Minnesota Seasons - Lake Louise State Park


Lake Louise State Park

County	Mower
GPS	N43 31.628 W92 31.074
Size	1,147 acres
Habitat	Oak savanna, hardwood forest, wetland, river, lake
Hiking Trails	11.6 miles

Links	Minnesota DNR

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Birds	Minnesota DNR Bird Checklist

	American black duck (Anas rubripes) American robin (Turdus migratorius) Baltimore oriole (Icterus galbula) black-capped chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) blue jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Canada goose (Branta canadensis) eastern bluebird (Sialia sialis) gray catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) great blue heron (Ardea herodias) northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) northern flicker (Colaptes auratus) red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) ring-necked pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) rock pigeon (Columba livia) white-breasted nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) yellow-bellied sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius) yellow-rumped warbler (Dendroica coronata)


Mammals

	American beaver (Castor canadensis) eastern fox squirrel (Sciurus niger) whitetail deer (Odocoileus virginianus)


Plants	Nodding wild onion (Allium cernuum), a Minnesota threatened species, and small purple fringed orchid (Platanthera psycodes) grow in this park.

	American basswood (Tilia americana) American elm (Ulmus americana) bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) bristly buttercup (Ranunculus hispidus var. nitidus) bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa) Canada goldenrod (Solidago canadensis var. canadensis) cleavers (Galium aparine) common blue violet (Viola sororia) common burdock (Arctium minus) common evening primrose (Oenothera biennis) common false Solomon’s seal (Maianthemum racemosum var. racemosum) common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) common motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca) common mullein (Verbascum thapsus) common strawberry (Fragaria virginiana) common yarrow (Achillea millefolium) cut-leaved toothwort (Cardamine concatenata) eastern false rue anemone (Enemion biternatum) eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana) golden alexanders (Zizia aurea) Greek valerian (Polemonium reptans var. reptans) ground ivy (Glechoma hederacea) Indian hemp (Apocynum cannabinum) ironwood (Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana) Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum ssp. triphyllum) northern pin oak (Quercus ellipsoidalis) northern red oak (Quercus rubra) Norway spruce (Picea abies) plains cottonwood (Populus deltoides ssp. molinifera) pussy willow (Salix discolor) quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) Queen Anne’s lace (Daucus carota ssp. carota) sharp-lobed hepatica (Hepatica nobilis var. acuta) silvergreen bryum moss (Bryum argenteum) spotted water hemlock (Cicuta maculata var. maculata) Virginia spring beauty (Claytonia virginica var. virginica) Virginia waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum var. virginianum) white oak (Quercus alba) wild blue phlox (Phlox divaricata ssp. laphamii) wild columbine (Aquilegia canadensis) wild geranium (Geranium maculatum) wild leek (Allium tricoccum var. tricoccum) wild parsnip (Pastinaca sativa) winter cress (Barbarea vulgaris)


Reptiles

	eastern garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis)


Visits	05/22/1999 04/17/2009