Lake Carlos State Park

Lake Carlos State Park
       
County

Douglas

  Douglas County
GPS

N46 00.034
W95 19.989

 
Size

1,236 acres

 
Habitat

Maple-basswood forest, aspen-oak forest, lake, marsh, tamarack bog

Hiking Trails

11.6 miles

0.5 mile handicapped-accessible

3 miles interpretive


Links

Minnesota DNR


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  Lake Carlos State Park            
               

Amphibians

 

 
 

eastern gray treefrog (Hyla versicolor)

wood frog (Rana sylvatica)

eastern gray treefrog
     

Birds

Some of the birds that can be seen here, along with those listed below, are common loon (Gavia immer), pied-billed grebe (Podilymbus podiceps), Wilson’s phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor).

Minnesota DNR Bird Checklist This is a PDF File. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to read it.

 
 

American redstart (Setophaga ruticilla)

American robin (Turdus migratorius)

American woodcock (Scolopax minor)

black-capped chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)

blue jay (Cyanocitta cristata)

cedar waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)

white-breasted nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)

American robin

 

 

 

 

 

white-breasted nuthatch

 

 

   

 


Insects

 

 
 

brown daddy-long-legs (Leiobunum ventricosum)

chalk-fronted corporal (Libellula julia)

dot-tailed whiteface (Leucorrhinia intacta)

eastern pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis)

forest tent caterpillar (Malacosoma disstria)

widow skimmer (Libellula luctuosa)

brown daddy-long-legs

 

 

 

 

 

widow skimmer

     

Mammals

 

 
 

eastern chipmunk (Tamias striatus)

eastern cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus)

eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)

red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus)

whitetail deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

eastern cottontail
     

Plants

 

 
 

American basswood (Tilia americana)

American cow parsnip (Heracleum maximum)

American vetch (Vicia americana var. americana)

arum-leaved arrowhead (Sagittaria cuneata)

bigtooth aspen (Populus grandidentata)

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

black medick (Medicago lupulina)

bland sweet cicely (Osmorhiza claytonii)

bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis)

bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa)

Canada anemone (Anemone canadensis)

Canada mayflower (Maianthemum canadense)

Canada moonseed (Menispermum canadense)

candle anemone (Anemone cylindrica)

cleavers (Galium aparine)

common burdock (Arctium minus)

common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale)

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

common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)

common plantain (Plantago major)

common yarrow (Achillea millefolium)

crown vetch (Coronilla varia)

early meadow rue (Thalictrum dioicum)

eastern false rue anemone (Enemion biternatum)

eastern prickly gooseberry (Ribes cynosbati)

field horsetail (Equisetum arvense)

flowering spurge (Euphorbia corollata)

fragrant bedstraw (Galium triflorum)

golden alexanders (Zizia aurea)

green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica)

harebell (Campanula rotundifolia)

heal-all (Prunella vulgaris)

highbush cranberry (Viburnum trilobum)

ironwood (Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana)

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

large-flowered bellwort (Uvularia grandiflora)

narrow-leaved cattail (Typha angustifolia)

northern bog bedstraw (Galium labradoricum)

northern pin oak (Quercus ellipsoidalis)

northern red oak (Quercus rubra)

northern wild rice (Zizania palustris var. interior)

paper birch (Betula papyrifera)

Philadelphia fleabane (Erigeron philadelphicus var. philadelphicus)

plains cottonwood (Populus deltoides ssp. molinifera)

quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides)

red clover (Trifolium pratense)

round-leaved dogwood (Cornus rugosa)

scouring rush horsetail (Equisetum hyemale var. affine)

smooth brome (Bromus inermis)

smooth hedge nettle (Stachys tenuifolia var. tenuifolia)

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

smooth sumac (Rhus glabra)

spreading dogbane (Apocynum androsaemifolium)

starry false Solomon’s seal (Maianthemum stellatum)

stinging nettle (Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis)

sugar maple (Acer saccharum var. saccharum)

Virginia waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum var. virginianum)

western poison ivy (Toxicodendron rydbergii)

white clover (Trifolium repens)

wild columbine (Aquilegia canadensis)

wild grape (Vitis riparia)

woodbine (Parthenocissus vitacea)

yellow goat’s beard (Tragopogon dubius)

yellow marsh marigold (Caltha palustris var. palustris)

yellow sweet clover (Melilotus officinalis)

yellow wood sorrel (Oxalis stricta)

American vetch

 

 

 

 

 

bloodroot

 

 

 

 

 

Canada mayflower

 

 

 

 

 

common milkweed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

field horsetail

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jack-in-the-pulpit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Philadelphia fleabane

 

 

 

 

 

plains cottonwood

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

spreading dogbane

 

 

 

 

 

western poison ivy

 

 

 

 

 

yellow goat’s beard

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

yellow marsh marigold

     

Visits

06/19/2006

   
       
               

 

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