Coordinates: 42°54′58″N 91°23′02″W / 42.916°N 91.384°W / 42.916; -91.384

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.

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).[1]

References

  1. ^ "Iowa State Preserves Guide" (PDF). Iowa Department of Natural Resources. p. 129. Retrieved July 2, 2022.

42°54′58″N 91°23′02″W / 42.916°N 91.384°W / 42.916; -91.384