Kasota Prairie
Scientific and Natural Area

Kasota Prairie SNA
       
County

Le Sueur

  Le Sueur County
GPS

N44 16.053
W94 00.151

 
Size

45 acres

 
Habitat

Prairie, wet meadow, oak woodland

Hiking Trails

A well-worn footpath leads through the woods at the western edge of the site.


Links

Save the Kasota Prairie, Inc.

Minnesota DNR


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 Valley Birding Trail

Minnesota DNR Bird List This is a PDF File. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to read it.

 
 

American crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)

American goldfinch (Carduelis tristis)

black-capped chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)

blue jay (Cyanocitta cristata)

Canada goose (Branta canadensis)

dickcissel (Spiza americana)

field sparrow (Spizella pusilla)

gray catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)

house wren (Troglodytes aedon)

northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)

red-headed woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus)

turkey vulture (Cathartes aura)

Wilson’s snipe (Gallinago delicata)

American goldfinch

 

 

 

 

 

black-capped chickadee

 

 

 

 

 

northern cardinal

 

     

Insects

 

 
 

band-winged meadowhawk (Sympetrum semicinctum)

common green darner (Anax junius)

common wood nymph (Cercyonis pegala nephala)

dog day cicada (Tibicen canicularis)

goldenrod bunch gall midge (Rhopalomyia solidaginis)

goldenrod gall fly (Eurosta solidaginis)

goldenrod soldier beetle (Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus)

monarch (Danaus plexippus)

orange sulphur (Colias eurytheme)

twelve-spotted skimmer (Libellula pulchella)

Walker cicada (Tibicen marginalis)

widow skimmer (Libellula luctuosa)

common green darner

 

 

 

 

 

goldenrod soldier beetle

 

 

 

 

 

twelve-spotted skimmer

 

 

     

Plants

Two plant species with protected status in Minnesota are found here:

Threatened – Sullivant’s milkweed (Asclepias sullivantii)

Special concern – rattlesnake master (Eryngium yuccifolium var. yuccifolium)

Other plants that can be found on this site, along with those listed below, include American pasqueflower (Pulsatilla patens ssp. multifida), dwarf false indigo (Amorpha nana), spreading dogbane (Apocynum androsaemifolium), tall cinquefoil (Potentilla arguta ssp. arguta), and toothed evening primrose (Calylophus serrulatus).

Minnesota DNR Plant List

 
 

alfalfa (Medicago sativa ssp. sativa)

American elm (Ulmus americana)

American germander (Teucrium canadense)

American hazel (Corylus americana)

American hog peanut (Amphicarpaea bracteata var. comosa)

American lopseed (Phryma leptostachya)

American stickseed (Hackelia deflexa var. americana)

American vetch (Vicia americana ssp. americana)

asparagus (asparagus officinalis)

big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii)

black medick (Medicago lupulina)

black raspberry (Rubus occidentalis)

black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)

black-seeded plantain (Plantago rugelii var. rugelii)

boxelder (Acer negundo var. negundo)

bracted spiderwort (Tradescantia bracteata)

bristly greenbrier (Smilax tamnoides)

broadleaf enchanter’s nightshade (Circaea lutetiana ssp. canadensis)

broad-leaved cattail (Typha latifolia)

bull thistle (Cirsium vulgare)

bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa)

butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa ssp. interior)

Canada anemone (Anemone canadensis)

Canada moonseed (Menispermum canadense)

Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense)

Canada wildrye (Elymus canadensis)

Canadian black snakeroot (Sanicula canadensis)

Canadian milkvetch (Astragalus canadensis var. canadensis)

candle anemone (Anemone cylindrica)

catnip (Nepeta cataria)

chicory (Cichorium intybus)

clammy groundcherry (Physalis heterophylla var. heterophylla)

common buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica)

common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale)

common evening primrose (Oenothera biennis)

common false Solomon’s seal (Maianthemum racemosum var. racemosum)

common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)

common mullein (Verbascum thapsus)

common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia)

common yarrow (Achillea millefolium)

Culver’s root (Veronicastrum virginicum)

cup plant (Silphium perfoliatum var. perfoliatum)

cut-leaved coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata var. laciniata)

downy gentian (Gentiana puberulenta)

downy phlox (Phlox pilosa ssp. fulgida)

early meadow rue (Thalictrum dioicum)

eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana)

false boneset (Brickellia eupatorioides var. corymbulosa)

false sunflower (Heliopsis helianthoides var. occidentalis)

field thistle (Cirsium discolor)

flat-topped aster (Doellingeria umbellata)

giant ragweed (Ambrosia trifida var. trifida)

gray dogwood (Cornus racemosa)

gray goldenrod (Solidago nemoralis)

gray-headed coneflower (Ratibida pinnata)

great water dock (Rumex orbiculatus)

green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica)

grooved yellow flax (Linum sulcatum var. sulcatum)

harebell (Campanula rotundifolia)

heart-leaved golden alexanders (Zizia aptera)

hedge bindweed (Calystegia sepium ssp. angulata)

hoary vervain (Verbena stricta)

Indian hemp (Apocynum cannabinum)

Indiangrass (Sorghastrum nutans)

ironwood (Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana)

Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum ssp. triphyllum)

leadplant (Amorpha canescens)

little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium)

Maximilian’s sunflower (Helianthus maximilianii)

Missouri goldenrod (Solidago missouriensis)

narrow-leaved meadowsweet (Spiraea alba var. alba)

Nebraska blazing star (Liatris punctata var. nebraskana)

nodding spurge (Chamaesyce nutans)

northern bedstraw (Galium boreale)

northern hackberry (Celtis occidentalis)

northern prickly ash (Zanthoxylum americanum)

palespike lobelia (Lobelia spicata var. spicata)

plains cottonwood (Populus deltoides ssp. molinifera)

prairie coreopsis (Coreopsis palmata)

prairie dropseed (Sporobolus heterolepis)

prairie fleabane (Erigeron strigosus)

prairie ironweed (Vernonia fasciculata ssp. fasciculata)

prairie lettuce (Lactuca ludoviciana)

prairie onion (Allium stellatum)

prairie rose (Rosa arkansana)

purple prairie clover (Dalea purpurea var. purpurea)

quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides)

rattlesnake master (Eryngium yuccifolium var. yuccifolium)

red clover (Trifolium pratense)

red-seeded dandelion (Taraxacum erythrospermum)

reed canary grass (Phalaris arundinacea)

rough blazing star (Liatris aspera)

rough cocklebur (Xanthium strumarium)

sideoats grama (Bouteloua curtipendula var. curtipendula)

silverleaf scurfpea (Pediomelum argophyllum)

smooth brome (Bromus inermis)

smooth Solomon’s seal (Polygonatum biflorum var. commutatum)

smooth sumac (Rhus glabra)

spotted touch-me-not (Impatiens capensis)

staghorn sumac (Rhus hirta)

starry false Solomon’s seal (Maianthemum stellatum)

stiff goldenrod (Oligoneuron rigidum)

stiff sunflower (Helianthus pauciflorus ssp. subrhomboideus)

tall blue lettuce (Lactuca biennis)

tall boneset (Eupatorium altissimum)

tall goldenrod (Solidago canadensis var. scabra)

tall meadow rue (Thalictrum dasycarpum)

tall thimbleweed (Anemone virginiana)

tarragon (Artemisia dracunculus)

timothy (Phleum Pratense)

Virginia mountain mint (Pycnanthemum virginianum)

Virginia stickseed (Hackelia virginiana)

water horsetail (Equisetum fluviatile)

western poison ivy (Toxicodendron rydbergii)

western ragweed (Ambrosia psilostachya)

white prairie clover (Dalea candida var. candida)

white sage (Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana)

white snakeroot (Ageratina altissima var. altissima)

white sweet clover (Melilotus albus)

white vervain (Verbena urticifolia)

whorled milkweed (Asclepias verticillata)

wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa)

wild cucumber (Echinocystis lobata)

wild grape (Vitis riparia)

winter vetch (Vicia villosa ssp. villosa)

wolfberry (Symphoricarpos occidentalis)

woodbine (Parthenocissus vitacea)

yellow foxtail (Setaria pumila ssp. pumila)

yellow goat’s beard (Tragopogon dubius)

yellow wood sorrel (Oxalis stricta)

American germander

 

 

 

 

 

American vetch

 

 

 

 

 

black raspberry

 

 

 

 

 

bracted spiderwort

 

 

 

 

 

butterfly weed

 

 

 

 

 

Canadian milkvetch

 

 

 

 

 

catnip

 

 

 

 

 

common yarrow

 

 

 

 

 

Culver’s root

 

 

 

 

 

downy gentian

 

 

 

 

 

false sunflower

 

 

 

 

 

gray-headed coneflower

 

 

 

 

 

heart-leaved golden alexanders

 

 

 

 

 

hedge bindweed

 

 

 

 

 

leadplant

 

 

 

 

 

Maximilian’s sunflower

 

 

 

 

 

narrow-leaved meadowsweet

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

prairie coreopsis

 

 

 

 

 

prairie onion

 

 

 

 

 

prairie rose

 

 

 

 

 

rattlesnake master

 

 

 

 

 

stiff goldenrod

 

 

 

 

 

tall meadow rue

 

 

 

 

 

western poison ivy

 

 

 

 

 

white prairie clover

 

 

 

 

 

whorled milkweed

 

 

 

 

 

yellow wood sorrel

 

 

     

Visits

7/16/2004

8/6/2010

   
               

 

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