Minnesota Valley State Recreation Area
Lawrence Unit
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The Minnesota River State Water Trail passes along the northern boundary of the site. |
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Approximately 1,967 acres |
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19825 Park Boulevard Samuel B. Straight House Campground Trail Center |
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Daily from 8 a.m. until 10 p.m. |
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Daily park permit: $7 Annual park permit: $35 |
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Hiking Biking Mountain biking Horseback riding Picnicking Camping Backpacking Rock climbing and bouldering Swimming Boating Canoeing Birding Nature photography Geocaching Cross country skiing Skate-skiing Winter hiking Snowshoeing Snowmobiling |
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Hunting and Fishing |
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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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Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province |
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Minnesota & NE Iowa Morainal |
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Big Woods |
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| Land Type Association | Hamburg Moraine Le Sueur Alluvial Plain |
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Cattail - Sedge Marsh (Northern) Mesic Prairie (Southern) Pin Oak - Bur Oak Woodland Sedge Meadow Spikerush - Bur Reed Marsh (Northern) Wet Prairie (Southern) |
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Trail Center parking |
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Samuel B. Strait House |
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Riverbottom forest |
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Beason Lake |
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Minnesota River |
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Channel Catfish The Mississippi River was a muddy torrent on this spring day. Many catfish found a temporary refuge in this side pool. |
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Fungi and Lichens |
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Black Knot (Apiosporina morbosa) |
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common green darner (Anax junius) eastern boxelder bug (Boisea trivittata) |
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American beaver (Castor canadensis) eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) |
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Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas and Minnesota Biological Survey Vegetation Releves Plant List |
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Plants frequently found in: Cattail - Sedge Marsh (Northern) MRn83a Mesic Prairie (Southern) UPs23a Pin Oak - Bur Oak Woodland FDs37b |
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American basswood (Tilia americana var. americana) American cow parsnip (Heracleum maximum) American elm (Ulmus americana) American hophornbeam (Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana) American stinging nettle (Urtica gracilis ssp. gracilis) asparagus (Asparagus officinalis) black raspberry (Rubus occidentalis) black-seeded plantain (Plantago rugelii var. rugelii) boxelder (Acer negundo var. negundo) bristly buttercup (Ranunculus hispidus) bristly greenbrier (Smilax tamnoides) bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa) Canada moonseed (Menispermum canadense) Canadian horseweed (Erigeron canadensis) Canadian wild ginger (Asarum canadense) Canadian woodnettle (Laportea canadensis) chokecherry (Prunus virginiana var. virginiana) common blue violet (Viola sororia) common buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica) common burdock (Arctium minus) common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale) common evening primrose (Oenothera biennis) common motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca ssp. cardiaca) common mullein (Verbascum thapsus ssp. thapsus) common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia) cursed crowfoot (Ranunculus sceleratus var. multifidus) cursed crowfoot (Ranunculus sceleratus var. sceleratus) cut-leaved coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata var. laciniata) early meadow-rue (Thalictrum dioicum) eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana) Emory’s sedge (Carex emoryi) field horsetail (Equisetum arvense) field pennycress (Thlaspi arvense) fragrant bedstraw (Galium triflorum) garden yellowrocket (Barbarea vulgaris) garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata) giant ragweed (Ambrosia trifida) gray dogwood (Cornus racemosa) green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica) ground ivy (Glechoma hederacea) hedge bindweed (Calystegia sepium) jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) kidney-leaved buttercup (Ranunculus abortivus) large yellow water crowfoot (Ranunculus flabellaris) Morrow’s honeysuckle (Lonicera morrowii) Muhlenberg’s sedge (Carex muehlenbergii var. muehlenbergii) northern hackberry (Celtis occidentalis) northern pin oak (Quercus ellipsoidalis) northern prickly ash (Zanthoxylum americanum) northern red oak (Quercus rubra) Pennsylvania bitter-cress (Cardamine pensylvanica) Philadelphia fleabane (Erigeron philadelphicus var. philadelphicus) plains cottonwood (Populus deltoides ssp. molinifera) quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) red clover (Trifolium pratense) red elderberry (Sambucus racemosa var. racemosa) red osier dogwood (Cornus sericea ssp. sericea) shepherd’s purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris) silky dogwood (Cornus obliqua) silver maple (Acer saccharinum) smooth yellow violet (Viola eriocarpa) southern blue flag (Iris virginica var. shrevei) Tatarian honeysuckle (Lonicera tatarica) Virginia waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum var. virginianum) white clover (Trifolium repens ssp. repens) wild columbine (Aquilegia canadensis) wild cucumber (Echinocystis lobata)
Acer negundo var. negundo (boxelder) Acer saccharinum (silver maple) Alliaria petiolata (garlic mustard) Ambrosia artemisiifolia (common ragweed) Ambrosia trifida (giant ragweed) Aquilegia canadensis (wild columbine) Arctium minus (common burdock) Arisaema triphyllum (jack-in-the-pulpit) Asarum canadense (Canadian wild ginger) Asparagus officinalis (asparagus) Barbarea vulgaris (garden yellowrocket) Calystegia sepium (hedge bindweed) Capsella bursa-pastoris (shepherd’s purse) Cardamine pensylvanica (Pennsylvania bitter-cress) Carex emoryi (Emory’s sedge) Carex muehlenbergii var. muehlenbergii (Muhlenberg’s sedge) Celtis occidentalis (northern hackberry) Cornus obliqua (silky dogwood) Cornus racemosa (gray dogwood) Cornus sericea ssp. sericea (red osier dogwood) Echinocystis lobata (wild cucumber) Equisetum arvense (field horsetail) Erigeron canadensis (Canadian horseweed) Erigeron philadelphicus var. philadelphicus (Philadelphia fleabane) Fraxinus pennsylvanica (green ash) Galium triflorum (fragrant bedstraw) Glechoma hederacea (ground ivy) Heracleum maximum (American cow parsnip) Hydrophyllum virginianum var. virginianum (Virginia waterleaf) Iris virginica var. shrevei (southern blue flag) Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana (eastern redcedar) Laportea canadensis (Canadian woodnettle) Leonurus cardiaca ssp. cardiaca (common motherwort) Lonicera morrowii (Morrow’s honeysuckle) Lonicera tatarica (Tatarian honeysuckle) Menispermum canadense (Canada moonseed) Oenothera biennis (common evening primrose) Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana (American hophornbeam) Oxalis stricta (yellow wood sorrel) Parthenocissus vitacea (woodbine) Plantago rugelii var. rugelii (black-seeded plantain) Populus deltoides ssp. molinifera (plains cottonwood) Populus tremuloides (quaking aspen) Prunus virginiana var. virginiana (chokecherry) Quercus ellipsoidalis (northern pin oak) Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa (bur oak) Quercus rubra (northern red oak) Ranunculus abortivus (kidney-leaved buttercup) Ranunculus flabellaris (large yellow water crowfoot) Ranunculus hispidus (bristly buttercup) Ranunculus sceleratus var. multifidus (cursed crowfoot) Ranunculus sceleratus var. sceleratus (cursed crowfoot) Rhamnus cathartica (common buckthorn) Rubus occidentalis (black raspberry) Rudbeckia laciniata var. laciniata (cut-leaved coneflower) Sambucus racemosa var. racemosa (red elderberry) Smilax tamnoides (bristly greenbrier) Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale (common dandelion) Thalictrum dioicum (early meadow-rue) Thlaspi arvense (field pennycress) Tilia americana var. americana (American basswood) Trifolium pratense (red clover) Trifolium repens ssp. repens (white clover) Ulmus americana (American elm) Urtica gracilis ssp. gracilis (American stinging nettle) Verbascum thapsus ssp. thapsus (common mullein) Viola eriocarpa (smooth yellow violet) |
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_02.jpg "bur oak (var. macrocarpa)")
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