Zimmerman Prairie

   

Zimmerman Prairie

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Area and County

 

 

 

Becker County

 

 

 

 

 


Size

83 acres

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Maps

MinnesotaSeasons map with GPS coordinates

 
Parking

N47 6.469 W96 8.481

 
Hiking Trails

None

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Ecological Classification

Province

Prairie Parkland Province

Ecological Classification

Section

Red River Valley

Subsection(s)

Red River Prairie

Land Type Association(s)

Flom Till Plain

 
Native Plant Communities1

Mesic Prairie (Northern)


Ownership

The Nature Conservancy

 
Links

The Nature Conservancy


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Amphibians

 

 
 

northern leopard frog (Rana pipiens)

northern leopard frog


Birds

Two bird species with protected status in Minnesota have been seen here:

Special concern – Greater Prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus cupido), Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa)


Insects and Arachnids

 

 
 

cabbage white (Pieris rapae)

common green darner (Anax junius)

goldenrod bunch gall midge (Rhopalomyia solidaginis)

goldenrod gall fly (Eurosta solidaginis)

monarch (Danaus plexippus)

viceroy (Limenitis archippus)

common green darner


Mammals

 

 
 

plains pocket gopher (Geomys bursarius)

plains pocket gopher


Plants

Two plant species with protected status in Minnesota are found here:

Special concern – small white lady’s slipper (Cypripedium candidum), northern singlespike sedge (Carex scirpoidea ssp. scirpoidea)

University of Minnesota Herbarium Plant List


Plants frequently found in:

Mesic Prairie (Northern) UPn23b

 
 

American plum (Prunus americana)

big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii)

bird’s-foot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus var. corniculatus)

bottle gentian (Gentiana andrewsii)

boxelder (Acer negundo var. negundo)

Canada goldenrod (Solidago canadensis)

Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense)

Canadian milkvetch (Astragalus canadensis var. canadensis)

common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)

common reed (Phragmites australis)

common sneezeweed (Helenium autumnale)

common sunflower (Helianthus annuus)

Culver’s root (Veronicastrum virginicum)

curly dock (Rumex crispus)

desert false indigo (Amorpha fruticosa)

downy gentian (Gentiana puberulenta)

dwarf false indigo (Amorpha nana)

fen grass of Parnassus (Parnassia glauca)

Flodman’s thistle (Cirsium flodmanii)

golden alexanders (Zizia aurea)

greater fringed gentian (Gentianopsis crinita)

heart-leaved golden alexanders (Zizia aptera)

Indian hemp (Apocynum cannabinum)

Indiangrass (Sorghastrum nutans)

leadplant (Amorpha canescens)

little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium)

Maximilian’s sunflower (Helianthus maximilianii)

narrow-leaved cattail (Typha angustifolia)

narrow-leaved purple coneflower (Echinacea angustifolia var. angustifolia)

northern plains blazing star (Liatris ligulistylis)

plumeless thistle (Carduus acanthoides)

prairie alumroot (Heuchera richardsonii)

prairie blazing star (Liatris pycnostachya var. pycnostachya)

prairie cordgrass (Spartina pectinata)

prairie goldenrod (Solidago ptarmicoides)

prairie rose (Rosa arkansana)

prickly sow thistle (Sonchus asper)

purple prairie clover (Dalea purpurea var. purpurea)

purple rattlesnake root (Nabalus racemosus)

quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides)

red clover (Trifolium pratense)

red osier dogwood (Cornus sericea ssp. sericea)

rough blazing star (Liatris aspera)

rough false pennyroyal (Hedeoma hispida)

scouring rush horsetail (Equisetum hyemale var. affine)

showy goldenrod (Solidago speciosa)

sideoats grama (Bouteloua curtipendula var. curtipendula)

silverleaf scurfpea (Pediomelum argophyllum)

smooth blue aster (Symphyotrichum laeve)

smooth scouring rush (Equisetum laevigatum)

stiff goldenrod (Solidago rigida)

stiff sunflower (Helianthus pauciflorus ssp. subrhomboideus)

stinging nettle (Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis)

swamp betony (Pedicularis lanceolata)

swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata ssp. incarnata)

tall meadow rue (Thalictrum dasycarpum)

timothy (Phleum pratense)

Virginia mountain mint (Pycnanthemum virginianum)

western ragweed (Ambrosia psilostachya)

white heath aster (Symphyotrichum ericoides)

white prairie clover (Dalea candida var. candida)

white sage (Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana)

white sweet clover (Melilotus albus)

wild licorice (Glycyrrhiza lepidota)

wolfberry (Symphoricarpos occidentalis)

yellow foxtail (Setaria pumila ssp. pumila)

yellow sweet clover (Melilotus officinalis)

American plum

 

 

 

 

bottle gentian

 

 

 

 

Canadian milkvetch

 

 

 

 

common sneezeweed

 

 

 

 

Culver’s root

 

 

 

 

downy gentian

 

 

 

 

greater fringed gentian

 

 

 

 

heart-leaved golden alexanders

 

 

 

 

leadplant

 

 

 

 

Maximilian’s sunflower

 

 

 

 

narrow-leaved purple coneflower

 

 

 

 

prairie rose

 

 

 

 

purple prairie clover

 

 

 

 

silverleaf scurfpea

 

 

 

 

stiff goldenrod

 

 

 

 

stiff sunflower (ssp. subrhomboideus)

 

 

 

 

swamp milkweed

 

 

 

 

tall meadow rue

 

 

 


Visits

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