Minnesota Seasons - Staffanson Prairie


Staffanson Prairie

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			Douglas County




Size	95 Acres

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Parking	N45 49.075 W95 44.619

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Ecological Classification	Province	Prairie Parkland Province
	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)

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)

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)

Visits	9/3/2009