Pankratz Memorial Prairie
North Unit

   

Pankratz Memorial Prairie – North Unit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Area and County

 

 

 

Polk County

 

 

 

 

 


Size

468 acres

Printable map
 
Maps

MinnesotaSeasons map with GPS coordinates

 
Parking

N47 44.310 W96 27.560

 
Hiking Trails

 


Ecological Classification

Province

Tallgrass Aspen Parklands

Ecological Classification

Section

Lake Agassiz, Aspen Parklands

Subsection(s)

Aspen Parklands

Land Type Association(s)

Beach Ridges

Gentilly Lake Plain

 
Native Plant Communities1

Agassiz Interbeach Prairie Complex

Dry Sand - Gravel Prairie (Northern)

Mesic Prairie (Northern)

Northwestern Wet-Mesic Aspen Woodland

Seepage Meadow/Carr

Wet Brush-Prairie (Northern)

Wet Prairie (Northern)

Wet Saline Prairie (Northern)

Wet Seepage Prairie (Northern)


Ownership

The Nature Conservancy

 
Links

The Nature Conservancy

Pankratz Memorial Prairie


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Birds

 

 
 

Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)

Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis)

Sandhill Crane

 


Insects and Arachnids

 

 
  monarch (Danaus plexippus) monarch

Mammals

 

 
 

meadow vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus)

 

Plants

University of Minnesota Herbarium Plant List


Plants frequently found in:

Dry Sand - Gravel Prairie (Northern) UPn12b

Mesic Prairie (Northern) UPn23b

Northwestern Wet-Mesic Aspen Woodland FDw44

Seepage Meadow/Carr WMs83a1

Wet Brush-Prairie (Northern) WPn53b

Wet Prairie (Northern) WPn53b

Wet Saline Prairie (Northern) WPn53d

Wet Seepage Prairie (Northern) WPn53a

 
 

American bugleweed (Lycopus americanus)

big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii)

black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)

bottle gentian (Gentiana andrewsii)

brook lobelia (Lobelia kalmii)

Canada anemone (Anemone canadensis)

Canada goldenrod (Solidago 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)

curly-cup gumweed (Grindelia squarrosa)

fen grass of Parnassus (Parnassia glauca)

flat-topped aster (Doellingeria umbellata)

foxtail barley (Hordeum jubatum)

fringed loosestrife (Lysimachia ciliata)

giant sunflower (Helianthus giganteus)

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)

narrow-leaved meadowsweet (Spiraea alba var. alba)

northern bugleweed (Lycopus uniflorus var. uniflorus)

prairie alumroot (Heuchera richardsonii)

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 (Nabalus racemosus)

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 blue aster (Symphyotrichum laeve var. laeve)

smooth scouring rush (Equisetum laevigatum)

spotted water hemlock (Cicuta maculata var. maculata)

stiff goldenrod (Solidago rigida)

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)

white prairie clover (Dalea candida var. candida)

white sage (Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana)

white sweet clover (Melilotus albus)

wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa)

wild licorice (Glycyrrhiza lepidota)

wild mint (Mentha arvensis)

wolfberry (Symphoricarpos occidentalis)

yellow sweet clover (Melilotus officinalis)

black-eyed susan

 

 

 

 

Canada goldenrod

 

 

 

 

common yarrow

 

 

 

 

Culver’s root

 

 

 

 

fringed loosestrife

 

 

 

 

heart-leaved golden alexanders

 

 

 

 

lesser fringed gentian

 

 

 

 

prairie cordgrass

 

 

 

 

prairie onion

 

 

 

 

purple prairie clover

 

 

 

 

silverleaf scurfpea

 

 

 

 

spotted water hemlock

 

 

 

 

stiff goldenrod

 

 

 

 

wild mint

 

 


Visits

8/24/2009

   
 

 

         

 

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