About • Location • Activities • Ecology
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Overview |
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History |
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Shooting Star Prairie SNA was designated November 16, 1989. |
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Mower County | ||||||
Southeast Minnesota | ||||||
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Hiking Trails |
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No maintained trails |
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Hunting |
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No hunting |
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Ecology |
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Ecological Classification |
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Ecological Province | Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province |
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Ecological Section | Minnesota & NE Iowa Morainal |
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Ecological Subsection | Oak Savanna |
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Land Type Association | Hayfield Till Plain |
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Native Plant Communities* |
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Mesic Prairie (Southern) |
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* Source: The Minnesota Biological Survey, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Division of Ecological Resources | |||||||
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High Quality Prairie
Visitors to this site shouldn’t just walk the old railbed. The area between the rail bed and County Road 8 is high quality mesic prairie.
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Rare Plants
At one time, an attempt was made to reintroduce Prairie shooting star into this tiny SNA. Red mulberry, rare (in Minnesota) but without conservation status, is found here.
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