Kaufmann Prairie

Dubuque
IA

Kaufmann Prairie

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Bluff prairie is located in the middle of Dubuque, Iowa. This is an unusual example of a high quality prairie in the middle of a city that has managed to survive. Kaufmann Prairie features 9.3 acres of rugged, rocky ridgetops with an expanse of native hill prairie. This high-quality prairie features spectacular displays of bird’s-foot violet in the spring, also contains a good population of the Great Plains ladies’-tresses orchid and lead plants, traditional prairie plants and shooting stars. Birds at the preserve include the catbird, cardinal, brown thrasher and American robin.

Kauffman is a "goat" or hill prairie, which occurs on steep, thin soils with a south-southwest exposure. The best examples occur here in northeast Iowa’s Paleozoic Plateau. "Goat" prairie refers to the steepness of the slopes, on which only goats could be expected to graze.

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