Minnesota Seasons - Mille Lacs Kathio State Park


Mille Lacs Kathio State Park

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			Mille Lacs County




Size	10,554 acres

Maps	Minnesota DNR Summer Map

Park Office	N46 8.128, W93 43.513

Parking	Kathio Landmark Trail N46 8.680, W93 46.335

Hiking Trails	35 miles 1 mile interpretive, including ½ mile “Touch the Earth” trail with printed guide 1 mile handicapped accessible

Hunting	No hunting.

Ecological Classification	Province	Laurentian Mixed Forest Province
	Section	Western Superior Uplands
	Subsection(s)	Mille Lacs Uplands
	Land Type Association(s)	Eastside Till Plain Mille Lacs Lake

Native Plant Communities¹	Alder - (Maple - Loosestrife) Swamp Aspen - Ash Forest Black Ash - Yellow Birch - Red Maple - Alder Swamp (Eastcentral) Black Ash - Yellow Birch - Red Maple - Basswood Swamp (Eastcentral) Black Spruce Bog: Semi-Treed Subtype Graminoid Rich Fen (Basin) Low Shrub Poor Fen Meadow - Marsh - Fen-Swamp Complex Northern Bulrush - Spikerush Marsh Northern Mixed Cattail Marsh Northern Poor Fen Poor Black Spruce Swamp Poor Tamarack - Black Spruce Swamp: Tamarack Subtype Red Oak - Basswood Forest (Noncalcareous Till) Red Oak - Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Large-Flowered Trillium) Forest Rich Tamarack Swamp (Eastcentral) Sedge Meadow Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Bluebead Lily) Forest Willow - Dogwood Shrub Swamp

Ownership	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Links	Minnesota DNR

Comments	This park is located on the southwest shore of Mille Lacs Lake.

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Amphibians

	spring peeper (Pseudacris crucifer) wood frog (Rana sylvatica)

Birds	Minnesota DNR Bird Checklist

	American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Common Loon (Gavia immer) Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) Eastern Wood-peewee (Contopus virens) Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (Empidonax flaviventris)

Fungi

	Black Knot (Apiosporina morbosa)

Insects and Arachnids

	band-winged meadowhawk (Sympetrum semicinctum) Carolina grasshopper (Dissosteira carolina) chalk-fronted corporal (Ladona julia) dog day cicada (Tibicen canicularis) dot-tailed whiteface (Leucorrhinia intacta) goldenrod bunch gall midge (Rhopalomyia solidaginis) goldenrod gall fly (Eurosta solidaginis) monarch (Danaus plexippus) northern pearly eye (Lethe anthedon anthedon) widow skimmer (Libellula luctuosa)

Mammals

	Canadian beaver (Castor canadensis canadensis) whitetail deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

Plants	Plants frequently found in: Alder - (Maple - Loosestrife) Swamp FPn73a Aspen - Ash Forest MHn46 Black Ash - Yellow Birch - Red Maple - Alder Swamp (Eastcentral) WFn64b Black Ash - Yellow Birch - Red Maple - Basswood Swamp (Eastcentral) WFn55b Black Spruce Bog: Semi-Treed Subtype APn80a2 Graminoid Rich Fen (Basin) OPn92a Low Shrub Poor Fen APn91a Northern Bulrush - Spikerush Marsh MRn93 Northern Mixed Cattail Marsh MRn83 Northern Poor Fen APn91 Poor Black Spruce Swamp APn81a Poor Tamarack - Black Spruce Swamp: Tamarack Subtype APn81b2 Red Oak - Basswood Forest (Noncalcareous Till) MHc36a Red Oak - Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Large-Flowered Trillium) Forest MHc26b Rich Tamarack Swamp (Eastcentral) FPn72a Sedge Meadow WMn82b Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Bluebead Lily) Forest MHn47a Willow - Dogwood Shrub Swamp WMn82a

	alsike clover (Trifolium hybridum) American basswood (Tilia americana) American cow parsnip (Heracleum maximum) American elm (Ulmus americana) American germander (Teucrium canadense) American hog peanut (Amphicarpaea bracteata var. bracteata) American spikenard (Aralia racemosa ssp. racemosa) American vetch (Vicia americana ssp. americana) annual fleabane (Erigeron annuus) balsam fir (Abies balsamea) beaked hazel (Corylus cornuta var. cornuta) bigleaf aster (Eurybia macrophylla) black ash (Fraxinus nigra) black cherry (Prunus serotina var. serotina) black medick (Medicago lupulina) black-seeded plantain (Plantago rugelii var. rugelii) bland sweet cicely (Osmorhiza claytonii) bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) broadleaf enchanter’s nightshade (Circaea lutetiana ssp. canadensis) bull thistle (Cirsium vulgare) bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa) butter and eggs (Linaria vulgaris) Canada mayflower (Maianthemum canadense) Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense) Canadian horseweed (Conyza canadensis) Canadian woodnettle (Laportea canadensis) chokecherry (Prunus virginiana var. virginiana) cleavers (Galium aparine) common agrimony (Agrimonia gryposepala) common burdock (Arctium minus) common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale) common false Solomon’s seal (Maianthemum racemosum var. racemosum) common hop (Humulus lupulus) common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) common mullein (Verbascum thapsus) common plantain (Plantago major) common St. Johnswort (Hypericum perforatum) common strawberry (Fragaria virginiana) common yarrow (Achillea millefolium) creeping bellflower (Campanula rapunculoides) curly dock (Rumex crispus) early meadow rue (Thalictrum dioicum) eastern bottlebrush grass (Elymus hystrix) eastern white pine (Pinus strobus) field clover (Trifolium campestre) field horsetail (Equisetum arvense) giant chickweed (Myosoton aquaticum) glossy buckthorn (Frangula alnus) grass-leaved goldenrod (Euthamia graminifolia var. graminifolia) gray dogwood (Cornus racemosa) grayleaf red raspberry (Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus) green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica) green carpetweed (Mollugo verticillata) ground ivy (Glechoma hederacea) hairy goldenrod (Solidago hispida) harebell (Campanula rotundifolia) heal-all (Prunella vulgaris) hoary alyssum (Berteroa incana) hop sedge (Carex lupulina) Indian paintbrush (Castilleja coccinea) interrupted fern (Osmunda claytoniana) ironwood (Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana) Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) large-flowered bellwort (Uvularia grandiflora) marsh bellflower (Campanula aparinoides) mint-leaved bergamot (Monarda fistulosa var. menthifolia) Missouri gooseberry (Ribes missouriense) narrow-leaved cattail (Typha angustifolia) narrow-leaved meadowsweet (Spiraea alba var. alba) northern bedstraw (Galium boreale) northern blue flag (Iris versicolor) northern lady fern (Athyrium filix-femina ssp. angustum) northern maidenhair (Adiantum pedatum) northern red oak (Quercus rubra) ostrich fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris var. pensylvanica) oxeye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare) paleleaf woodland sunflower (Helianthus strumosus) palespike lobelia (Lobelia spicata) paper birch (Betula papyrifera var. papyrifera) pearly everlasting (Anaphalis margaritacea) plantain-leaved pussytoes (Antennaria plantaginifolia) pointed-leaved tick-trefoil (Desmodium glutinosum) poke milkweed (Asclepias exaltata) prairie fleabane (Erigeron strigosus) prairie peppergrass (Lepidium densiflorum var. densiflorum) purple giant hyssop (Agastache scrophulariifolia) purple-leaf willow herb (Epilobium coloratum) quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) rabbit’s foot clover (Trifolium arvense) red baneberry (Actaea rubra ssp. rubra) red clover (Trifolium pratense) red elderberry (Sambucus racemosa var. racemosa) red maple (Acer rubrum var. rubrum) red pine (Pinus resinosa) rough cinquefoil (Potentilla norvegica) round-leaved dogwood (Cornus rugosa) scouring rush horsetail (Equisetum hyemale var. affine) sensitive fern (Onoclea sensibilis) silver maple (Acer saccharinum) silvery cinquefoil (Potentilla argentea) small purple fringed orchid (Platanthera psycodes) smooth serviceberry (Amelanchier laevis) spotted Joe Pye weed (Eutrochium maculatum) spotted touch-me-not (Impatiens capensis) spotted water hemlock (Cicuta maculata) spreading dogbane (Apocynum androsaemifolium) staghorn sumac (Rhus hirta) stinging nettle (Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis) sugar maple (Acer saccharum ssp. saccharum) swamp thistle (Cirsium muticum) tall buttercup (Ranunculus acris) tall cinquefoil (Drymocallis arguta) tall thimbleweed (Anemone virginiana) timothy (Phleum pratense) Virginia waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum var. virginianum) western bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum var. latiusculum) western poison ivy (Toxicodendron rydbergii) western ragweed (Ambrosia psilostachya) white avens (Geum canadense var. canadense) white baneberry (Actaea pachypoda) white campion (Silene latifolia ssp. alba) white clover (Trifolium repens) white oak (Quercus alba) white poplar (Populus alba) white sage (Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana) white snakeroot (Ageratina altissima var. altissima) white spruce (Picea glauca) white sweet clover (Melilotus albus) white-flowered leaf-cup (Polymnia canadensis) wild columbine (Aquilegia canadensis) wild cucumber (Echinocystis lobata) wild geranium (Geranium maculatum) wild ginger (Asarum canadense) wild grape (Vitis riparia) wild sarsaparilla (Aralia nudicaulis) woodbine (Parthenocissus vitacea) woodland strawberry (Fragaria vesca ssp. americana) yellow avens (Geum aleppicum) yellow marsh marigold (Caltha palustris var. palustris) yellow wood sorrel (Oxalis stricta)

Visits	7/28/2011