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aspen, blackherry, black raspberry, smooth sumac, black cherry, buckthorn, gray dogwood, and <br />green ash. <br />Despite the large amount of trec and shrub cover, many of the grasses and a few flower species <br />characteristic of dry-mesic prairic are still present hcre. The most common native grasses <br />include big bluestcm, little bluestem, indian grass, purple lovearass, Leiberg's panic grass, <br />porcupine grass, and prairie cordgrass. <br />Some of the more common forbs include narrow-leaf pussykoes, bergamot, hoary vervain, prairie <br />mugwort, tall anemonc, wild strawberry, stiff and showy goldenrods, sky blue aster, and Virginia <br />mountain mint. The driest soils of the prairie also include rough bla•r.inbstar, round-headcd <br />bushclover, golden astez', gray goldenrod, and wild four o'clock. <br />This prairie is exceptional, considering that it occurs within a fully developed suburb of a major <br />metropolitan arca, and is only four miles from downtown St. Paul. Due to the ranity of intact <br />natural areas, and especially prairies in first ring suburbs of the Twin Cities, it is worthy of active <br />management. <br />< � <br />Cor�munity ; llctivity_ -_ Priortty , : Estimated Cost Cc�mments - <br />RW-U2 Remove small High $2,OOt? per acre Cut and treat ali stumps wit4i 25-SO�o solution <br />trees, Buckthorn or 100-2Q0 of Roundup or Garlon. Stack and burn brush in <br />and other volunteer hours winter. Cut before burning in any particular <br />nonnative shrubs per acre burn unit. Re-piant with natives where bare soi1 <br />exists. <br />RW-U2 Reintroduce High $1,000 - Z,000 Cr�tical for maintainin� prairie and savanna <br />Prescribed Fire per event communities. Burnin� sho�ld not be conducted <br />until brush clearino is complctcd in any �iven <br />area. <br />RW-U2 Reintroduce Medium $100 — Z.000 Reintroduce appropriate local origin plant <br />appropriatc depending on materials through plantin� of pluas or seed, <br />native species number of particularly �vhere bare Qround is left from <br />species, planEs, brush clearing. 10-�0 hot�rs af time if <br />seed. conducted by staff or volunteers. <br />RW-U2 Recut brush Nledium $�00-1,000 Brush wi11 likely continue to persist �nd should <br />every 2-; years be cut reaularly <br />Citv of Rosevilfe 123 <br />Ycarks Natural Resnr�rce Maszagen�ent <br />