Ottertail Prairie
Scientific and Natural Area

Ottertail Prairie SNA
       
County

Otter Tail

  Otter Tail County
GPS

N46 09.122
W96 13.483

 
Size

320 acres

 
Habitat

Wet mesic prairie

Hiking Trails

None


Links

Minnesota DNR


Comments

Ottertail Prairie SNA is brodered on the south by the Doran Wildlife Management Area and on the east by the Prairie Ridge Wildlife Management Area and by land owned and managed by the Fergus Falls Fish and Game Club, Inc.


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Amphibians

 

 
 

northern leopard frog (Rana pipiens)

northern leopard frog
     

Birds

Three bird species with protected status in Minnesota are found here:

Threatened – Wilson's phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor)

Special Concern – greater prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus cupido), marbled godwit (Limosa fedoa)

Other birds commonly found here include bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus), eastern kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus), great egret (Ardea alba), ring-necked pheasant (Phasianus colchicus), upland sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda), western meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta), and willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii).

Minnesota DNR Bird List This is a PDF File. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to read it.

 
 

barn swallow (Hirundo rustica)

tree swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)

 
     

Insects

 

 
 

Carolina grasshopper (Dissosteira carolina)

monarch (Danaus plexippus)

orange sulphur (Colias eurytheme)

orange sulphur
     

Mammals

 

 
 

whitetail deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

 
     

Plants

Other plants that can be seen here, along with those listed below, include Culver’s root (Veronicastrum virginicum), mountain death camas (Zigadenus elegans ssp. glaucus), downy gentian (Gentiana puberulenta), and yellow star grass (Hypoxis hirsuta).

Minnesota DNR Plant List

 
 

American bugleweed (Lycopus americanus)

big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii)

bottle gentian (Gentiana andrewsii var. andrewsii)

broad-leaved cattail (Typha latifolia)

Canada anemone (Anemone canadensis)

Canada goldenrod (Solidago canadensis var. canadensis)

Canada hawkweed (Hieracium kalmii)

candle anemone (Anemone cylindrica)

common dogmustard (Erucastrum gallicum)

common evening primrose (Oenothera biennis)

common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)

common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia)

common strawberry (Fragaria virginiana)

curly dock (Rumex crispus ssp. crispus)

dotted blazing star (Liatris punctata)

false sunflower (Heliopsis helianthoides var. occidentalis)

field sow thistle (Sonchus arvensis)

Flodman’s thistle (Cirsium flodmanii)

foxtail barley (Hordeum jubatum ssp. jubatum)

golden alexanders (Zizia aurea)

grass-leaved goldenrod (Euthamia graminifolia var. graminifolia)

Great Plains ladies’ tresses (Spiranthes magnicamporum)

heart-leaved golden alexanders (Zizia aptera)

hedge bindweed (Calystegia sepium ssp. angulata)

Indian hemp (Apocynum cannabinum)

Indiangrass (Sorghastrum nutans)

leadplant (Amorpha canescens)

little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium)

marsh hedge nettle (Stachys p alustris)

Maximilian’s sunflower (Helianthus maximilianii)

Missouri goldenrod (Solidago missouriensis var. fasciculata)

New England aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae)

northern bedstraw (Galium boreale)

northern bugleweed (Lycopus uniflorus)

prairie blazing star (Liatris pycnostachya var. pycnostachya)

prairie cordgrass (Spartina pectinata)

prairie ironweed (Vernonia fasciculata var. fasciculata)

prairie lettuce (Lactuca ludoviciana)

prairie onoin (Allium stellatum)

prairie peppergrass (Lepidium densiflorum)

prairie rose (Rosa arkansana)

purple prairie clover (Dalea purpurea var. purpurea)

purple rattlesnake root (Prenanthes racemosa)

red osier dogwood (Cornus sericea ssp. sericea)

red-seeded dandelion (Taraxacum erythrospermum)

rough blazing star (Liatris aspera)

rough bugleweed (Lycopus virginicus)

scouring rush horsetail (Equisetum hyemale var. affine)

silky aster (Symphyotrichum sericeum)

silverleaf scurfpea (Pediomelum argophyllum)

smooth blue aster (Symphyotrichum laeve var. laeve)

stiff goldenrod (Solidago rigida ssp. rigida)

stinging nettle (Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis)

swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata ssp. incarnata)

tall cinquefoil (Potentilla arguta ssp. arguta)

tufted lovegrass (Eragrostis pectinacea var. pectinacea)

Virginia mountain mint (Pycnanthemum virginianum)

western ragweed (Ambrosia psilostachya)

white ash (Fraxinus americana)

white heath aster (Symphyotrichum ericoides var. ericoides)

white panicle aster (Symphyotrichum lanceolatum)

white sage (Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana)

white sweet clover (Melilotus albus)

wild licorice (Glycyrrhiza lepidota)

wolfberry (Symphoricarpos occidentalis)

yellow foxtail (Setaria pumila ssp. pumila)

yellow sweet clover (Melilotus officinalis)

big bluestem

 

 

 

 

 

bottle gentian

 

 

 

 

 

Canada anemone

 

 

 

 

 

Canada goldenrod

 

 

 

 

 

false sunflower

 

 

 

 

 

Great Plains ladies’ tresses

 

 

 

 

 

heart-leaved golden alexanders

 

 

 

 

 

hedge bindweed

 

 

 

 

 

Indian hemp

 

 

 

 

 

New England aster

 

 

 

 

 

prairie cordgrass

 

 

 

 

 

prairie onoin

 

 

 

 

 

stiff goldenrod

 

 

 

 

 

tall cinquefoil

 

 

 

 

 

wild licorice

 

 

 

     

Visits

9/15/2009

   
       
 

 

         

 

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