Minnesota Seasons - Ottertail Prairie SNA


Ottertail Prairie SNA

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			Otter Tail County




Size	320 acres

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Parking	N46 9.122 W96 13.483

Hiking Trails	None





Ecological Classification	Province	Prairie Parkland Province
	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)

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)

Mammals

	whitetail deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

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)

Visits	9/15/2009