Minnesota Seasons - Sandpiper Prairie SNA


Sandpiper Prairie SNA

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				Norman County




Size	561 acres

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Parking	N47 14.691, W96 24.419

Hiking Trails

Hunting	No hunting.

Ecological Classification	Province	Prairie Parkland Province
	Section	Red River Valley
	Subsection(s)	Red River Prairie
	Land Type Association(s)	Barnesville Beach Complex Felton Lake Plain

Native Plant Communities¹	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)

Ownership	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Links	Minnesota DNR

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			The sign is well concealed.



Birds	Five bird species with protected status in Minnesota have been seen here: Threatened – Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator), Wilson’s Phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor) Special concern – Greater Prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus cupido), Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa) Other birds commonly seen on this site include Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus), American Kestrel (Falco sparverius), Upland Sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda), Wilson’s Snipe (Gallinago delicata), Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris), clay-colored sparrow (Spizella pallida), and Le Conte’s Sparrow (Ammodramus leconteii). Minnesota DNR Bird checkist

Plants	Minnesota DNR Plant List Plants frequently found in: Basin Meadow/Carr WMs92a Cattail - Sedge Marsh (Prairie) MRp83a Dry Sand - Gravel Prairie (Northern) UPn12b Mesic Prairie (Northern) UPn23b Northwestern Mesic Aspen-Oak Woodland FDw34 Prairie Meadow/Carr WMp73a Sedge Meadow: Beaked Sedge Subtype WMn82b3 Sedge Meadow: Lake Sedge Subtype WMn82b4 Wet Prairie (Northern) WPn53b Wet Saline Prairie (Northern) WPn53d

Visits	8/17/2010