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Redwood
N44 18.302 W95 27.048
80 acres
Upland, mesic prairie (on the west side of the preserve); bottomland, wet prairie (on the east side of the preserve); oxbow lake
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The Nature Conservancy
During a wet spring the prairie may be flooded.
Two bird species with protected status in Minnesota are found here:
Threatened – Wilson’s phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor)
Special concern – marbled godwit (Limosa fedoa)
American goldfinch (Carduelis tristis)
ring-necked pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
turkey vulture (Cathartes aura)
upland sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda)
Regal fritillary (Speyeria idalia), a Minnesota special concern species, is found here.
goldenrod soldier beetle (Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus)
monarch (Danaus plexippus)
northern corn rootworm (Diabrotica barberi)
painted lady (Vanessa cardui)
whitetail deer (Odocoileus virginianus)
Some of the grasses that can be found at this preserve, along with those listed below, are switch grass (Panicum virgatum var. virgatum), porcupine grass (Stipa spartea), and green needlegrass (Nassella viridula).
American bugleweed (Lycopus americanus)
big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii)
blue vervain (Verbena hastata)
butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa ssp. interior)
Canada goldenrod (Solidago canadensis var. canadensis)
Canada wildrye (Elymus canadensis)
common boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum var. perfoliatum)
common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)
common sneezeweed (Helenium autumnale)
cup plant (Silphium perfoliatum var. perfoliatum)
curly dock (Rumex crispus ssp. crispus)
curly-cup gumweed (Grindelia squarrosa)
cut-leaved coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata var. laciniata)
giant ragweed (Ambrosia trifida var. trifida)
gray goldenrod (Solidago nemoralis)
hairy hedge nettle (Stachys hispida)
heart-leaved four o’clock (Mirabilis nyctaginea)
hedge bindweed (Calystegia sepium ssp. angulata)
Indiangrass (Sorghastrum nutans)
June grass (Koeleria macrantha)
leadplant (Amorpha canescens)
narrow-leaved cattail (Typha angustifolia)
obedient plant (Physostegia virginiana var. virginiana)
prairie cordgrass (Spartina pectinata)
prairie ironweed (Vernonia fasciculata var. fasciculata)
prairie onion (Allium stellatum)
prairie rose (Rosa arkansana)
prickly sow thistle (Sonchus asper)
purple rattlesnake root (Prenanthes racemosa)
red clover (Trifolium pratense)
rough blazing star (Liatris aspera)
rough cinquefoil (Potentilla norvegica ssp. monspeliensis)
rough cocklebur (Xanthium strumarium)
round-headed bush clover (Lespedeza capitata)
scouring rush horsetail (Equisetum hyemale var. affine)
showy blue lettuce (Lactuca pulchella)
smooth scouring rush (Equisetum laevigatum)
spotted water hemlock (Cicuta maculata var. maculata)
stiff goldenrod (Oligoneuron rigidum)
swamp smartweed (Polygonum amphibium var. emersum)
western poison ivy (Toxicodendron rydbergii)
white prairie clover (Dalea candida var. candida)
white sweet clover (Melilotus albus)
wild licorice (Glycyrrhiza lepidota)
yellow sweet clover (Melilotus officinalis)
8/28/2005