Minnesota Seasons - Pankratz Memorial Prairie


Pankratz Memorial Prairie: North Unit

County	Polk
GPS	N47 44.315 W96 27.568
Size	468 acres
Habitat	Dry prairie, wet prairie, fen
Hiking Trails	None

Links	The Nature Conservancy

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Birds	Greater prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus cupido), marbled godwit (Limosa fedoa), Nelson’s sharp-tailed sparrow (Ammodramus nelsoni), red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis), upland sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda), Wilson’s phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor), and yellow rail (Coturnicops noveboracensis) are some of the birds seen here. Pine to Prairie Birding Trail

	cedar waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) sandhill crane (Grus canadensis)


Insects

	monarch (Danaus plexippus)


Mammals	Moose (Alces alces) and whitetail deer (Odocoileus virginianus) live on this site.

	meadow vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus)


Plants	The Nature Conservancy is removing quaking aspen and leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula var. esula) from this site.

	American bugleweed (Lycopus americanus) big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii) black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) bottle gentian (Gentiana andrewsii var. andrewsii) Canada anemone (Anemone canadensis) Canada goldenrod (Solidago canadensis var. canadensis) Canadian milkvetch (Astragalus canadensis var. canadensis) common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia) common strawberry (Fragaria virginiana) common yarrow (Achillea millefolium) Culver’s root (Veronicastrum virginicum) curly dock (Rumex crispus ssp. crispus) curly-cup gumweed (Grindelia squarrosa) fen grass of Parnassus (Parnassia glauca) flat-topped aster (Doellingeria umbellata) foxtail barley (Hordeum jubatum) fringed loosestrife (Lysimachia ciliata) gray goldenrod (Solidago nemoralis) harebell (Campanula rotundifolia) heart-leaved golden alexanders (Zizia aptera) Indian hemp (Apocynum cannabinum) Indiangrass (Sorghastrum nutans) leadplant (Amorpha canescens) lesser fringed gentian (Gentianopsis virgata ssp. virgata) Maximilian’s sunflower (Helianthus maximilianii) narrow-leaved cattail (Typha angustifolia) northern bugleweed (Lycopus uniflorus var. uniflorus) prairie blazing star (Liatris pycnostachya) prairie cordgrass (Spartina pectinata) prairie onion (Allium stellatum) prairie rose (Rosa arkansana) purple prairie clover (Dalea purpurea var. purpurea) purple rattlesnake root (Prenanthes racemosa) quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) rough blazing star (Liatris aspera) sawtooth sunflower (Helianthus grosseserratus) scarlet Indian paintbrush (Castilleja coccinea f. lutescens) silverleaf scurfpea (Pediomelum argophyllum) smooth scouring rush (Equisetum laevigatum) spotted water hemlock (Cicuta maculata var. maculata) stiff goldenrod (Oligoneuron rigidum) tall meadow rue (Thalictrum dasycarpum) Virginia mountain mint (Pycnanthemum virginianum) western germander (Teucrium canadense var. occidentale) western ironweed (Vernonia fasciculata ssp. corymbosa) white heath aster (Symphyotrichum ericoides var. ericoides) white sage (Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana) white sweet clover (Melilotus albus) wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa) wild licorice (Glycyrrhiza lepidota) wild mint (Mentha arvensis) yellow sweet clover (Melilotus officinalis)


Visits	8/24/2009

Pankratz Memorial Prairie: North Unit

Pankratz Memorial Prairie:
North Unit