Minnesota Seasons - Ordway Prairie


Ordway Prairie

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			Pope County




Size	581 Acres

Maps	Map with GPS coordinates

Parking	Parking (Field Access) N45 26.249, W95 15.298 Parking (Wayside Rest) N45 26.713, W95 15.240

Hiking Trails	None

Hunting	No hunting.

Ecological Classification	Province	Prairie Parkland Province
	Section	North Central Glaciated Plains
	Subsection(s)	Minnesota River Prairie
	Land Type Association(s)	Gilchrist Moraine

Native Plant Communities¹	Dry Sand - Gravel Prairie (Southern) Meadow - Marsh - Fen-Swamp Complex Pin Oak - Bur Oak Woodland Prairie Extremely Rich Fen Rich Fen (Mineral Soil) Seepage Meadow/Carr

Ownership	The Nature Conservancy

Links	The Nature Conservancy

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Parking - Wayside Rest

Parking - Field Access



Amphibians

	American toad (Bufo americanus) northern leopard frog (Rana pipiens)

Birds

	American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis) Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus) Eastern Wood-peewee (Contopus virens) Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) Great Egret (Ardea alba) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)

Insects and Arachnids	Two insect species with protected status in Minnesota are found here: Special Concern – Powesheik skipperling (Oarisma powesheik), regal fritillary (Speyeria idalia)

	American dog tick (Dermacentor variablis) band-winged meadowhawk (Sympetrum semicinctum) black swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes) Carolina grasshopper (Dissosteira carolina) common green darner (Anax junius) common whitetail (Plathemis lydia) common wood nymph (Cercyonis pegala nephala) dog day cicada (Tibicen canicularis) goldenrod bunch gall midge (Rhopalomyia solidaginis) goldenrod gall fly (Eurosta solidaginis) goldenrod soldier beetle (Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus) great spangled fritillary (Speyeria cybele) Halloween pennant (Celithemis eponina) monarch (Danaus plexippus) twelve-spotted skimmer (Libellula pulchella) variegated fritillary (Euptoieta claudia) viceroy (Limenitis archippus) widow skimmer (Libellula luctuosa)

Mammals

	plains pocket gopher (Geomys bursarius) thirteen-lined ground squirrel (Ictidomys tridecemlineatus) whitetail deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

Plants	Four plant species with protected status in Minnesota are found here: Threatened – sterile sedge (Carex sterilis), whorled nut-rush (Scleria verticillata) Special concern – Hill’s thistle (Cirsium pumilum var. hillii), small white lady’s slipper (Cypripedium candidum) University of Minnesota Herbarium Plant List Plants frequently found in: Dry Sand - Gravel Prairie (Southern) UPs13b Pin Oak - Bur Oak Woodland FDs37b Prairie Extremely Rich Fen OPp93 Rich Fen (Mineral Soil) OPp91a Seepage Meadow/Carr WMs83a1

	alfalfa (Medicago sativa ssp. sativa) alsike clover (Trifolium hybridum) American elm (Ulmus americana) American hog peanut (Amphicarpaea bracteata var. comosa) American plum (Prunus americana) American stickseed (Hackelia deflexa var. americana) American vetch (Vicia americana ssp. americana) asparagus (Asparagus officinalis) Balkan catchfly (Silene csereii) big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii) black medick (Medicago lupulina) black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) black-seeded plantain (Plantago rugelii var. rugelii) bland sweet cicely (Osmorhiza claytonii) blue spruce (Picea pungens) blue vervain (Verbena hastata) boxelder (Acer negundo var. negundo) bristly foxtail (Setaria verticillata) bristly greenbrier (Smilax tamnoides) broadleaf enchanter’s nightshade (Circaea lutetiana ssp. canadensis) broad-leaved cattail (Typha latifolia) bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa) Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense) Canadian horseweed (Conyza canadensis) candle anemone (Anemone cylindrica) catnip (Nepeta cataria) common boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum var. perfoliatum) common buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica) common burdock (Arctium minus) common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale) common evening primrose (Oenothera biennis) common lamb’s-quarters (Chenopodium album) common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) common mullein (Verbascum thapsus) common plantain (Plantago major) common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia) common yarrow (Achillea millefolium) curly dock (Rumex crispus) curly-cup gumweed (Grindelia squarrosa) cylindric blazing star (Liatris cylindracea) dotted blazing star (Liatris punctata var. punctata) downy phlox (Phlox pilosa ssp. fulgida) eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana) false sunflower (Heliopsis helianthoides var. occidentalis) field horsetail (Equisetum arvense) field sagewort (Artemisia campestris ssp. caudata) field thistle (Cirsium discolor) Flodman’s thistle (Cirsium flodmanii) fragrant bedstraw (Galium triflorum) fringed brome (Bromus ciliatus) giant foxtail (Setaria faberi) giant ragweed (Ambrosia trifida var. trifida) golden alexanders (Zizia aurea) grass-leaved goldenrod (Euthamia graminifolia var. graminifolia) gray dogwood (Cornus racemosa) grayleaf red raspberry (Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus) green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica) grooved yellow flax (Linum sulcatum var. sulcatum) hairy false golden aster (Heterotheca villosa) hairy grama (Bouteloua hirsuta var. hirsuta) hairy gumweed (Grindelia hirsutula) heart-leaved golden alexanders (Zizia aptera) hedge bindweed (Calystegia sepium) hoary vervain (Verbena stricta) Indian hemp (Apocynum cannabinum) Indian tobacco (Lobelia inflata) Indiangrass (Sorghastrum nutans) ironwood (Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana) leadplant (Amorpha canescens) little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium) Maximilian’s sunflower (Helianthus maximilianii) mint-leaved bergamot (Monarda fistulosa var. menthifolia) Missouri goldenrod (Solidago missouriensis) Morrow’s honeysuckle (Lonicera morrowii) narrow-leaved cattail (Typha angustifolia) narrow-leaved purple coneflower (Echinacea angustifolia var. angustifolia) northern white cedar (Thuja occidentalis) palespike lobelia (Lobelia spicata) plains cottonwood (Populus deltoides ssp. molinifera) plumeless thistle (Carduus acanthoides) pointed-leaved tick-trefoil (Desmodium glutinosum) prairie blazing star (Liatris pycnostachya var. pycnostachya) prairie coreopsis (Coreopsis palmata) prairie dropseed (Sporobolus heterolepis) prairie fleabane (Erigeron strigosus) prairie goldenrod (Solidago ptarmicoides) prairie lettuce (Lactuca ludoviciana) prairie onion (Allium stellatum) prairie peppergrass (Lepidium densiflorum var. densiflorum) prairie rose (Rosa arkansana) prairie sagewort (Artemisia frigida) prickly sow thistle (Sonchus asper) purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria) purple lovegrass (Eragrostis spectabilis) purple prairie clover (Dalea purpurea var. purpurea) quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) red clover (Trifolium pratense) red osier dogwood (Cornus sericea ssp. sericea) roadside agrimony (Agrimonia striata) rough blazing star (Liatris aspera) rough cocklebur (Xanthium strumarium) rough false pennyroyal (Hedeoma hispida) round-headed bush clover (Lespedeza capitata) Russian olive (Elaeagnus angustifolia) Scotch pine (Pinus sylvestris) showy goldenrod (Solidago speciosa) sideoats grama (Bouteloua curtipendula var. curtipendula) smooth Solomon’s seal (Polygonatum biflorum var. commutatum) smooth sumac (Rhus glabra) spotted Joe Pye weed (Eutrochium maculatum) spotted knapweed (Centaurea stoebe ssp. micranthos) spotted touch-me-not (Impatiens capensis) spreading dogbane (Apocynum androsaemifolium) stiff goldenrod (Solidago rigida) stiff sunflower (Helianthus pauciflorus ssp. subrhomboideus) stinging nettle (Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis) tall cinquefoil (Drymocallis arguta) timothy (Phleum pratense) Virginia groundcherry (Physalis virginiana var. virginiana) Virginia mountain mint (Pycnanthemum virginianum) western marbleseed (Lithospermum occidentale) western poison ivy (Toxicodendron rydbergii) western ragweed (Ambrosia psilostachya) white avens (Geum canadense var. canadense) white clover (Trifolium repens) white prairie clover (Dalea candida var. candida) white sage (Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana) white spruce (Picea glauca) white sweet clover (Melilotus albus) white vervain (Verbena urticifolia) whorled milkweed (Asclepias verticillata) wild cucumber (Echinocystis lobata) wild grape (Vitis riparia) wild licorice (Glycyrrhiza lepidota) wild oat (Avena fatua) 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)

Visits	8/3/2011