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Scuppernong Prairie in Wisconsin's Kettle Moraine State Forest is a wet prairie remnant notable for harboring regionally rare plant species within its poorly drained, acidic soils.

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...

Felton Prairie is a protected natural area in northwestern Minnesota known for dry sand and gravel prairie habitat. The site is recognized as an Important Bird Area and provides habitat for the Greater Prairie-Chicken, a ground-dwelling species that depends on open grasslands and traditional breedin...

Hole-in-the-Mountain Prairie is a protected prairie area in southwestern Minnesota, associated with the Buffalo Ridge, a glacially formed elevation in the state's prairie region. Its dry, gravelly soils support native grassland vegetation adapted to limited moisture. The site represents a type of pr...

Muralt Bluff Prairie State Natural Area is a protected dry prairie on a long ridge in Green County, Wisconsin. The site lies in a transitional landscape between older glaciated deposits and the Driftless Area and contains rare plants, grassland habitat, and characteristic prairie grasses such as lit...

The Pembina Trail Preserve in Minnesota is a protected wet tallgrass aspen parkland, safeguarding a unique transition ecosystem between prairie and northern boreal forest.

Markham Prairie, also known as Gensburg-Markham Prairie, is a protected remnant of tallgrass prairie in Markham, Illinois, within the Chicago metropolitan region. The preserve contains black-soil prairie, sand prairie, and sedge meadow, habitats that have become uncommon because much of the original...

Chippewa Prairie is a Nature Conservancy preserve in Chippewa and Swift Counties, Minnesota, along Lac qui Parle reservoir in the Upper Minnesota River basin. It protects a remnant of northern tallgrass prairie, including mesic prairie dominated by big bluestem, little bluestem, and Indian grass. Th...

Staffanson Prairie Scientific and Natural Area is a protected prairie site in Minnesota. It preserves a diverse remnant of mesic tallgrass prairie, a grassland community characterized by relatively moist soils and tall native grasses. The site is associated with a glacial beach ridge, a sandy or gra...

Kasota Prairie Scientific and Natural Area is a protected prairie site in Minnesota associated with the Minnesota River Valley. It contains dry hill prairie on limestone-influenced terrain and is noted for native grassland vegetation and exposed rock features. The site is intended for the conservati...

Wolf Road Prairie is a protected natural area in Cook County, Illinois, that preserves a remnant of the tallgrass prairie ecosystem once widespread across the Chicago region. Its vegetation includes native prairie grasses and wildflowers adapted to the area's deep, dark soils. The preserve is used f...

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 is a protected prairie site in Minnesota, United States. It preserves a localized example of wet prairie habitat, a plant community shaped by seasonally saturated soils and open conditions. The site provides summer nesting habitat for the bobolink, a grass...