Minnesota Seasons - Yellow Bank Hills SNA


Yellow Bank Hills SNA

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			Lac qui Parle County




Size	80 acres

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Parking	N45 3.674 W96 24.890

Hiking Trails	None





Ecological Classification	Province	Prairie Parkland Province
	Section	North Central Glaciated Plains
	Subsection(s)	Minnesota River Prairie
	Land Type Association(s)	Renville Till Plain

Native Plant Communities¹	Dry Sand - Gravel Prairie (Southern)

Ownership	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Links	Minnesota DNR

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Birds	Minnesota DNR Bird checkist

	Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)

Insects and Arachnids

	Melissa blue (Plebejus melissa melissa)

Mammals	One mammal species with protected status in Minnesota is found here: Special concern – prairie vole (Microtus ochrogaster)

	white-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus townsendii)

Plants	Four plant species with protected status in Minnesota are found here: Threatened – Nuttall’s violet (Viola nuttallii) Special concern – Missouri milkvetch (Astragalus missouriensis var. missouriensis), velvety goldenrod (Solidago mollis), lacy tansyaster (Machaeranthera pinnatifida var. pinnatifida) Minnesota DNR Plant List Plants frequently found in: Dry Sand - Gravel Prairie (Southern) UPs13b

	big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii) blue vervain (Verbena hastata) common boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum var. perfoliatum) common mullein (Verbascum thapsus) common sneezeweed (Helenium autumnale) common sunflower (Helianthus annuus) cut-leaved coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata var. laciniata) dotted blazing star (Liatris punctata var. punctata) common evening primrose (Oenothera biennis) field bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis) great blue lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica var. ludoviciana) leadplant (Amorpha canescens) Missouri milkvetch (Astragalus missouriensis var. missouriensis) narrow-leaved purple coneflower (Echinacea angustifolia var. angustifolia) prairie fleabane (Erigeron strigosus) prairie onion (Allium stellatum) prairie rose (Rosa arkansana) purple prairie clover (Dalea purpurea var. purpurea) stiff goldenrod (Solidago rigida) yellow sweet clover (Melilotus officinalis) white heath aster (Symphyotrichum ericoides) white sweet clover (Melilotus albus)

Visits	8/27/2004