Roberts Creek State Preserve
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Roberts Creek State Preserve is located in rural Clayton County, Iowa
, in Wagner Township, near St. Olaf, Iowa
, and a few miles north of Elkader, Iowa
. Roberts Creek is a tributary of the Turkey River
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The Preserve contains algific talus slopes, a rare ecosystem unique to the Driftless Area and hosts a threatened wildflower.
The preserve is not open to the public, in that it is a rare ecosystem that contains a threatened species
, Aconitum noveboracense
, also known as Northern Blue Monkshood or Northern Wild Monkshood, a saxifrage
, (a buttercup).
Clayton County, Iowa
-2010 census:The 2010 census recorded a population of 18,129 in the county, with a population density of . There were 8,999 housing units, of which 7,599 were occupied.-2000 census:...
, in Wagner Township, near St. Olaf, Iowa
St. Olaf, Iowa
St. Olaf is a city in Clayton County, Iowa, United States. The population was 136 at the 2000 census. has a large cheese packaging plant in St. Olaf.-Geography:St...
, and a few miles north of Elkader, Iowa
Elkader, Iowa
Elkader is a city in Clayton County, Iowa, United States. The population was 1,465 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Clayton County.-History:The city is named after Algerian leader Abd al-Qadir al-Jaza'iri...
. Roberts Creek is a tributary of the Turkey River
Turkey River (Iowa)
The Turkey River is a tributary of the upper Mississippi River. Its main branch rises in Howard County, Iowa, near the city of Cresco. The other counties it or its tributaries cover are Chickasaw, Winneshiek, Fayette, Clayton, Delaware, and Dubuque....
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The Preserve contains algific talus slopes, a rare ecosystem unique to the Driftless Area and hosts a threatened wildflower.
The preserve is not open to the public, in that it is a rare ecosystem that contains a threatened species
Threatened species
Threatened species are any speciesg animals, plants, fungi, etc.) which are vulnerable to endangerment in the near future.The World Conservation Union is the foremost authority on threatened species, and treats threatened species not as a single category, but as a group of three categories,...
, Aconitum noveboracense
Aconitum noveboracense
Aconitum noveboracense, also known as Northern Blue Monkshood or Northern Wild Monkshood, is a flowering plant belonging to the buttercup family . Members of its genus are also known as wolfsbane....
, also known as Northern Blue Monkshood or Northern Wild Monkshood, a saxifrage
Saxifrage
Saxifraga is the largest genus in the family Saxifragaceae, containing about 440 species of Holarctic perennial plants, known as saxifrages. The Latin word saxifraga means literally "stone-breaker", from Latin + ...
, (a buttercup).