Sandpiper Prairie SNA
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561 acres |
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| Norman County | ||||||
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No maintained trails |
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No hunting |
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Ecology |
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Ecological Classification |
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| Ecological Province | Prairie Parkland Province |
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| Ecological Section | Red River Valley |
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| Ecological Subsection | Red River Prairie |
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| Land Type Association | Barnesville Beach Complex Felton Lake Plain |
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Native Plant Communities* |
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Basin Meadow/Carr Cattail - Sedge Marsh (Prairie) Dry Sand - Gravel Prairie (Northern) Mesic Prairie (Northern) Northwestern Mesic Aspen-Oak Woodland Prairie Meadow/Carr Sedge Meadow: Beaked Sedge Subtype Sedge Meadow: Lake Sedge Subtype Wet Prairie (Northern) Wet Saline Prairie (Northern) |
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Natural Features |
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Prairie Restoration
A 40-acre former agricultural field south of the farm is undergoing prairie restoration. In 2018, parts of this restoration were overtaken by amaranth and dock. Other parts had been recently seeded and showed an even distribution of the plants in the seed mix in rows created by the seed spreader.
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Dan W. Andree |
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Sandpiper Prairie in bloom.... Taken August 25, 2018. |
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Conservation Donnie |
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Wood Routed Sign In 2010 the sign was well concealed. |
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By 2018 it had been moved to a new location. |
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Mesic Prairie (Northern) |
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Dry Sand - Gravel Prairie (Northern) |
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Prairie Mix Dry Sand - Gravel Prairie (Northern) at the bottom, Mesic Prairie (Northern) in the middle, Wet Prairie (Northern) in the distance |
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_02.jpg "mountain death camas (var. elegans)")
_01.jpg "palespike lobelia (var. spicata)")
_10.jpg "prairie ironweed")
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