Staffanson Prairie

   

Staffanson Prairie

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Area and County

 

 

 

Douglas County

 

 

 

 

 


Size

95 Acres

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Maps

MinnesotaSeasons map with GPS coordinates

 
Parking

N45 49.075 W95 44.619

 
Hiking Trails

 


Ecological Classification

Province

Prairie Parkland Province

Ecological Classification

Section

North Central Glaciated Plains

Subsection(s)

Minnesota River Prairie

Land Type Association(s)

Gilchrist Moraine

 
Native Plant Communities1

Mesic Prairie (Southern)


Ownership

The Nature Conservancy

 
Links

The Nature Conservancy


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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 and Arachnids

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

Special concern – Powesheik skipperling (Oarisma powesheik)

 
 

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

 

 

 

 

goldenrod soldier beetle

 


Plants

University of Minnesota Herbarium Plant List


Plants frequently found in:

Mesic Prairie (Southern) UPs23a

 
 

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)

Canada wildrye (Elymus canadensis)

Canadian horseweed (Conyza canadensis)

candle anemone (Anemone cylindrica)

common burdock (Arctium minus)

common evening primrose (Oenothera biennis)

common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)

common yarrow (Achillea millefolium)

curly dock (Rumex crispus)

dotted blazing star (Liatris punctata var. punctata)

downy gentian (Gentiana puberulenta)

false sunflower (Heliopsis helianthoides var. occidentalis)

gray dogwood (Cornus racemosa)

gray-headed coneflower (Ratibida pinnata)

great burdock (Arctium lappa)

green carpetweed (Mollugo verticillata)

green foxtail (Setaria 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)

narrow-leaved hawkweed (Hieracium umbellatum)

northern bedstraw (Galium boreale)

northern plains blazing star (Liatris ligulistylis)

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)

redroot amaranth (Amaranthus retroflexus)

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 (Solidago rigida)

stinging nettle (Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis)

tall cinquefoil (Drymocallis arguta)

white heath aster (Symphyotrichum ericoides)

white prairie clover (Dalea 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

 

 

 

 

black-eyed Susan

 

 

 

 

Canada goldenrod

 

 

 

 

common yarrow

 

 

 

 

downy gentian

 

 

 

 

false sunflower

 

 

 

 

false sunflower

 

 

 

 

gray-headed coneflower

 

 

 

 

northern bedstraw

 

 

 

 

prairie onion

 

 

 

 

showy goldenrod

 

 

 

 

stiff goldenrod

 

 

 

 

tall cinquefoil

 

 

 

 

white prairie clover

 

 

 

 

wild bergamot

 

 

 


Visits

9/3/2009

   
 

 

         

 

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