Sedan Brook Prairie SNA

   

Sedan Brook Prairie SNA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Area and County

 

 

 

Stearns County

 

 

 

 

 


Size

191 acres

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Maps

MinnesotaSeasons map with GPS coordinates

 
Parking

N45 32.529 W95 5.445

 
Hiking Trails

None


Ecological Classification

Province

Prairie Parkland Province

Ecological Classification

Section

North Central Glaciated Plains

Subsection(s)

Minnesota River Prairie

Land Type Association(s)

Bellgrade Sand Plain

 
Native Plant Communities1

Cattail - Sedge Marsh (Northern)

Mesic Prairie (Southern)

Sedge Meadow


Ownership

The Nature Conservancy

 
Links

Minnesota DNR


Comments

 


Images  
  Sedan Brook Prairie SNA   Sedan Brook Prairie SNA        

Birds

Sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis) nest on this site.

 
 

American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)

American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)

Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula)

Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)

Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus)

Brewer’s Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus)

Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula)

Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus)

Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum)

Great Egret (Ardea alba)

Green Heron (Butorides virescens)

Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)

Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)

Ring-necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)

Sedge Wren (Cistothorus platensis)

Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)

Upland Sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda)

Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)

Yellow Warbler (Dendroica petechia)

Blue Jay

 

 

 

 

Double-breasted Cormorant

 

 

 

 

 

 

Great Egret

 

 


Insects and Arachnids  
 
 

 

 

 

dot-tailed whiteface (Leucorrhinia intacta)

eyed brown (Satyrodes eurydice)

Harris’ Checkerspot (Chlosyne harrisii)

monarch (Danaus plexippus)

northern crescent (Phyciodes selenis)

viceroy (Limenitis archippus)

twelve-spotted skimmer (Libellula pulchella)

white admiral (Limenitis arthemis arthemis)

white-faced meadowhawk (Sympetrum obtrusum)

monarch

 

 

 

 

northern crescent

 

 


Mammals  
 
  American beaver (Castor canadensis) American beaver

Plants

One plant species with protected status in Minnesota is found here:

Special concern – small white lady’s slipper (Cypripedium candidum)

Minnesota DNR Plant List


Plants frequently found in:

Cattail - Sedge Marsh (Northern) MRn83a

Mesic Prairie (Southern) UPs23a

Sedge Meadow WMn82b

 
 

alfalfa (Medicago sativa ssp. sativa)

alsike clover (Trifolium hybridum)

American vetch (Vicia americana ssp. americana)

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

black medick (Medicago lupulina)

black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)

broad-leaved cattail (Typha latifolia)

Canada anemone (Anemone canadensis)

Canada hawkweed (Hieracium kalmii)

common bladderwort (Utricularia vulgaris ssp. macrorhiza)

common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale)

common evening primrose (Oenothera biennis)

common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)

common plantain (Plantago major)

common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia)

common yarrow (Achillea millefolium)

downy phlox (Phlox pilosa ssp. fulgida)

dwarf milkweed (Asclepias ovalifolia)

eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana)

flat-topped aster (Doellingeria umbellata var. pubens)

golden alexanders (Zizia aurea)

hairy hedge nettle (Stachys pilosa var. pilosa)

hoary alyssum (Berteroa incana)

hoary puccoon (Lithospermum canescens)

Indian hemp (Apocynum cannabinum)

narrow-leaved cattail (Typha angustifolia)

northern bedstraw (Galium boreale)

northern blue flag (Iris versicolor)

oxeye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare)

prairie groundsel (Packera plattensis)

prairie rose (Rosa arkansana)

quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides)

red clover (Trifolium pratense)

red osier dogwood (Cornus sericea ssp. sericea)

rough cinquefoil (Potentilla norvegica)

silky dogwood (Cornus obliqua)

smooth brome (Bromus inermis)

smooth scouring rush (Equisetum laevigatum)

spotted water hemlock (Cicuta maculata var. maculata)

starry false Solomon’s seal (Maianthemum stellatum)

stinging nettle (Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis)

tall meadow rue (Thalictrum dasycarpum)

western poison ivy (Toxicodendron rydbergii)

white campion (Silene latifolia ssp. alba)

white clover (Trifolium repens)

white sage (Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana)

white spruce (Picea glauca)

wild grape (Vitis riparia)

woodbine (Parthenocissus vitacea)

yellow goat’s beard (Tragopogon dubius)

yellow marsh marigold (Caltha palustris var. palustris)

yellow star grass (Hypoxis hirsuta)

yellow sweet clover (Melilotus officinalis)

yellow wood sorrel (Oxalis stricta)

 

alsike clover

 

 

 

 

black-eyed Susan

 

 

 

 

common dandelion

 

 

 

 

common evening primrose

 

 

 

 

common milkweed

 

 

 

 

downy phlox

 

 

 

 

hoary alyssum

 

 

 

 

oxeye daisy

 

 

 

 

prairie rose

 

 

 

 

spotted water hemlock

 

 

 

 

tall meadow rue

 

 

 

 

western poison ivy

 

 

 

 

yellow goat’s beard

 

 

 

 

yellow marsh marigold


Visits

6/19/2006

   

 

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