| Plants |
Several plant species with protected status in Minnesota are found here:
Threatened – edible valerian (Valeriana edulis var. ciliata), tuberous Indian plantain (Arnoglossum plantagineum)
Special concern – white wild indigo (Baptisia alba var. macrophylla), Hill’s thistle (Cirsium hillii), rattlesnake master (Eryngium yuccifolium var. yuccifolium)
Some of the grasses found
here, along with those listed below, are prairie dropseed (Sporobolus heterolepis), sideoats grama (Bouteloua curtipendula var. curtipendula), little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium), porcupine grass (Stipa spartea), big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii), and two species of panic grass.
Minnesota DNR Plant List |
