Staffanson Prairie

Staffanson Prairie
       
County

Douglas

  Douglas County
GPS

N45 49.075
W95 44.619

 
Size

95 Acres

 
Habitat

Mesic prairie, prairie pothole

Hiking Trails

None


Links

The Nature Conservancy


Comments

 


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Birds

Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) and blue-winged teal (Anas discors) breed on the site.

 
 

American goldfinch (Carduelis tristis)

American goldfinch

 

 

 

 

     

Insects

Powesheik skipperling (Oarisma powesheik), a Minnesota special concern species, can be seen here.

 
 

Carolina grasshopper (Dissosteira carolina)

dog day cicada (Tibicen canicularis)

goldenrod soldier beetle (Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus)

monarch (Danaus plexippus)

northern bush katydid (Scudderia septentrionalis)

regal fritillary (Speyeria idalia)

seven-spotted lady beetle (Coccinella septempunctata)

dog day cicada
     

Plants

Some other grasses that can be seen here, besides those listed below, are porcupine grass (Stipa spartea), prairie cordgrass (Spartina pectinata), bluejoint (Calamagrostis canadensis), and prairie dropseed (Sporobolus heterolepis).

Other plants that can be found on this site, along with those listed below, include narrow-leaved purple coneflower (Echinacea angustifolia var. angustifolia), and Siberian elm (Ulmis pumila).

 
 

alfalfa (Medicago sativa ssp. sativa)

American plum (Prunus americana)

big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii)

black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)

boxelder (Acer negundo)

bull thistle (Cirsium vulgare)

Canada goldenrod (Solidago canadensis var. canadensis)

Canada hawkweed (Hieracium kalmii)

Canada wildrye (Elymus canadensis)

Canadian horseweed (Conyza canadensis var. canadensis)

candle anemone (Anemone cylindrica)

carpetweed (Mollugo verticillata)

common evening primrose (Oenothera biennis)

common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)

common yarrow (Achillea millefolium)

curly dock (Rumex crispus ssp. crispus)

downy gentian (Gentiana puberulenta)

false sunflower (Heliopsis helianthoides var. occidentalis)

gray dogwood (Cornus racemosa)

gray-headed coneflower (Ratibida pinnata)

great burdock (Arctium lappa)

green amaranth (Amaranthus hybridus)

green foxtail (Setaria viridis var. viridis)

grooved yellow flax (Linum sulcatum var. sulcatum)

Indian hemp (Apocynum cannabinum)

Indiangrass (Sorghastrum nutans)

leadplant (Amorpha canescens)

little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium)

Maximilian’s sunflower (Helianthus maximilianii)

Nebraska blazing star (Liatris punctata var. nebraskana)

northern bedstraw (Galium boreale)

plains cottonwood (Populus deltoides ssp. molinifera)

prairie blazing star (Liatris pycnostachya)

prairie onion (Allium stellatum)

prairie rose (Rosa arkansana)

purple prairie clover (Dalea purpurea var. purpurea)

red clover (Trifolium pratense)

rough blazing star (Liatris aspera)

scouring rush horsetail (Equisetum hyemale var. affine)

showy goldenrod (Solidago speciosa)

sideoats grama (Bouteloua curtipendula var. curtipendula)

silverleaf scurfpea (Pediomelum argophyllum)

smooth scouring rush (Equisetum laevigatum)

spotted lady’s thumb (Persicaria maculosa)

stiff goldenrod (Oligoneuron rigidum)

stinging nettle (Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis)

tall cinquefoil (Potentilla arguta ssp. arguta)

white heath aster (Symphyotrichum ericoides var. ericoides)

white prairie clover (Dalea candida var. candida)

white sage (Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana)

white sweet clover (Melilotus albus)

wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa)

woodbine (Parthenocissus vitacea)

yellow goat’s beard (Tragopogon dubius)

yellow sweet clover (Melilotus officinalis)

American plum

 

 

 

 

 

Canada goldenrod

 

 

 

 

 

common yarrow

 

 

 

 

 

downy gentian

 

 

 

 

 

false sunflower

 

 

 

 

 

gray-headed coneflower

 

 

 

 

 

northern bedstraw

 

 

 

 

 

prairie onion

 

 

 

 

 

showy goldenrod

 

 

 

 

 

stiff goldenrod

 

 

 

 

 

tall cinquefoil

 

 

 

 

 

wild bergamot

 

 

 

     

Visits

9/3/2009

   
       
 

 

         

 

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