Wahpeton Prairie

Wahpeton Prairie
       
County

Redwood

  Redwood County
GPS

N44 18.302
W95 27.048

 
Size

80 acres

 
Habitat

Upland, mesic prairie (on the west side of the preserve); bottomland, wet prairie (on the east side of the preserve); oxbow lake

Hiking Trails

None


Links

The Nature Conservancy


Comments

During a wet spring the prairie may be flooded.


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  Wahpeton Prairie            
               

Birds

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)

American goldfinch
     

Insects

Regal fritillary (Speyeria idalia), a Minnesota special concern species, is found here.

 
 

goldenrod soldier beetle (Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus)

monarch (Danaus plexippus)

painted lady (Vanessa cardui)

 

painted lady
     

Mammals

 

 
 

whitetail deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

 
     

Plants

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 onoin (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 (Solidago rigida ssp. rigida)

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)

big bluestem

 

 

 

 

 

Canada wildrye

 

 

 

 

 

cup plant

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

obedient plant

 

 

 

 

 

prairie ironweed

 

 

 

 

 

round-headed bush clover

 

 

 

 

 

spotted water hemlock

 

 

 

 

 

stiff goldenrod

 

 

 

 

 

wild licorice

 

 

 

     

Visits

8/28/2005

   
               

 

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