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46 Friends of the Mississippi River Camp Cozy Park NRMP <br /> <br />Unit 1 <br />North Prairie <br /> Photo 1. Butterfly-weed (Asclepias tuberosa), an important pollinator resource, in the Unit 1 dry prairie, June 2023. <br /> <br />Acres: 8.7 acres <br /> <br />MLCCS Land Cover types: 61211 Dry prairie barrens subtype. <br /> <br />General Description: Unit 1 is a remnant dry prairie that still retains a high diversity of native <br />prairie species. No canopy is present. A shrub layer is present across much of the unit and <br />consists primarily of smooth sumac and red cedar encroachment; common buckthorn, Siberian <br />elm and prickly ash are also present. Big bluestem is abundant in the ground layer, and many <br />other native grasses are also present, including little bluestem, prairie dropseed, needle and <br />thread grass, Indiangrass, and Scribner’s panic grass. Native plant diversity in this unit is high, <br />with over 100 species recorded during vegetation surveys (Appendix A), including prairie <br />smoke, pussytoes, lupine, pasqueflower, and large-flowered beardtongue. The invasive cool <br />season grasses smooth brome and Kentucky bluegrass are also abundant. Poison ivy is <br />abundant in some pockets within the prairie, and care will need to be taken to manage these <br />areas safely. This area is specifically marked on the management unit map (Figure 19). Woody