Minnesota Seasons - Rice Lake State Park


Rice Lake State Park

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			Steele and Dodge Counties



Size	1,071 acres

Maps	Minnesota DNR All Season Map

Park Office	N44 5.579, W93 3.850

Hiking Trails	5 miles ½ mile handicapped accessible trail

Hunting	No hunting.

Ecological Classification	Province	Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province
	Section	Minnesota & NE Iowa Morainal
	Subsection(s)	Oak Savanna
	Land Type Association(s)	Blooming Prairie Till Plain Havanna Moraine

Native Plant Communities¹	None or no information available

Natural Features	Marsh, lake, meadow, hardwood forest

Ownership	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Links	Minnesota DNR

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Birds	The small wetland west of the park entrance is a good place to see migrating birds. American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana), Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax), Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus), and Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) have all been spotted there. Minnesota DNR Bird Checklist

	American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus) Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna) Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) Wilson’s Snipe (Gallinago delicata) Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata)

Mammals

	Canadian beaver (Castor canadensis canadensis)

Plants

	common blue violet (Viola sororia) common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale) common false Solomon’s seal (Maianthemum racemosum var. racemosum) drooping trillium (Trillium flexipes) golden alexanders (Zizia aurea) grayleaf red raspberry (Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus) Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) limber honeysuckle (Lonicera dioica) May-apple (Podophyllum peltatum) Virginia waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum var. virginianum) western poison ivy (Toxicodendron rydbergii) wild blue phlox (Phlox divaricata ssp. laphamii) wild columbine (Aquilegia canadensis) wild geranium (Geranium maculatum) winter cress (Barbarea vulgaris) woodland strawberry (Fragaria vesca ssp. americana)

Reptiles

	western painted turtle (Chrysemys picta bellii)

Visits	5/21/1999