Minnesota Seasons - Kasota Prairie SNA


Kasota Prairie Scientific and Natural Area

County	Le Sueur
GPS	N44 15.868 W94 00.053
Size	42 acres
Habitat	Prairie grassland
Hiking Trails	None

Links	Save the Kasota Prairie, Inc. Minnesota DNR Minnesota River Valley Scenic Byway: Discovery Sites Minnesota River Valley Birding Trail

Comments	Kasota Prairie Preserve is less than one mile north of this SNA and is well worth exploring.

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Birds	Minnesota River Birding Trail

	red-headed woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus)


Plants	Minnesota DNR Plant List

	bracted spiderwort (Tradescantia bracteata) black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa ssp. interior) Culver’s root (Veronicastrum virginicum) downy gentian (Gentiana puberulenta) downy phlox (Phlox pilosa ssp. fulgida) harebell (Campanula rotundifolia) leadplant (Amorpha canescens) palespike lobelia (Lobelia spicata var. spicata) rattlesnake master (Eryngium yuccifolium var. yuccifolium) rough cocklebur (Xanthium strumarium) white meadowsweet (Spiraea alba var. alba)


Visits	7/16/2004