Minnesota Seasons - Fort Snelling State Park


Fort Snelling State Park

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			Dakota, Hennepin, and Ramsey Counties



Size	2,654 acres

Maps	Minnesota DNR Summer Map

Park Office	N44 52.414 W93 11.493

Hiking Trails	18 miles

Ecological Classification	Province	Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province
	Section	Minnesota & NE Iowa Morainal
	Subsection(s)	Anoka Sand Plain St. Paul-Baldwin Plains
	Land Type Association(s)	Mississippi Sand Plain Pig's Eye Alluvial Plain

Native Plant Communities¹

Ownership	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Links	Minnesota DNR

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Birds	Minnesota DNR Bird Checklist

	American crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American goldfinch (Carduelis tristis) American robin (Turdus migratorius) Canada goose (Branta canadensis) eastern bluebird (Sialia sialis) great blue heron (Ardea herodias) mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)

Insects and Arachnids

	bald-faced hornet (Dolichovespula maculata)

Mammals

	American beaver (Castor canadensis)

Plants	Purple pitcherplant (Sarracenia purpurea ssp. gibbosa) can be found in the fen area of the park.

	bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) common burdock (Arctium minus) common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale) common mullein (Verbascum thapsus) garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata) plains cottonwood (Populus deltoides ssp. molinifera) prairie smoke (Geum triflorum var. triflorum) silver maple (Acer saccharinum) sugar maple (Acer saccharum var. saccharum) Virginia waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum var. virginianum) wild oats (Uvularia sessilifolia) woolly burdock (Arctium tomentosum) yellow marsh marigold (Caltha palustris var. palustris)

Source: Minnesota County Biological Survey
Visits	3/5/2000