Minnesota Seasons - Lake Rebecca Park Reserve


Lake Rebecca Park Reserve

County	Hennepin
GPS	N45 04.300 W93 45.367
Size	2,577 acres
Habitat	“Big woods” sugar maple-basswood forest; upland forest; wetland
Hiking Trails	Unpaved hiking: 2.0 mi. Unpaved hiking/mountain bike: 3.6 mi. Unpaved hiking/horse: 9.8 mi. Paved hiking/bike/dog: 7.8 mi.

Links	Three Rivers Park District

Comments	The unpaved hiking trails are well groomed, but they are not well marked. Printed maps are not available at the park, and there may be only 2 trailside maps. Visitors should visit the park’s Web page (link above) where they can print a trail map to bring along.

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Park entrance and trail parking

Fishing piers

Trumpeter swan observation area

Hiking trails

Bike trails






Amphibians

	American toad (Bufo americanus)


Birds

	American crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American goldfinch (Carduelis tristis) American robin (Turdus migratorius) American tree sparrow (Spizella arborea) barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) belted kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) black-capped chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) blue jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Canada goose (Branta canadensis) cedar waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) double-crested cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) eastern kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus) gray catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) great blue heron (Ardea herodias) hairy woodpecker (Picoides villosus) killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) northern pintail (Anas acuta) trumpeter swan (Cygnus buccinator)


Insects

	dog day cicada (Tibicen canicularis) eastern daddy-long-legs (Phalangium opilio) eastern pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis) Halloween pennant (Celithemis eponina) monarch (Danaus plexippus) widow skimmer (Libellula luctuosa)


Mammals

	eastern cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) thirteen-lined ground squirrel (Spermophilus tridecemlineatus) whitetail deer (Odocoileus virginianus)


Plants

	alfalfa (Medicago sativa ssp. sativa) Allegheny blackberry (Rubus allegheniensis) alsike clover (Trifolium hybridum) American cow parsnip (Heracleum maximum) American elm (Ulmus americana) American germander (Teucrium canadense) American highbush cranberry (Viburnum opulus var. americanum) American plum (Prunus americana) American stickseed (Hackelia deflexa var. americana) American white waterlily (Nymphaea odorata ssp. tuberosa) bird’s-foot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus var. corniculatus) bitternut hickory (Carya cordiformis) black cherry (Prunus serotina var. serotina) black chokeberry (Aronia melanocarpa) black medick (Medicago lupulina) black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) black-seeded plantain (Plantago rugelii var. rugelii) bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) blue vervain (Verbena hastata) bouncing bet (Saponaria officinalis) boxelder (Acer negundo) bristly greenbrier (Smilax tamnoides) broad-leaved arrowhead (Sagittaria latifolia) broad-leaved cattail (Typha latifolia) bull thistle (Cirsium vulgare) bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa) butternut (Juglans cinerea) Canada moonseed (Menispermum canadense) Canada wildrye (Elymus canadensis) Canadian black snakeroot (Sanicula canadensis) Canadian horseweed (Conyza canadensis var. canadensis) candle anemone (Anemone cylindrica) cleavers (Galium aparine) common boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum var. perfoliatum) common burdock (Arctium minus) common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale) common false Solomon’s seal (Maianthemum racemosum var. racemosum) common motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca) common mullein (Verbascum thapsus) common plantain (Plantago major) common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia) common strawberry (Fragaria virginiana) common yarrow (Achillea millefolium) crown vetch (Coronilla varia) cup plant (Silphium perfoliatum var. perfoliatum) curly dock (Rumex crispus ssp. crispus) dwarf milkweed (Asclepias ovalifolia) early meadow rue (Thalictrum dioicum) eastern prickly gooseberry (Ribes cynosbati) eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana) eastern white pine (Pinus strobus) field bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis) field horsetail (Equisetum arvense) field pennycress (Thlaspi arvense) fringed loosestrife (Lysimachia ciliata) garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata) giant ragweed (Ambrosia trifida var. trifida) giant sunflower (Helianthus giganteus) gray dogwood (Cornus racemosa) gray-headed coneflower (Ratibida pinnata) grayleaf red raspberry (Rubus strigosus) green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica) ground ivy (Glechoma hederacea) heal-all (Prunella vulgaris) hedge bindweed (Calystegia sepium ssp. angulata) hemlock water-parsnip (Sium suave) hoary alyssum (Berteroa incana) Illinois tick-trefoil (Desmodium illinoense) Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum ssp. triphyllum) late goldenrod (Solidago gigantea) nannyberry (Viburnum lentago) narrow-leaved cattail (Typha angustifolia) northern hackberry (Celtis occidentalis) northern pin oak (Quercus ellipsoidalis) northern prickly ash (Zanthoxylum americanum) northern white cedar (Thuja occidentalis) paleleaf woodland sunflower (Helianthus strumosus) plains cottonwood (Populus deltoides ssp. molinifera) pointed-leaved tick-trefoil (Desmodium glutinosum) prairie fleabane (Erigeron strigosus) prairie ironweed (Vernonia fasciculata var. fasciculata) purple-stem angelica (Angelica atropurpurea) quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) red baneberry (Actaea rubra ssp. rubra) red clover (Trifolium pratense) red osier dogwood (Cornus sericea ssp. sericea) red pine (Pinus resinosa) reed canary grass (Phalaris arundinacea) silky dogwood (Cornus obliqua) silver maple (Acer saccharinum) slippery elm (Ulmus rubra) smooth rose (Rosa blanda var. blanda) smooth Solomon’s seal (Polygonatum biflorum var. commutatum) smooth sumac (Rhus glabra) spotted Joe Pye weed (Eutrochium maculatum) spotted touch-me-not (Impatiens capensis) spreading dogbane (Apocynum androsaemifolium) staghorn sumac (Rhus hirta) stinging nettle (Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis) sugar maple (Acer saccharum var. saccharum) swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata ssp. incarnata) tall bellflower (Campanulastrum americanum) tall thimbleweed (Anemone virginiana) Tartarian honeysuckle (Lonicera tatarica) timothy (Phleum Pratense) velvet-leaf (Abutilon theophrasti) virgin’s bower (Clematis virginiana) western poison ivy (Toxicodendron rydbergii) wheat (Triticum aestivum) white avens (Geum canadense var. canadense) white baneberry (Actaea pachypoda) white campion (Silene latifolia ssp. alba) white clover (Trifolium repens) white spruce (Picea glauca) white sweet clover (Melilotus albus) whorled milkweed (Asclepias verticillata) wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa) wild cucumber (Echinocystis lobata) wild grape (Vitis riparia) wild mint (Mentha arvensis) winter cress (Barbarea vulgaris) wolfberry (Symphoricarpos occidentalis) woodbine (Parthenocissus vitacea) yellow sweet clover (Melilotus officinalis) yellow wood sorrel (Oxalis stricta)


Reptiles

	eastern garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis)


Visits	8/6/2009