Glendalough State Park

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			Otter Tail County
			Northwest Minnesota

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Size

2,761 acres statutory, 1,924 owned

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Park Entrance (Kiosk)

N46 18.847, W95 40.709

Parking

N46 19.781, W95 40.292

Hiking Trails

9 miles
2 miles interpretive trail

Hunting

No hunting

Ecological Classification

Province

Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province

Section

Minnesota & NE Iowa Morainal

Subsection(s)

Hardwood Hills

Land Type Association(s)

Detroit Lakes Sand Plain

Native Plant Communities¹

Basswood - Bur Oak - (Green Ash) Forest

Cattail Marsh (Northern)

Sedge Meadow

Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Aspen) Forest

Willow - Dogwood Shrub Swamp

Ownership

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Minnesota DNR

Comments

Visits

5/18/2000

7/2/2004

8/18/2012


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Ed Oliveras






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Park Entrance


“Moat” Pond


Annie Battle Lake




Lake Emma


Cattail Marsh (Northern)


Basswood - Bur Oak - (Green Ash) Forest




Beaver Pond Interpretive Trail


Perennial Stream and Canoe Route Connecting Blanche Lake and Annie Battle Lake

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	Glendalough State Park Richard Sanders

	About Glendalough State Park, MN

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	Glendalough's Park Partners LakesCountryTV

	About Uploaded on Feb 8, 2012 Part Three in our series "Volunteers: Building A Better Tomorrow" focuses on the Park Partners, a volunteer organization that supports Minnesota's Glendalough State Park. The generous contributions of this group have enabled Glendalough to do projects that would otherwise be impossible because of budgetary constraints, and have significantly enhanced the relationship between Glendalough and the community of Battle Lake. Kristi Everts, a local resident, tells the history of the park and the Park Partners, and Jeff Wiersma, Park Manager, gratefully explains the relationship.

	Glendalough State Park Biking Trail Tom Voller-Berdan

	About Published on Oct 10, 2013 Glendalough

	Fishing and Camping at Glenalough State Park Phillip Haggerty

	About Published on Sep 25, 2012 A fun filled weekend of camping and fishing in Minnesota's Glenalough State Park near Ottertail MN.

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Amphibians	American toad (Anaxyrus americanus) mink frog (Rana septentrionalis) northern leopard frog (Rana pipiens) treefrog (Hyla sp.)

Birds	Twelve bird species with conservation status in Minnesota and one tracked species have been seen here:
	Endangered	Henslow’s Sparrow (Ammodramus henslowii) Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus)

	Threatened	Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)

	Special concern	American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) Cerulean Warbler (Setophaga cerulea) Forster’s Tern (Sterna forsteri) Franklin’s Gull (Leucophaeus pipixcan) Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) Purple Martin (Progne subis) Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus) Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator)

	Tracked	Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)

	Minnesota DNR Bird checklist Pine to Prairie Birding Trail eBird Field Checklist

	American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) Common Loon (Gavia immer) Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus) Eastern Wood-peewee (Contopus virens) Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus) White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)

Fungi and Lichens	Artist’s Conk (Ganoderma applanatum) Black Knot (Apiosporina morbosa) Giant Puffball (Calvatia gigantea)

Insects and Arachnids	band-winged meadowhawk (Sympetrum semicinctum) cabbage white (Pieris rapae) Carolina grasshopper (Dissosteira carolina) dog day cicada (Neotibicen canicularis) eastern pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis) goldenrod gall fly (Eurosta solidaginis) great spangled fritillary (Speyeria cybele) marsh bluet (Enallagma ebrium) monarch (Danaus plexippus) mourning cloak (Nymphalis antiopa) multicolored Asian lady beetle (Harmonia axyridis) oak rough bulletgall wasp (Disholcaspis quercusmamma) orange sulphur (Colias eurytheme) red admiral (Vanessa atalanta) viceroy (Limenitis archippus)

Mammals	American beaver (Castor canadensis) American red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) black squirrel (melanistic eastern gray squirrel) (Sciurus carolinensis) eastern chipmunk (Tamias striatus) eastern fox squirrel (Sciurus niger) eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) northern river otter (Lontra canadensis) plains pocket gopher (Geomys bursarius) whitetail deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

Plants	Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas Plant List

	Plants frequently found in: Basswood - Bur Oak - (Green Ash) Forest MHs38b Cattail Marsh (Northern) MRn83b Sedge Meadow WMn82b Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Aspen) Forest MHc37b Willow - Dogwood Shrub Swamp WMn82a

	Common Name Scientific Name absinth wormwood (Artemisia absinthium) alfalfa (Medicago sativa ssp. sativa) American basswood (Tilia americana var. americana) American bugleweed (Lycopus americanus) American hog peanut (Amphicarpaea bracteata var. bracteata) American hog peanut (Amphicarpaea bracteata var. comosa) American lopseed (Phryma leptostachya) American pasqueflower (Anemone patens var. multifida) American plum (Prunus americana) American red raspberry (Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus) American white waterlily (Nymphaea odorata ssp. tuberosa) arctic brome (Bromus kalmii) asparagus (Asparagus officinalis) beaked hazel (Corylus cornuta var. cornuta) big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii) bigleaf aster (Eurybia macrophylla) black bindweed (Fallopia convolvulus) black medick (Medicago lupulina) black raspberry (Rubus occidentalis) black spruce (Picea mariana) black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta var. pulcherrima) black-seeded plantain (Plantago rugelii var. rugelii) bladder campion (Silene vulgaris) bland sweet cicely (Osmorhiza claytonii) blue giant hyssop (Agastache foeniculum) blue grama (Bouteloua gracilis) blue vervain (Verbena hastata var. scabra) bottle gentian (Gentiana andrewsii) bouncing bet (Saponaria officinalis) boxelder (Acer negundo var. negundo) bristly buttercup (Ranunculus hispidus var. nitidus) broad-leaved arrowhead (Sagittaria latifolia) broad-leaved cattail (Typha latifolia) broadleaf enchanter’s nightshade (Circaea lutetiana ssp. canadensis) bull thistle (Cirsium vulgare) bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa) butter and eggs (Linaria vulgaris) Canada anemone (Anemone canadensis) Canada mayflower (Maianthemum canadense) Canada moonseed (Menispermum canadense) Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense) Canada wildrye (Elymus canadensis) Canadian honewort (Cryptotaenia canadensis) Canadian horseweed (Conyza canadensis) Canadian tick-trefoil (Desmodium canadense) candle anemone (Anemone cylindrica) chokecherry (Prunus virginiana var. virginiana) clammy groundcherry (Physalis heterophylla var. heterophylla) common blue violet (Viola sororia) common boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum var. perfoliatum) common buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica) common false Solomon’s seal (Maianthemum racemosum var. racemosum) common hop (Humulus lupulus) common juniper (Juniperus communis var. depressa) common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) common mullein (Verbascum thapsus ssp. thapsus) common yarrow (Achillea millefolium) crown vetch (Securigera varia) desert false indigo (Amorpha fruticosa) downy yellow violet (Viola pubescens var. pubescens) early figwort (Scrophularia lanceolata) early meadow rue (Thalictrum dioicum) eastern bottlebrush grass (Elymus hystrix) European bur-reed (Sparganium emersum) false sunflower (Heliopsis helianthoides var. occidentalis) field horsetail (Equisetum arvense) field sagewort (Artemisia campestris ssp. caudata) field sow thistle (Sonchus arvensis) flat-topped aster (Doellingeria umbellata) Flodman’s thistle (Cirsium flodmanii) fragrant bedstraw (Galium triflorum) giant goldenrod (Solidago gigantea) giant sunflower (Helianthus giganteus) golden alexanders (Zizia aurea) grass-leaved goldenrod (Euthamia graminifolia var. graminifolia) gray goldenrod (Solidago nemoralis) great blue lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica var. ludoviciana) green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica) green carpetweed (Mollugo verticillata) hairy four o’clock (Mirabilis albida) hairy Solomon’s seal (Polygonatum pubescens) harebell (Campanula rotundifolia) heal-all (Prunella vulgaris var. vulgaris) hedge bindweed (Calystegia sepium) hemlock water-parsnip (Sium suave) hoary alyssum (Berteroa incana) Indiangrass (Sorghastrum nutans) ironwood (Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana) jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) large-flowered bellwort (Uvularia grandiflora) leadplant (Amorpha canescens) leafy spurge (Euphorbia virgata) little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium) marsh bellflower (Campanula aparinoides) marsh grass of Parnassus (Parnassia palustris) marsh skullcap (Scutellaria galericulata) marsh vetchling (Lathyrus palustris) Maryland black snakeroot (Sanicula marilandica) Maximilian’s sunflower (Helianthus maximiliani) mint-leaved bergamot (Monarda fistulosa var. menthifolia) mountain blue-eyed grass (Sisyrinchium montanum var. montanum) narrow-leaved cattail (Typha angustifolia) narrow-leaved hawkweed (Hieracium umbellatum) narrow-leaved meadowsweet (Spiraea alba var. alba) narrow-leaved purple coneflower (Echinacea angustifolia) northern bedstraw (Galium boreale) northern blue flag (Iris versicolor) northern lady fern (Athyrium filix-femina ssp. angustum) northern pin oak (Quercus ellipsoidalis) northern prickly ash (Zanthoxylum americanum) northern red oak (Quercus rubra) Norway spruce (Picea abies) paper birch (Betula papyrifera var. papyrifera) plumeless thistle (Carduus acanthoides) pointed-leaved tick-trefoil (Desmodium glutinosum) poke milkweed (Asclepias exaltata) prairie blazing star (Liatris pycnostachya var. pycnostachya) prairie fleabane (Erigeron strigosus) prairie onion (Allium stellatum) prairie smoke (Geum triflorum var. triflorum) prickly rose (Rosa acicularis ssp. sayi) quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) red clover (Trifolium pratense) red osier dogwood (Cornus sericea ssp. sericea) red pine (Pinus resinosa) reed canary grass (Phalaris arundinacea) rock elm (Ulmus thomasii) rough bedstraw (Galium asprellum) rough bugleweed (Lycopus asper) rough cinquefoil (Potentilla norvegica) round-headed bush clover (Lespedeza capitata) sawtooth sunflower (Helianthus grosseserratus) Scotch pine (Pinus sylvestris) scouring rush horsetail (Equisetum hyemale var. affine) sensitive fern (Onoclea sensibilis) sideoats grama (Bouteloua curtipendula var. curtipendula) silvery cinquefoil (Potentilla argentea) skunk cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus) sky-blue aster (Symphyotrichum oolentangiense var. oolentangiense) slender-leaf false foxglove (Agalinis tenuifolia) smooth scouring rush (Equisetum laevigatum) smooth sumac (Rhus glabra) soft agrimony (Agrimonia pubescens) spotted Joe Pye weed (Eutrochium maculatum) spotted knapweed (Centaurea stoebe ssp. micranthos) spotted lady’s thumb (Persicaria maculosa) spotted touch-me-not (Impatiens capensis) spreading dogbane (Apocynum androsaemifolium) starry false Solomon’s seal (Maianthemum stellatum) stiff goldenrod (Solidago rigida ssp. rigida) stiff sunflower (Helianthus pauciflorus ssp. subrhomboideus) stinging nettle (Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis) sugar maple (Acer saccharum ssp. saccharum) swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata ssp. incarnata) tall meadow rue (Thalictrum dasycarpum) tall thimbleweed (Anemone virginiana) tarragon (Artemisia dracunculus) timothy (Phleum pratense) upright carrionflower (Smilax ecirrhata) variegated yellow pond lily (Nuphar variegata) virgin’s bower (Clematis virginiana) Virginia stickseed (Hackelia virginiana) Virginia waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum var. virginianum) water smartweed (Persicaria amphibia) western bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum var. latiusculum) western poison ivy (Toxicodendron rydbergii) western ragweed (Ambrosia psilostachya) white campion (Silene latifolia ssp. alba) white clover (Trifolium repens) white heath aster (Symphyotrichum ericoides var. ericoides) white panicled aster (Symphyotrichum lanceolatum) white prairie clover (Dalea candida var. candida) white sage (Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana) white snakeroot (Ageratina altissima var. altissima) white spruce (Picea glauca) white sweet clover (Melilotus albus) white vervain (Verbena urticifolia) wild ginger (Asarum canadense) wild grape (Vitis riparia) wild mint (Mentha arvensis) wild sarsaparilla (Aralia nudicaulis) wolfberry (Symphoricarpos occidentalis) woodbine (Parthenocissus vitacea) woodland strawberry (Fragaria vesca ssp. americana) yellow foxtail (Setaria pumila ssp. pumila) yellow goat’s beard (Tragopogon dubius) yellow sweet clover (Melilotus officinalis) yellow violet (Viola pubescens) yellow wood sorrel (Oxalis stricta) zigzag goldenrod (Solidago flexicaulis) Acer negundo var. negundo (boxelder) Acer saccharum ssp. saccharum (sugar maple) Achillea millefolium (common yarrow) Agalinis tenuifolia (slender-leaf false foxglove) Agastache foeniculum (blue giant hyssop) Ageratina altissima var. altissima (white snakeroot) Agrimonia pubescens (soft agrimony) Allium stellatum (prairie onion) Ambrosia psilostachya (western ragweed) Amorpha canescens (leadplant) Amorpha fruticosa (desert false indigo) Amphicarpaea bracteata var. bracteata (American hog peanut) Amphicarpaea bracteata var. comosa (American hog peanut) Andropogon gerardii (big bluestem) Anemone canadensis (Canada anemone) Anemone cylindrica (candle anemone) Anemone patens var. multifida (American pasqueflower) Anemone virginiana (tall thimbleweed) Apocynum androsaemifolium (spreading dogbane) Aralia nudicaulis (wild sarsaparilla) Arisaema triphyllum (jack-in-the-pulpit) Artemisia absinthium (absinth wormwood) Artemisia campestris ssp. caudata (field sagewort) Artemisia dracunculus (tarragon) Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana (white sage) Asarum canadense (wild ginger) Asclepias exaltata (poke milkweed) Asclepias incarnata ssp. incarnata (swamp milkweed) Asclepias syriaca (common milkweed) Asparagus officinalis (asparagus) Athyrium filix-femina ssp. angustum (northern lady fern) Berteroa incana (hoary alyssum) Betula papyrifera var. papyrifera (paper birch) Bouteloua curtipendula var. curtipendula (sideoats grama) Bouteloua gracilis (blue grama) Bromus kalmii (arctic brome) Calystegia sepium (hedge bindweed) Campanula aparinoides (marsh bellflower) Campanula rotundifolia (harebell) Carduus acanthoides (plumeless thistle) Centaurea stoebe ssp. micranthos (spotted knapweed) Circaea lutetiana ssp. canadensis (broadleaf enchanter’s nightshade) Cirsium arvense (Canada thistle) Cirsium flodmanii (Flodman’s thistle) Cirsium vulgare (bull thistle) Clematis virginiana (virgin’s bower) Conyza canadensis (Canadian horseweed) Cornus sericea ssp. sericea (red osier dogwood) Corylus cornuta var. cornuta (beaked hazel) Cryptotaenia canadensis (Canadian honewort) Dalea candida var. candida (white prairie clover) Desmodium canadense (Canadian tick-trefoil) Desmodium glutinosum (pointed-leaved tick-trefoil) Doellingeria umbellata (flat-topped aster) Echinacea angustifolia (narrow-leaved purple coneflower) Elymus canadensis (Canada wildrye) Elymus hystrix (eastern bottlebrush grass) Equisetum arvense (field horsetail) Equisetum hyemale var. affine (scouring rush horsetail) Equisetum laevigatum (smooth scouring rush) Erigeron strigosus (prairie fleabane) Eupatorium perfoliatum var. perfoliatum (common boneset) Euphorbia virgata (leafy spurge) Eurybia macrophylla (bigleaf aster) Euthamia graminifolia var. graminifolia (grass-leaved goldenrod) Eutrochium maculatum (spotted Joe Pye weed) Fallopia convolvulus (black bindweed) Fragaria vesca ssp. americana (woodland strawberry) Fraxinus pennsylvanica (green ash) Galium asprellum (rough bedstraw) Galium boreale (northern bedstraw) Galium triflorum (fragrant bedstraw) Gentiana andrewsii (bottle gentian) Geum triflorum var. triflorum (prairie smoke) Hackelia virginiana (Virginia stickseed) Helianthus giganteus (giant sunflower) Helianthus grosseserratus (sawtooth sunflower) Helianthus maximiliani (Maximilian’s sunflower) Helianthus pauciflorus ssp. subrhomboideus (stiff sunflower) Heliopsis helianthoides var. occidentalis (false sunflower) Hieracium umbellatum (narrow-leaved hawkweed) Humulus lupulus (common hop) Hydrophyllum virginianum var. virginianum (Virginia waterleaf) Impatiens capensis (spotted touch-me-not) Iris versicolor (northern blue flag) Juniperus communis var. depressa (common juniper) Lathyrus palustris (marsh vetchling) Lespedeza capitata (round-headed bush clover) Liatris pycnostachya var. pycnostachya (prairie blazing star) Linaria vulgaris (butter and eggs) Lobelia siphilitica var. ludoviciana (great blue lobelia) Lycopus americanus (American bugleweed) Lycopus asper (rough bugleweed) Maianthemum canadense (Canada mayflower) Maianthemum racemosum var. racemosum (common false Solomon’s seal) Maianthemum stellatum (starry false Solomon’s seal) Medicago lupulina (black medick) Medicago sativa ssp. sativa (alfalfa) Melilotus albus (white sweet clover) Melilotus officinalis (yellow sweet clover) Menispermum canadense (Canada moonseed) Mentha arvensis (wild mint) Mirabilis albida (hairy four o’clock) Mollugo verticillata (green carpetweed) Monarda fistulosa var. menthifolia (mint-leaved bergamot) Nuphar variegata (variegated yellow pond lily) Nymphaea odorata ssp. tuberosa (American white waterlily) Onoclea sensibilis (sensitive fern) Osmorhiza claytonii (bland sweet cicely) Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana (ironwood) Oxalis stricta (yellow wood sorrel) Parnassia palustris (marsh grass of Parnassus) Parthenocissus vitacea (woodbine) Persicaria amphibia (water smartweed) Persicaria maculosa (spotted lady’s thumb) Phalaris arundinacea (reed canary grass) Phleum pratense (timothy) Phryma leptostachya (American lopseed) Physalis heterophylla var. heterophylla (clammy groundcherry) Picea abies (Norway spruce) Picea glauca (white spruce) Picea mariana (black spruce) Pinus resinosa (red pine) Pinus sylvestris (Scotch pine) Plantago rugelii var. rugelii (black-seeded plantain) Polygonatum pubescens (hairy Solomon’s seal) Populus tremuloides (quaking aspen) Potentilla argentea (silvery cinquefoil) Potentilla norvegica (rough cinquefoil) Prunella vulgaris var. vulgaris (heal-all) Prunus americana (American plum) Prunus virginiana var. virginiana (chokecherry) Pteridium aquilinum var. latiusculum (western bracken fern) Quercus ellipsoidalis (northern pin oak) Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa (bur oak) Quercus rubra (northern red oak) Ranunculus hispidus var. nitidus (bristly buttercup) Rhamnus cathartica (common buckthorn) Rhus glabra (smooth sumac) Rosa acicularis ssp. sayi (prickly rose) Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus (American red raspberry) Rubus occidentalis (black raspberry) Rudbeckia hirta var. pulcherrima (black-eyed Susan) Sagittaria latifolia (broad-leaved arrowhead) Sanicula marilandica (Maryland black snakeroot) Saponaria officinalis (bouncing bet) Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium (little bluestem) Scrophularia lanceolata (early figwort) Scutellaria galericulata (marsh skullcap) Securigera varia (crown vetch) Setaria pumila ssp. pumila (yellow foxtail) Silene latifolia ssp. alba (white campion) Silene vulgaris (bladder campion) Sisyrinchium montanum var. montanum (mountain blue-eyed grass) Sium suave (hemlock water-parsnip) Smilax ecirrhata (upright carrionflower) Solidago flexicaulis (zigzag goldenrod) Solidago gigantea (giant goldenrod) Solidago nemoralis (gray goldenrod) Solidago rigida ssp. rigida (stiff goldenrod) Sonchus arvensis (field sow thistle) Sorghastrum nutans (Indiangrass) Sparganium emersum (European bur-reed) Spiraea alba var. alba (narrow-leaved meadowsweet) Symphoricarpos occidentalis (wolfberry) Symphyotrichum ericoides var. ericoides (white heath aster) Symphyotrichum lanceolatum (white panicled aster) Symphyotrichum oolentangiense var. oolentangiense (sky-blue aster) Symplocarpus foetidus (skunk cabbage) Thalictrum dasycarpum (tall meadow rue) Thalictrum dioicum (early meadow rue) Tilia americana var. americana (American basswood) Toxicodendron rydbergii (western poison ivy) Tragopogon dubius (yellow goat’s beard) Trifolium pratense (red clover) Trifolium repens (white clover) Typha angustifolia (narrow-leaved cattail) Typha latifolia (broad-leaved cattail) Ulmus thomasii (rock elm) Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis (stinging nettle) Uvularia grandiflora (large-flowered bellwort) Verbascum thapsus ssp. thapsus (common mullein) Verbena hastata var. scabra (blue vervain) Verbena urticifolia (white vervain) Viola pubescens (yellow violet) Viola pubescens var. pubescens (downy yellow violet) Viola sororia (common blue violet) Vitis riparia (wild grape) Zanthoxylum americanum (northern prickly ash) Zizia aurea (golden alexanders)