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Most of this park is picnic areas with mowed grass. There is a long boardwalk at the north shore of Keller Lake. All of the other trails are paved. |
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Hiking Trail running Biking Mountain biking Horseback riding Picnicking Camping Swimming Boating Canoeing Birdwatching Nature photography Horseshoes Volleyball Geocaching Cross country skiing Skate-skiing Winter hiking Snowshoeing Snowmobiling |
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Ecology |
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Ecological Classification |
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Ecological Province | Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province |
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Ecological Section | Minnesota & NE Iowa Morainal |
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Ecological Subsection | St. Paul-Baldwin Plains and Moraines |
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Land Type Association | Maplewood Moraine |
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Native Plant Communities* |
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Not mapped (10/11/2021) |
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* Source: The Minnesota Biological Survey, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Division of Ecological Resources | |||||
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Wayne Rasmussen |
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“The oldest park in the Ramsey County parks system, Keller Regional Park is spread out into seven sections along Highway 61 in Maplewood: Spoon Lake, Island, Lakeside, Lower Keller, Golfview and Round Lake.” |
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A few observations from the boardwalk on July 19, 2016. |
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Round Lake picnic area |
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Round Lake picnic area |
Keller Island picnic area | |
Lower Keller Lake picnic area |
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Keller Lake |
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Spoon Lake fishing area |
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Spoon Lake |
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Paved trails |
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Paved trails |
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Boardwalk |
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Boardwalk |
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Connecting waterway |
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Phalen-Keller Regional Park |
Keller Regional Park |
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Keller Regional Park, 3/2/12 Keller Lake, Ramsey County Maplewood, MN, at Hiway 61 & 36 |
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Keller Regional Park* - Part 1 |
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Published on Jun 22, 2015 An expansive park featuring a lake, picturesque bridges & picnic shelters, in a tree-filled setting. |
Keller Regional Park* - Part 2 |
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Published on Jun 22, 2015 An expansive park featuring a lake, picturesque bridges & picnic shelters, in a tree-filled setting. |
Keller Regional Park* - Lower Keller |
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Published on Jun 22, 2015 An expansive park featuring a lake, picturesque bridges & picnic shelters, in a tree-filled setting. |
Keller Regional Park* - Golfview |
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Published on Jun 22, 2015 An expansive park featuring a lake, picturesque bridges & picnic shelters, in a tree-filled setting. |
Keller Regional Park* - Lakeside |
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Published on Jun 22, 2015 An expansive park featuring a lake, picturesque bridges & picnic shelters, in a tree-filled setting. |
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Birds |
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Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) |
Insects and Arachnids |
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eastern pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis) |
Plants |
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bittersweet nightshade (Solanum dulcamara) |
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5/15/2019 |
Amphibians |
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American toad (Anaxyrus americanus) |
Birds |
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American Robin (Turdus migratorius) American Tree Sparrow (Spizelloides arborea) Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum) Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens) Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus) European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) Magnolia Warbler (Setophaga magnolia) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) Northern Waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis) Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) Swainson’s Thrush (Catharus ustulatus) Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) Wilson’s Warbler (Cardellina pusilla) |
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bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus) |
Fungi and Lichens |
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Black Knot (Apiosporina morbosa) |
Insects and Arachnids |
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Mammals |
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American red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) |
Plants |
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Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas and Minnesota Biological Survey Vegetation Releves Plant List |
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agrimony (Agrimonia sp.) alsike clover (Trifolium hybridum) American basswood (Tilia americana var. americana) American black currant (Ribes americanum) American elm (Ulmus americana) American highbush cranberry (Viburnum opulus var. americanum) American plum (Prunus americana) American stinging nettle (Urtica gracilis ssp. gracilis) Bell’s honeysuckle (Lonicera × bella) big bluestem (Andropogon gerardi) bigtooth aspen (Populus grandidentata) black cherry (Prunus serotina var. serotina) black raspberry (Rubus occidentalis) black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta var. pulcherrima) black-seeded plantain (Plantago rugelii var. rugelii) boxelder (Acer negundo var. negundo) bull thistle (Cirsium vulgare) Canada anemone (Anemonastrum canadense) Canada mayflower (Maianthemum canadense) Canada wildrye (Elymus canadensis) chokecherry (Prunus virginiana var. virginiana) common blue violet (Viola sororia) common buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica) common burdock (Arctium minus) common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale) common duckweed (Lemna minor) common evening primrose (Oenothera biennis) common false Solomon’s seal (Maianthemum racemosum var. racemosum) common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) common motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca ssp. cardiaca) common mullein (Verbascum thapsus ssp. thapsus) early meadow-rue (Thalictrum dioicum) eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana) field horsetail (Equisetum arvense) garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata) giant goldenrod (Solidago gigantea) greater duckweed (Spirodela polyrrhiza) green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica) ground ivy (Glechoma hederacea) hoary alyssum (Berteroa incana) hybrid cattail (Typha × glauca) Indiangrass (Sorghastrum nutans) jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) kidney-leaved buttercup (Ranunculus abortivus) late goldenrod (Solidago altissima) leafy spurge (Euphorbia virgata) mophead hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla) Morrow’s honeysuckle (Lonicera morrowii) moss phlox (Phlox subulata ssp. subulata) narrow-leaved purple coneflower (Echinacea angustifolia) northern blue flag (Iris versicolor) northern catalpa (Catalpa speciosa) northern hackberry (Celtis occidentalis) northern pin oak (Quercus ellipsoidalis) northern white cedar (Thuja occidentalis) Ohio buckeye (Aesculus glabra var. glabra) plains cottonwood (Populus deltoides ssp. molinifera) prairie alumroot (Heuchera richardsonii) prairie coreopsis (Coreopsis palmata) prairie fleabane (Erigeron strigosus) prairie smoke (Geum triflorum var. triflorum) quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) rattlesnake master (Eryngium yuccifolium var. yuccifolium) red baneberry (Actaea rubra ssp. rubra) red clover (Trifolium pratense) red elderberry (Sambucus racemosa var. racemosa) red osier dogwood (Cornus sericea ssp. sericea) river birch (Betula nigra) sandbar willow (Salix interior) sensitive fern (Onoclea sensibilis) sideoats grama (Bouteloua curtipendula var. curtipendula) silver maple (Acer saccharinum) starry false Solomon’s seal (Maianthemum stellatum) sugar maple (Acer saccharum ssp. saccharum) switch grass (Panicum virgatum var. virgatum) turion duckweed (Lemna turionifera) velvet-leaf (Abutilon theophrasti) Virginia stickseed (Hackelia virginiana) Virginia waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum var. virginianum) watermeal (Wolffia sp.) weeping willow (Salix × sepulcralis) white clover (Trifolium repens ssp. repens) wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa) winter cress (Barbarea vulgaris)
Abutilon theophrasti (velvet-leaf) Acer negundo var. negundo (boxelder) Acer saccharinum (silver maple) Acer saccharum ssp. saccharum (sugar maple) Actaea rubra ssp. rubra (red baneberry) Aesculus glabra var. glabra (Ohio buckeye) Agrimonia sp. (agrimony) Alliaria petiolata (garlic mustard) Andropogon gerardi (big bluestem) Anemonastrum canadense (Canada anemone) Arctium minus (common burdock) Arisaema triphyllum (Jack-in-the-pulpit) Asclepias syriaca (common milkweed) Barbarea vulgaris (winter cress) Berteroa incana (hoary alyssum) Betula nigra (river birch) Bouteloua curtipendula var. curtipendula (sideoats grama) Catalpa speciosa (northern catalpa) Celtis occidentalis (northern hackberry) Cirsium vulgare (bull thistle) Coreopsis palmata (prairie coreopsis) Cornus sericea ssp. sericea (red osier dogwood) Echinacea angustifolia (narrow-leaved purple coneflower) Elymus canadensis (Canada wildrye) Equisetum arvense (field horsetail) Erigeron strigosus (prairie fleabane) Eryngium yuccifolium var. yuccifolium (rattlesnake master) Euphorbia virgata (leafy spurge) Fraxinus pennsylvanica (green ash) Geum triflorum var. triflorum (prairie smoke) Glechoma hederacea (ground ivy) Hackelia virginiana (Virginia stickseed) Heuchera richardsonii (prairie alumroot) (Hydrangea macrophylla) (mophead hydrangea) Hydrophyllum virginianum var. virginianum (Virginia waterleaf) Iris versicolor (northern blue flag) Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana (eastern redcedar) Lemna minor (common duckweed) Lemna turionifera (turion duckweed) Leonurus cardiaca ssp. cardiaca (common motherwort) Lonicera × bella (Bell’s honeysuckle) Lonicera morrowii (Morrow’s honeysuckle) Maianthemum canadense (Canada mayflower) Maianthemum racemosum var. racemosum (common false Solomon’s seal) Maianthemum stellatum (starry false Solomon’s seal) Monarda fistulosa (wild bergamot) Oenothera biennis (common evening primrose) Onoclea sensibilis (sensitive fern) Panicum virgatum var. virgatum (switch grass) Parthenocissus vitacea (woodbine) Phlox subulata ssp. subulata (moss phlox) Plantago rugelii var. rugelii (black-seeded plantain) Populus deltoides ssp. molinifera (plains cottonwood) Populus grandidentata (bigtooth aspen) Populus tremuloides (quaking aspen) Prunus americana (American plum) Prunus serotina var. serotina (black cherry) Prunus virginiana var. virginiana (chokecherry) Quercus ellipsoidalis (northern pin oak) Ranunculus abortivus (kidney-leaved buttercup) Rhamnus cathartica (common buckthorn) Ribes americanum (American black currant) Rubus occidentalis (black raspberry) Rudbeckia hirta var. pulcherrima (black-eyed Susan) Salix × sepulcralis (weeping willow) Salix interior (sandbar willow) Sambucus racemosa var. racemosa (red elderberry) Solidago altissima (late goldenrod) Solidago gigantea (giant goldenrod) Sorghastrum nutans (Indiangrass) Spirodela polyrrhiza (greater duckweed) Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale (common dandelion) Thalictrum dioicum (early meadow-rue) Thuja occidentalis (northern white cedar) Tilia americana var. americana (American basswood) Trifolium hybridum (alsike clover) Trifolium pratense (red clover) Trifolium repens ssp. repens (white clover) Typha × glauca (hybrid cattail) Ulmus americana (American elm) Urtica gracilis ssp. gracilis (American stinging nettle) Verbascum thapsus ssp. thapsus (common mullein) Viburnum opulus var. americanum (American highbush cranberry) Viola sororia (common blue violet) Wolffia sp. (watermeal) |
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painted turtle (Chrysemys picta) |
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