Crow-Hassan Park Reserve

Crow-Hassan Park Reserve
       
County

Hennepin

  Hennepin County
GPS

N45 11.132
W93 37.807

 
Size

2,600 acres

 
Habitat

Maple-basswood forest, prairie.

Hiking Trails

Unpaved hiking: 2.7 mi.
Unpaved hiking/horse: 4.9 mi.
Unpaved hiking/horse/dog: 10 mi.

The paved Lake Independence Regional Trail begins in Crow-Hassan Park Reserve.


Links

Three Rivers Park District


Comments

This is a horse park that accommodates hikers with a short hiking trail. The hiking trail is wide and, despite the signs, is also used by horseback riders.


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Amphibians

 

 
 

northern leopard frog (Rana pipiens)

northern leopard frog
     

Birds

 

 
 

American goldfinch (Carduelis tristis)

black-capped chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)

blue jay (Cyanocitta cristata)

cedar waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)

eastern kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus)

gray catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)

killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)

mourning dove (Zenaida macroura)

northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)

red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)

wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)

American goldfinch

 

 

 

 

 

mourning dove

 

 

 

 

 

northern cardinal

     

Insects

 

 
 

dog day cicada (Tibicen canicularis)

eastern daddy-long-legs (Phalangium opilio)

goldenrod soldier beetle (Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus)

great black wasp (Sphex pensylvanicus)

Halloween pennant (Celithemis eponina)

monarch (Danaus plexippus)

Halloween pennant
     

Mammals

 

 
 

eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)

whitetail deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

eastern gray squirrel
     

Plants

 

 
 

American basswood (Tilia americana)

American elm (Ulmus americana)

American germander (Teucrium canadense)

American lopseed (Phryma leptostachya)

American plum (Prunus americana)

big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii)

bird’s-foot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus var. corniculatus)

bitternut hickory (Carya cordiformis)

black ash (Fraxinus nigra)

black cherry (Prunus serotina var. serotina)

black medick (Medicago lupulina)

black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)

black-seeded plantain (Plantago rugelii var. rugelii)

bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis)

blue giant hyssop (Agastache foeniculum)

blue skullcap (Scutellaria lateriflora var. lateriflora)

boxelder (Acer negundo)

broadleaf enchanter’s nightshade (Circaea lutetiana ssp. canadensis)

bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa)

Canada anemone (Anemone canadensis)

Canada goldenrod (Solidago canadensis var. canadensis)

Canada moonseed (Menispermum canadense)

Canadian horseweed (Conyza canadensis var. canadensis)

Canadian tick-trefoil (Desmodium canadense)

Canadian woodnettle (Laportea canadensis)

chokecherry (Prunus virginiana var. virginiana)

common burdock (Arctium minus)

common chickweed (Stellaria media ssp. media)

common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale)

common evening primrose (Oenothera biennis)

common false Solomon’s seal (Maianthemum racemosum var. racemosum)

common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)

common motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca)

common mullein (Verbascum thapsus)

common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia)

common St. Johnswort (Hypericum perforatum)

common strawberry (Fragaria virginiana)

common yarrow (Achillea millefolium)

cup plant (Silphium perfoliatum var. perfoliatum)

curly dock (Rumex crispus ssp. crispus)

cut-leaved coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata var. laciniata)

early meadow rue (Thalictrum dioicum)

eastern bottlebrush grass (Elymus hystrix)

eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana)

false sunflower (Heliopsis helianthoides var. occidentalis)

fragrant bedstraw (Galium triflorum)

giant ragweed (Ambrosia trifida var. trifida)

gray dogwood (Cornus racemosa)

gray goldenrod (Solidago nemoralis)

gray-headed coneflower (Ratibida pinnata)

grayleaf red raspberry (Rubus strigosus)

green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica)

ground ivy (Glechoma hederacea)

hairy sunflower (Helianthus hirsutus)

hedge bindweed (Calystegia sepium ssp. angulata)

hoary alyssum (Berteroa incana)

hoary vervain (Verbena stricta)

Indian hemp (Apocynum cannabinum)

ironwood (Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana)

Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum ssp. triphyllum)

leadplant (Amorpha canescens)

long-bearded hawkweed (Hieracium longipilum)

Missouri gooseberry (Ribes missouriense)

Morrow’s honeysuckle (Lonicera morrowii)

northern hackberry (Celtis occidentalis)

northern pin oak (Quercus ellipsoidalis)

northern prickly ash (Zanthoxylum americanum)

northern red oak (Quercus rubra)

prairie fleabane (Erigeron strigosus)

prairie onion (Allium stellatum)

prairie rose (Rosa arkansana)

purple giant hyssop (Agastache scrophulariifolia)

purple lovegrass (Eragrostis spectabilis)

purple prairie clover (Dalea purpurea var. purpurea)

quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides)

rattlesnake fern (Botrychium virginianum)

red clover (Trifolium pratense)

red maple (Acer rubrum var. rubrum)

rock elm (Ulmus thomasii)

rough bedstraw (Galium asprellum)

rough blazing star (Liatris aspera)

round-headed bush clover (Lespedeza capitata)

sensitive fern (Onoclea sensibilis)

silky dogwood (Cornus obliqua)

silver maple (Acer saccharinum)

silvery cinquefoil (Potentilla argentea var. argentea)

slippery elm (Ulmus rubra)

smooth rose (Rosa blanda var. blanda)

smooth scouring rush (Equisetum laevigatum)

smooth Solomon’s seal (Polygonatum biflorum var. commutatum)

staghorn sumac (Rhus hirta)

stinging nettle (Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis)

sugar maple (Acer saccharum var. saccharum)

tall bellflower (Campanulastrum americanum)

tall meadow rue (Thalictrum dasycarpum)

tall thimbleweed (Anemone virginiana)

Tartarian honeysuckle (Lonicera tatarica)

timothy (Phleum Pratense)

tower mustard (Arabis glabra)

upright carrionflower (Smilax ecirrhata)

virgin’s bower (Clematis virginiana)

Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia)

Virginia mountain mint (Pycnanthemum virginianum)

Virginia pepper grass (Lepidium virginicum var. virginicum)

western poison ivy (Toxicodendron rydbergii)

white campion (Silene latifolia ssp. alba)

white clover (Trifolium repens)

white prairie clover (Dalea candida var. candida)

white sage (Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana)

white snakeroot (Ageratina altissima var. altissima)

white sweet clover (Melilotus albus)

whorled milkweed (Asclepias verticillata)

wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa)

wild columbine (Aquilegia canadensis)

wild cucumber (Echinocystis lobata)

wild grape (Vitis riparia)

winter vetch (Vicia villosa ssp. villosa)

woodbine (Parthenocissus vitacea)

yellow goat’s beard (Tragopogon dubius)

yellow sweet clover (Melilotus officinalis)

yellow wood sorrel (Oxalis stricta)

American plum

 

 

 

 

 

black cherry

 

 

 

 

 

black-eyed susan

 

 

 

 

 

blue giant hyssop

 

 

 

 

 

chokecherry

 

 

 

 

 

common dandelion

 

 

 

 

 

common St. Johnswort

 

 

 

 

 

cup plant

 

 

 

 

 

cut-leaved coneflower

 

 

 

 

 

false sunflower

 

 

 

 

 

gray dogwood

 

 

 

 

 

hedge bindweed

 

 

 

 

 

hoary alyssum

 

 

 

 

 

prairie onion

 

 

 

 

 

prairie rose

 

 

 

 

 

round-headed bush clover

 

 

 

 

 

silvery cinquefoil

 

 

 

 

 

staghorn sumac

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

tall meadow rue

 

 

 

 

 

Tartarian honeysuckle

 

 

 

 

 

western poison ivy

 

 

 

 

 

white prairie clover

 

 

 

 

 

wild bergamot

 

 

 

 

 

wild columbine

 

 

 

 

 

yellow wood sorrel

     

Visits

8/11/2009

   
       
 

 

         

 

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