Minnesota Seasons - Zimmerman Prairie


Zimmerman Prairie

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			Becker County




Size	83 acres

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Parking	N47 6.469 W96 8.481

Hiking Trails	None





Ecological Classification	Province	Prairie Parkland Province
	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)

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)

Mammals

	plains pocket gopher (Geomys bursarius)

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)

Visits	9/7/2011