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No hunting. The park may hold one or more managed hunts in the fall. In most cases, Minnesota residents do not need a permit to fish in Minnesota State Parks. |
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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 | Oak Savanna |
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Land Type Association | Hayfield Till Plain Le Roy Till Plain |
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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) |
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wood frog (Lithobates sylvaticus) |
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American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Blue-winged Teal (Spatula discors) Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus) Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus) Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla) Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) Ring-necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus) Sedge Wren (Cistothorus platensis) Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) |
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Black Knot (Apiosporina morbosa) Cedar-hawthorn Rust (Gymnosporangium globosum) Crown Rust (Puccinia coronata) Elderberry Rust (Puccinia bolleyana) Powdery Sunburst Lichen (Xanthoria ulophyllodes) Violet-toothed Polypore (Trichaptum biforme) |
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Baltimore checkerspot (Euphydryas phaeton) cherry gall wasp (Cynips quercusfolii) common buckeye (Junonia coenia) common green darner (Anax junius) common whitetail (Plathemis lydia) eastern tiger swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) ebony jewelwing (Calopteryx maculata) goldenrod bunch gall midge (Rhopalomyia solidaginis) hackberry emperor (Asterocampa celtis) oak rough bulletgall wasp (Disholcaspis quercusmamma) orange sulphur (Colias eurytheme) plum finger gall mite (Eriophyes emarginatae) red admiral (Vanessa atalanta) red nail gall mite (Eriophyes tiliae) seven-spotted lady beetle (Coccinella septempunctata) |
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American beaver (Castor canadensis) eastern chipmunk (Tamias striatus) |
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Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas and Minnesota Biological Survey Vegetation Releves Plant List |
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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 Southern Dry-Mesic Oak Forest MHs37 Southern Dry-Mesic Oak (Maple) Woodland FDs37 |
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alfalfa (Medicago sativa ssp. sativa) Allegheny blackberry (Rubus allegheniensis) alsike clover (Trifolium hybridum) American basswood (Tilia americana var. americana) American cow parsnip (Heracleum maximum) American elderberry (Sambucus canadensis) American elm (Ulmus americana) American groundnut (Apios americana) American hophornbeam (Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana) American red raspberry (Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus) American stinging nettle (Urtica gracilis ssp. gracilis) American vetch (Vicia americana ssp. americana) annual fleabane (Erigeron annuus) Bell’s honeysuckle (Lonicera × bella) big bluestem (Andropogon gerardi) bigleaf aster (Eurybia macrophylla) bird’s-foot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus var. corniculatus) bitternut hickory (Carya cordiformis) black cherry (Prunus serotina var. serotina) black medick (Medicago lupulina) black raspberry (Rubus occidentalis) black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta var. pulcherrima) black-seeded plantain (Plantago rugelii var. rugelii) bland sweet cicely (Osmorhiza claytonii) bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) blue cohosh (Caulophyllum thalictroides) Blue Ridge carrionflower (Smilax lasioneura) blue wild indigo (Baptisia australis) bottle gentian (Gentiana andrewsii) boxelder (Acer negundo var. negundo) bristly buttercup (Ranunculus hispidus var. nitidus) bristly greenbrier (Smilax tamnoides) bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa) Canada anemone (Anemonastrum canadense) Canada goldenrod (Solidago canadensis) Canada mayflower (Maianthemum canadense) Canada moonseed (Menispermum canadense) Canadian clearweed (Pilea pumila) Canadian honewort (Cryptotaenia canadensis) Canadian horseweed (Erigeron canadensis) Canadian tick-trefoil (Desmodium canadense) Canadian wild ginger (Asarum canadense) Canadian woodnettle (Laportea canadensis) chokecherry (Prunus virginiana var. virginiana) clammy groundcherry (Physalis heterophylla) clustered black snakeroot (Sanicula odorata) common agrimony (Agrimonia gryposepala) common blue violet (Viola sororia) common buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica) common burdock (Arctium minus) common cinquefoil (Potentilla simplex) common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale) 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) common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia) common St. Johnswort (Hypericum perforatum) wild strawberry (Fragaria virginiana) common yarrow (Achillea millefolium) compass plant (Silphium laciniatum) Culver’s root (Veronicastrum virginicum) cup plant (Silphium perfoliatum var. perfoliatum) cut-leaved coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata var. laciniata) cut-leaved toothwort (Cardamine concatenata) desert false indigo (Amorpha fruticosa) dotted hawthorn (Crataegus punctata) downy phlox (Phlox pilosa ssp. fulgida) downy yellow violet (Viola pubescens var. peckii) early figwort (Scrophularia lanceolata) early horse gentian (Triosteum aurantiacum var. aurantiacum) early meadow-rue (Thalictrum dioicum) eastern bottlebrush grass (Elymus hystrix) eastern false rue anemone (Enemion biternatum) eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana) field thistle (Cirsium discolor) fragrant bedstraw (Galium triflorum) garden yellowrocket (Barbarea vulgaris) giant goldenrod (Solidago gigantea) giant ragweed (Ambrosia trifida) golden alexanders (Zizia aurea) gray dogwood (Cornus racemosa) gray-headed coneflower (Ratibida pinnata) green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica) ground ivy (Glechoma hederacea) hairy vetch (Vicia villosa ssp. villosa) hedge bindweed (Calystegia sepium) hoary vervain (Verbena stricta) Indian hemp (Apocynum cannabinum) interrupted fern (Claytosmunda claytoniana) jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) late horse gentian (Triosteum perfoliatum) lowland hog peanut (Amphicarpaea bracteata var. comosa) mat panic grass (Dichanthelium acuminatum var. implicatum) Maximilian’s sunflower (Helianthus maximiliani) May-apple (Podophyllum peltatum) meadow garlic (Allium canadense var. canadense) Missouri gooseberry (Ribes missouriense) Morrow’s honeysuckle (Lonicera morrowii) narrow-leaved purple coneflower (Echinacea angustifolia) northern bedstraw (Galium boreale) northern lady fern (Athyrium filix-femina var. angustum) northern pin oak (Quercus ellipsoidalis) northern prickly ash (Zanthoxylum americanum) northern red oak (Quercus rubra) Ohio spiderwort (Tradescantia ohiensis) orange daylily (Hemerocallis fulva) pagoda dogwood (Cornus alternifolia) palespike lobelia (Lobelia spicata) Philadelphia fleabane (Erigeron philadelphicus var. philadelphicus) plains cottonwood (Populus deltoides ssp. molinifera) cream wild indigo (Baptisia bracteata var. leucophaea) plantain-leaved pussytoes (Antennaria plantaginifolia) pointed-leaved tick-trefoil (Hylodesmum glutinosum) poke milkweed (Asclepias exaltata) prairie blazing star (Liatris pycnostachya var. pycnostachya) prairie coreopsis (Coreopsis palmata) prairie fleabane (Erigeron strigosus) purple meadow-rue (Thalictrum dasycarpum) purple prairie clover (Dalea purpurea var. purpurea) quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) Queen Anne’s lace (Daucus carota ssp. carota) red baneberry (Actaea rubra ssp. rubra) red clover (Trifolium pratense) red elderberry (Sambucus racemosa var. racemosa) reed canary grass (Phalaris arundinacea) rose twisted-stalk (Streptopus lanceolatus var. longipipes) rough bedstraw (Galium asprellum) rough oxeye (Heliopsis helianthoides var. scabra) round-headed bush clover (Lespedeza capitata) sandbar willow (Salix interior) sawtooth sunflower (Helianthus grosseserratus) sensitive fern (Onoclea sensibilis) sharp-lobed hepatica (Anemone acutiloba) silky dogwood (Cornus obliqua) silver maple (Acer saccharinum) silvergreen bryum moss (Bryum argenteum) slender willow (Salix petiolaris) smooth Solomon’s seal (Polygonatum biflorum var. commutatum) spotted touch-me-not (Impatiens capensis) spotted water hemlock (Cicuta maculata var. maculata) spreading dogbane (Apocynum androsaemifolium) spreading Jacob’s ladder (Polemonium reptans var. reptans) stiff goldenrod (Solidago rigida ssp. rigida) sulphur cinquefoil (Potentilla recta) swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata ssp. incarnata) sweet Joe Pye weed (Eutrochium purpureum) tall blue lettuce (Lactuca biennis) tall thimbleweed (Anemone virginiana) timothy (Phleum pratense ssp. pratense) upright carrionflower (Smilax ecirrhata) virgin’s bower (Clematis virginiana) Virginia spring beauty (Claytonia virginica var. virginica) Virginia stickseed (Hackelia virginiana) Virginia waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum var. virginianum) western bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum var. latiusculum) western poison ivy (Toxicodendron rydbergii) white ash (Fraxinus americana) white campion (Silene latifolia ssp. alba) white clover (Trifolium repens ssp. repens) white prairie clover (Dalea candida var. candida) white rattlesnake root (Nabalus albus) white sage (Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana) white sweet clover (Melilotus albus) white turtlehead (Chelone glabra) white wild indigo (Baptisia alba var. macrophylla) wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa) wild blue phlox (Phlox divaricata ssp. laphamii) wild columbine (Aquilegia canadensis) wild geranium (Geranium maculatum) wild parsnip (Pastinaca sativa) woodbine (Parthenocissus vitacea) woundwort (Stachys pilosa var. arenicola) yellow goat’s beard (Tragopogon dubius) yellow sweet clover (Melilotus officinalis)
Acer negundo var. negundo (boxelder) Acer saccharinum (silver maple) Achillea millefolium (common yarrow) Actaea rubra ssp. rubra (red baneberry) Agrimonia gryposepala (common agrimony) Allium canadense var. canadense (meadow garlic) Ambrosia artemisiifolia (common ragweed) Ambrosia trifida (giant ragweed) Amorpha fruticosa (desert false indigo) Amphicarpaea bracteata var. comosa (lowland hog peanut) Andropogon gerardi (big bluestem) Anemone acutiloba (sharp-lobed hepatica) Anemonastrum canadense (Canada anemone) Anemone virginiana (tall thimbleweed) Antennaria plantaginifolia (plantain-leaved pussytoes) Apios americana (American groundnut) Apocynum androsaemifolium (spreading dogbane) Apocynum cannabinum (Indian hemp) Aquilegia canadensis (wild columbine) Arctium minus (common burdock) Arisaema triphyllum (jack-in-the-pulpit) Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana (white sage) Asarum canadense (Canadian wild ginger) Asclepias exaltata (poke milkweed) Asclepias incarnata ssp. incarnata (swamp milkweed) Asclepias syriaca (common milkweed) Athyrium filix-femina var. angustum (northern lady fern) Baptisia australis (blue wild indigo) Baptisia bracteata var. leucophaea (cream wild indigo) Baptisia alba var. macrophylla (white wild indigo) Barbarea vulgaris (garden yellowrocket) Bryum argenteum (silvergreen bryum moss) Calystegia sepium (hedge bindweed) Cardamine concatenata (cut-leaved toothwort) Carya cordiformis (bitternut hickory) Caulophyllum thalictroides (blue cohosh) Chelone glabra (white turtlehead) Cicuta maculata var. maculata (spotted water hemlock) Cirsium discolor (field thistle) Claytonia virginica var. virginica (Virginia spring beauty) Clematis virginiana (virgin’s bower) Coreopsis palmata (prairie coreopsis) Cornus alternifolia (pagoda dogwood) Cornus obliqua (silky dogwood) Cornus racemosa (gray dogwood) Crataegus punctata (dotted hawthorn) Cryptotaenia canadensis (Canadian honewort) Dalea candida var. candida (white prairie clover) Dalea purpurea var. purpurea (purple prairie clover) Daucus carota ssp. carota (Queen Anne’s lace) Desmodium canadense (Canadian tick-trefoil) Dichanthelium acuminatum var. implicatum (mat panic grass) Echinacea angustifolia (narrow-leaved purple coneflower) Elymus hystrix (eastern bottlebrush grass) Enemion biternatum (eastern false rue anemone) Erigeron annuus (annual fleabane) Erigeron canadensis (Canadian horseweed) Erigeron philadelphicus var. philadelphicus (Philadelphia fleabane) Erigeron strigosus (prairie fleabane) Eurybia macrophylla (bigleaf aster) Eutrochium purpureum (sweet Joe Pye weed) Fragaria virginiana (wild strawberry) Fraxinus americana (white ash) Fraxinus pennsylvanica (green ash) Galium asprellum (rough bedstraw) Galium boreale (northern bedstraw) Galium triflorum (fragrant bedstraw) Gentiana andrewsii (bottle gentian) Geranium maculatum (wild geranium) Glechoma hederacea (ground ivy) Hackelia virginiana (Virginia stickseed) Helianthus grosseserratus (sawtooth sunflower) Helianthus maximiliani (Maximilian’s sunflower) Heliopsis helianthoides var. scabra (rough oxeye) Hemerocallis fulva (orange daylily) Heracleum maximum (American cow parsnip) Hydrophyllum virginianum var. virginianum (Virginia waterleaf) Hylodesmum glutinosum (pointed-leaved tick-trefoil) Hypericum perforatum (common St. Johnswort) Impatiens capensis (spotted touch-me-not) Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana (eastern redcedar) Lactuca biennis (tall blue lettuce) Laportea canadensis (Canadian woodnettle) Leonurus cardiaca ssp. cardiaca (common motherwort) Lespedeza capitata (round-headed bush clover) Liatris pycnostachya var. pycnostachya (prairie blazing star) Lobelia spicata (palespike lobelia) Lonicera × bella (Bell’s honeysuckle) Lonicera morrowii (Morrow’s honeysuckle) Lotus corniculatus var. corniculatus (bird’s-foot trefoil) Maianthemum canadense (Canada mayflower) Maianthemum racemosum var. racemosum (common false Solomon’s seal) Medicago lupulina (black medick) Medicago sativa ssp. sativa (alfalfa) Melilotus albus (white sweet clover) Melilotus officinalis (yellow sweet clover) Menispermum canadense (Canada moonseed) Monarda fistulosa (wild bergamot) Nabalus albus (white rattlesnake root) Oenothera biennis (common evening primrose) Onoclea sensibilis (sensitive fern) Osmorhiza claytonii (bland sweet cicely) Claytosmunda claytoniana (interrupted fern) Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana (American hophornbeam) Oxalis stricta (yellow wood sorrel) Parthenocissus vitacea (woodbine) Pastinaca sativa (wild parsnip) Phalaris arundinacea (reed canary grass) Phleum pratense ssp. pratense (timothy) Phlox divaricata ssp. laphamii (wild blue phlox) Phlox pilosa ssp. fulgida (downy phlox) Physalis heterophylla (clammy groundcherry) Pilea pumila (Canadian clearweed) Plantago rugelii var. rugelii (black-seeded plantain) Podophyllum peltatum (May-apple) Polemonium reptans var. reptans (spreading Jacob’s ladder) Polygonatum biflorum var. commutatum (smooth Solomon’s seal) Populus deltoides ssp. molinifera (plains cottonwood) Populus tremuloides (quaking aspen) Potentilla recta (sulphur cinquefoil) Potentilla simplex (common cinquefoil) Prunus serotina var. serotina (black cherry) Prunus virginiana var. virginiana (chokecherry) Pteridium aquilinum var. latiusculum (western bracken fern) Quercus ellipsoidalis (northern pin oak) Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa (bur oak) Quercus rubra (northern red oak) Ranunculus hispidus var. nitidus (bristly buttercup) Ratibida pinnata (gray-headed coneflower) Rhamnus cathartica (common buckthorn) Ribes missouriense (Missouri gooseberry) Rubus allegheniensis (Allegheny blackberry) Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus (American red raspberry) Rubus occidentalis (black raspberry) Rudbeckia hirta var. pulcherrima (black-eyed Susan) Rudbeckia laciniata var. laciniata (cut-leaved coneflower) Salix interior (sandbar willow) Salix petiolaris (slender willow) Sambucus canadensis (American elderberry) Sambucus racemosa var. racemosa (red elderberry) Sanguinaria canadensis (bloodroot) Sanicula odorata (clustered black snakeroot) Scrophularia lanceolata (early figwort) Silene latifolia ssp. alba (white campion) Silphium laciniatum (compass plant) Silphium perfoliatum var. perfoliatum (cup plant) Smilax ecirrhata (upright carrionflower) Smilax lasioneura (Blue Ridge carrionflower) Smilax tamnoides (bristly greenbrier) Solidago canadensis (Canada goldenrod) Solidago flexicaulis (zigzag goldenrod) Solidago gigantea (giant goldenrod) Solidago rigida ssp. rigida (stiff goldenrod) Stachys pilosa var. arenicola (woundwort) Streptopus lanceolatus var. longipipes (rose twisted-stalk) Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale (common dandelion) Thalictrum dasycarpum (purple meadow-rue) Thalictrum dioicum (early meadow-rue) Tilia americana var. americana (American basswood) Toxicodendron rydbergii (western poison ivy) Tradescantia ohiensis (Ohio spiderwort) Tragopogon dubius (yellow goat’s beard) Trifolium hybridum (alsike clover) Trifolium pratense (red clover) Trifolium repens ssp. repens (white clover) Triosteum aurantiacum var. aurantiacum (early horse gentian) Triosteum perfoliatum (late horse gentian) Ulmus americana (American elm) Urtica gracilis ssp. gracilis (American stinging nettle) Verbascum thapsus ssp. thapsus (common mullein) Verbena stricta (hoary vervain) Veronicastrum virginicum (Culver’s root) Vicia americana ssp. americana (American vetch) Vicia villosa ssp. villosa (hairy vetch) Viola pubescens var. peckii (downy yellow violet) Viola sororia (common blue violet) |
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