Oronoco Prairie SNA

   

Oronoco Prairie SNA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Olmsted County

 

 

 

Olmsted County

 

 

 

 

 


Size

80 acres

Printable map
 
Maps

Map with GPS coordinates

 
Parking

N44 8.380 , W92 29.325

 
Hiking Trails

None

 
Hunting

No hunting.


Ecological Classification

Province

Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province

Ecological Classification

Section

Paleozoic Plateau

Subsection(s)

Rochester Plateau

Land Type Association(s)

Lewiston Plain

 
Native Plant Communities1

Dry Bedrock Bluff Prairie (Southern)


Ownership

Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

 
Links

Minnesota DNR


Comments

 


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Birds

 

 
 

American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)

American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis)

American Robin (Turdus migratorius)

Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)

Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)

Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis)

Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus)

Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla)

Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)

Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)

Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)

Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)

Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)

American Goldfinch

 

 

 

 

American Robin

 

 

 

 

Mourning Dove


Fungi

 

 
 

Black Knot (Apiosporina morbosa)

Black Knot

Insects and Arachnids

 

 
 

American dog tick (Dermacentor variablis)

Aphrodite fritillary (Speyeria aphrodite)

Atlantis fritillary (Speyeria atlantis)

common green darner (Anax junius)

common wood nymph (Cercyonis pegala nephala)

dog day cicada (Tibicen canicularis)

eastern tent caterpillar (Malacosoma americanum)

eastern tiger swallowtail (Papilio glaucus)

goldenrod bunch gall midge (Rhopalomyia solidaginis)

goldenrod gall fly (Eurosta solidaginis)

goldenrod soldier beetle (Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus)

great black wasp (Sphex pensylvanicus)

monarch (Danaus plexippus)

red admiral (Vanessa atalanta)

the neighbor (Haploa contigua)

twelve-spotted skimmer (Libellula pulchella)

variegated fritillary (Euptoieta claudia)

common green darner

 

 

 

 

monarch

 

 

 

 

red admiral

 

 

 

 

twelve-spotted skimmer


Mammals

 

 
 

plains pocket gopher (Geomys bursarius)

whitetail deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

whitetail deer

Plants

Five 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 lactea var. lactea), Hill’s thistle (Cirsium pumilum var. hillii), rattlesnake master (Eryngium yuccifolium var. yuccifolium)

Minnesota DNR Plant List


Plants frequently found in:

Dry Bedrock Bluff Prairie (Southern) UPs13c

 
 

alfalfa (Medicago sativa ssp. sativa)

alsike clover (Trifolium hybridum)

American elm (Ulmus americana)

American germander (Teucrium canadense)

annual fleabane (Erigeron annuus)

big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii)

bird’s-foot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus var. corniculatus)

black cherry (Prunus serotina var. serotina)

black medick (Medicago lupulina)

black oak (Quercus velutina)

black raspberry (Rubus occidentalis)

black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)

black-seeded plantain (Plantago rugelii var. rugelii)

bland sweet cicely (Osmorhiza claytonii)

boxelder (Acer negundo)

broadleaf enchanter’s nightshade (Circaea lutetiana ssp. canadensis)

bull thistle (Cirsium vulgare)

butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa ssp. interior)

Canada goldenrod (Solidago canadensis)

Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense)

Canada wildrye (Elymus canadensis)

Canadian black snakeroot (Sanicula canadensis)

Canadian honewort (Cryptotaenia canadensis)

candle anemone (Anemone cylindrica)

chokecherry (Prunus virginiana var. virginiana)

clammy groundcherry (Physalis heterophylla var. heterophylla)

cleavers (Galium aparine)

common blue violet (Viola sororia)

common buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica)

common burdock (Arctium minus)

common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale)

common evening primrose (Oenothera biennis)

common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)

common motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca)

common mullein (Verbascum thapsus)

common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia)

common yarrow (Achillea millefolium)

compass plant (Silphium laciniatum)

curly dock (Rumex crispus)

cylindric blazing star (Liatris cylindracea)

downy phlox (Phlox pilosa ssp. fulgida)

eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana)

common evening primrose (Oenothera biennis)

false sunflower (Heliopsis helianthoides var. occidentalis)

field horsetail (Equisetum arvense)

field pussytoes (Antennaria neglecta)

field sow thistle (Sonchus arvensis)

field thistle (Cirsium discolor)

flowering spurge (Euphorbia corollata)

giant ragweed (Ambrosia trifida var. trifida)

giant sunflower (Helianthus giganteus)

gray goldenrod (Solidago nemoralis)

gray-headed coneflower (Ratibida pinnata)

great St. Johnswort (Hypericum ascyron ssp. pyramidatum)

green foxtail (Setaria viridis)

harebell (Campanula rotundifolia)

heal-all (Prunella vulgaris)

heart-leaved golden alexanders (Zizia aptera)

hedge bindweed (Calystegia sepium)

hoary alyssum (Berteroa incana)

hoary puccoon (Lithospermum canescens)

hoary vervain (Verbena stricta)

Indian hemp (Apocynum cannabinum)

Indiangrass (Sorghastrum nutans)

Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis ssp. pratensis)

kidney-leaved buttercup (Ranunculus abortivus)

late goldenrod (Solidago altissima)

leadplant (Amorpha canescens)

Morrow’s honeysuckle (Lonicera morrowii)

northern prickly ash (Zanthoxylum americanum)

pale dock (Rumex altissimus)

paleleaf woodland sunflower (Helianthus strumosus)

plantain-leaved pussytoes (Antennaria plantaginifolia)

plumeless thistle (Carduus acanthoides)

prairie blue-eyed grass (Sisyrinchium campestre)

prairie coreopsis (Coreopsis palmata)

prairie rose (Rosa arkansana)

purple prairie clover (Dalea purpurea var. purpurea)

quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides)

Queen Anne’s lace (Daucus carota ssp. carota)

rattlesnake master (Eryngium yuccifolium var. yuccifolium)

red clover (Trifolium pratense)

rough blazing star (Liatris aspera)

rough-fruited cinquefoil (Potentilla recta)

showy goldenrod (Solidago speciosa)

sideoats grama (Bouteloua curtipendula var. curtipendula)

sleepy catchfly (Silene antirrhina)

smooth hedge nettle (Stachys tenuifolia)

smooth scouring rush (Equisetum laevigatum)

smooth sumac (Rhus glabra)

stiff goldenrod (Solidago rigida)

stiff sunflower (Helianthus pauciflorus ssp. subrhomboideus)

stinging nettle (Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis)

Tartarian honeysuckle (Lonicera tatarica)

timothy (Phleum pratense)

toothed evening primrose (Oenothera serrulata)

tower mustard (Turritis glabra)

Virginia groundcherry (Physalis virginiana var. virginiana)

Virginia stickseed (Hackelia virginiana)

white campion (Silene latifolia ssp. alba)

white prairie clover (Dalea candida)

white sage (Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana)

white snakeroot (Ageratina altissima var. altissima)

white sweet clover (Melilotus albus)

white wild indigo (Baptisia lactea var. lactea)

whorled milkweed (Asclepias verticillata)

wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa)

wild cucumber (Echinocystis lobata)

wild grape (Vitis riparia)

wild parsnip (Pastinaca sativa)

winter cress (Barbarea vulgaris)

woodbine (Parthenocissus vitacea)

yellow goat’s beard (Tragopogon dubius)

yellow sweet clover (Melilotus officinalis)

yellow wood sorrel (Oxalis stricta)

yellowish gentian (Gentiana alba)

alsike clover

 

 

 

 

American germander

 

 

 

 

black cherry

 

 

 

 

black raspberry

 

 

 

 

black-eyed susan

 

 

 

 

butterfly weed

 

 

 

 

chokecherry

 

 

 

 

common blue violet

 

 

 

 

common evening primrose

 

 

 

 

common mullein

 

 

 

 

compass plant

 

 

 

 

false sunflower

 

 

 

 

field pussytoes

 

 

 

 

field sow thistle

 

 

 

 

field sow thistle

 

 

 

 

heart-leaved golden alexanders

 

 

 

 

hedge bindweed

 

 

 

 

leadplant

 

 

 

 

paleleaf woodland sunflower

 

 

 

 

prairie coreopsis

 

 

 

 

Queen Anne’s lace

 

 

 

 

rattlesnake master

 

 

 

 

rough-fruited cinquefoil

 

 

 

 

stiff goldenrod

 

 

 

 

toothed evening primrose

 

 

 

 

white snakeroot

 

 

 

 

white wild indigo

 

 

 

 

whorled milkweed

 

 

 

 

wild parsnip

 

 

 

 

yellow wood sorrel

 

 

 


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