Dakota Prairie Grasslands

Plant and Wildlife Checklist
A sampling of what you might encounter
while enjoying the Grasslands.

Animal Checklist

Mammals

____ Mule Deer
____ White Tail Deer
____ Antelope
____ Bighorn Sheep
____ Elk
____ Cottontail Rabbit
____ White-tailed Jack Rabbit
____ Prairie Dog
____ Porcupine
____ Raccoon
____ Coyote
____ Red Fox
____ Badger

Birds

____ Sharp-tailed Grouse
____ Ring-necked Pheasant
____ Gray Partridge
____ Wild Turkey
____ Mountain Bluebird
____ Long-billed Curlew
____ Golden Eagle
____ Prairie Falcon
____ Northern Harrier
____ Bald Eagle
____ Magpie
____ Flicker
____ Redheaded Woodpecker
____ Rufous-sided Towhee
____ Meadowlark
____ Horned Lark
____ Black-capped Chickadee
____ Burrowing Owl

Reptiles

____ Prairie Rattlesnake
____ Bullsnake
____ Blue Racer
____ Horned Toad

Plant Checklist

Trees and Shrubs

____ Creeping Juniper
____ Juniper
____ Green Ash
____ Chokecherry
____ Buckbrush or Western Snowberry
____ Sagebrush
____ Cottonwood Tree
____ Wild Prairie Rose
____ Poison Ivy
____ Rabbitbrush

Herbaceous Plants

____ Gumbo Lily
____ Ball (pincushion) Cactus
____ Mariposa Lily
____ Prickly Pear
____ Yucca
____ Purple Coneflower
____ Yellow Coneflower
____ Scoria Lily
____ Goldenpea
____ Wild Buckwheat
____ Western Wallflower
____ Maximillian Sunflower
____ Rigid Goldenrod
____ Broom Snakeweed
____ Scarlet Globemallow
____ Skeletonweed
____ Rocky Mountain Beeplant
____ Wild Bergamot
____ Purple Prairieclover
____ Beardtongue (Penstemon)
____ Leadplant
____ Milkvetch (locoweed)
____ Blazing Star

Grasses

____ Needle and Thread
____ Western Wheatgrass
____ Blue Gramma
____ Little Bluestem
____ Green Needle

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