Minnesota Seasons - Lake Louise State Park


Lake Louise State Park

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			Mower County




Size	819 acres

Maps	Minnesota DNR All Season Map

Park Office	N43 32.171 W92 30.786

Hiking Trails	11.6 miles

Ecological Classification	Province	Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province
	Section	Minnesota & NE Iowa Morainal
	Subsection(s)	Oak Savanna
	Land Type Association(s)	Hayfield Till Plain Le Roy Till Plain

Native Plant Communities¹	Basswood - Bur Oak - (Green Ash) Forest Elm - Ash - Basswood Terrace Forest Elm - Basswood - Black Ash - (Hackberry) Forest Mesic Prairie (Southern) Pin Oak - Bur Oak Woodland Red Oak - White Oak Forest Sedge Meadow Seepage Meadow/Carr Southern Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Southern Dry-Mesic Oak (Maple) Woodland Southern Dry-Mesic Oak-Aspen Forest Wet Prairie (Southern)

Ownership	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Links	Minnesota DNR

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Birds	Minnesota DNR Bird Checklist

	American robin (Turdus migratorius) Baltimore oriole (Icterus galbula) black-capped chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) blue jay (Cyanocitta cristata) blue-winged teal (Anas discors) 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	One plant species with protected status in Minnesota are found here: Threatened – Nodding wild onion (Allium cernuum var. cernuum) Plants frequently found in: Basswood - Bur Oak - (Green Ash) Forest MHs38b Elm - Ash - Basswood Terrace Forest FFs59c Elm - Basswood - Black Ash - (Hackberry) Forest MHs49a Mesic Prairie (Southern) UPs23a Pin Oak - Bur Oak Woodland FDs37b Red Oak - White Oak Forest MHs37a Sedge Meadow WMn82b Seepage Meadow/Carr WMs83a1 Southern Dry-Mesic Oak Forest MHs37 Southern Dry-Mesic Oak (Maple) Woodland FDs37 Southern Dry-Mesic Oak-Aspen Forest FDs36 Wet Prairie (Southern) WPs54b

	American basswood (Tilia americana) American elm (Ulmus americana) bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) bristly buttercup (Ranunculus hispidus var. nitidus) bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa var. 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) 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) wild parsnip (Pastinaca sativa) winter cress (Barbarea vulgaris)

Reptiles

	eastern garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis)

Source: Minnesota County Biological Survey
Visits	5/22/1999 04/17/2009