Pankratz Memorial Prairie

North Unit


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	Pankratz Memorial Prairie, South Unit The Nature Conservancy

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	History


	Management
	In 2009 The Nature Conservancy removed quaking aspen and leafy spurge from this site.

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	Complete		North Unit


	Size
	468 acres

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	N47 44.310, W96 27.560


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					Polk County
					Northwest Minnesota


	Ecology

	Ecological Classification
	Ecological Province			Tallgrass Aspen Parklands
	Ecological Section			Lake Agassiz, Aspen Parklands
	Ecological Subsection			Aspen Parklands
	Land Type Association			Beach Ridges Gentilly Lake Plain

	Native Plant Communities*
	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)
	* Source: The Minnesota Biological Survey, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Division of Ecological Resources

	Natural Features

Waterproof footwear recommended

More than half of each unit is wet prairie, seepage meadow, or fen. Waterproof footwear is recommended.


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Eight bird species with conservation status in Minnesota have been seen on at least one of the units of this preserve:
Threatened	Wilson’s Phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor)
Special Concern	Franklin’s Gull (Leucophaeus pipixcan) Greater Prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus cupido) Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa) Nelson’s Sparrow (Ammospiza nelsoni) Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus) Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator) Yellow Rail (Coturnicops noveboracensis)


One insect and arachnid species with conservation status in Minnesota has been seen on at least one of the units of this preserve:
Endangered	Dakota skipper (Hesperia dacotae)


One mammal species with conservation status in Minnesota has been seen on at least one of the units of this preserve:
Special Concern	moose (Alces americanus)

meadow vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus)


Seven plant species with conservation status in Minnesota are found on at least one of the units of this preserve:
Threatened	hair-like beak-rush (Rhynchospora capillacea)
Special Concern	deer sedge (Carex hallii) great blanketflower (Gaillardia aristata) northern singlespike sedge (Carex scirpoidea ssp. scirpoidea) pleated gentian (Gentiana affinis) small white lady’s slipper (Cypripedium candidum) spikeoat (Avenula hookeri)