Minnesota Seasons - Mound Prairie Scientific and Natural Area


Mound Prairie Scientific and Natural Area

County	Houston
GPS	North Mound Parking: N43 45.845 W91 25.736 South Mound Parking: N43 45.487 W91 25.634
Size	257 acres
Habitat	Goat prairie
Hiking Trails	None

Links	Minnesota DNR

Comments	This SNA lies within the Richard J. Dorer Memorial Hardwood State Forest. Parking for the north mound is on the shoulder of County Road 16. Parking for the south mound is on a paved pulloff between two houses.

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	North Section	South Section


Birds

	American robin (Turdus migratorius) black-capped chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) common grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) eastern towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus) pileated woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) turkey vulture (Cathartes aura)


Insects

	mourning cloak (Nymphalis antiopa) multicolored Asian lady beetle


Mammals

	whitetail deer (Odocoileus virginianus)


Plants	Three plant species with protected status in Minnesota are found here: Endangered – narrow-leaved milkweed (Asclepias stenophylla) Special concern – white wild indigo (Baptisia alba var. macrophylla), goat’s rue (Tephrosia virginiana) Minesota DNR Plant List

	birdfoot violet (Viola pedata) bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa) cleavers (Galium aparine) common blue violet (Viola sororia) common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale) common mullein (Verbascum thapsus) common strawberry (Fragaria virginiana) eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana) eastern white pine (Pinus strobus) hoary puccoon (Lithospermum canescens) ironwood (Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana) jeweled shooting star (Dodecatheon amethystinum) kidney-leaved buttercup (Ranunculus abortivus) lyre-leaved rock cress (Arabis lyrata) northern evening primrose (Oenothera parviflora) northern hackberry (Celtis occidentalis) northern pin oak (Quercus ellipsoidalis) northern red oak (Quercus rubra) paper birch (Betula papyrifera) Parlin’s pussytoes (Antennaria parlinii ssp. fallax) prairie smoke (Geum triflorum var. triflorum) smooth yellow violet (Viola pubescens var. scabriuscula) staghorn sumac (Rhus hirta) tall cinquefoil (Potentilla arguta ssp. arguta) violet wood sorrel (Oxalis violacea) Virginia spring beauty (Claytonia virginica var. virginica) white oak (Quercus alba) white wild indigo (Baptisia alba var. macrophylla) wild leek (Allium tricoccum var. tricoccum) wood betony (Pedicularis canadensis ssp. canadensis)


Visits	04/28/2009