Minnesota Seasons - River Terrace Prairie SNA


River Terrace Prairie SNA

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			Goodhue County




Size	87 acres

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Parking	N44 32.503 W92 48.005

Hiking Trails	None

Ecological Classification	Province	Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province
	Section	Paleozoic Plateau
	Subsection(s)	The Blufflands
	Land Type Association(s)	Cannon River Valley

Native Plant Communities¹	Dry Sand - Gravel Prairie (Southern)

Ownership	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Links	Minnesota DNR

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Birds	Two bird species with protected status in Minnesotahave been seen here: Special concern – acadian flycatcher (Empidonax virescens), Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)

	American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis) American Woodcock (Scolopax minor) Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus) European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum) Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) Ring-necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa umbellus) Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)

Fungi

	Black Knot (Apiosporina morbosa)

Insects and Arachnids

	American dog tick (Dermacentor variablis) Carolina grasshopper (Dissosteira carolina) common green darner (Anax junius) common wood nymph (Cercyonis pegala nephala) dog day cicada (Tibicen canicularis) eastern tent caterpillar (Malacosoma americanum) eastern tiger swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) goldenrod bunch gall midge (Rhopalomyia solidaginis) goldenrod gall fly (Eurosta solidaginis) goldenrod soldier beetle (Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus) great black wasp (Sphex pensylvanicus) great spangled fritillary (Speyeria cybele) large milkweed bug (Oncopeltus fasciatus) monarch (Danaus plexippus) multicolored Asian lady beetle (Harmonia axyridis f. succinea) orange sulphur (Colias eurytheme) red admiral (Vanessa atalanta) red-femured milkweed borer (Tetraopes femoratus)

Mammals

	eastern cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) plains pocket gopher (Geomys bursarius) whitetail deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

Plants	One plant species with protected status in Minnesota is found here: Threatened – kitten-tails (Besseya bullii) One of the largest known populations of kitten-tails can be found here. Minnesota DNR Plant List Plants frequently found in: Dry Sand - Gravel Prairie (Southern) UPs13b

	American germander (Teucrium canadense) big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii) black medick (Medicago lupulina) black raspberry (Rubus occidentalis) black-seeded plantain (Plantago rugelii var. rugelii) blue giant hyssop (Agastache foeniculum) boxelder (Acer negundo) bull thistle (Cirsium vulgare) bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa) butter and eggs (Linaria vulgaris) Canada wildrye (Elymus canadensis) Canadian horseweed (Conyza canadensis) candle anemone (Anemone cylindrica) catnip (Nepeta cataria) chokecherry (Prunus virginiana var. virginiana) clammy groundcherry (Physalis heterophylla var. heterophylla) cleavers (Galium aparine) common blue violet (Viola sororia) common buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica) common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale) common evening primrose (Oenothera biennis) common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) common motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca) common mullein (Verbascum thapsus) common plantain (Plantago major) common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia) common St. Johnswort (Hypericum perforatum) common strawberry (Fragaria virginiana) common yarrow (Achillea millefolium) crown vetch (Securigera varia) curly dock (Rumex crispus) early figwort (Scrophularia lanceolata) eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana) false boneset (Brickellia eupatorioides var. corymbulosa) false sunflower (Heliopsis helianthoides var. occidentalis) field bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis) field pussytoes (Antennaria neglecta) field thistle (Cirsium discolor) flowering spurge (Euphorbia corollata) giant ragweed (Ambrosia trifida var. trifida) gray goldenrod (Solidago nemoralis) gray-headed coneflower (Ratibida pinnata) Greek valerian (Polemonium reptans var. reptans) green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica) green carpetweed (Mollugo verticillata) ground ivy (Glechoma hederacea) hairy false golden aster (Heterotheca villosa) harebell (Campanula rotundifolia) hoary alyssum (Berteroa incana) hoary vervain (Verbena stricta) Indian hemp (Apocynum cannabinum) Indiangrass (Sorghastrum nutans) kitten-tails (Veronica bullii) late goldenrod (Solidago altissima) late horse-gentian (Triosteum perfoliatum) leadplant (Amorpha canescens) little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium) long-spine sandbur (Cenchrus longispinus) marijuana (Cannabis sativa) nodding spurge (Euphorbia nutans) northern hackberry (Celtis occidentalis) northern pin oak (Quercus ellipsoidalis) northern prickly ash (Zanthoxylum americanum) orange daylily (Hemerocallis fulva) pale touch-me-not (Impatiens pallida) paper birch (Betula papyrifera var. papyrifera) plains cottonwood (Populus deltoides ssp. molinifera) plantain-leaved pussytoes (Antennaria plantaginifolia) prairie crabapple (Malus ioensis) prairie dropseed (Sporobolus heterolepis) prairie groundsel (Packera plattensis) prairie peppergrass (Lepidium densiflorum var. densiflorum) prairie smoke (Geum triflorum var. triflorum) purple giant hyssop (Agastache scrophulariifolia) purple lovegrass (Eragrostis spectabilis) purple prairie clover (Dalea purpurea var. purpurea) quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) red clover (Trifolium pratense) rough-fruited cinquefoil (Potentilla recta) round-headed bush clover (Lespedeza capitata) Scotch pine (Pinus sylvestris) scouring rush horsetail (Equisetum hyemale var. affine) slippery elm (Ulmus rubra) smooth scouring rush (Equisetum laevigatum) smooth sumac (Rhus glabra) stiff goldenrod (Solidago rigida) stiff sunflower (Helianthus pauciflorus ssp. subrhomboideus) stinging nettle (Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis) tall bellflower (Campanulastrum americanum) tall thimbleweed (Anemone virginiana) Tartarian honeysuckle (Lonicera tatarica) thinleaf cottonsedge (Eriophorum viridicarinatum) timothy (Phleum pratense) tower mustard (Turritis glabra) Virginia groundcherry (Physalis virginiana var. virginiana) Virginia stickseed (Hackelia virginiana) western poison ivy (Toxicodendron rydbergii) western ragweed (Ambrosia psilostachya) white campion (Silene latifolia ssp. alba) white clover (Trifolium repens) white sage (Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana) white snakeroot (Ageratina altissima var. altissima) white sweet clover (Melilotus albus) white-flowered leaf-cup (Polymnia canadensis) whorled milkweed (Asclepias verticillata) wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa) wild blue phlox (Phlox divaricata ssp. laphamii) wild grape (Vitis riparia) wild parsnip (Pastinaca sativa) wolfberry (Symphoricarpos occidentalis) woodbine (Parthenocissus vitacea) woolly plantain (Plantago patagonica) yellow goat’s beard (Tragopogon dubius) yellow sweet clover (Melilotus officinalis) yellow wood sorrel (Oxalis stricta)

Visits	5/16/2005 7/29/2010