Minnesota Seasons - Joseph A. Tauer Prairie SNA


Joseph A. Tauer Prairie SNA

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			Brown County




Size	80 acres

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Parking	N44 11.780 W94 31.958

Hiking Trails	None





Ecological Classification	Province	Prairie Parkland Province
	Section	North Central Glaciated Plains
	Subsection(s)	Minnesota River Prairie
	Land Type Association(s)	Grogan Sand Plain

Native Plant Communities¹	Bulrush Marsh (Prairie) Mesic Prairie (Southern)

Ownership	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Links	Minnesota DNR

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Insects and Arachnids

	monarch (Danaus plexippus) orange sulphur (Colias eurytheme) painted lady (Vanessa cardui)

Plants	Minnesota DNR Plant List Plants frequently found in: Bulrush Marsh (Prairie) MRp93a Mesic Prairie (Southern) UPs23a

	alsike clover (Trifolium hybridum) American bugleweed (Lycopus americanus) asparagus (asparagus officinalis) biennial beeblossom (Gaura biennis) big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii) broad-leaved cattail (Typha latifolia) Canada goldenrod (Solidago canadensis) Canada wildrye (Elymus canadensis) Canadian horseweed (Conyza canadensis) candle anemone (Anemone cylindrica) common boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum var. perfoliatum) common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia) common sneezeweed (Helenium autumnale) common yarrow (Achillea millefolium) curly dock (Rumex crispus) giant ragweed (Ambrosia trifida var. trifida) great blue lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica var. siphilitica) green foxtail (Setaria viridis) Indian hemp (Apocynum cannabinum) Indiangrass (Sorghastrum nutans) June grass (Koeleria macrantha) leadplant (Amorpha canescens) narrow-leaved purple coneflower (Echinacea angustifolia var. angustifolia) New England aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae) plains cottonwood (Populus deltoides ssp. molinifera) prairie blazing star (Liatris pycnostachya var. pycnostachya) prairie cordgrass (Spartina pectinata) prairie onion (Allium stellatum) prairie rose (Rosa arkansana) prickly lettuce (Lactuca serriola) purple prairie clover (Dalea purpurea var. purpurea) rattlesnake master (Eryngium yuccifolium var. yuccifolium) red clover (Trifolium pratense) reed canary grass (Phalaris arundinacea) Riddell’s goldenrod (Oligoneuron riddellii) rough blazing star (Liatris aspera) scouring rush horsetail (Equisetum hyemale var. affine) showy goldenrod (Solidago speciosa) stiff goldenrod (Solidago rigida) swamp betony (Pedicularis lanceolata) swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata ssp. incarnata) swamp smartweed (Polygonum amphibium var. emersum) Virginia mountain mint (Pycnanthemum virginianum) white heath aster (Symphyotrichum ericoides) white sweet clover (Melilotus albus) wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa) yellow sweet clover (Melilotus officinalis)

Visits	9/8/2000