Morgan Coulee Prairie State Natural Area
Morgan Coulee Prairie State Natural Area
Maiden Rock, WI
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608-685-6222
This 54-acre property is a jewel; one of the last large-scale, mostly undisturbed dry prairies left in this part of the state. Morgan Coulee Prairie extends more than a half-mile along a steep, south-facing bluff in a coulee opening onto the Rush River Valley. The large prairie is broken with scattered islands of bur oak savanna dominated by open grown oaks and shallow wooded draws. Grasses found here include big and little blue-stem, side-oats and prairie drop-seed. Wildflowers, called forbes, include asters, milkweeds, bergamot and western sunflower. Shrubs include hazelnut, bettersweet, smooth sumac, and dogwoods. Darting among the flowers are Reakert-Æs blue butterflies.
What's Nearby
Events
Places To Stay
Dining
1
Fresh Art Tour
6/07/2024 - 6/09/2024
Stockholm - 5.87 miles away
2
100-Mile Garage Sale
5/02/2024 - 5/05/2024
Pepin - 11.08 miles away
3
2024 Ellsworth Cheese Curd Festival
6/21/2024 - 6/22/2024
Ellsworth - 14.36 miles away
4
Valley Springs Dual Sport Motorcycle Ride
8/17/2024
Ellsworth - 14.97 miles away
5
Blues on the Chippewa
8/01/2024 - 8/03/2024
Durand - 17.3 miles away
6
Viennese Ball
4/05/2024
Eau Claire - 42.94 miles away
7
Eau Claire Marathon
4/27/2024 - 4/28/2024
Eau Claire - 43.02 miles away
8
The Eau Claire Jazz Festival
4/19/2024 - 4/20/2024
Eau Claire - 43.14 miles away