Touch the Sky Prairie

   

Touch the Sky Prairie, south section

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Area and County

 

 

 

Rock County

 

 

 

 

 


Size

792 acres

Printable map
 
Maps

Maps with GPS coordinates

Complete

North Section

Central Section

South Section

 
Parking

North Parking
N43 44.835, W96 16.041

Southeast Parking
N43 43.986, W96 16.706

Southwest Parking
N43 43.962, W96 17.233

 
Hiking Trails

 


Ecological Classification

Province

Prairie Parkland Province

Ecological Classification

Section

North Central Glaciated Plains

Subsection(s)

Inner Coteau

Land Type Association(s)

Blue Mounds

Trosky Till Plain

 
Native Plant Communities1

Crystalline Bedrock Outcrop (Prairie): Sioux Quartzite Subtype

Mesic Prairie (Southern)


Ownership

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

 
Links

Brandenburg Prairie Foundation

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service


Comments

This site is one unit of the Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge.


Images  

North Section

Touch the Sky Prairie, north section   Touch the Sky Prairie, north section        
               
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Central Section Touch the Sky Prairie, south section   Touch the Sky Prairie, south section   Touch the Sky Prairie, south section    
               
South Section Touch the Sky Prairie, central section   Touch the Sky Prairie, central section   Touch the Sky Prairie, central section    

Plants

Plants frequently found in:

Crystalline Bedrock Outcrop (Prairie): Sioux Quartzite Subtype ROs12a2

Mesic Prairie (Southern) UPs23a


Visits

9/9/2011

   

 

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