Minnesota Seasons - Mound Prairie SNA


Mound Prairie SNA

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				Houston County




Size	257 acres

Maps	Maps with GPS coordinates Complete North Unit South Unit

Parking	North Unit N43 45.845, W91 25.736 South Unit N43 45.487 W91 25.634

Hiking Trails	None

Hunting	All hunting (only the portion north of Hwy 16 ). See Hunting and Trapping Regulations (MN DNR) for details.

Ecological Classification	Province	Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province
	Section	Paleozoic Plateau
	Subsection(s)	The Blufflands
	Land Type Association(s)	Brownsville Slopes Caledonia Ridgetops Root River Valley

Native Plant Communities¹	Dry Bedrock Bluff Prairie (Southern) Red Oak - White Oak - (Sugar Maple) Forest

Ownership	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

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.

Images

	North Unit		South Unit

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 and Arachnids

	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 lactea var. lactea), goat’s rue (Tephrosia virginiana) Minesota DNR Plant List Plants frequently found in: Dry Bedrock Bluff Prairie (Southern) UPs13c Red Oak - White Oak - (Sugar Maple) Forest MHs37b

	birdfoot violet (Viola pedata) bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa var. 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 (Primula fassettii) kidney-leaved buttercup (Ranunculus abortivus) lyre-leaved rock cress (Arabidopsis lyrata ssp. lyrata) northern evening primrose (Oenothera parviflora) northern hackberry (Celtis occidentalis) northern pin oak (Quercus ellipsoidalis) northern red oak (Quercus rubra) paper birch (Betula papyrifera var. papyrifera) Parlin’s pussytoes (Antennaria parlinii ssp. fallax) smooth yellow violet (Viola pubescens var. scabriuscula) staghorn sumac (Rhus hirta) tall cinquefoil (Drymocallis arguta) violet wood sorrel (Oxalis violacea) Virginia spring beauty (Claytonia virginica var. virginica) white oak (Quercus alba) white wild indigo (Baptisia lactea var. lactea) wild leek (Allium tricoccum) wood betony (Pedicularis canadensis ssp. canadensis)

Visits	4/28/2009