Twin Valley Prairie Preserve







			Norman County




Size	499 acres

Maps	Printable Map with GPS coordinates

Parking	West Parking (County Road 28) N47 11.266, W96 21.867 South Parking (County Road 39) N47 10.823, W96 21.249

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Hunting	No hunting

Ecological Classification	Province	Prairie Parkland Province
	Section	Red River Valley
	Subsection(s)	Red River Prairie
	Land Type Association(s)	Barnesville Beach Complex

Native Plant Communities¹	Cattail - Sedge Marsh (Northern) Cattail - Sedge Marsh (Prairie) Dry Sand - Gravel Prairie (Northern) Mesic Prairie (Northern) Prairie Meadow/Carr Wet Prairie (Northern) Wet Saline Prairie (Northern)

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Links	Twin Valley Prairie SNA (MinnesotaSeasons.com) Minnesota DNR The Nature Conservancy

Comments	This preserve includes the Twin Valley Prairie SNA. It is bordered on the east by Neal WMA.

Visits	8/17/2010


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Birds	Large numbers of Sandhill Cranes gather here during their migration south every year.

	Two bird species with conservation status in Minnesota have been seen here:
	Special concern	Greater Prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus cupido) Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa fedoa)

Mammals	Two mammal species with conservation status in Minnesota have been seen here:
	Special concern	moose (Alces americanus) prairie vole (Microtus ochrogaster)

Plants	Plants frequently found in: Cattail - Sedge Marsh (Northern) MRn83a Cattail - Sedge Marsh (Prairie) MRp83a Dry Sand - Gravel Prairie (Northern) UPn12b Mesic Prairie (Northern) UPn23b Prairie Meadow/Carr WMp73a Wet Prairie (Northern) WPn53c Wet Saline Prairie (Northern) WPn53d

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