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*Sveriges Nationalatlas* (SNA), or the National Atlas of Sweden, is the official national atlas providing a comprehensive geographic, historical, and economic overview of the nation. A modern series was developed starting in the late 1980s and published in the 1990s through a collaboration involving...
Felton Prairie Scientific and Natural Area in Minnesota is notable for protecting rare sand prairie habitat and vital nesting grounds for prairie chickens.
Langhei Prairie Scientific and Natural Area (SNA) is a nature reserve located in western Minnesota, managed by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. It protects a remnant of native tallgrass prairie within a region where less than one percent of the original prairie ecosystem remains intact...
Prairie Smoke Dunes Scientific and Natural Area is a protected nature preserve in Minnesota named for the prairie smoke wildflower (Geum triflorum). The site is characterized by its sandy dune topography, which creates a specialized habitat for rare dry sand prairie plant communities. It is managed...
Bonanza Prairie Scientific and Natural Area is a protected native-grassland site in western Minnesota. It preserves a substantial remnant of high-quality mesic prairie, an ecosystem shaped by moderate soil moisture, periodic fire, and grazing, and now uncommon because much of the region was converte...
A Minnesota Scientific and Natural Area in Otter Tail County preserving native prairie within the prairie-forest transition zone of west-central Minnesota.
A Minnesota SNA combining spring-fed wetland and native prairie habitats, protecting rare plant communities associated with calcareous groundwater discharge.
Bluestem Prairie Scientific and Natural Area is a protected remnant of northern tallgrass prairie in Clay County, Minnesota, within the Red River Valley. Its prairie communities grow on level to gently rolling soils and include grasses such as big bluestem, little bluestem, and prairie dropseed alon...
Cottonwood River Prairie Scientific and Natural Area is a Minnesota preserve conserving diverse native prairie ecosystems along the river valley.
Located in Houston County, Minnesota, this SNA preserves goat prairie on steep south-facing bluffs alongside Native American burial mounds and rare native plant species.
Blanket Flower Prairie Scientific and Natural Area is a protected nature preserve located in Clay County, western Minnesota. Managed by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, it safeguards a rare remnant of dry sand-gravel prairie. The preserve is open to the public for low-impact activities...
A Minnesota Scientific and Natural Area named to honor a conservation donor or landowner who helped secure a native prairie remnant for permanent protection.
Located near Oronoco in Olmsted County, Minnesota, this SNA protects a remnant native prairie recognized for its diverse assemblage of rare and native plant species.
Felton Prairie in Minnesota is a designated Important Bird Area notable for its dry sand prairie habitat and resident population of Greater Prairie-Chickens.
Glynn Prairie Scientific and Natural Area is a Minnesota reserve dedicated to preserving high-quality wet mesic prairie and native grasslands.
Butternut Valley Prairie Scientific and Natural Area in Minnesota protects vital remnants of native mesic prairie within the state's river valley.
A Minnesota DNR-managed Scientific and Natural Area protecting a remnant upland native prairie that preserves native grasses and forbs in the state's prairie region.
A Minnesota Scientific and Natural Area named for a landowner or conservation benefactor, protecting a native prairie remnant with characteristic prairie plant species.
A Minnesota SNA whose name reflects probable preservation along a former railroad corridor, where native prairie often survived agricultural conversion of surrounding land.
A Minnesota DNR-managed native prairie remnant preserving plant communities representative of Minnesota's presettlement prairie, designated as a Scientific and Natural Area.
Harry W. Cater Homestead Prairie Scientific and Natural Area is a Minnesota preserve protecting an intact, historic tract of mesic tallgrass prairie.
A Minnesota Scientific and Natural Area designated by the DNR to protect a remnant native prairie tract with diverse grass and wildflower communities.
Staffanson Prairie Scientific and Natural Area in Minnesota preserves an exceptionally diverse tract of mesic tallgrass prairie situated on a glacial beach ridge.
Kasota Prairie Scientific and Natural Area in Minnesota is a notable preserve containing rare dry hill prairie and indigenous rock art along the Minnesota River Valley.
Bicentennial Prairie Scientific and Natural Area in Minnesota is a remnant dry sand prairie notable for its unique flora adapted to the arid conditions of the Anoka Sand Plain.
Clinton Prairie Scientific and Natural Area in Minnesota safeguards a localized area of wet prairie habitat that provides crucial summer nesting grounds for the bobolink.
