Brady's Bluff Prairie State Natural Area

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Brady's Bluff Prairie State Natural Area
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Mississippi River from Brady's Bluff Prairie
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Location of Brady's Bluff Prairie State Natural Area in Wisconsin
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Brady's Bluff Prairie State Natural Area (the United States)
Location Trempealeau, Wisconsin, United States
Coordinates 44°01′09″N91°29′02″W / 44.01917°N 91.48389°W / 44.01917; -91.48389
Area65 acres (26 ha)
Established1952

Brady's Bluff Prairie State Natural Area is a Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources-designated State Natural Area featuring a steep, southwest-facing bluff rising over 450 feet above the Mississippi River. Over 100 species of prairie plants have been found at this site. [1]

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Location and access

Brady's Bluff Prairie State Natural Area is located in western Trempealeau County approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) southwest of Trempealeau. Access is via the Brady's Bluff hiking trail within Perrot State Park. [2]

Description

Brady's Bluff is composed of sandstone capped with Prairie du Chien dolomite. Prairie plants found here include big and little blue-stem, needle grass, hairy grama, silky aster, and rough blazing-star. Several species near their northeastern limits are found here including hairy four-o-clock, prairie larkspur, and plains muhly. Cliff goldenrod ( Solidago sciaphila ), jeweled shooting-star ( Dodecatheon radicatum ), and dragon sagewort ( Artemesia dranunculus ) are among the more rare plants found at this site. Rare butterflies have been documented here including the olive hairstreak ( Callophyrs gryneus ), striped hairstreak ( Satyrium liparops strigosum), and columbine dusky-wing ( Erynnis lucilus ). The Wisconsin state threatened wing snaggletooth land snail ( Gastrocopta procera ) has also been identified here. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Brady's Bluff Prairie State Natural Area". Wisconsin DNR. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
  2. ↑ Brady's Bluff Prairie State Natural Area (PDF) (Map). Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved November 29, 2013.[ permanent dead link ]
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