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The prairie rose that blooms here is the state flower of Iowa. [1] Adjacent wetlands are managed in combination with the prairie, creating a managed land complex of 1,204 acres. [2] Historically, much of the visitation to the prairie has been connected with wetland and upland wildfowl hunting.
Brady's Bluff Prairie State Natural Area is a Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources-designated State Natural Area featuring a steep, southwest-facing bluff rising over 450 feet above the Mississippi River. Over 100 species of prairie plants have been found at this site.
The Hayden Prairie is a remnant of the tallgrass prairie ecosystem that once made up 75 to 80 percent of Iowa’s landscape. [4] Although this remnant is only 240 acres (0.97 km 2) in size – less than a half section of land – it is the largest remaining parcel of tallgrass prairies surviving in Iowa outside of the Loess Hills on the western border of the state.
Governor Dodge State Park is a 5,270-acre (2,133 ha) Wisconsin state park outside Dodgeville in Iowa County, Wisconsin. Named after Henry Dodge, the first governor of the Wisconsin Territory, the park contains geologic features indicative of the Driftless Area. It is located 4.1 miles north of the Central business district of the City of ...
This list of botanical gardens and arboretums in Wisconsin is intended to include all significant botanical gardens and arboretums in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. [1 ...
Autumn in the Driftless Area of Cross Plains, Wisconsin. The Driftless Area, also known as Bluff Country and the Paleozoic Plateau, is a topographic and cultural region in the Midwestern United States [1] that comprises southwestern Wisconsin, southeastern Minnesota, northeastern Iowa, and the extreme northwestern corner of Illinois.
The Wisconsin Hotel, a new hotel slated to open in Wisconsin Dells in summer 2025, will feature a restaurant called Farmer in the Dells with a four-story silo bar.
Preserves sandstone outcroppings similar to the nearby Dells of the Wisconsin River along one of the river's former channels. [56] Straight Lake State Park: Polk: 2,780 1,130 2002 Straight Lake In development around a lake surrounded by mature forest and glacial landforms. [57] Tower Hill State Park: Iowa: 77 31 1922 Wisconsin River