Minnesota Seasons - Hole-in-the-Mountain Prairie


Hole-in-the-Mountain Prairie

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			Lincoln County




Size	1,368 acres

Maps	Printable boundary maps with GPS coordinates Complete North Section South Section

Parking	N44 14.402 W96 17.925

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Ecological Classification	Province	Prairie Parkland Province
	Section	North Central Glaciated Plains
	Subsection(s)	Coteau Moraines
	Land Type Association(s)	Buffalo Ridge Woodstock Till Plain

Native Plant Communities¹	Basswood - Bur Oak - (Green Ash) Forest Dry Hill Prairie (Southern) Mesic Prairie (Southern) Prairie Meadow/Carr Wet Prairie (Southern) Wet Seepage Prairie (Southern)

Ownership	The Nature Conservancy

Links	The Nature Conservancy

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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 and Arachnids	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	Six 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) Sixty species of grasses have been identified at this preserve. University of Minnesota Herbarium Plant List Plants frequently found in: Basswood - Bur Oak - (Green Ash) Forest MHs38b Dry Hill Prairie (Southern) UPs13d Mesic Prairie (Southern) UPs23a Prairie Meadow/Carr WMp73a Wet Prairie (Southern) WPs54b Wet Seepage Prairie (Southern) WPs54a

	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) 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) 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 (Oenothera serrulata) western marbleseed (Lithospermum 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)

Visits	7/2/2005