Minnesota Seasons - Shooting Star Prairie SNA


Shooting Star Prairie SNA

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			Mower County




Size	8 acres

Maps	Map with GPS coordinates

Parking	N43 32.630 , W92 34.682

Hiking Trails	None

Hunting	No hunting.

Ecological Classification	Province	Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province
	Section	Minnesota & NE Iowa Morainal
	Subsection(s)	Oak Savanna
	Land Type Association(s)	Hayfield Till Plain

Native Plant Communities¹	Mesic Prairie (Southern)

Ownership	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Links	Minnesota DNR

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Birds

	Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)

Insects and Arachnids

	common wood nymph (Cercyonis pegala nephala) eastern tiger swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) goldenrod soldier beetle (Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus) monarch (Danaus plexippus) painted lady (Vanessa cardui)

Plants	One plant species with protected status in Minnesota is found here: Endangered – prairie shooting star (Primula meadia) Prairie shooting star is being reintroduced into this tiny SNA. Minnesota DNR Plant List Plants frequently found in: Mesic Prairie (Southern) UPs23a

	big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii) black raspberry (Rubus occidentalis) black walnut (Juglans nigra) blue vervain (Verbena hastata) bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa) Canada goldenrod (Solidago canadensis) Canada lettuce (Lactuca canadensis) Canada plum (Prunus nigra) common burdock (Arctium minus) common evening primrose (Oenothera biennis) common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) common snowberry (Symphoricarpos albus var. albus) common yarrow (Achillea millefolium) curly dock (Rumex crispus) giant ragweed (Ambrosia trifida var. trifida) Indiangrass (Sorghastrum nutans) Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus) northern pin oak (Quercus ellipsoidalis) purple prairie clover (Dalea purpurea var. purpurea) quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) rattlesnake master (Eryngium yuccifolium var. yuccifolium) red osier dogwood (Cornus sericea ssp. sericea) rough blazing star (Liatris aspera) smooth sumac (Rhus glabra) spotted Joe Pye weed (Eutrochium maculatum) spotted touch-me-not (Impatiens capensis) stiff goldenrod (Solidago rigida) tall blue lettuce (Lactuca biennis) western bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum var. latiusculum) western poison ivy (Toxicodendron rydbergii) white sage (Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana) white snakeroot (Ageratina altissima var. altissima) white sweet clover (Melilotus albus) wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa) wild grape (Vitis riparia) woodbine (Parthenocissus vitacea)

Visits	8/28/2005