Minnesota Seasons - Carver Park Reserve


Carver Park Reserve		No Image Available

County	Hennepin
GPS	N44 53.012 W93 42.208
Size	3,300 acres
Habitat
Hiking Trails	Turf hiking trails – 21.6 miles Paved hike/bike trails – 8.5 miles The Southwest Regional LRT Trail follows the southeast border of the park.

Links	Three Rivers Park District

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Amphibians

	western chorus frog (Pseudacris triseriata)


Birds	Trumpeter swan (Cygnus buccinator) can be seen at the Fred E. King Waterfowl Sanctuary on Lutsen Lake. They can be viewed from a blind at the end of Carver Park Road.

	American crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) black-capped chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) blue jay (Cyanocitta cristata) blue-winged teal (Anas discors) brown-headed cowbird (Molothrus ater) Canada goose (Branta canadensis) downy woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) great blue heron (Ardea herodias) great egret (Ardea alba) hairy woodpecker (Picoides villosus) mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) mourning dove (Zenaida macroura) northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) ring-necked pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) turkey vulture (Cathartes aura) white-throated sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) wood duck (Aix sponsa) yellow-rumped warbler (Dendroica coronata)


Mammals

	American beaver (Castor canadensis) eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) whitetail deer (Odocoileus virginianus)


Plants

	bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) common blue violet (Viola sororia) common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale) common mullein (Verbascum thapsus) cut-leaved toothwort (Cardamine concatenata) eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana) garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata) ironwood (Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana) kidney-leaved buttercup (Ranunculus abortivus) large-flowered bellwort (Uvularia grandiflora) narrow-leaved cattail (Typha angustifolia) northern hackberry (Celtis occidentalis) northern pin oak (Quercus ellipsoidalis) northern red oak (Quercus rubra) rue anemone (Thalictrum thalictroides) sharp-lobed hepatica (Hepatica nobilis var. acuta) silver maple (Acer saccharinum) smooth yellow violet (Viola pubescens var. scabriuscula) staghorn sumac (Rhus hirta) sugar maple (Acer saccharum var. saccharum) Virginia waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum var. virginianum) wild leek (Allium tricoccum var. tricoccum) wood anemone (Anemone quinquefolia var. bifolia)


Reptiles

	western painted turtle (Chrysemys picta bellii)


Visits	04/27/2006