Murphy-Hanrehan Park Reserve

 

 

     
 
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Three Rivers Park District

 
     
 

Overview

 
 

Murphy-Hanrehan Park Reserve is a popular park for horseback riders. If you hike the horse trails you will encounter horseback riders, even on a week day.

The northeast corner of the park is a wildlife sanctuary. Trails leading to it are marked “Trail Closed”.

 
     
 

History

 
 

 

 
     
 

Management

 
 

The area labeled “restored prairie” on the park map was sprayed with 2,4-d herbicide in May, 2014. One week later, every plant on these prairies was dead or dying.

 
     
 

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Location
 
 

Maps

 
 

Summer

Winter

Dog Off-leash

Singletrack Trails

 
         
 

Printable Map(s) with GPS coordinates

 
         
         
 

Size

 
 

2,786 acres

 
         
 

Parking

 
 

Murphy Lake Boulevard (hiking trailhead)
15501 Murphy Lake Road
Savage, MN 55378
N44 43.450, W93 20.876

Sunset Lake Road (horse trailhead)
N44 42.502, W93 19.845

Judicial Road (dog trailhead)
N44 41.448, W93 19.052

 
         
 

Hours

 
 

5 AM–10 PM

 
         
 

Fees

 
 

No fee

 
         
 

Driving Directions

  Area and County  
 

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          Dakota and Scott Counties  
          Metro Area  
     
 
Activities
 
 

Hiking Trails

 
 

Summer
4 miles hiking only
13 miles horse/hiking
1.7 miles dog/horse/hiking
10 miles mountain bike only

Winter
5.7 miles winter snowshoeing/hiking

 
     
 

Hunting

 
 

Deer hunting by shotgun and archery.

See Natural Resources Management (Three Rivers Park District) for details.

 
     
 
Ecology
 
 

Ecological Classification

  Ecological Classification  
  Ecological Province    

Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province

   
  Ecological Section    

Minnesota & NE Iowa Morainal

   
  Ecological Subsection    

Big Woods
St. Paul-Baldwin Plains and Moraines

   
  Land Type Association    

Elko Moraine

Wescott Moraine

   
             
 

Native Plant Communities*

   
 

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

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

Natural Features

     
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Horse Flies and Deer Flies

Murphy-Hanrehan Park Reserve is a popular park for horseback riders. Horse flies and deer flies are prolific here in the summer. Deer fly season is June and July. Horse fly season is July and August. If you hike the horse trails during fly season you will want to wear a long sleeve shirt and long pants. A headnet is a plus.

 

 

 

 

 

 

           
 
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Trailhead Parking

 
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Trail Maps are Available in the Mailbox at the Trailhead

 
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Trails Closed at Wildlife Sanctuary

 
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Hanrehan Lake

 
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Red Oak - White Oak - (Sugar Maple) Forest

 
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Sedge Meadow

 
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Cattail Marsh

 
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Prairie Restoration

 
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Other Prairie

 
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Dog Trail Parking

 
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Winter Trails

 
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Murphy-Hanrehan Park Reserve, 2016
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Other Videos
 
  Keeping Murphy-Hanrehan Park Reserve wild (but not that wild)
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About

Published on Sep 3, 2013

Keeping Murphy-Hanrehan Park Reserve wild (but not that wild)

Dan Comerford, Forestry Specialist, Three Rivers Park District

Presented August 15th, 2013 at the University of Minnesota Invasive Plants Symposium

   
  2012 Surf the Murph
Bryan Cochran
 
   
 
About

Published on Nov 7, 2012

Surf the Murph is a trail run through the beautiful Murphy-Hanrehan Park Reserve held each year on the last Saturday in October.

   
  Murphy-Hanrehan 10_9_2011 Mountain Bike Trails Three Rivers Park Single Track
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Three Rivers Park District Mountain Bike Trail System at Murphy Hanrehan Park Reserve - Great Single Track ,Trails 84 degree October Day!

   

 

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Amphibians

 
 

Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas Amphibians and Reptiles List

 
 

American toad (Anaxyrus americanus)

boreal chorus frog (Pseudacris maculata)

northern leopard frog (Rana pipiens)

spring peeper (Pseudacris crucifer)

  American toad  
 

Birds

 
 

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

Endangered

Henslow’s Sparrow (Centronyx henslowii)

Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus)

Threatened

Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)

Special Concern

Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens)

American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)

Cerulean Warbler (Setophaga cerulea)

Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata)

Forster’s Tern (Sterna forsteri)

Franklin’s Gull (Leucophaeus pipixcan)

Hooded Warbler (Setophaga citrina)

Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus)

Nelson’s Sparrow (Ammospiza nelsoni)

Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)

Purple Martin (Progne subis)

Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)

Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator)

Yellow Rail (Coturnicops noveboracensis)

 
 

Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas Birds List

eBird Field Checklist – Credit River trails

eBird Field Checklist – Forest trails (Scott Co.)

eBird Field Checklist – Hanrehan Lake

eBird Field Checklist – main trailhead

eBird Field Checklist – Minnregs Lake Trails

eBird Field Checklist – Murphy Lake

eBird Field Checklist – North (Scott Co.)

eBird Field Checklist – Pet Trails

eBird Field Checklist – (Scott Co.)

eBird Field Checklist – Singletrack Trail

 
 

American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)

American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis)

American Robin (Turdus migratorius)

Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)

Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula)

Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)

Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)

Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)

Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)

Brown Creeper (Certhia americana)

Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum)

Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater)

Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)

Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula)

Common Loon (Gavia immer)

Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas)

Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens)

Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis)

Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus)

Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe)

Eastern Wood-peewee (Contopus virens)

European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)

Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla)

Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa)

Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)

Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)

Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus)

Great Egret (Ardea alba)

Hairy Woodpecker (Leuconotopicus villosus)

Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus)

Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus)

Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)

Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)

Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)

Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)

Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)

Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus cooperi)

Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla)

Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)

Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)

Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)

Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris)

Ring-necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)

Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)

Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus)

Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula)

Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)

Sandhill Crane (Antigone canadensis tabida)

Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis)

Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)

Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)

Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)

White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)

Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius)

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata)

 

American Goldfinch

American Robin

Blue Jay

Brown Thrasher

Canada Goose

Gray Catbird

Great Egret

Hooded Merganser

Mallard

Mourning Dove

Northern Cardinal

Red-winged Blackbird

Song Sparrow

Tree Swallow

White-breasted Nuthatch

 
 

Fishes

 
 

Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas Fishes List

 
         
 

Fungi and Lichens

 
 

Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas Fungi List

 
 

Black Knot (Apiosporina morbosa)

Crown Rust (Puccinia coronata)

False Turkey Tail (Stereum ostrea)

Scarlet Cup (Sarcoscypha austriaca)

  Black Knot  
 

Insects and Arachnids

 
 

Minnesota Bee Atlas

Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas Insects List

 
 

bald-faced hornet (Dolichovespula maculata)

cabbage white (Pieris rapae)

chalk-fronted corporal (Ladona julia)

common green darner (Anax junius)

common whitetail (Plathemis lydia)

elm finger gall mite (Aceria parulmi)

Hobomok skipper (Lon hobomok)

monarch (Danaus plexippus)

question mark (Polygonia interrogationis)

true horse flies (Tabanus spp.)

viceroy (Limenitis archippus)

 

chalk-fronted corporal

question mark

viceroy

 
 

Mammals

 
 

American beaver (Castor canadensis)

American red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus)

coyote (Canis latrans)

eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)

muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus)

whitetail deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

  American beaver  
 

Plants

 
 

Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas and Minnesota Biological Survey Vegetation Releves 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

     
 

 

alfalfa (Medicago sativa ssp. sativa)

Allegheny blackberry (Rubus allegheniensis)

American basswood (Tilia americana var. americana)

American black currant (Ribes americanum)

American elm (Ulmus americana)

American hophornbeam (Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana)

American plum (Prunus americana)

American red raspberry (Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus)

American stinging nettle (Urtica gracilis ssp. gracilis)

American vetch (Vicia americana ssp. americana)

Aunt Lucy (Ellisia nyctelea)

bastard toadflax (Comandra umbellata ssp. umbellata)

bigleaf aster (Eurybia macrophylla)

bigtooth aspen (Populus grandidentata)

bittersweet nightshade (Solanum dulcamara)

black cherry (Prunus serotina var. serotina)

black medick (Medicago lupulina)

black raspberry (Rubus occidentalis)

black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta var. pulcherrima)

black-seeded plantain (Plantago rugelii var. rugelii)

bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis)

blue cohosh (Caulophyllum thalictroides)

blue-eyed grass (Sisyrinchium sp.)

bog willow (Salix pedicellaris)

boxelder (Acer negundo var. negundo)

broad-leaved cattail (Typha latifolia)

bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa)

Canada mayflower (Maianthemum canadense)

Canada moonseed (Menispermum canadense)

Canadian honewort (Cryptotaenia canadensis)

Canadian wild ginger (Asarum canadense)

chokecherry (Prunus virginiana var. virginiana)

cleavers (Galium aparine)

common blue violet (Viola sororia)

common buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica)

common burdock (Arctium minus)

common cinquefoil (Potentilla simplex)

common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale)

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

common motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca ssp. cardiaca)

common mullein (Verbascum thapsus ssp. thapsus)

common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia)

common strawberry (Fragaria virginiana)

common yarrow (Achillea millefolium)

cut-leaved coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata var. laciniata)

downy yellow violet (Viola pubescens)

early meadow-rue (Thalictrum dioicum)

eastern bottlebrush grass (Elymus hystrix)

eastern prickly gooseberry (Ribes cynosbati)

eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana)

field horsetail (Equisetum arvense)

field pennycress (Thlaspi arvense)

field peppergrass (Lepidium campestre)

field pussytoes (Antennaria neglecta)

field thistle (Cirsium discolor)

fragrant bedstraw (Galium triflorum)

garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata)

giant chickweed (Myosoton aquaticum)

golden alexanders (Zizia aurea)

gray dogwood (Cornus racemosa)

green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica)

ground ivy (Glechoma hederacea)

hedge bindweed (Calystegia sepium)

hog peanut (Amphicarpaea bracteata var. bracteata)

interrupted fern (Claytosmunda claytoniana)

jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum)

kidney-leaved buttercup (Ranunculus abortivus)

large-flowered bellwort (Uvularia grandiflora)

leadplant (Amorpha canescens)

leafy spurge (Euphorbia virgata)

limber honeysuckle (Lonicera dioica)

Morrow’s honeysuckle (Lonicera morrowii)

nannyberry (Viburnum lentago)

narrow-leaved cattail (Typha angustifolia)

northern bedstraw (Galium boreale)

northern blue flag (Iris versicolor)

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

northern maidenhair (Adiantum pedatum)

northern pin oak (Quercus ellipsoidalis)

northern prickly ash (Zanthoxylum americanum)

northern red oak (Quercus rubra)

orange daylily (Hemerocallis fulva)

ostrich fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris var. pensylvanica)

pagoda dogwood (Cornus alternifolia)

pale touch-me-not (Impatiens pallida)

Philadelphia fleabane (Erigeron philadelphicus var. philadelphicus)

plains cottonwood (Populus deltoides ssp. molinifera)

prairie crabapple (Malus ioensis)

purple meadow-rue (Thalictrum dasycarpum)

purple prairie clover (Dalea purpurea var. purpurea)

quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides)

red baneberry (Actaea rubra ssp. rubra)

red clover (Trifolium pratense)

red osier dogwood (Cornus sericea ssp. sericea)

red pine (Pinus resinosa)

rue anemone (Thalictrum thalictroides)

Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris)

sensitive fern (Onoclea sensibilis)

shepherd’s purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris)

showy orchis (Galearis spectabilis)

Siberian elm (Ulmus pumila)

silver maple (Acer saccharinum)

slender willow (Salix petiolaris)

smooth carrionflower (Smilax herbacea)

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

smooth sumac (Rhus glabra)

spinulose wood fern (Dryopteris carthusiana)

spotted touch-me-not (Impatiens capensis)

staghorn sumac (Rhus typhina)

starry false Solomon’s seal (Maianthemum stellatum)

stiff goldenrod (Solidago rigida ssp. rigida)

sugar maple (Acer saccharum ssp. saccharum)

sundial lupine (Lupinus perennis var. perennis)

swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata ssp. incarnata)

tall cinquefoil (Drymocallis arguta)

Tatarian honeysuckle (Lonicera tatarica)

tufted loosestrife (Lysimachia thyrsiflora)

upright carrionflower (Smilax ecirrhata)

variegated yellow pond lily (Nuphar variegata)

Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia)

water horsetail (Equisetum fluviatile)

western bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum var. latiusculum)

western poison ivy (Toxicodendron rydbergii)

wheat sedge (Carex atherodes)

white campion (Silene latifolia ssp. alba)

white clover (Trifolium repens ssp. repens)

white oak (Quercus alba)

wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa)

wild columbine (Aquilegia canadensis)

wild geranium (Geranium maculatum)

wild grape (Vitis riparia)

wild leek (Allium tricoccum)

wild parsnip (Pastinaca sativa)

wild sarsaparilla (Aralia nudicaulis)

winter cress (Barbarea vulgaris)

wood anemone (Anemone quinquefolia var. quinquefolia)

woodbine (Parthenocissus vitacea)

woodland strawberry (Fragaria vesca ssp. americana)

yellow marsh marigold (Caltha palustris var. palustris)

yellow sweet clover (Melilotus officinalis)

yellow wood sorrel (Oxalis stricta)

zigzag goldenrod (Solidago flexicaulis)

 

Acer negundo var. negundo (boxelder)

Acer saccharinum (silver maple)

Acer saccharum ssp. saccharum (sugar maple)

Achillea millefolium (common yarrow)

Actaea rubra ssp. rubra (red baneberry)

Adiantum pedatum (northern maidenhair)

Alliaria petiolata (garlic mustard)

Allium tricoccum (wild leek)

Ambrosia artemisiifolia (common ragweed)

Amorpha canescens (leadplant)

Amphicarpaea bracteata var. bracteata (hog peanut)

Anemone quinquefolia var. quinquefolia (wood anemone)

Antennaria neglecta (field pussytoes)

Aquilegia canadensis (wild columbine)

Aralia nudicaulis (wild sarsaparilla)

Arctium minus (common burdock)

Arisaema triphyllum (jack-in-the-pulpit)

Asarum canadense (Canadian wild ginger)

Asclepias incarnata ssp. incarnata (swamp milkweed)

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

Barbarea vulgaris (winter cress)

Caltha palustris var. palustris (yellow marsh marigold)

Calystegia sepium (hedge bindweed)

Capsella bursa-pastoris (shepherd’s purse)

Carex atherodes (wheat Sedge)

Caulophyllum thalictroides (blue cohosh)

Cirsium discolor (field thistle)

Comandra umbellata ssp. umbellata (bastard toadflax)

Cornus alternifolia (pagoda dogwood)

Cornus racemosa (gray dogwood)

Cornus sericea ssp. sericea (red osier dogwood)

Cryptotaenia canadensis (Canadian honewort)

Dalea purpurea var. purpurea (purple prairie clover)

Drymocallis arguta (tall cinquefoil)

Dryopteris carthusiana (spinulose wood fern)

Ellisia nyctelea (Aunt Lucy)

Elymus hystrix (eastern bottlebrush grass)

Equisetum arvense (field horsetail)

Equisetum fluviatile (water horsetail)

Erigeron philadelphicus var. philadelphicus (Philadelphia fleabane)

Euphorbia virgata (leafy spurge)

Eurybia macrophylla (bigleaf aster)

Fragaria vesca ssp. americana (woodland strawberry)

Fragaria virginiana (common strawberry)

Fraxinus pennsylvanica (green ash)

Galearis spectabilis (showy orchis)

Galium aparine (cleavers)

Galium boreale (northern bedstraw)

Galium triflorum (fragrant bedstraw)

Geranium maculatum (wild geranium)

Glechoma hederacea (ground ivy)

Hemerocallis fulva (orange daylily)

Impatiens capensis (spotted touch-me-not)

Impatiens pallida (pale touch-me-not)

Iris versicolor (northern blue flag)

Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana (eastern redcedar)

Leonurus cardiaca ssp. cardiaca (common motherwort)

Lepidium campestre (field peppergrass)

Lonicera dioica (limber honeysuckle)

Lonicera morrowii (Morrow’s honeysuckle)

Lonicera tatarica (Tatarian honeysuckle)

Lupinus perennis var. perennis (sundial lupine)

Lysimachia thyrsiflora (tufted loosestrife)

Maianthemum canadense (Canada mayflower)

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

Maianthemum stellatum (starry false Solomon’s seal)

Malus ioensis (prairie crabapple)

Matteuccia struthiopteris var. pensylvanica (ostrich fern)

Medicago lupulina (black medick)

Medicago sativa ssp. sativa (alfalfa)

Melilotus officinalis (yellow sweet clover)

Menispermum canadense (Canada moonseed)

Monarda fistulosa (wild bergamot)

Myosoton aquaticum (giant chickweed)

Nuphar variegata (variegated yellow pond lily)

Onoclea sensibilis (sensitive fern)

Claytosmunda claytoniana (interrupted fern)

Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana (American hophornbeam)

Oxalis stricta (yellow wood sorrel)

Parthenocissus quinquefolia (Virginia creeper)

Parthenocissus vitacea (woodbine)

Pastinaca sativa (wild parsnip)

Pinus resinosa (red pine)

Pinus sylvestris (Scots pine)

Plantago rugelii var. rugelii (black-seeded plantain)

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

Populus deltoides ssp. molinifera (plains cottonwood)

Populus grandidentata (bigtooth aspen)

Populus tremuloides (quaking aspen)

Potentilla simplex (common cinquefoil)

Prunus americana (American plum)

Prunus serotina var. serotina (black cherry)

Prunus virginiana var. virginiana (chokecherry)

Pteridium aquilinum var. latiusculum (western bracken fern)

Quercus alba (white oak)

Quercus ellipsoidalis (northern pin oak)

Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa (bur oak)

Quercus rubra (northern red oak)

Ranunculus abortivus (kidney-leaved buttercup)

Rhamnus cathartica (common buckthorn)

Rhus glabra (smooth sumac)

Rhus typhina (staghorn sumac)

Ribes americanum (American black currant)

Ribes cynosbati (eastern prickly gooseberry)

Rubus allegheniensis (Allegheny blackberry)

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)

Salix pedicellaris (bog willow)

Salix petiolaris (slender willow)

Sanguinaria canadensis (bloodroot)

Silene latifolia ssp. alba (white campion)

Sisyrinchium sp. (blue-eyed grass)

Smilax ecirrhata (upright carrionflower)

Smilax herbacea (smooth carrionflower)

Solanum dulcamara (bittersweet nightshade)

Solidago flexicaulis (zigzag goldenrod)

Solidago rigida ssp. rigida (stiff goldenrod)

Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale (common dandelion)

Thalictrum dasycarpum (purple meadow-rue)

Thalictrum dioicum (early meadow-rue)

Thalictrum thalictroides (rue anemone)

Thlaspi arvense (field pennycress)

Tilia americana var. americana (American basswood)

Toxicodendron rydbergii (western poison ivy)

Trifolium pratense (red clover)

Trifolium repens ssp. repens (white clover)

Typha angustifolia (narrow-leaved cattail)

Typha latifolia (broad-leaved cattail)

Ulmus americana (American elm)

Ulmus pumila (Siberian elm)

Urtica gracilis ssp. gracilis (American stinging nettle)

Uvularia grandiflora (large-flowered bellwort)

Verbascum thapsus ssp. thapsus (common mullein)

Viburnum lentago (nannyberry)

Vicia americana ssp. americana (American vetch)

Viola pubescens (downy yellow violet)

Viola sororia (common blue violet)

Vitis riparia (wild grape)

Zanthoxylum americanum (northern prickly ash)

Zizia aurea (golden alexanders)

 

American black currant

American plum

American vetch

black cherry

black raspberry

black-eyed susan

bur oak

Canada mayflower

common blue violet

common false Solomon’s seal

common mullein

common yarrow

eastern prickly gooseberry

common yarrow

field thistle

large-flowered bellwort

Morrow’s honeysuckle

leadplant

nannyberry

orange daylily

pagoda dogwood

prairie crabapple

purple prairie clover

red baneberry

rue anemone

staghorn sumac

Sundiial Lupine

tall cinquefoil

tufted loosestrife

western poison ivy

white clover

wild columbine

wild geranium

wood anemone

yellow marsh marigold

yellow sweet clover

 
 

Reptiles

 
 

One reptile species with conservation status in Minnesota has been seen here:

Threatened

Blanding’s turtle (Emydoidea blandingii)

 
 

Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas Amphibians and Reptiles List

 
 

common garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis)

painted turtle (Chrysemys picta)

  painted turtle  

 

 

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Important Bird Area

In 2004 Murphy-Hanrehan Park Reserve was designated an Important Bird Area by the National Audubon Society.

 

 

 

Nesting Hooded Warblers

Murphy-Hanrehan Park Reserve provides habitat for the only-known breeding population of Hooded Warblers in Minnesota.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blanding’s turtles

Murphy-Hanrehan Park Reserve hosts a population of approximately 100 Blanding’s turtles.

 

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