Neal WMA

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	About

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	Minnesota DNR

	Overview
	Most of Neal WMA is wet brush prairie. Over half of the site is seasonally flooded. There is mesic prairie on the western third and at the southeast corner.

	History
	In 2014, The Nature Conservancy transferred 160 acres of its Twin Valley Prairie SNA preserve to the Minnesota DNR. That land became part of Neal WMA.

	Management
	The western portion of the WMA, from the north parking area to the western boundary and south to County Road 39, is restored and planted tall grass prairie. Prescribed burns were conducted in 1999, 2000, 2002, 2008, 2013, and 2018. A large wildfire passed through the site in 2011 and another in 2015. Brush removal began in August–September 2018.

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	Location

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	Size
	1833.86 acres

	Parking
	There is a parking area on the north side of County Road 39 (120th Ave.) 0.9 miles east of County Road 28 (330th St.). N47 10.838, W96 20.775 There is another parking area on the west side of 348th St. (a minimum maintenance road) 0.6 mile south of 140th Ave. N47 11.676, W96 20.608


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					Norman County
					Northwest Minnesota


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	Hunting
	Deer, Small Game, Waterfowl. See Hunting and Trapping Regulations (MN DNR) for details.


	Ecology

	Ecological Classification
	Ecological Province			Prairie Parkland Province
	Ecological Section			Red River Valley
	Ecological Subsection			Red River Prairie
	Land Type Association			Barnesville Beach Complex

	Native Plant Communities*
	Basin Meadow/Carr Cattail - Sedge Marsh (Prairie) Mesic Prairie (Northern) Northwestern Wet-Mesic Aspen Woodland Prairie Meadow/Carr Wet Prairie (Northern)
	* Source: The Minnesota Biological Survey, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Division of Ecological Resources

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	Restored/Planted tall grass prairie

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Visits
8/14/2019

Birds


One bird species with conservation status in Minnesota has been seen here:
Special Concern	Greater Prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus cupido)

eBird Field Checklist

American Woodcock (Scolopax minor)

Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)

Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)

Northern Harrier (Circus hudsonius)

Sandhill Crane (Antigone canadensis tabida)

Insects and Arachnids

dog day cicada (Neotibicen canicularis)

goldenrod gall fly (Eurosta solidaginis)

goldenrod soldier beetle (Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus)

goldenrod soldier beetle

Mammals


One mammal species with conservation status in Minnesota has been seen here:
Special Concern	prairie vole (Microtus ochrogaster)

Plants


One plant species with conservation status in Minnesota is found here:
Special Concern	small white lady’s slipper (Cypripedium candidum)

Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas and Minnesota Biological Survey Vegetation Releves Plant List

Plants frequently found in:

Basin Meadow/Carr WMs92a

Cattail - Sedge Marsh (Prairie) MRp83a

Mesic Prairie (Northern) UPn23b

Northwestern Wet-Mesic Aspen Woodland FDw44

Prairie Meadow/Carr WMp73a

Wet Prairie (Northern) WPn53c

Common Name
Scientific Name

American bugleweed (Lycopus americanus)

American pasqueflower (Anemone patens var. multifida)

big bluestem (Andropogon gerardi)

black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta var. pulcherrima)

blue lettuce (Lactuca pulchella)

candle anemone (Anemone cylindrica)

common evening primrose (Oenothera biennis)

common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)

Flodman’s thistle (Cirsium flodmanii)

fox sedge (Carex vulpinoidea)

giant goldenrod (Solidago gigantea)

golden alexanders (Zizia aurea)

grooved yellow flax (Linum sulcatum var. sulcatum)

hedge bindweed (Calystegia sepium)

hoary puccoon (Lithospermum canescens)

Indiangrass (Sorghastrum nutans)

intermediate bellflower (Campanula intercedens)

Leiberg’s panic grass (Dichanthelium leibergii)

little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium)

marsh vetchling (Lathyrus palustris)

Maximilian’s sunflower (Helianthus maximiliani)

pale bulrush (Scirpus pallidus)

palespike lobelia (Lobelia spicata)

plains cottonwood (Populus deltoides ssp. molinifera)

prairie violet (Viola pedatifida)

purple meadow-rue (Thalictrum dasycarpum)

purple prairie clover (Dalea purpurea var. purpurea)

quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides)

rough dropseed (Sporobolus compositus)

shorthair goldenrod (Solidago altissima var. gilvocanescens)

silverleaf scurfpea (Pediomelum argophyllum)

slender-leaf false foxglove (Agalinis tenuifolia)

stiff goldenrod (Solidago rigida ssp. rigida)

stiff sunflower (Helianthus pauciflorus)

Torrey’s rush (Juncus torreyi)

Virginia mountain mint (Pycnanthemum virginianum)

western ragweed (Ambrosia psilostachya)

white heath aster (Symphyotrichum ericoides var. ericoides)

white sage (Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana)

white sweet clover (Melilotus albus)

wild strawberry (Fragaria virginiana)

Agalinis tenuifolia (slender-leaf false foxglove)

Ambrosia psilostachya (western ragweed)

Andropogon gerardi (big bluestem)

Anemone cylindrica (candle anemone)

Anemone patens var. multifida (American pasqueflower)

Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana (white sage)

Asclepias syriaca (common milkweed)

Calystegia sepium (hedge bindweed)

Campanula intercedens (intermediate_bellflower)

Carex vulpinoidea (fox sedge)

Cirsium flodmanii (Flodman’s thistle)

Dalea purpurea var. purpurea (purple prairie clover)

Dichanthelium leibergii (Leiberg’s panic grass)

Fragaria virginiana (wild strawberry)

Helianthus maximiliani (Maximilian’s sunflower)

Helianthus pauciflorus (stiff sunflower)

Juncus torreyi (Torrey’s rush)

Lactuca pulchella (blue lettuce)

Lathyrus palustris (marsh vetchling)

Linum sulcatum var. sulcatum (grooved yellow flax)

Lithospermum canescens (hoary puccoon)

Lobelia spicata (palespike lobelia)

Lycopus americanus (American bugleweed)

Melilotus albus (white sweet clover)

Oenothera biennis (common evening primrose)

Pediomelum argophyllum (silverleaf scurfpea)

Populus deltoides ssp. molinifera (plains cottonwood)

Populus tremuloides (quaking aspen)

Pycnanthemum virginianum (Virginia mountain mint)

Rudbeckia hirta var. pulcherrima (black-eyed Susan)

Schizachyrium scoparium (little bluestem)

Scirpus pallidus (pale bulrush)

Solidago altissima var. gilvocanescens (shorthair goldenrod)

Solidago gigantea (giant goldenrod)

Solidago rigida ssp. rigida (stiff goldenrod)

Sorghastrum nutans (Indiangrass)

Sporobolus compositus (rough dropseed)

Symphyotrichum ericoides var. ericoides (white heath aster)

Thalictrum dasycarpum (purple meadow-rue)

Viola pedatifida (prairie violet)

Zizia aurea (golden alexanders)

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