Ottertail Prairie SNA

   

Ottertail Prairie SNA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Area and County

 

 

 

Otter Tail County

 

 

 

 

 


Size

320 acres

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Maps

MinnesotaSeasons map with GPS coordinates

 
Parking

N46 9.122 W96 13.483

 
Hiking Trails

None

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Ecological Classification

Province

Prairie Parkland Province

Ecological Classification

Section

Red River Valley

Subsection(s)

Red River Prairie

Land Type Association(s)

Barnesville Beach Complex

 
Native Plant Communities1

Mesic Prairie (Northern)


Ownership

Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

 
Links

Minnesota DNR


Comments

Ottertail Prairie SNA is brodered on the south by the Doran Wildlife Management Area, on the east by the Prairie Ridge Wildlife Management Area, 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 checkist

 
 

Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)

Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)

 

Insects and Arachnids

 

 
 

Carolina grasshopper (Dissosteira carolina)

monarch (Danaus plexippus)

orange sulphur (Colias eurytheme)

orange sulphur

Mammals

 

 
 

whitetail deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

whitetail deer

Plants

Minnesota DNR Plant List


Plants frequently found in:

Mesic Prairie (Northern) UPn23b

 
 

American bugleweed (Lycopus americanus)

big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii)

bottle gentian (Gentiana andrewsii)

broad-leaved cattail (Typha latifolia)

Canada anemone (Anemone canadensis)

Canada goldenrod (Solidago 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 sow thistle (Sonchus oleraceus)

common strawberry (Fragaria virginiana)

curly dock (Rumex crispus)

dotted blazing star (Liatris punctata var. punctata)

false sunflower (Heliopsis helianthoides var. occidentalis)

flat-topped aster (Doellingeria umbellata)

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)

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)

New England aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae)

northern bedstraw (Galium boreale)

northern bugleweed (Lycopus uniflorus var. uniflorus)

prairie blazing star (Liatris pycnostachya var. pycnostachya)

prairie cordgrass (Spartina pectinata)

prairie coreopsis (Coreopsis palmata)

prairie ironweed (Vernonia fasciculata ssp. fasciculata)

prairie lettuce (Lactuca ludoviciana)

prairie onion (Allium stellatum)

prairie peppergrass (Lepidium densiflorum)

prairie rose (Rosa arkansana)

prickly lettuce (Lactuca serriola)

purple prairie clover (Dalea purpurea var. purpurea)

purple rattlesnake root (Nabalus racemosus)

red osier dogwood (Cornus sericea ssp. sericea)

red-seeded dandelion (Taraxacum erythrospermum)

rough blazing star (Liatris aspera)

rough bugleweed (Lycopus asper)

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)

stinging nettle (Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis)

swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata ssp. incarnata)

tall cinquefoil (Drymocallis arguta)

tall thistle (Cirsium altissimum)

tufted lovegrass (Eragrostis pectinacea var. pectinacea)

Virginia mountain mint (Pycnanthemum virginianum)

western ragweed (Ambrosia psilostachya)

white ash (Fraxinus americana)

white heath aster (Symphyotrichum ericoides)

white panicle aster (Symphyotrichum lanceolatum)

white sage (Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana)

white sweet clover (Melilotus albus)

wild licorice (Glycyrrhiza lepidota)

wild parsnip (Pastinaca sativa)

wolfberry (Symphoricarpos occidentalis)

yellow foxtail (Setaria pumila ssp. pumila)

yellow sweet clover (Melilotus officinalis)

big bluestem

 

 

 

 

bottle gentian

 

 

 

 

Canada goldenrod

 

 

 

 

common evening primrose

 

 

 

 

false sunflower

 

 

 

 

Great Plains ladies’ tresses

 

 

 

 

heart-leaved golden alexanders

 

 

 

 

hedge bindweed

 

 

 

 

Maximilian’s sunflower

 

 

 

 

New England aster

 

 

 

 

prairie cordgrass

 

 

 

 

prairie onion

 

 

 

 

prairie rose

 

 

 

 

silky aster

 

 

 

 

stiff goldenrod

 

 

 

 

tall cinquefoil

 

 

 

 

Virginia mountain mint

 

 

 

 

wild licorice

 

 

 


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