Shield Prairie State Preserve
Muscatine County, Iowa
Shield Prairie State Preserve Plants and Wildlife
Bird Checklist for Shield Prairie.pdfIn the table below:
Click on the Plant, Bird, Reptile and Amphibian, Insect and Arachnid, and Mammal tabs at the bottom of the table to scroll through the lists.
These lists are based on species identified during site visits and sightings submitted using the link in the sub-bullet point below. Submitted species are added to the table as time allows.
Click here if you would like to submit records of plants or wildlife you have seen at this location.
Bloom periods are based on those provided by the Illinois Plants Database.
About Shield Prairie State Preserve
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Amenities
There are no maintained trails or restroom facilities at this site. Off-road parking is available.
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Interesting literature
Iowa's County Conservation System Guide to Outdoor Recreation
Talcott Stewart, A. J., M. E. O’Neal, and W. R. Graves. "Insect Floral Visitors of Ptelea trifoliata (Rutaceae) in Iowa, United States." Annals of the Entomological Society of America (2022).
Keeler, Kathleen H. "Distribution of polyploid variation in big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii, Poaceae) across the tallgrass prairie region." Genome 33.1 (1990): 95-100.