Spirit Mound -- nr Vermillion SD
N 42° 52.052 W 096° 57.361
14T E 666961 N 4748131
The beautiful and mystical Spirit Mound prairie has been restored and preserved. Many kinds of flowers, grasses, and vines grow here.
Waymark Code: WMJQA5
Location: South Dakota, United States
Date Posted: 12/17/2013
Views: 3
Spirit Mound is a US National Historic Prairie, managed by the National Park Service and the State of South Dakota. For the preservation of this locality, collection or picking is prohibited (and is a violation of State and Federal law).
Blasterz went in the summer, on 30 July. We saw many varieties of summer flowers, and the seed pods of some spring-blooming flowers. Spirit Mound Prairie had a wonderful smell of the different perfumes of whatever was growing closest to us. White clover was always on the breeze, underlying the greener more pungent smells of the native grasses and damp earth.
Species:
Purple Coneflower
Black-Eyed Susan
Compass Plant
Sunflowers
Milkweed
Antelope Horns
Bee balm
Purple Loosestrife
Prairie Grasses
White Clover
Yellow Clover
Pink Evening Primrose
Blue foxglove
Queen Anne's Lace
Habitat Type: native (restored) prairie
Parking Area: N 42° 52.048 W 096° 57.366
Terrain Rating: 
Best Viewing Time: From: 05/01/2013 To: 08/15/2013
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