Minnesota Seasons - Lake Carlos State Park


Lake Carlos State Park

County	Douglas
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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Amphibians

	eastern gray treefrog (Hyla versicolor) wood frog (Rana sylvatica)


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

	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)


Insects

	brown daddy-long-legs (Leiobunum ventricosum) chalk-fronted corporal (Ladona julia) dot-tailed whiteface (Leucorrhinia intacta) eastern pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis) forest tent caterpillar (Malacosoma disstria) widow skimmer (Libellula luctuosa)


Mammals

	eastern chipmunk (Tamias striatus) eastern cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) whitetail deer (Odocoileus virginianus)


Plants

	American basswood (Tilia americana) American cow parsnip (Heracleum maximum) American highbush cranberry (Viburnum opulus var. americanum) American vetch (Vicia americana ssp. 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) 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)


Visits	06/19/2006