Mound Spring Prairie SNA

   

Mound Spring Prairie SNA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Area and County

 

 

 

Yellow Medicine County

 

 

 

 

 


Size

465 acres

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Maps

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Complete

North Section

South Section

 
Parking

N44 46.557 W96 26.426

 
Hiking Trails

None

 

 


Ecological Classification

Province

Prairie Parkland Province

Ecological Classification

Section

North Central Glaciated Plains

Subsection(s)

Coteau Moraines

Land Type Association(s)

Slayton Moraine

 
Native Plant Communities1

Dry Hill Prairie (Southern)

Mesic Prairie (Southern)

Seepage Meadow/Carr

Wet Prairie (Southern)


Ownership

Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

 
Links

Minnesota DNR


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Birds

Minnesota DNR Bird checkist

 
 

American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis)

Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)

Gray Partridge (Perdix perdix)

Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)

Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)

American Goldfinch

Insects and Arachnids

 
 

Carolina grasshopper (Dissosteira carolina)

clouded sulphur (Colias philodice)

coral-winged grasshopper (Pardalophora apiculata)

dog day cicada (Tibicen canicularis)

giant robber fly (Promachus vertebratus)

goldenrod soldier beetle (Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus)

grass spider (Agelenopsis sp.)

great black wasp (Sphex pensylvanicus)

monarch (Danaus plexippus)

nine-spotted lady beetle (Coccinella novemnotata)

seven-spotted lady beetle (Coccinella septempunctata)

dog day cicada

 

 

 

 

monarch

 

 

 

 


Mammals

 

 
 

red fox (Vulpes vulpes)

 

Plants

One plant species with protected status in Minnesota is found here:

Special concern – western white prairie clover (Dalea candida var. oligophylla)

Minnesota DNR Plant List

Plants frequently found in:

Dry Hill Prairie (Southern) UPs13d

Mesic Prairie (Southern) UPs23a

Seepage Meadow/Carr WMs83a1

Wet Prairie (Southern) WPs54b

 
 

American black currant (Ribes americanum)

American bugleweed (Lycopus americanus)

American elderberry (Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis)

American plum (Prunus americana)

asparagus (asparagus officinalis)

bastard toadflax (Comandra umbellata)

big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii)

black medick (Medicago lupulina)

bouncing bet (Saponaria officinalis)

boxelder (Acer negundo)

broad-leaved arrowhead (Sagittaria latifolia)

broad-leaved cattail (Typha latifolia)

Canada anemone (Anemone canadensis)

Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense)

Canadian horseweed (Conyza canadensis)

Canadian milkvetch (Astragalus canadensis var. canadensis)

candle anemone (Anemone cylindrica)

catnip (Nepeta cataria)

cleavers (Galium aparine)

common boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum var. perfoliatum)

common burdock (Arctium minus)

common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale)

common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)

common motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca)

common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia)

common strawberry (Fragaria virginiana)

common sunflower (Helianthus annuus)

common yarrow (Achillea millefolium)

creeping bellflower (Campanula rapunculoides)

curly dock (Rumex crispus)

curly-cup gumweed (Grindelia squarrosa)

desert false indigo (Amorpha fruticosa)

dotted blazing star (Liatris punctata var. punctata)

downy gentian (Gentiana puberulenta)

eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana)

field bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis)

field horsetail (Equisetum arvense)

field sow thistle (Sonchus arvensis)

fringed loosestrife (Lysimachia ciliata)

giant sumpweed (Cyclachaena xanthiifolia)

gray dogwood (Cornus racemosa)

gray goldenrod (Solidago nemoralis)

grayleaf red raspberry (Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus)

green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica)

grooved yellow flax (Linum sulcatum var. sulcatum)

hairy four o’clock (Mirabilis hirsuta)

hairy sunflower (Helianthus hirsutus)

heart-leaved golden alexanders (Zizia aptera)

hoary vervain (Verbena stricta)

Indiangrass (Sorghastrum nutans)

leadplant (Amorpha canescens)

leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula)

Lombardy poplar (Populus nigra ‘Italica’)

long-headed coneflower (Ratibida columnifera)

marijuana (Cannabis sativa)

marsh hedge nettle (Stachys p alustris)

Maximilian’s sunflower (Helianthus maximilianii)

Missouri goldenrod (Solidago missouriensis)

narrow-leaved cattail (Typha angustifolia)

narrow-leaved purple coneflower (Echinacea angustifolia var. angustifolia)

New England aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae)

northern bedstraw (Galium boreale)

northern bugleweed (Lycopus uniflorus var. uniflorus)

northern evening primrose (Oenothera parviflora)

northern white cedar (Thuja occidentalis)

plains cottonwood (Populus deltoides ssp. molinifera)

prairie cordgrass (Spartina pectinata)

prairie onion (Allium stellatum)

prairie rose (Rosa arkansana)

prairie sunflower (Helianthus petiolaris ssp. petiolaris)

purple prairie clover (Dalea purpurea var. purpurea)

red clover (Trifolium pratense)

red osier dogwood (Cornus sericea ssp. sericea)

red pine (Pinus resinosa)

redroot amaranth (Amaranthus retroflexus)

rough blazing star (Liatris aspera)

rough bugleweed (Lycopus asper)

rough cocklebur (Xanthium strumarium)

rough false pennyroyal (Hedeoma hispida)

showy goldenrod (Solidago speciosa)

shy wallflower (Erysimum inconspicuum var. inconspicuum)

sideoats grama (Bouteloua curtipendula var. curtipendula)

silverleaf scurfpea (Pediomelum argophyllum)

smooth scouring rush (Equisetum laevigatum)

spotted Joe Pye weed (Eutrochium maculatum)

spotted water hemlock (Cicuta maculata var. maculata)

starry false Solomon’s seal (Maianthemum stellatum)

stiff goldenrod (Solidago rigida ssp. humilis)

stinging nettle (Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis)

swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata ssp. incarnata)

swamp smartweed (Polygonum amphibium var. emersum)

tall meadow rue (Thalictrum dasycarpum)

timothy (Phleum pratense)

toothed evening primrose (Oenothera serrulata)

western ironweed (Vernonia fasciculata ssp. corymbosa)

western marbleseed (Lithospermum occidentale)

western ragweed (Ambrosia psilostachya)

western white prairie clover (Dalea candida var. oligophylla)

white clover (Trifolium repens)

white heath aster (Symphyotrichum ericoides)

white sage (Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana)

white snakeroot (Ageratina altissima var. altissima)

white spruce (Picea glauca)

white sweet clover (Melilotus albus)

wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa)

wild cucumber (Echinocystis lobata)

wild licorice (Glycyrrhiza lepidota)

wolfberry (Symphoricarpos occidentalis)

woodbine (Parthenocissus vitacea)

yellow foxtail (Setaria pumila ssp. pumila)

yellow goat’s beard (Tragopogon dubius)

yellow sweet clover (Melilotus officinalis)

yellow wood sorrel (Oxalis stricta)

American black currant

 

 

 

 

Canada anemone

 

 

 

 

American plum

 

 

 

 

broad-leaved arrowhead

 

 

 

 

Canadian milkvetch

 

 

 

 

Canada anemone

 

 

 

 

common boneset

 

 

 

 

common dandelion

 

 

 

 

common sunflower

 

 

 

 

common yarrow

 

 

 

 

downy gentian

 

 

 

 

fringed loosestrife

 

 

 

 

gray dogwood

 

 

 

 

heart-leaved golden alexanders

 

 

 

 

leadplant

 

 

 

 

long-headed coneflower

 

 

 

 

Maximilian’s sunflower

 

 

 

 

narrow-leaved purple coneflower

 

 

 

 

New England aster

 

 

 

 

northern bedstraw

 

 

 

 

prairie cordgrass

 

 

 

 

prairie onion

 

 

 

 

spotted Joe Pye weed

 

 

 

 

spotted water hemlock

 

 

 

 

tall meadow rue

 

 

 

 

western marbleseed

 

 

 

 

white snakeroot

 

 

 

 

wild bergamot

 

 

 

 

wild licorice

 

 

 

 

yellow wood sorrel


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