Racine Prairie
Scientific and Natural Area

Old railroad bridge, north end
       
County

Mower

  Mower County
GPS

N43 48.088
W92 29.406

 
Size

6 acres

 
Habitat

Mesic prairie

Hiking Trails

None


Links

Minnesota DNR


Comments

 


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  Early spring   Parking spot   Parking spot   Racine Prairie Scientific and Natural Area
               
  North boundary   Old railroad bridge, north end   Racine Prairie Scientific and Natural Area    
               

Birds

 

 
 

American goldfinch (Carduelis tristis)

mourning dove (Zenaida macroura)

red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)

song sparrow (Melospiza melodia)

American goldfinch
     

Insects

 

 
 

flower longhorn beetle (Strangalia luteicornis)

monarch (Danaus plexippus)

monarch
     

Plants

Wild quinine (Parthenium integrifolium), a Minnesota endangered species, is found here.

Western poison ivy appears here both as a creeping ground cover and as a woody shrub up to 4½ tall.

Other plants that can be found on this site, along with those listed below, include prairie smoke (Geum triflorum var. triflorum) and American pasqueflower (Pulsatilla patens ssp. multifida).

Minnesota DNR Plant List

 
 

American cow parsnip (Heracleum maximum)

bird’s-foot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus var. corniculatus)

black medick (Medicago lupulina)

boxelder (Acer negundo)

Canadian horseweed (Conyza canadensis var. canadensis)

Canadian tick-trefoil (Desmodium canadense)

candle anemone (Anemone cylindrica)

common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale)

common evening primrose (Oenothera biennis)

common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)

common mullein (Verbascum thapsus)

common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia)

common strawberry (Fragaria virginiana)

common yarrow (Achillea millefolium)

compass plant (Silphium laciniatum var. laciniatum)

Culver’s root (Veronicastrum virginicum)

curly dock (Rumex crispus ssp. crispus)

cut-leaved coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata var. laciniata)

Deptford pink (Dianthus armeria)

field bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis)

field horsetail (Equisetum arvense)

flowering spurge (Euphorbia corollata)

foxtail barley (Hordeum jubatum ssp. jubatum)

fringed loosestrife (Lysimachia ciliata)

giant ragweed (Ambrosia trifida var. trifida)

gray-headed coneflower (Ratibida pinnata)

grayleaf red raspberry (Rubus strigosus)

great burdock (Arctium lappa)

green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica)

heart-leaved four o’clock (Mirabilis nyctaginea)

hedge bindweed (Calystegia sepium ssp. angulata)

Indian hemp (Apocynum cannabinum)

Michigan lily (Lilium superbum)

narrow-leaved cattail (Typha angustifolia)

pin cherry (Prunus pensylvanica var. pensylvanica)

pineapple-weed (Matricaria discoidea)

plains cottonwood (Populus deltoides ssp. molinifera)

poison hemlock (Conium maculatum)

prairie coreopsis (Coreopsis palmata)

prairie rose (Rosa arkansana)

quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides)

rattlesnake master (Eryngium yuccifolium var. yuccifolium)

red clover (Trifolium pratense)

reed canary grass (Phalaris arundinacea)

smooth scouring rush (Equisetum laevigatum)

smooth sumac (Rhus glabra)

spreading dogbane (Apocynum androsaemifolium)

starry campion (Silene stellata)

stinging nettle (Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis)

swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata ssp. incarnata)

tall meadow rue (Thalictrum dasycarpum)

tall thimbleweed (Anemone virginiana)

timothy (Phleum Pratense)

Virginia mountain mint (Pycnanthemum virginianum)

western poison ivy (Toxicodendron rydbergii)

white avens (Geum canadense var. canadense)

white sage (Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana)

white wild indigo (Baptisia alba var. macrophylla)

wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa)

wild grape (Vitis riparia)

wild parsnip (Pastinaca sativa)

woodbine (Parthenocissus vitacea)

yellow goat’s beard (Tragopogon dubius)

yellow sweet clover (Melilotus officinalis)

common dandelion

 

 

 

 

 

common mullein

 

 

 

 

 

common yarrow

 

 

 

 

 

compass plant

 

 

 

 

 

fringed loosestrife

 

 

 

 

 

hedge bindweed

 

 

 

 

 

prairie rose

 

 

 

 

 

rattlesnake master

 

 

 

 

 

swamp milkweed

 

 

 

 

 

tall meadow rue

 

 

 

 

 

western poison ivy

 

 

 

 

 

wild grape

 

 

 

 

 

yellow goat’s beard

     

Visits

4/9/2005

7/13/2009

   
               

 

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