Minnesota Seasons - Hole-in-the-Mountain Prairie


Hole-in-the-Mountain Prairie

County	Lincoln
GPS	N44 14.231 W96 18.060
Size	590 acres
Habitat	Prairie
Hiking Trails	None

Links	The Nature Conservancy

Comments	This is a Nature Conservancy preserve.

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Birds

	bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus) brown-headed cowbird (Molothrus ater) common grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) dickcissel (Spiza americana) eastern kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus) killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) mourning dove (Zenaida macroura) purple martin (Progne subis) red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) ring-necked pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) tree swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)


Insects	Three insect species with protected status in Minnesota are found here: Endangered – Uncas skipper (Hesperia uncas) Threatened – Ottoe skipper (Hesperia ottoe), Dakota skipper (Hesperia dacotae) This is one of only two sites in Minnesota where the Uncas skipper can be found.

	monarch (Danaus plexippus) viceroy (Limenitis archippus) twelve-spotted skimmer (Libellula pulchella) widow skimmer (Libellula luctuosa)


Mammals

	eastern cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) whitetail deer (Odocoileus virginianus)


Plants	Several plant species with protected status in Minnesota are found here: Special concern – prairie moonwort (Botrychium campestre), small-leaved pussytoes (Antennaria parvifolia), small white lady’s slipper (Cypripedium candidum), red three-awn (Aristida purpurea var. longiseta), velvety goldenrod (Solidago mollis), flexile milkvetch (Astragalus flexuosus) 60 species of grasses can be found at this preserve.

	alfalfa (Medicago sativa ssp. sativa) alsike clover (Trifolium hybridum) arum-leaved arrowhead (Sagittaria cuneata) black medick (Medicago lupulina) blue vervain (Verbena hastata) broad-leaved cattail (Typha latifolia) bull thistle (Cirsium vulgare) Canada anemone (Anemone canadensis) Canadian milkvetch (Astragalus canadensis var. canadensis) charlock mustard (Sinapis arvensis) chicory (Cichorium intybus) clammy groundcherry (Physalis heterophylla var. heterophylla) common burdock (Arctium minus) common evening primrose (Oenothera biennis) common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) common yarrow (Achillea millefolium) curly dock (Rumex crispus ssp. crispus) curly-cup gumweed (Grindelia squarrosa) cut-leaved coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata var. laciniata) downy phlox (Phlox pilosa ssp. fulgida) false sunflower (Heliopsis helianthoides var. occidentalis) foxtail barley (Hordeum jubatum ssp. jubatum) green milkweed (Asclepias viridiflora) heart-leaved four o’clock (Mirabilis nyctaginea) hedge bindweed (Calystegia sepium ssp. angulata) hoary puccoon (Lithospermum canescens) hoary vervain (Verbena stricta) leadplant (Amorpha canescens) lesser bladderwort (Utricularia minor) narrow-leaved cattail (Typha angustifolia) narrow-leaved purple coneflower (Echinacea angustifolia var. angustifolia) porcupine grass (Stipa spartea) prairie rose (Rosa arkansana) prairie turnip (Pediomelum esculentum) purple locoweed (Oxytropis lambertii var. lambertii) red clover (Trifolium pratense) silverleaf scurfpea (Pediomelum argophyllum) smooth brome (Bromus inermis) smooth scouring rush (Equisetum laevigatum) smooth sumac (Rhus glabra) spotted water hemlock (Cicuta maculata var. maculata) swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata ssp. incarnata) timothy (Phleum Pratense) toothed evening primrose (Calylophus serrulatus) western marbleseed (Onosmodium molle ssp. occidentale) white sage (Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana) white sweet clover (Melilotus albus) wood lily (Lilium philadelphicum var. andinum) woundwort (Stachys pilosa var. arenicola) yellow goat’s beard (Tragopogon dubius) yellow sweet clover (Melilotus officinalis)


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