Minnesota Seasons - Murphy-Hanrehan Park Reserve


Murphy-Hanrehan Park Reserve

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			Scott and Dakota Counties



Size	2,400 acres

Maps	Three Rivers Park District Summer Map

Parking	Murphy Lake Boulevard N44 43.450 W93 20.876 Sunset Lake Road N44 42.502 W93 19.845

Hiking Trails	2 miles 9.7 miles horse 6 miles mountain bike, open to mountain bikes August to October

Ecological Classification	Province	Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province
	Section	Minnesota & NE Iowa Morainal
	Subsection(s)	Big Woods St. Paul-Baldwin Plains
	Land Type Association(s)	Elko Moriane Wescott Moraine

Native Plant Communities¹	Cattail - Sedge Marsh (Northern) Dry Hill Oak Savanna (Southern) Pin Oak - Bur Oak Woodland Red Oak - White Oak - (Sugar Maple) Forest Sedge Meadow Willow - Dogwood Shrub Swamp

Ownership	Three Rivers Park District

Links	Three Rivers Park District

Comments	This is a popular park for horseback riders. Horse flies and deer flies are prolific. If you hike the horse trails you will want to wear a long sleeve shirt and long pants. A headnet is a plus.

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Birds	In 2004 Murphy-Hanrehan Park Reserve was designated an Important Bird Area by the National Audubon Society. Several bird species with protected status in Minnesota are found here: Endangered – Henslow’s Sparrow (Ammodramus henslowii) Special concern – Hooded Warbler (Wilsonia citrina), Cerulean Warbler (Dendroica cerulea), Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus), acadian flycatcher (Empidonax virescens) This site provides habitat for the only-known breeding Hooded Warbler population in the state. Some of the other bird species that breed here are Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus), Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii), Least Flycatcher (Empidonax minimus), Yellow-throated Vireo (Vireo flavifrons), Veery (Catharus fuscescens), Blue-winged Warbler (Vermivora pinus), American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla), Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapillus), Mourning Warbler (Oporornis philadelphia), Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea), Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus), Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus), Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum), Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis), Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana), Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea), Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus), Yellow-headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus), Yellow-crowned Night-heron (Nyctanassa violacea), and Common Loon (Gavia immer). Migrant species include Wilson’s Snipe (Gallinago delicata), Alder Flycatcher (Empidonax alnorum), Magnolia Warbler (Dendroica magnolia), Black-throated Green Warbler (Dendroica virens), Blackburnian Warbler (Dendroica fusca), Wilson’s Warbler (Wilsonia pusilla), and Canada Warbler (Wilsonia canadensis). Accidental species include Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra), Prairie Warbler (Dendroica discolor), and Kentucky Warbler (Oporornis formosus). Three Rivers Park District Bird Checklist

	American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) Common Loon (Gavia immer) Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus) Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) Great Egret (Ardea alba) Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)

Insects and Arachnids

	chalk-fronted corporal (Ladona julia) common whitetail (Libellula lydia) Hobomok skipper (Poanes hobomok) monarch (Danaus plexippus) question mark (Polygonia interrogationis) viceroy (Limenitis archippus)

Mammals

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

Plants	University of Minnesota Herbarium Plant List Plants frequently found in: Cattail - Sedge Marsh (Northern) MRn83a Dry Hill Oak Savanna (Southern) UPs14c Pin Oak - Bur Oak Woodland FDs37b Red Oak - White Oak - (Sugar Maple) Forest MHs37b Sedge Meadow WMn82b Willow - Dogwood Shrub Swamp WMn82a

	American basswood (Tilia americana) American vetch (Vicia americana ssp. americana) bittersweet nightshade (Solanum dulcamara) black cherry (Prunus serotina var. serotina) black medick (Medicago lupulina) black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) blue cohosh (Caulophyllum thalictroides) bog willow (Salix pedicellaris) boxelder (Acer negundo) broad-leaved cattail (Typha latifolia) bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa) Canada mayflower (Maianthemum canadense) Canada moonseed (Menispermum canadense) cleavers (Galium aparine) common blue violet (Viola sororia) common burdock (Arctium minus) common cinquefoil (Potentilla simplex) common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale) common false Solomon’s seal (Maianthemum racemosum var. racemosum) common mullein (Verbascum thapsus) common plantain (Plantago major) common strawberry (Fragaria virginiana) common yarrow (Achillea millefolium) cut-leaved coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata var. laciniata) eastern bottlebrush grass (Elymus hystrix) eastern prickly gooseberry (Ribes cynosbati) eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana) fragrant bedstraw (Galium triflorum) giant chickweed (Myosoton aquaticum) golden alexanders (Zizia aurea) green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica) hedge bindweed (Calystegia sepium) Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula) Morrow’s honeysuckle (Lonicera morrowii) nannyberry (Viburnum lentago) narrow-leaved cattail (Typha angustifolia) northern pin oak (Quercus ellipsoidalis) northern red oak (Quercus rubra) pagoda dogwood (Cornus alternifolia) pale touch-me-not (Impatiens pallida) Philadelphia fleabane (Erigeron philadelphicus var. philadelphicus) plains cottonwood (Populus deltoides ssp. molinifera) purple prairie clover (Dalea purpurea var. purpurea) quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) red clover (Trifolium pratense) rue anemone (Thalictrum thalictroides) sensitive fern (Onoclea sensibilis) silver maple (Acer saccharinum) smooth Solomon’s seal (Polygonatum biflorum var. commutatum) smooth sumac (Rhus glabra) staghorn sumac (Rhus hirta) stinging nettle (Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis) sugar maple (Acer saccharum ssp. saccharum) swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata ssp. incarnata) Tartarian honeysuckle (Lonicera tatarica) tufted loosestrife (Lysimachia thyrsiflora) variegated yellow pond lily (Nuphar variegata) water horsetail (Equisetum fluviatile) western bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum var. latiusculum) western poison ivy (Toxicodendron rydbergii) wheat Sedge (Carex atherodes) white clover (Trifolium repens) white oak (Quercus alba) wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa) wild columbine (Aquilegia canadensis) wild geranium (Geranium maculatum) wild grape (Vitis riparia) wood anemone (Anemone quinquefolia var. quinquefolia) woodbine (Parthenocissus vitacea) yellow marsh marigold (Caltha palustris var. palustris) yellow sweet clover (Melilotus officinalis) yellow wood sorrel (Oxalis stricta)

Reptiles	A population of approximately 100 Blanding’s turtle (Emydoidea blandingii), Minnesota threatened species, can be found here.

	western painted turtle (Chrysemys picta bellii)

Visits	7/24/1998 05/30/2006