Minneopa State Park

 

 

     
 
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2,599 acres statutory, 1,653 owned

 
         
 

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54497 Gadwall Road
Mankato, MN 56001

N44 08.919, W94 5.810

Information Kiosk, Camping Area
N44 9.430, W94 5.429

 
         
 

Hours

 
 

Daily from 8 a.m. until 10 p.m.

 
         
 

Fees

 
 

Daily park permit: $7

Annual park permit: $35

 
         
 

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          Blue Earth County  
          Southwest Minnesota  
     
 
Activities
 
 

Hiking Trails

 
 

4½ miles

 
     
 

Hunting

 
 

No hunting

 
     
 
Ecology
 
 

Ecological Classification

  Ecological Classification  
  Ecological Province    

Prairie Parkland Province

   
  Ecological Section    

North Central Glaciated Plains

   
  Ecological Subsection    

Minnesota River Prairie

   
  Land Type Association    

Gibbon Till Plain

Milan Alluvial Plain

   
             
 

Native Plant Communities*

   
 

Dry Sand - Gravel Prairie (Southern)

Mesic Prairie (Southern)

Pin Oak - Bur Oak Woodland

Red Oak - Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Bitternut Hickory) Forest

Seepage Meadow/Carr

Silver Maple - (Virginia Creeper) Floodplain Forest

Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Bitternut Hickory) Forest

Wet Prairie (Southern)

   
  * Source: The Minnesota Biological Survey, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Division of Ecological Resources      
         
 

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Waterfall

 
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Pin Oak - Bur Oak Woodland

 
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Red Oak -Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Bitternut Hickory) Forest

 
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Dry Sand - Gravel Prairie (Southern)

 
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  Hiking Club: Minneopa State Park, April 2012
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08 APR 2012; Park #3, 2.7 miles

 
  Minneopa State Park Mankato, MN
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Minneopa State Park is a state park on the Minnesota River west of Mankato, Minnesota.

Pedestrian bridge between Upper and Lower Minneopa FallsThe word Minneopa translated into the Dakota language means, "water falling twice".[1] This is because there are two falls, one short and one long falling near each other. The scenic splendor of the falls and surrounding area had made it a tourist attraction as early as 1870. A railroad depot, with a surrounding townsite, sprang up around the falls. In the late 1870s, three years of grasshopper plagues wiped out the crops, and the town disappeared. The park was created in 1905 to preserve the area around Minneopa Falls, and as such it was Minnesota's third state park. The Seppmann Windmill, in the western area of the park, was a wind-powered grist mill built by Louis Seppmann, a German immigrant. The windmill is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places. In addition, several rustic style structures built by the Works Progress Administration in the 1930s are listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

 
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February 2012

 
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Minneopa State Park, Mn

 
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Published on Oct 31, 2013

Favorite Sites: A-2, 14, 16, 18, 26, 32, 34 B-1, 6, 8, 20, 24

 
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Published on Mar 25, 2013

I love Minneopa State Park in Minnesota, I grew up coming here, so I decided to make a video. These are all the pictures that I have taken over a few years. I am still missing a bunch but this is a good start! :)

 
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  Minneopa State Park June 28th, 2011
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Uploaded on Jul 3, 2011

Lots of rain this spring made for some great waterfalls at Minneopa State Park just outside of Mankato, Mn. This was also 3 days before the govt. shutdown.

   
  Minneopa "Pea Soup" Falls at Minneopa State Park near Mankato, MN. A Green Waterfalls
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Published on Jul 19, 2013

On July 18, 2013 I rode my bike to Minneopa State Park near Mankato, MN. I was stunned to find the waters of Minneopa creek were nearly as green as the surrounding greenery. For many years the DNR has posted a warning sign about high levels of e-coli in the water. I believe it's time something is done about the pollution sources, mainly agricultural, that are tainting the creek. People from all over Minnesota and the country stop by to visit the falls, and this is what they see. We shouldn't stand for that. If you want to see this fixed once and for all, contact your State legislator and voice your concern. Share this video with them so they can see for themselves what tourists are seeing when they visit what should be a jewel of the State Park system.

   

 

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Insects and Arachnids

 
  eastern tiger swallowtail (Papilio glaucus)      
           
 
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Visits

2004

  5/28/2009   8/6/2010   7/16/2012    
 
 

Amphibians

 
 

Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas Amphibians and Reptiles List

 
         
 

Birds

 
 

Fifteen bird species with conservation status in Minnesota have been seen here:

Endangered

Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus)

Threatened

Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus)

Special Concern

Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens)

American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)

Bell’s Vireo (Vireo bellii)

Cerulean Warbler (Setophaga cerulea)

Forster’s Tern (Sterna forsteri)

Franklin’s Gull (Leucophaeus pipixcan)

Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus)

Louisiana Waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla)

Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa)

Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis)

Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)

Purple Martin (Progne subis)

Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus)

 
 

Minnesota DNR Bird checklist

eBird Field Checklist (Complete)

eBird Field Checklist (Minneopa Falls)

eBird Field Checklist (Seppman Mill Trail)

 
 

American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)

American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis)

American Robin (Turdus migratorius)

Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)

Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia)

Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)

Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)

Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater)

Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida)

Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor)

Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas)

Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis)

Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus)

Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla)

Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)

Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)

Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla)

Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus)

Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)

Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)

 

American Goldfinch

American Robin

Black-capped Chickadee

Northern Cardinal

Pileated Woodpecker

 
 

Fishes

 
 

Two fish species with conservation status in Minnesota have been seen here:

Threatened

black buffalo (Ictiobus niger)

Special Concern

blue sucker (Cycleptus elongatus)

 
 

Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas Fishes List

 
         
 

Fungi and Lichens

 
 

Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas Fungi List

Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas Lichens List

 
         
 

Insects and Arachnids

 
 

Minnesota Bee Atlas

Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas Insects List

 
 

American lady (Vanessa virginiensis)

black swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes)

Carolina grasshopper (Dissosteira carolina)

dog day cicada (Neotibicen canicularis)

eastern tent caterpillar moth (Malacosoma americanum)

eastern tiger swallowtail (Papilio glaucus)

goldenrod bunch gall midge (Rhopalomyia solidaginis)

goldenrod gall fly (Eurosta solidaginis)

grape phylloxera (Daktulosphaira vitifoliae)

monarch (Danaus plexippus)

multicolored Asian lady beetle (Harmonia axyridis)

oak leaf gall midge (Polystepha pilulae)

orange sulphur (Colias eurytheme)

red admiral (Vanessa atalanta)

summer azure (Celastrina neglecta)

twelve-spotted skimmer (Libellula pulchella)

Walker’s cicada (Neotibicen marginalis)

white snakeroot leaf miner (Liriomyza eupatoriella)

widow skimmer (Libellula luctuosa)

 

American lady

eastern tent caterpillar

orange sulphur

twelve-spotted skimmer

widow skimmer

 
 

Mammals

 
 

Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas Mammals List

 
 

American bison (Bison bison)

American red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus)

eastern cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus)

eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)

plains pocket gopher (Geomys bursarius)

thirteen-lined ground squirrel (Ictidomys tridecemlineatus)

whitetail deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

woodchuck (Marmota monax)

 

American red squirrel

eastern cottontail

 
 

Plants

 
 

Six plant species with conservation status in Minnesota are found here:

Threatened

alpine woodsia (Woodsia alpina)

rock clubmoss (Huperzia porophila)

whorled nut-rush (Scleria verticillata)

Special Concern

Goldie’s woodfern (Dryopteris goldiana)

Oregon woodsia (Woodsia oregana ssp. cathcartiana)

yellow-fruited sedge (Carex annectens)

 
 

Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas and Minnesota Biological Survey Vegetation Releves Plant List

 
 

Plants frequently found in:

Dry Sand - Gravel Prairie (Southern) UPs13b

Mesic Prairie (Southern) UPs23a

Pin Oak - Bur Oak Woodland FDs37b

Red Oak - Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Bitternut Hickory) Forest MHs38c

Seepage Meadow/Carr WMs83a1

Silver Maple - (Virginia Creeper) Floodplain Forest FFs68a

Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Bitternut Hickory) Forest MHs39a

Wet Prairie (Southern) WPs54b

     
 

 

American bittersweet (Celastrus scandens)

American elderberry (Sambucus canadensis)

American germander (Teucrium canadense)

American hophornbeam (Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana)

American lopseed (Phryma leptostachya)

American plum (Prunus americana)

American red raspberry (Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus)

American spikenard (Aralia racemosa ssp. racemosa)

American stinging nettle (Urtica gracilis ssp. gracilis)

Amur maple (Acer ginnala)

annual fleabane (Erigeron annuus)

Bell’s honeysuckle (Lonicera × bella)

big bluestem (Andropogon gerardi)

black bindweed (Fallopia convolvulus)

black cherry (Prunus serotina var. serotina)

black medick (Medicago lupulina)

black raspberry (Rubus occidentalis)

black walnut (Juglans nigra)

black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta var. pulcherrima)

black-seeded plantain (Plantago rugelii var. rugelii)

bland sweet cicely (Osmorhiza claytonii)

bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis)

blue vervain (Verbena hastata)

bluntleaf bedstraw (Galium obtusum ssp. obtusum)

bouncing bet (Saponaria officinalis)

boxelder (Acer negundo var. negundo)

bristly greenbrier (Smilax tamnoides)

broadleaf enchanter’s nightshade (Circaea canadensis)

bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa)

butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa ssp. interior)

Canada moonseed (Menispermum canadense)

Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense)

Canadian clearweed (Pilea pumila)

Canadian honewort (Cryptotaenia canadensis)

Canadian horseweed (Erigeron canadensis)

Canadian woodnettle (Laportea canadensis)

catnip (Nepeta cataria)

chokecherry (Prunus virginiana var. virginiana)

clammy groundcherry (Physalis heterophylla)

cleavers (Galium aparine)

clustered black snakeroot (Sanicula odorata)

common agrimony (Agrimonia gryposepala)

common boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum var. perfoliatum)

common buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica)

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 motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca ssp. cardiaca)

common mullein (Verbascum thapsus ssp. thapsus)

common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia)

common strawberry (Fragaria virginiana)

common tansy (Tanacetum vulgare)

common yarrow (Achillea millefolium)

crown vetch (Securigera varia)

Culver’s root (Veronicastrum virginicum)

cup plant (Silphium perfoliatum var. perfoliatum)

cut-leaved coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata var. laciniata)

cypress spurge (Euphorbia cyparissias)

early figwort (Scrophularia lanceolata)

eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana)

European cranberrybush (Viburnum opulus var. opulus)

field horsetail (Equisetum arvense)

fragrant bedstraw (Galium triflorum)

giant chickweed (Myosoton aquaticum)

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)

hedge bindweed (Calystegia sepium)

hoary alyssum (Berteroa incana)

hoary vervain (Verbena stricta)

Howell’s pussytoes (Antennaria howellii ssp. neodioica)

Indian hemp (Apocynum cannabinum)

interrupted fern (Claytosmunda claytoniana)

jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum)

kidney-leaved buttercup (Ranunculus abortivus)

late goldenrod (Solidago altissima)

limber honeysuckle (Lonicera dioica)

Lindley’s aster (Symphyotrichum ciliolatum)

little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium)

marijuana (Cannabis sativa var. sativa)

Maximilian’s sunflower (Helianthus maximiliani)

Missouri gooseberry (Ribes missouriense)

narrow-leaved cattail (Typha angustifolia)

narrow-leaved purple coneflower (Echinacea angustifolia)

northern bedstraw (Galium boreale)

northern blue flag (Iris versicolor)

northern hackberry (Celtis occidentalis)

northern lady fern (Athyrium filix-femina var. angustum)

northern prickly ash (Zanthoxylum americanum)

northern red oak (Quercus rubra)

ostrich fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris var. pensylvanica)

pale touch-me-not (Impatiens pallida)

paper birch (Betula papyrifera var. papyrifera)

Pennsylvania smartweed (Persicaria pensylvanica)

plains cottonwood (Populus deltoides ssp. molinifera)

poke milkweed (Asclepias exaltata)

prairie dropseed (Sporobolus heterolepis)

prairie rose (Rosa arkansana)

purple meadow-rue (Thalictrum dasycarpum)

purple prairie clover (Dalea purpurea var. purpurea)

quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides)

red clover (Trifolium pratense)

red mulberry (Morus rubra)

reed canary grass (Phalaris arundinacea)

roadside agrimony (Agrimonia striata)

rough blazing star (Liatris aspera)

rough cinquefoil (Potentilla norvegica)

rough false pennyroyal (Hedeoma hispida)

sensitive fern (Onoclea sensibilis)

silky dogwood (Cornus obliqua)

silver maple (Acer saccharinum)

silvery cinquefoil (Potentilla argentea)

small purple fringed orchid (Platanthera psycodes)

smooth oxeye (Heliopsis helianthoides var. scabra)

smooth Solomon’s seal (Polygonatum biflorum var. commutatum)

smooth sumac (Rhus glabra)

staghorn sumac (Rhus typhina)

starry false Solomon’s seal (Maianthemum stellatum)

stiff goldenrod (Solidago rigida ssp. rigida)

tall bellflower (Campanulastrum americanum)

tall cinquefoil (Drymocallis arguta)

tall thimbleweed (Anemone virginiana)

upright carrionflower (Smilax ecirrhata)

virgin’s bower (Clematis virginiana)

Virginia mountain mint (Pycnanthemum virginianum)

Virginia stickseed (Hackelia virginiana)

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)

white campion (Silene latifolia ssp. alba)

white clover (Trifolium repens ssp. repens)

white mulberry (Morus alba)

white sage (Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana)

white snakeroot (Ageratina altissima var. altissima)

white sweet clover (Melilotus albus)

white vervain (Verbena urticifolia)

whorled milkweed (Asclepias verticillata)

wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa var. fistulosa)

wild columbine (Aquilegia canadensis)

wild grape (Vitis riparia)

wolfberry (Symphoricarpos occidentalis)

woodland horsetail (Equisetum sylvaticum)

yellow goat’s beard (Tragopogon dubius)

yellow sweet clover (Melilotus officinalis)

yellow wood sorrel (Oxalis stricta)

 

Acer ginnala (Amur maple)

Acer negundo var. negundo (boxelder)

Acer saccharinum (silver maple)

Achillea millefolium (common yarrow)

Ageratina altissima var. altissima (white snakeroot)

Agrimonia gryposepala (common agrimony)

Agrimonia striata (roadside agrimony)

Ambrosia artemisiifolia (common ragweed)

Ambrosia psilostachya (western ragweed)

Ambrosia trifida (giant ragweed)

Andropogon gerardi (big bluestem)

Anemone virginiana (tall thimbleweed)

Antennaria howellii ssp. neodioica (Howell’s pussytoes)

Apocynum cannabinum (Indian hemp)

Aquilegia canadensis (wild columbine)

Aralia racemosa ssp. racemosa (American spikenard)

Arctium minus (common burdock)

Arisaema triphyllum (jack-in-the-pulpit)

Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana (white sage)

Asclepias exaltata (poke milkweed)

Asclepias syriaca (common milkweed)

Asclepias tuberosa ssp. interior (butterfly weed)

Asclepias verticillata (whorled milkweed)

Athyrium filix-femina var. angustum (northern lady fern)

Berteroa incana (hoary alyssum)

Betula papyrifera var. papyrifera (paper birch)

Calystegia sepium (hedge bindweed)

Campanulastrum americanum (tall bellflower)

Cannabis sativa var. sativa (marijuana)

Celastrus scandens (American bittersweet)

Celtis occidentalis (northern hackberry)

Circaea canadensis (broadleaf enchanter’s nightshade)

Cirsium arvense (Canada thistle)

Clematis virginiana (virgin’s bower)

Cornus obliqua (silky dogwood)

Cornus racemosa (gray dogwood)

Cryptotaenia canadensis (Canadian honewort)

Dalea purpurea var. purpurea (purple prairie clover)

Drymocallis arguta (tall cinquefoil)

Echinacea angustifolia (narrow-leaved purple coneflower)

Equisetum arvense (field horsetail)

Equisetum sylvaticum (woodland horsetail)

Erigeron annuus (annual fleabane)

Erigeron canadensis (Canadian horseweed)

Eupatorium perfoliatum var. perfoliatum (common boneset)

Euphorbia cyparissias (cypress spurge)

Fallopia convolvulus (black bindweed)

Fragaria virginiana (common strawberry)

Fraxinus pennsylvanica (green ash)

Galium aparine (cleavers)

Galium boreale (northern bedstraw)

Galium obtusum ssp. obtusum (bluntleaf bedstraw)

Galium triflorum (fragrant bedstraw)

Geum canadense (white avens)

Glechoma hederacea (ground ivy)

Hackelia virginiana (Virginia stickseed)

Hedeoma hispida (rough false pennyroyal)

Helianthus maximiliani (Maximilian’s sunflower)

Heliopsis helianthoides var. scabra (smooth oxeye)

Humulus lupulus (common hop)

Hydrophyllum virginianum var. virginianum (Virginia waterleaf)

Impatiens pallida (pale touch-me-not)

Iris versicolor (northern blue flag)

Juglans nigra (black walnut)

Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana (eastern redcedar)

Laportea canadensis (Canadian woodnettle)

Leonurus cardiaca ssp. cardiaca (common motherwort)

Liatris aspera (rough blazing star)

Lonicera × bella (Bell’s honeysuckle)

Lonicera dioica (limber honeysuckle)

Maianthemum racemosum var. racemosum (common false Solomon’s seal)

Maianthemum stellatum (starry false Solomon’s seal)

Matteuccia struthiopteris var. pensylvanica (ostrich fern)

Medicago lupulina (black medick)

Melilotus albus (white sweet clover)

Melilotus officinalis (yellow sweet clover)

Menispermum canadense (Canada moonseed)

Monarda fistulosa var. fistulosa (wild bergamot)

Morus alba (white mulberry)

Morus rubra (red mulberry)

Myosoton aquaticum (giant chickweed)

Nepeta cataria (catnip)

Onoclea sensibilis (sensitive fern)

Osmorhiza claytonii (bland sweet cicely)

Claytosmunda claytoniana (interrupted fern)

Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana (American hophornbeam)

Oxalis stricta (yellow wood sorrel)

Persicaria pensylvanica (Pennsylvania smartweed)

Phalaris arundinacea (reed canary grass)

Phryma leptostachya (American lopseed)

Physalis heterophylla (clammy groundcherry)

Pilea pumila (Canadian clearweed)

Plantago rugelii var. rugelii (black-seeded plantain)

Platanthera psycodes (small purple fringed orchid)

Polygonatum biflorum var. commutatum (smooth Solomon’s seal)

Populus deltoides ssp. molinifera (plains cottonwood)

Populus tremuloides (quaking aspen)

Potentilla argentea (silvery cinquefoil)

Potentilla norvegica (rough cinquefoil)

Prunus americana (American plum)

Prunus serotina var. serotina (black cherry)

Prunus virginiana var. virginiana (chokecherry)

Pteridium aquilinum var. latiusculum (western bracken fern)

Pycnanthemum virginianum (Virginia mountain mint)

Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa (bur oak)

Quercus rubra (northern red oak)

Ranunculus abortivus (kidney-leaved buttercup)

Ratibida pinnata (gray-headed coneflower)

Rhamnus cathartica (common buckthorn)

Rhus glabra (smooth sumac)

Rhus typhina (staghorn sumac)

Ribes missouriense (Missouri gooseberry)

Rosa arkansana (prairie rose)

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)

Sambucus canadensis (American elderberry)

Sanguinaria canadensis (bloodroot)

Sanicula odorata (clustered black snakeroot)

Saponaria officinalis (bouncing bet)

Schizachyrium scoparium (little bluestem)

Scrophularia lanceolata (early figwort)

Securigera varia (crown vetch)

Silene latifolia ssp. alba (white campion)

Silphium perfoliatum var. perfoliatum (cup plant)

Smilax ecirrhata (upright carrionflower)

Smilax tamnoides (bristly greenbrier)

Solidago altissima (late goldenrod)

Solidago rigida ssp. rigida (stiff goldenrod)

Sporobolus heterolepis (prairie dropseed)

Symphoricarpos occidentalis (wolfberry)

Symphyotrichum ciliolatum (Lindley’s aster)

Tanacetum vulgare (common tansy)

Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale (common dandelion)

Teucrium canadense (American germander)

Thalictrum dasycarpum (purple meadow-rue)

Toxicodendron rydbergii (western poison ivy)

Tragopogon dubius (yellow goat’s beard)

Trifolium pratense (red clover)

Trifolium repens ssp. repens (white clover)

Typha angustifolia (narrow-leaved cattail)

Urtica gracilis ssp. gracilis (American stinging nettle)

Verbascum thapsus ssp. thapsus (common mullein)

Verbena hastata (blue vervain)

Verbena stricta (hoary vervain)

Verbena urticifolia (white vervain)

Veronicastrum virginicum (Culver’s root)

Viburnum opulus var. opulus (European cranberrybush)

Vitis riparia (wild grape)

Zanthoxylum americanum (northern prickly ash)

Zizia aurea (golden alexanders)

 

American germander

American plum

American spikenard

black-eyed Susan

black cherry

black raspberry

bloodroot

bouncing bet

bur oak (var. macrocarpa)

catnip

chokecherry

common boneset

common false Solomon’s seal

common hop

common mullein

Culver’s root

cut-leaved coneflower

golden alexanders

gray-headed coneflower

hoary vervain

Lindley’s aster

Maximilian’s sunflower

narrow-leaved purple coneflower

northern bedstraw

northern prickly ash

prairie rose

purple prairie clover

rough cinquefoil

tall cinquefoil

purple meadow-rue

virgin’s bower

Virginia waterleaf

western poison ivy flowers

white clover

white snakeroot

whorled milkweed

wild columbine

yellow goat’s beard

yellow sweet clover

 
 

Reptiles

 
 

Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas Amphibians and Reptiles List

 
         

 

 

Binoculars

 

 

 

 

 

 

Louisiana Waterthrush

The falls area of this park is well known as a breeding location for Louisiana Waterthrush.

 

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