Minnesota Seasons - Miesville Ravine Park Reserve


Miesville Ravine Park Reserve

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			Dakota County




Size	1,298 acres

Maps	Dakota County Parks Summer Trail Map Maps with GPS coordinates Complete North Unit South Unit

Parking	South (280^th St.) N44 32.656, W92 48.238

Hiking Trails	2.7 miles

Hunting	Deer by archery. See Hunting (Dakota County Parks) for details.

Ecological Classification	Province	Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province
	Section	Paleozoic Plateau
	Subsection(s)	Rochester Plateau The Blufflands
	Land Type Association(s)	Cannon River Valley Elba Slopes HamptonTill Plain

Native Plant Communities¹	Dry Bedrock Bluff Prairie (Southern) Red Oak - Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Bitternut Hickory) Forest Red Oak - White Oak Forest Sedge Meadow Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Bitternut Hickory) Forest

Ownership	Dakota County

Links	Dakota County Parks

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Birds

	American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis) American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) Canada Warbler (Wilsonia canadensis) Cerulean Warbler (Dendroica cerulea) Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus) House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) Magnolia Warbler (Dendroica magnolia) Philadelphia Vireo (Vireo philadelphicus) Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus) Yellow Warbler (Dendroica petechia)

Plants	University of Minnesota Herbarium Plant List Plants frequently found in: Dry Bedrock Bluff Prairie (Southern) UPs13c Red Oak - Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Bitternut Hickory) Forest MHs38c Red Oak - White Oak Forest MHs37a Sedge Meadow WMn82b Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Bitternut Hickory) Forest MHs39a

	black cherry (Prunus serotina var. serotina) black-seeded plantain (Plantago rugelii var. rugelii) bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) boxelder (Acer negundo var. negundo) bristly buttercup (Ranunculus hispidus) bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa) Canada mayflower (Maianthemum canadense) cleavers (Galium aparine) common blue violet (Viola sororia) common burdock (Arctium minus) common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale) common mullein (Verbascum thapsus) common strawberry (Fragaria virginiana) garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata) ground ivy (Glechoma hederacea) hairy Solomon’s seal (Polygonatum pubescens) ironwood (Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana) kidney-leaved buttercup (Ranunculus abortivus) northern hackberry (Celtis occidentalis) paper birch (Betula papyrifera var. papyrifera) rue anemone (Thalictrum thalictroides) scouring rush horsetail (Equisetum hyemale var. affine) silver maple (Acer saccharinum) Virginia spring beauty (Claytonia virginica var. virginica) Virginia waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum var. virginianum) white clover (Trifolium repens) white trout lily (Erythronium albidum) wild blue phlox (Phlox divaricata ssp. laphamii) wild geranium (Geranium maculatum) wild ginger (Asarum canadense) wild leek (Allium tricoccum) wood anemone (Anemone quinquefolia var. quinquefolia)

Visits	5/15/2011