Canoe Landing Prairie State Natural Area
{{Short description|State Natural Area in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin}}
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Canoe Landing Prairie is a Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources-designated State Natural Area featuring a diverse Hill's oak barrens and prairie community growing on the gently rolling, sandy uplands near the Eau Claire River. Plant composition includes the following species: Big bluestem, side-oats grama, butterfly weed, blue toadflax, and birdsfoot violet. Wild lupine is also found in the prairie, and supports a population of the karner blue butterfly, an endangered species whose caterpillars feed solely on wild lupine.{{cite web | publisher = Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | title = Canoe Landing Prairie State Natural Area | url = http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/lands/naturalareas/index.asp?sna=526 | accessdate = 2013-12-01}}{{cite web | publisher = US Fish & Wildlife Service | title = Karner Blue Butterfly | url = http://www.fws.gov/midwest/endangered/insects/kbb/index.html | accessdate = 2013-12-01}}
{{wide image|canoelandingprairie3.jpg|1200px|Late autumn panorama}}
Location and access
Canoe Landing Prairie is located within the Eau Claire County Forest, in eastern Eau Claire County, approximately {{convert|7.5|mi|km}} northeast of Augusta. Access is via Canoe Landing Forest Road, which bisects the area from north-east to south-west.{{cite map | publisher = Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | title = Canoe Landing Prairie State Natural Area | url = http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/lands/naturalareas/documents/topomaps/map526.pdf | accessdate = 2013-12-01}}
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|File:canoelandingprairie2.jpg|Wild lupine photographed at Canoe Landing Prairie
|File:karnerblue.jpg|The endangered Karner blue, photographed at Canoe Landing Prairie
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References
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External links
- [http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/Lands/naturalareas/index.asp?SNA=526 Canoe Landing Prairie State Natural Area]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20131203005035/http://www.co.eau-claire.wi.us/parks_and_forest/index.htm Eau Claire County Parks & Forest]
- [https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Canoe+Landing+Prairie+State+Natural+Area,+Bridge+Creek,+WI&hl=en&ll=44.732993,-90.985487&spn=0.00564,0.013078&sll=44.733747,-91.859093&sspn=0.02256,0.052314&oq=canoe+landing+prairie&gl=us&t=m&z=17 Google Map of Canoe Landing Prairie]
{{Protected Areas of Wisconsin}}
Category:Protected areas established in 2006
Category:Protected areas of Eau Claire County, Wisconsin