Lost Valley Prairie SNA

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	About

	Ownership


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	Minnesota DNR

	Overview


	History
	In 2010 over half of this SNA was actively farmed. In 2011 the Minnesota DNR added 122 acres to this SNA.

	Management


	Comments


	Location

	Maps
	Detail map (MN DNR)

	Printable Map(s) with GPS coordinates


	Size
	322 acres

	Parking
	N44 47.835, W92 49.461


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					Washington County
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	Activities

	Hiking Trails
	No maintained trails

	Hunting
	No hunting


	Ecology

	Ecological Classification
	Ecological Province			Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province
	Ecological Section			Minnesota & NE Iowa Morainal
	Ecological Subsection			St. Paul-Baldwin Plains and Moraines
	Land Type Association			Afton Bedrock Hills

	Native Plant Communities*
	Dry Bedrock Bluff Prairie (Southern)
	* Source: The Minnesota Biological Survey, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Division of Ecological Resources

	Natural Features


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	Jaxon Lane

	Dry Bedrock Bluff Prairie (Southern)



	Kirk Nelson











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	Wood Routed Sign


	Dry Bedrock Bluff Prairie (Southern)


	Other Prairie


	Birdfoot Violets on “Fish Knob”

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Visits

4/14/2006

4/21/2006

7/27/2008

7/10/2010

2/22/2011

5/22/2014

5/24/2014

Birds


Two bird species with conservation status in Minnesota have been seen here:
Endangered	Henslow’s Sparrow (Centronyx henslowii)
Special Concern	Purple Martin (Progne subis)

Minnesota DNR Bird checklist

eBird Field Checklist

American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)

American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis)

American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla)

American Robin (Turdus migratorius)

Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)

Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)

Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)

Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum)

Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater)

Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)

Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida)

Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla)

Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)

Hairy Woodpecker (Leuconotopicus villosus)

Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)

Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)

Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)

Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)

Ring-necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)

Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus)

Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)

Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)

Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus)

Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)

Plants


Six plant species with conservation status in Minnesota are found here:
Threatened	blunt-lobed grapefern (Botrychium oneidense) kittentails (Veronica bullii) rock sandwort (Minuartia dawsonensis)
Special Concern	Hill’s thistle (Cirsium pumilum var. hillii) Kinnickinnick dewberry (Rubus multifer) St. Lawrence grapefern (Botrychium rugulosum)