) Mesic Prairie (Southern) Prairie Meadow/Carr Wet Prairie (Southern) Wet Seepage Prairie (Southern) |
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* Source: The Minnesota Biological Survey, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Division of Ecological Resources | |||||||
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Hilltop pulloff |
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Access road and parking |
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Sign at southeast corner |
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Dry Hill Prairie (Southern) |
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Prairie Meadow/Carr |
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Mesic Prairie (Southern) on the left, Dry Hill Prairie (Southern) on the right |
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Undulating hills |
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Uncas Skipper
Hole-in-the-Mountain Prairie is one of only two sites in Minnesota where the Uncas skipper can be found.
Dakota Skipper
In 2017 the Minnesota Zoo’s Prairie Butterfly Conservation Program released 200 Dakota Skippers in Hole-in-the-Mountain Prairie. In 2018 they released another 400, and there were plans to release more in 2019.
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