Mound Spring Prairie SNA

North Unit

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	Mound Spring Prairie SNA, South Unit Minnesota DNR

	Overview


	History
	On 12/17/2001, a 466 acre site in Yellow Medicine County on the South Dakota border was designated as Mound Spring Prairie SNA. In 2013 the Minnesota DNR acquired a 160-acre parcel about one mile southeast of the original site. The new parcel became the South Unit of this SNA.

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	North Unit, North Section		North Unit, South Section


	Size
	466 acres

	Parking
	North Unit, North Section (260th Ave.) Pull off the road onto the field approach on the south side of 260th Ave. 0.37 mile west of 110th St. N44 46.581, W96 26.872 North Unit, South Section (110th St.) Park on the west shoulder of the road. N44 45.435, W96 26.426


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					Yellow Medicine County
					Southwest Minnesota


	Activities

	Hiking Trails
	No maintained trails

	Hunting
	All hunting and trapping. See Hunting and Trapping Regulations (MN DNR) for details.


	Ecology

	Ecological Classification
	Ecological Province			Prairie Parkland Province
	Ecological Section			North Central Glaciated Plains
	Ecological Subsection			Coteau Moraines
	Land Type Association			Slayton Moraine

	Native Plant Communities*
	Dry Hill Prairie (Southern) Mesic Prairie (Southern) Prairie Mixed Cattail Marsh Seepage Meadow/Carr Wet Prairie (Southern)
	* Source: The Minnesota Biological Survey, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Division of Ecological Resources

	Natural Features


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Parking, 260th Ave.


Wood Routed Sign, 260th Ave.

	2009		2018
			In 2018, the wood routed SNA sign on 260th Ave. was almost completely hidden by shrubs.

Parking, 110th St.


“Ag Land”

	Parts of the SNA are agricultural land.

Mesic Prairie (Southern)


Seepage Meadow/Carr




Dry Hill Prairie (Southern)

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	Mound Spring Prairie SNA minnesota_snas

	About This SNA is comprised of two parcels quite different in character, separated about a mile as the crow flies. It is located within a landscape of rolling hills formed along an ice margin during the late Wisconsinan glaciation, marking an edge where the Des Moines lobe stagnated for a period of time. www.mndnr.gov/snas/sna02026

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	Mound Spring Prairie Scientific and Natural Area Virtual Hike Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

	About Dec 7, 2020 This SNA is comprised of two parcels quite different in character, separated about a mile as the crow flies. It is located within a landscape of rolling hills formed along an ice margin during the late Wisconsinan glaciation, marking an edge where the Des Moines lobe stagnated for a period of time. The native prairie remnants here are some of the highest quality in the state. mndnr.gov/snas/sna02026

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Visits
9/6/2009	7/11/2018	8/11/2018

Amphibians

northern leopard frog (Rana pipiens)

Bacteria, Viruses, and Other Pathogens

apical chlorosis of Canada thistle (Pst) (Pseudomonas syringae pv. tagetis)

Birds


Eight bird species with conservation status in Minnesota have been seen on at least one of the units of this SNA:
Endangered	Henslow’s Sparrow (Centronyx henslowii) Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus)
Threatened	Wilson’s Phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor)
Special Concern	American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) Franklin’s Gull (Leucophaeus pipixcan) Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) Purple Martin (Progne subis) Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus)

Minnesota DNR Bird checklist (both units)

eBird Field Checklist

American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis)

American Kestrel (Falco sparverius)

American Tree Sparrow (Spizelloides arborea)

American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)

Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus)

Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)

Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida)

Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula)

Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas)

Dickcissel (Spiza americana)

Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus)

Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)

Gray Partridge (Perdix perdix)

Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)

House Wren (Troglodytes aedon)

Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)

Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)

Purple Martin (Progne subis)

Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)

Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)

Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus)

Sedge Wren (Cistothorus platensis)

Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)

Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)

Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta)

Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia)

Yellow-headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus)

Fungi and Lichens

Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas Fungi List

Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas Lichens List

Artist’s Conk (Ganoderma applanatum)

Insects and Arachnids

Two insect and arachnid species with conservation status in Minnesota have been seen on at least one of the units of this SNA:

Special Concern

Pawnee skipper (Hesperia leonardus pawnee)

regal fritillary (Argynnis idalia)

Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas Insects List

American dog tick (Dermacentor variabilis)

Carolina grasshopper (Dissosteira carolina)

clouded sulphur (Colias philodice)

common green darner (Anax junius)

common whitetail (Plathemis lydia)

common wood nymph (Cercyonis pegala)

coral-winged grasshopper (Pardalophora apiculata)

dog day cicada (Neotibicen canicularis)

eastern giant swallowtail (Papilio cresphontes)

eastern tiger swallowtail (Papilio glaucus)

giant robber fly (Promachus vertebratus)

goldenrod bunch gall midge (Rhopalomyia solidaginis)

goldenrod gall fly (Eurosta solidaginis)

goldenrod soldier beetle (Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus)

grass spider (Agelenopsis sp.)

great black digger wasp (Sphex pensylvanicus)

great spangled fritillary (Argynnis cybele)

harvestman (order Opiliones)

monarch (Danaus plexippus)

nine-spotted lady beetle (Coccinella novemnotata)

red admiral (Vanessa atalanta)

regal fritillary (Argynnis idalia)

saffron-winged meadowhawk (Sympetrum costiferum)

seven-spotted lady beetle (Coccinella septempunctata)

twelve-spotted skimmer (Libellula pulchella)

Virginia ctenucha (Ctenucha virginica)

western thatching ant (Formica obscuripes)

Mammals

plains pocket gopher (Geomys bursarius)

red fox (Vulpes vulpes)

thirteen-lined ground squirrel (Ictidomys tridecemlineatus)

whitetail deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

Plants


Five plant species with conservation status in Minnesota are found on at least one of the units of this SNA:
Threatened	cutleaf waterparsnip (Berula erecta)
Special Concern	cut-leaf ironplant (Xanthisma spinulosum var. spinulosum) Missouri milkvetch (Astragalus missouriensis var. missouriensis) small white lady’s slipper (Cypripedium candidum) western white prairie clover (Dalea candida var. oligophylla)