Blanket Flower Prairie SNA
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400 Acres Located from Barnesville 8 miles E on MN Hwy 34, then 1 mile N on MN Hwy 32, then 1 mile E on gravel road, then .75 mile N on gravel road. Park on road shoulder. Clay County Twp 137N Rng 44W Sec 11 & 14 Type: Deciduous Woods ECS Subsection: Hardwood Hills |
Description:
Blanket Flower Prairie straddles the ecotone between the prairies to the west and the eastern deciduous forest. This distinctive feature is highlighted by the unusual combination of eastern and western plant species. Hill's thistle and sky-blue aster are found here at the western edge of their range, while Hooker's oat-grass and blanket flower are at their eastern most distribution. Dry prairie dominates the upper slopes of the rolling hills on this site with mesic prairie in low areas. Small groves of aspen are scattered about. Old fields within the site will, over time, be planted with native prairie seed collected from the site. Take some time to look for plants such as pasque flower, porcupine grass, dotted blazing star, silky aster, prairie dropseed, blue grama grass, pinweed, and purple prairie-clover.
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