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Pankratz Memorial Prairie |
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Polk County |
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| Size | 920 acres |
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| Parking | See sections for GPS coordinates |
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| Hunting | No hunting. |
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| Ecological Classification | Province |
Tallgrass Aspen Parklands |
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Lake Agassiz, Aspen Parklands |
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Aspen Parklands |
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Land Type Association(s) |
Beach Ridges Gentilly Lake Plain |
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| Native Plant Communities1 | Agassiz Interbeach Prairie Complex Calcareous Fen (Northwestern) Dry Sand - Gravel Prairie (Northern) Mesic Prairie (Northern) Northwestern Wet-Mesic Aspen Woodland Prairie Wetland Complex Seepage Meadow/Carr Seepage Meadow/Carr: Tussock Sedge Subtype Wet Brush-Prairie (Northern) Wet Prairie (Northern) Wet Saline Prairie (Northern) Wet Seepage Prairie (Northern) |
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| Ownership | The Nature Conservancy |
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| Birds | Five birds with protected status in Minnesota have been seen here: Threatened – Wilson’s Phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor) Special Concern – Greater Prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus cupido), Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa), Nelson’s Sharp-tailed Sparrow (Ammodramus nelsoni), Yellow Rail (Coturnicops noveboracensis) |
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| Mammals | Moose (Alces alces) and whitetail deer (Odocoileus virginianus) live on this site. |
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| Plants | In 2009 The Nature Conservancy was removing quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) and leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula var. esula) from this site. Plants frequently found in: Calcareous Fen (Northwestern) OPp93a Dry Sand - Gravel Prairie (Northern) UPn12b Mesic Prairie (Northern) UPn23b Northwestern Wet-Mesic Aspen Woodland FDw44 Seepage Meadow/Carr: Tussock Sedge Subtype WMs83a1 Wet Brush-Prairie (Northern) WPn53b |
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| Visits | 8/24/2009 |
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