Elm Creek Park Reserve

Elm Creek Park Reserve
       
County

Hennepin

  Hennepin County
GPS

N45 09.303
W93 26.968

 
Size

4,900 acres

 
Habitat

Maple-basswood floodplain forest, prairie, marsh.

Hiking Trails

Unpaved hiking: 5 mi.
Unpaved hiking/horse: 20.8 mi.
Unpaved hiking/mountain bike: 7.7 mi.
Unpaved hiking/horse/bike: 7.7 mi.
Paved hiking/bike/dog: 20 mi.

The paved Medicine Lake Regional Trail and Rush Creek Regional Trail connect to the paved trails in this park.


Links

Three Rivers Park District


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  Elm Creek Park Reserve            
               

Amphibians

 

 
 

American toad (Bufo americanus)

 
     

Birds

 

 
 

American black duck (Anas rubripes)

American robin (Turdus migratorius)

black-capped chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)

blue jay (Cyanocitta cristata)

Canada goose (Branta canadensis)

eastern kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus)

gray catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)

great blue heron (Ardea herodias)

killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)

northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)

wood thrush (Hylocichla mustelina)

black-capped chickadee

 

 

 

 

 

northern cardinal

 

 

 

 

     

Fungi

 

 
 

artist’s conk (Ganoderma applanatum)

fried chicken mushroom (Lyophyllum decastes)

white jelly fungus (Ductifera pululahuana)

artist’s conk
     

Insects

 

 
 

Carolina grasshopper (Dissosteira carolina)

clouded sulphur (Colias philodice)

eastern daddy-long-legs (Phalangium opilio)

eastern tiger swallowtail (Papilio glaucus)

goldenrod soldier beetle (Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus)

monarch (Danaus plexippus)

mustard white (Pieris oleracea)

eastern tiger swallowtail
     

Mammals

 

 
 

American beaver (Castor canadensis)

eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)

red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus)

American beaver
     

Plants

 

 
 

absinth wormwood (Artemisia absinthium)

alsike clover (Trifolium hybridum)

American basswood (Tilia americana)

American bladdernut (Staphylea trifolia)

American bugleweed (Lycopus americanus)

American elm (Ulmus americana)

American hazel (Corylus americana)

American plum (Prunus americana)

big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii)

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

bittersweet nightshade (Solanum dulcamara)

black ash (Fraxinus nigra)

black cherry (Prunus serotina var. serotina)

black maple (Acer nigrum)

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 vervain (Verbena hastata)

boxelder (Acer negundo)

bristly greenbrier (Smilax tamnoides)

broad-leaved cattail (Typha latifolia)

bull thistle (Cirsium vulgare)

bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa)

butter-and-eggs (Linaria vulgaris)

Canada goldenrod (Solidago canadensis var. canadensis)

Canada moonseed (Menispermum canadense)

Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense)

Canadian horseweed (Conyza canadensis var. canadensis)

Canadian woodnettle (Laportea canadensis)

cleavers (Galium aparine)

common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale)

common evening primrose (Oenothera biennis)

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

common lamb’s-quarters (Chenopodium album var. album)

common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)

common motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca)

common mullein (Verbascum thapsus)

common plantain (Plantago major)

common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia)

common sunflower (Helianthus annuus)

creeping bellflower (Campanula rapunculoides)

crown vetch (Coronilla varia)

cup plant (Silphium perfoliatum var. perfoliatum)

curly dock (Rumex crispus ssp. crispus)

cut-leaved coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata var. laciniata)

eastern bottlebrush grass (Elymus hystrix)

eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana)

false sunflower (Heliopsis helianthoides var. occidentalis)

field bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis)

field sow thistle (Sonchus arvensis)

fragrant bedstraw (Galium triflorum)

garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata)

giant foxtail (Setaria faberi)

giant ragweed (Ambrosia trifida var. trifida)

gray dogwood (Cornus racemosa)

gray-headed coneflower (Ratibida pinnata)

grayleaf red raspberry (Rubus strigosus)

great burdock (Arctium lappa)

green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica)

green foxtail (Setaria viridis var. viridis)

ground ivy (Glechoma hederacea)

heal-all (Prunella vulgaris)

hoary alyssum (Berteroa incana)

hoary vervain (Verbena stricta)

hog peanut (Amphicarpaea bracteata var. comosa)

Indiangrass (Sorghastrum nutans)

ironwood (Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana)

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

large-flowered bellwort (Uvularia grandiflora)

leadplant (Amorpha canescens)

mouse-ear chickweed (Cerastium fontanum ssp. vulgare)

nannyberry (Viburnum lentago)

narrow-leaved purple coneflower (Echinacea angustifolia var. angustifolia)

northern hackberry (Celtis occidentalis)

northern pin oak (Quercus ellipsoidalis)

ostrich fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris)

oxeye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare)

pagoda dogwood (Cornus alternifolia)

pale touch-me-not (Impatiens pallida)

paradise apple (Malus pumila)

plains cottonwood (Populus deltoides ssp. molinifera)

prairie fleabane (Erigeron strigosus)

prairie ironweed (Vernonia fasciculata var. fasciculata)

purple prairie clover (Dalea purpurea var. purpurea)

quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides)

Queen Anne’s lace (Daucus carota ssp. carota)

red baneberry (Actaea rubra ssp. rubra)

red clover (Trifolium pratense)

red maple (Acer rubrum var. rubrum)

red osier dogwood (Cornus sericea ssp. sericea)

red sorrel (Rumex acetosella)

rough blazing star (Liatris aspera)

rough-fruited cinquefoil (Potentilla recta)

round-headed bush clover (Lespedeza capitata)

scouring rush horsetail (Equisetum hyemale var. affine)

silky dogwood (Cornus obliqua)

silver maple (Acer saccharinum)

silvery cinquefoil (Potentilla argentea var. argentea)

slippery elm (Ulmus rubra)

smooth hedge nettle (Stachys tenuifolia var. tenuifolia)

smooth rose (Rosa blanda var. blanda)

smooth sumac (Rhus glabra)

spotted Joe Pye weed (Eutrochium maculatum)

spotted lady’s thumb (Persicaria maculosa)

spotted touch-me-not (Impatiens capensis)

spreading dogbane (Apocynum androsaemifolium)

staghorn sumac (Rhus hirta)

stiff goldenrod (Solidago rigida ssp. rigida)

stinging nettle (Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis)

sugar maple (Acer saccharum var. saccharum)

tall thimbleweed (Anemone virginiana)

Tartarian honeysuckle (Lonicera tatarica)

timothy (Phleum Pratense)

velvet-leaf (Abutilon theophrasti)

Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia)

Virginia mountain mint (Pycnanthemum virginianum)

white baneberry (Actaea pachypoda)

white campion (Silene latifolia ssp. alba)

white clover (Trifolium repens)

white oak (Quercus alba)

white prairie clover (Dalea candida var. candida)

white snakeroot (Ageratina altissima var. altissima)

wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa)

wild cucumber (Echinocystis lobata)

wild ginger (Asarum canadense)

wild grape (Vitis riparia)

woodbine (Parthenocissus vitacea)

yellow foxtail (Setaria pumila ssp. pumila)

yellow goat’s beard (Tragopogon dubius)

yellow wood sorrel (Oxalis stricta)

alsike clover

 

 

 

 

 

American plum

 

 

 

 

 

black cherry

 

 

 

 

 

black-eyed susan

 

 

 

 

 

Butter and Eggs

 

 

 

 

 

Canada goldenrod

 

 

 

 

 

Canadian woodnettle

 

 

 

 

 

common dandelion

 

 

 

 

 

common mullein

 

 

 

 

 

common sunflower

 

 

 

 

 

cut-leaved coneflower

 

 

 

 

 

false sunflower

 

 

 

 

 

field sow thistle

 

 

 

 

 

garlic mustard

 

 

 

 

 

hoary alyssum

 

 

 

 

 

Jack-in-the-pulpit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

narrow-leaved purple coneflower

 

 

 

 

 

prairie ironweed

 

 

 

 

 

red baneberry

 

 

 

 

 

round-headed bush clover

 

 

 

 

 

silvery cinquefoil

 

 

 

 

 

smooth sumac

 

 

 

 

 

staghorn sumac

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

stiff goldenrod

 

 

 

 

 

wild bergamot

 

 

 

 

 

wild ginger

 

 

 

 

 

wild grape

 

 

 

 

 

yellow wood sorrel

 

 

 

 

     

Visits

8/13/2009

   
       
 

 

         

 

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