Savanna Portage State Park

 

 

     
 
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Overview

 
 

The northeast half of Savanna Portage State Park is mostly peat bog and mostly inaccessible except by the Savanna Portage Trail. The central portion of the park contains many small lakes, rolling hills, and long ridges. This area contains low areas of swamps, fens, and wet meadows separated and criss-crossed by hardwood- and mixed-forested ridges. The ridges are end moraines left by a retreating lobe in the last glaciation. Most of the park’s 32 miles of hiking trails are in this area.

 
     
 

History

 
 

In 1961 the state of Minnesota set aside 14,000 acres in Aitkin County to preserve Savanna Portage, a 6-mile long, centuries old, canoe portage. Savanna Portage State park became Minnesota’s third largest state park. On April 23, 1973, Savanna Portage was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. The park today is 16,259 acres and receives 57,952 annual visits.

 
     
 

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Location
 
 

Maps

 
 

summer map

winter map

 
         
 

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Size

 
 

16,259 acres statutory, 15,200 owned

 
         
 

Parking

 
 

55626 Lake Place
McGregor, MN 55760

N46 49.116, W93 10.584

 
         
 

Hours

 
 

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

 
         
 

Fees

 
 

Daily park permit: $7

Annual park permit: $35

 
         
 

Driving Directions

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          Aitkin and St. Louis Counties  
          Northeast Minnesota  
     
 
Activities
 
 

Hiking Trails

 
 

27 miles hiking

5 miles interpretive

 
     
 

Hunting

 
 

No hunting

 
     
 
Ecology
 
 

Ecological Classification

  Ecological Classification  
  Ecological Province    

Laurentian Mixed Forest Province

   
  Ecological Section    

Northern Minnesota Drift & Lake Plains

   
  Ecological Subsection    

St. Louis Moraines
Tamarack Lowlands

   
  Land Type Association    

Floodwood Peatlands

Sandy Lake Moraine

Warba Lake Plain

   
             
 

Native Plant Communities*

   
 

This is a partial list covering only the areas with maintained trails

Aspen - Birch Woodland

Aspen - Birch - Basswood Forest

Aspen - Birch - Red Maple Forest

Black Ash - Basswood Forest

Central Dry-Mesic Pine-Hardwood Forest

Graminoid - Sphagnum Rich Fen (Basin)

Northern Mesic Hardwood Forest

Northern Poor Fen

Northern Rich Fen (Basin)

Northern Rich Mesic Hardwood Forest

Northern Rich Tamarack Swamp (Western Basin)

Northern Very Wet Ash Swamp

Northern Wet Ash Swamp

Northern Wet Cedar Forest

Northern Wet Meadow/Carr

Northern Wet-Mesic Boreal Hardwood-Conifer Forest

Oak - Aspen Forest

Poor Black Spruce Swamp

Red Oak - Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Bluebead Lily) Forest

Red Pine - White Pine Forest

Red Pine - White Pine Woodland

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

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Savanna Portage Trail

 
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Black Ash - Basswood Forest

 
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Interpretive Bog Boardwalk

 
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Poor Black Spruce Swamp

 
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Lake Shumway Trail

 
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Lake Shumway

 
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Beaver Pond

 
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Savanna Portage State Park Minnesota Campground Campsite Photos Video
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Nov 12, 2021

Before choosing and reserving your campsite, watch this video to get a look at the site you will be reserving! Have you camped at Savanna Portage State Park, McGregor, Minnesota? If so, tell us in the comments what your favorite site is, and why we should try out your favorite site the next time we're there!

 
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  Savanna Portage State Park: September 28, 2012
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Other Videos
 
  SAVANNA PORTAGE STATE PARK | Minnesota Kayaking & Hiking
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Jun 15, 2020

SAVANNA PORTAGE STATE PARK | Minnesota Kayaking & Hiking

Minnesota has many beautiful state parks and we decided to do a day trip to Savanna Portage State Park! We went out on the water and enjoyed some kayaking on Loon Lake and Lake Shumway. Hiked the beautiful trails of Bog Boardwalk, the entire loop around Lake Shumway and the Continental Divide Trail. We even did a little kayak fishing, no luck but it was fun.

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Xoxo

Jeanie

 
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Jul 19, 2020

Quick review of The Savannah Portage State Park

 
  Camping at Savanna Portage State Park
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Jan 5, 2022

This was in late September. The trees were beautiful and the weather was great. Savanna Portage seems to be a hidden little gem that not too many people know about. I camped here because it was the only campground with sites available. I was pleasantly surprised by it. We went fishing and agate hunting while here.

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  AMAZING FALL COLORS ~ SAVANNA PORTAGE STATE PARK, MINNESOTA, (Part 1 of 2).
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Sep 22, 2021

Another adventure! Part of exploring Minnesota series!

 
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Jun 6, 2021

Savanna Portage State Park, Feb 26th, 2021. Beautiful park, Love the Forest on the East side of the Lake, such beautiful trees. Only hiked a few of the trails here, still a lot more area to enjoy. A great sunset followed by an amazing moon rise🤗💜

 
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  7/10/2015            
 
 

Only a small portion of Savanna Portage State Park lies within St. Louis County. All of the sightings listed below were made in Aitkin County.

 
 

Amphibians

 
 

One amphibian species with conservation status in Minnesota have been seen here:

Special Concern

four-toed salamander (Hemidactylium scutatum)

 
 

Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas Amphibians and Reptiles List

 
 

American toad (Anaxyrus americanus)

green frog (Rana clamitans)

northern leopard frog (Rana pipiens)

wood frog (Rana sylvatica)

  green frog  
 

Birds

 
 

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

Endangered

Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus)

Special Concern

American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)

Boreal Owl (Aegolius funereus)

Nelson’s Sparrow (Ammospiza nelsoni)

Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)

Purple Martin (Progne subis)

Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)

Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus)

Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator)

Yellow Rail (Coturnicops noveboracensis)

 
 

Minnesota DNR Bird checklist

eBird Field Checklist

 
 

American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)

American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis)

American Robin (Turdus migratorius)

Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)

Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)

Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas)

Eastern Wood-peewee (Contopus virens)

Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)

Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)

Hairy Woodpecker (Leuconotopicus villosus)

Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)

Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla)

Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)

Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator)

Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)

Wilson’s Snipe (Gallinago delicata)

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius)

 

American Goldfinch

Blue Jay

Hairy Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

 
 

Fishes

 
 

Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas Fishes List

 
         
 

Fungi and Lichens

 
 

Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas Fungi List

 
 

Common Greenshield Lichen (Flavoparmelia caperata)

Golden Chanterelle (Cantharellus cibarius)

Oak Leaf Blister (Taphrina caerulescens)

  Golden Chanterelle  
 

Insects and Arachnids

 
 

Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas Insects List

 
 

Appalachian brown (Lethe appalachia)

Atlantis fritillary (Argynnis atlantis)

belted whiteface (Leucorrhinia proxima)

calico pennant (Celithemis elisa)

Canadian tiger swallowtail (Papilio canadensis)

Carolina grasshopper (Dissosteira carolina)

chalk-fronted corporal (Ladona julia)

clouded sulphur (Colias philodice)

common green darner (Anax junius)

common whitetail (Plathemis lydia)

Compton tortoiseshell (Nymphalis l-album)

deer fly (Chrysops sp.)

eastern comma (Polygonia comma)

ebony jewelwing (Calopteryx maculata)

elm finger gall mite (Aceria parulmi)

goldenrod gall fly (Eurosta solidaginis)

green comma (Polygonia faunus)

lime nail gall mite (Eriophyes tiliae)

little glassywing (Pompeius verna)

maple spindle-gall mite (Vasates aceriscrumena)

monarch (Danaus plexippus)

mustard white (Pieris oleracea)

northern crescent (Phyciodes cocyta)

northern pearly eye (Lethe anthedon)

plum finger gall mite (Eriophyes emarginatae)

purplish copper (Lycaena helloides)

spongy oak apple gall wasp (Amphibolips confluenta)

summer azure (Celastrina neglecta)

tawny crescent (Phyciodes batesii)

true horse flies (Tabanus spp.)

twelve-spotted skimmer (Libellula pulchella)

western thatching ant (Formica obscuripes)

white admiral (Limenitis arthemis arthemis)

white-spotted sawyer (Monochamus scutellatus scutellatus)

 

Carolina grasshopper

Canadian tiger swallowtail

clouded sulphur

common green darner

ebony jewelwing

lime nail gall mite

northern crescent

twelve-spotted skimmer

white admiral

 
 

Mammals

 
 

Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas Mammals List

 
 

American red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus)

whitetail deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

  whitetail deer  
 

Plants

 
 

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

Threatened

little goblin moonwort (Botrychium mormo)

narrow triangle moonwort (Botrychium lanceolatum ssp. angustisegmentum)

ram’s head lady’s slipper (Cypripedium arietinum)

Special Concern

least moonwort (Botrychium simplex)

small beggarticks (Bidens discoidea)

 
 

Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas and Minnesota Biological Survey Vegetation Releves Plant List

 
 

Plants frequently found in:

Aspen - Birch Woodland FDn33b

Aspen - Birch - Basswood Forest MHn35a

Aspen - Birch - Red Maple Forest MHn44a

Black Ash - Basswood Forest MHn46b

Central Dry-Mesic Pine-Hardwood Forest FDc34

Graminoid - Sphagnum Rich Fen (Basin) OPn92b

Northern Mesic Hardwood Forest MHn35

Northern Poor Fen APn91

Northern Rich Fen (Basin) OPn92

Northern Rich Mesic Hardwood Forest MHn47

Northern Rich Tamarack Swamp (Western Basin) FPn82

Northern Very Wet Ash Swamp WFn64

Northern Wet Ash Swamp WFn55

Northern Wet Cedar Forest WFn53

Northern Wet Meadow/Carr WMn82

Northern Wet-Mesic Boreal Hardwood-Conifer Forest MHn44

Oak - Aspen Forest FDc34b

Poor Black Spruce Swamp APn81a

Red Oak - Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Bluebead Lily) Forest MHn35b

Red Pine - White Pine Forest FDc34a

Red Pine - White Pine Woodland FDn33a

     
 

 

alfalfa (Medicago sativa ssp. sativa)

Allegheny blackberry (Rubus allegheniensis)

alpine enchanter’s-nightshade (Circaea alpina ssp. alpina)

alsike clover (Trifolium hybridum)

American basswood (Tilia americana var. americana)

American black currant (Ribes americanum)

American cow parsnip (Heracleum maximum)

American elm (Ulmus americana)

American highbush cranberry (Viburnum opulus var. americanum)

American hophornbeam (Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana)

American red raspberry (Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus)

American stinging nettle (Urtica gracilis ssp. gracilis)

American spikenard (Aralia racemosa ssp. racemosa)

American vetch (Vicia americana ssp. americana)

American white waterlily (Nymphaea odorata ssp. tuberosa)

annual fleabane (Erigeron annuus)

balsam fir (Abies balsamea var. balsamea)

balsam poplar (Populus balsamifera)

bigfruit hawthorn (Crataegus macrosperma)

bigleaf aster (Eurybia macrophylla)

bigtooth aspen (Populus grandidentata)

bird’s-foot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus var. corniculatus)

black ash (Fraxinus nigra)

black cherry (Prunus serotina var. serotina)

black medick (Medicago lupulina)

black spruce (Picea mariana)

black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta var. pulcherrima)

black-seeded plantain (Plantago rugelii var. rugelii)

bland sweet cicely (Osmorhiza claytonii)

bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis)

blue cohosh (Caulophyllum thalictroides)

bluebead lily (Clintonia borealis)

bog Labrador tea (Rhododendron groenlandicum)

boxelder (Acer negundo var. negundo)

broad-leaved arrowhead (Sagittaria latifolia)

broad-leaved cattail (Typha latifolia)

broadleaf enchanter’s nightshade (Circaea canadensis)

buckbean (Menyanthes trifoliata)

bull thistle (Cirsium vulgare)

bunchberry (Cornus canadensis)

bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa)

Canada anemone (Anemonastrum canadense)

Canada lettuce (Lactuca canadensis)

Canada mayflower (Maianthemum canadense)

Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense)

Canadian honewort (Cryptotaenia canadensis)

Canadian wild ginger (Asarum canadense)

Chamisso’s cottongrass (Eriophorum chamissonis)

chokecherry (Prunus virginiana var. virginiana)

cleavers (Galium aparine)

common boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum var. perfoliatum)

common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale)

common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)

common plantain (Plantago major)

common strawberry (Fragaria virginiana)

common tansy (Tanacetum vulgare)

common water hemlock (Cicuta maculata var. maculata)

common winterberry (Ilex verticillata)

common yarrow (Achillea millefolium)

creeping snowberry (Gaultheria hispidula)

downy arrowwood (Viburnum rafinesqueanum var. rafinesqueanum)

downy Parlin’s pussytoes (Antennaria parlinii ssp. fallax)

downy yellow violet (Viola pubescens var. peckii)

dwarf raspberry (Rubus pubescens)

early figwort (Scrophularia lanceolata)

early meadow-rue (Thalictrum dioicum)

eastern prickly gooseberry (Ribes cynosbati)

eastern white pine (Pinus strobus)

eastern woodland sedge (Carex blanda)

field clover (Trifolium campestre ssp. campestre)

field horsetail (Equisetum arvense)

four-flowered yellow loosestrife (Lysimachia quadriflora)

fringed black bindweed (Fallopia cilinodis)

giant goldenrod (Solidago gigantea)

green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica)

hairy honeysuckle (Lonicera hirsuta)

hairy Solomon’s seal (Polygonatum pubescens)

hedge bindweed (Calystegia sepium)

inland serviceberry (Amelanchier interior)

interrupted fern (Claytosmunda claytoniana)

jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum)

Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis ssp. pratensis)

kidney-leaved buttercup (Ranunculus abortivus)

large-flowered bellwort (Uvularia grandiflora)

lowbush blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium)

lowland hog peanut (Amphicarpaea bracteata var. comosa)

marsh skullcap (Scutellaria galericulata)

Maryland black snakeroot (Sanicula marilandica)

Michigan lily (Lilium michiganense)

Morrow’s honeysuckle (Lonicera morrowii)

mountain maple (Acer spicatum)

mouse-ear chickweed (Cerastium fontanum ssp. vulgare)

nannyberry (Viburnum lentago)

narrow-leaved cattail (Typha angustifolia)

narrow-leaved meadowsweet (Spiraea alba var. alba)

northern blue flag (Iris versicolor)

northern bush honeysuckle (Diervilla lonicera)

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

northern pin oak (Quercus ellipsoidalis)

northern red oak (Quercus rubra)

northern starflower (Lysimachia borealis)

orange hawkweed (Pilosella aurantiaca)

ostrich fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris var. pensylvanica)

oxeye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare)

pagoda dogwood (Cornus alternifolia)

paleleaf woodland sunflower (Helianthus strumosus)

paper birch (Betula papyrifera var. papyrifera)

Pennsylvania buttercup (Ranunculus pensylvanicus)

Philadelphia fleabane (Erigeron philadelphicus var. philadelphicus)

pineapple-weed (Matricaria discoidea)

pointed-leaved tick-trefoil (Hylodesmum glutinosum)

poke milkweed (Asclepias exaltata)

prairie rose (Rosa arkansana)

prickly rose (Rosa acicularis ssp. sayi)

northern purple pitcherplant (Sarracenia purpurea ssp. purpurea)

purple meadow-rue (Thalictrum dasycarpum)

purpletop tridens (Tridens flavus var. flavus)

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)

reed canary grass (Phalaris arundinacea)

roadside agrimony (Agrimonia striata)

rose twisted-stalk (Streptopus lanceolatus var. longipipes)

rough bedstraw (Galium asprellum)

rough cinquefoil (Potentilla norvegica)

round-leaved dogwood (Cornus rugosa)

round-lobed hepatica (Anemone americana)

sandbar willow (Salix interior)

sensitive fern (Onoclea sensibilis)

shinleaf (Pyrola elliptica)

silky dogwood (Cornus obliqua)

silvery cinquefoil (Potentilla argentea)

slender willow (Salix petiolaris)

smooth blackberry (Rubus canadensis)

smooth brome (Bromus inermis)

smooth hedge nettle (Stachys tenuifolia)

smooth rose (Rosa blanda var. blanda)

soft-stem bulrush (Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani)

speckled alder (Alnus incana ssp. rugosa)

spotted Joe Pye weed (Eutrochium maculatum)

spreading dogbane (Apocynum androsaemifolium)

stiff clubmoss (Spinulum annotinum)

sugar maple (Acer saccharum ssp. saccharum)

sulphur cinquefoil (Potentilla recta)

swamp candles (Lysimachia terrestris)

swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata ssp. incarnata)

tall buttercup (Ranunculus acris var. acris)

tall cinquefoil (Drymocallis arguta)

tall thimbleweed (Anemone virginiana var. cylindroidea)

tamarack (Larix laricina)

three-leaved false Solomon’s seal (Smilacina trifolia)

timothy (Phleum pratense ssp. pratense)

touch-me-not (Impatiens sp.)

tuberous grass pink (Calopogon tuberosus var. tuberosus)

variegated yellow pond lily (Nuphar variegata)

veiny pea (Lathyrus venosus var. intonsus)

western bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum var. latiusculum)

western poison ivy (Toxicodendron rydbergii)

white avens (Geum canadense)

white campion (Silene latifolia ssp. alba)

white clover (Trifolium repens ssp. repens)

white rattlesnake root (Nabalus albus)

white spruce (Picea glauca)

white sweet clover (Melilotus albus)

wild columbine (Aquilegia canadensis)

wild oats (Uvularia sessilifolia)

wild sarsaparilla (Aralia nudicaulis)

woodbine (Parthenocissus vitacea)

woodland horsetail (Equisetum sylvaticum)

yellow avens (Geum aleppicum)

yellow marsh marigold (Caltha palustris var. palustris)

zigzag goldenrod (Solidago flexicaulis)

 

Abies balsamea var. balsamea (balsam fir)

Acer negundo var. negundo (boxelder)

Acer rubrum var. rubrum (red maple)

Acer saccharum ssp. saccharum (sugar maple)

Acer spicatum (mountain maple)

Achillea millefolium (common yarrow)

Actaea rubra ssp. rubra (red baneberry)

Agrimonia striata (roadside agrimony)

Alnus incana ssp. rugosa (speckled alder)

Amelanchier interior (inland serviceberry)

Amphicarpaea bracteata var. comosa (lowland hog peanut)

Anemone americana (round-lobed hepatica)

Anemonastrum canadense (Canada anemone)

Anemone virginiana var. cylindroidea (tall thimbleweed)

Antennaria parlinii ssp. fallax (downy Parlin’s pussytoes)

Apocynum androsaemifolium (spreading dogbane)

Aquilegia canadensis (wild columbine)

Aralia nudicaulis (wild sarsaparilla)

Aralia racemosa ssp. racemosa (American spikenard)

Arisaema triphyllum (jack-in-the-pulpit)

Asarum canadense (Canadian wild ginger)

Asclepias exaltata (poke milkweed)

Asclepias incarnata ssp. incarnata (swamp milkweed)

Asclepias syriaca (common milkweed)

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

Betula papyrifera var. papyrifera (paper birch)

Bromus inermis (smooth brome)

Calopogon tuberosus var. tuberosus (tuberous grass pink)

Caltha palustris var. palustris (yellow marsh marigold)

Calystegia sepium (hedge bindweed)

Carex blanda (eastern woodland sedge)

Caulophyllum thalictroides (blue cohosh)

Cerastium fontanum ssp. vulgare (mouse-ear chickweed)

Cicuta maculata var. maculata (common water hemlock)

Circaea alpina ssp. alpina (alpine enchanter’s-nightshade)

Circaea canadensis (broadleaf enchanter’s nightshade)

Cirsium arvense (Canada thistle)

Cirsium vulgare (bull thistle)

Clintonia borealis (bluebead lily)

Cornus alternifolia (pagoda dogwood)

Cornus obliqua (silky dogwood)

Cornus canadensis (bunchberry)

Cornus rugosa (round-leaved dogwood)

Crataegus macrosperma (bigfruit hawthorn)

Cryptotaenia canadensis (Canadian honewort)

Diervilla lonicera (northern bush honeysuckle)

Drymocallis arguta (tall cinquefoil)

Equisetum arvense (field horsetail)

Equisetum sylvaticum (woodland horsetail)

Erigeron annuus (annual fleabane)

Erigeron philadelphicus var. philadelphicus (Philadelphia fleabane)

Eriophorum chamissonis (Chamisso’s cottongrass)

Eupatorium perfoliatum var. perfoliatum (common boneset)

Eurybia macrophylla (bigleaf aster)

Eutrochium maculatum (spotted Joe Pye weed)

Fallopia cilinodis (fringed black bindweed)

Fragaria virginiana (common strawberry)

Fraxinus nigra (black ash)

Fraxinus pennsylvanica (green ash)

Galium aparine (cleavers)

Galium asprellum (rough bedstraw)

Gaultheria hispidula (creeping snowberry)

Geum aleppicum (yellow avens)

Geum canadense (white avens)

Helianthus strumosus (paleleaf woodland sunflower)

Heracleum maximum (American cow parsnip)

Hylodesmum glutinosum (pointed-leaved tick-trefoil)

Ilex verticillata (common winterberry)

Impatiens spp. (touch-me-not)

Iris versicolor (northern blue flag)

Lactuca canadensis (Canada lettuce)

Larix laricina (tamarack)

Lathyrus venosus var. intonsus) (veiny pea)

Leucanthemum vulgare (oxeye daisy)

Lilium michiganense (Michigan lily)

Lonicera hirsuta (hairy honeysuckle)

Lonicera morrowii (Morrow’s honeysuckle)

Lotus corniculatus var. corniculatus (bird’s-foot trefoil)

Lysimachia borealis (northern starflower)

Lysimachia quadriflora (four-flowered yellow loosestrife)

Lysimachia terrestris (swamp candles)

Maianthemum canadense (Canada mayflower)

Matricaria discoidea (pineapple-weed)

Matteuccia struthiopteris var. pensylvanica (ostrich fern)

Medicago lupulina (black medick)

Medicago sativa ssp. sativa (alfalfa)

Melilotus albus (white sweet clover)

Menyanthes trifoliata (buckbean)

Nabalus albus (white rattlesnake root)

Nuphar variegata (variegated yellow pond lily)

Nymphaea odorata ssp. tuberosa (American white waterlily)

Onoclea sensibilis (sensitive fern)

Osmorhiza claytonii (bland sweet cicely)

Claytosmunda claytoniana (interrupted fern)

Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana (American hophornbeam)

Parthenocissus vitacea (woodbine)

Phalaris arundinacea (reed canary grass)

Phleum pratense ssp. pratense (timothy)

Picea glauca (white spruce)

Picea mariana (black spruce)

Pilosella aurantiaca (orange hawkweed)

Pinus resinosa (red pine)

Pinus strobus (eastern white pine)

Plantago major (common plantain)

Plantago rugelii var. rugelii (black-seeded plantain)

Poa pratensis ssp. pratensis (Kentucky bluegrass)

Polygonatum pubescens (hairy Solomon’s seal)

Populus balsamifera (balsam poplar)

Populus grandidentata (bigtooth aspen)

Populus tremuloides (quaking aspen)

Potentilla argentea (silvery cinquefoil)

Potentilla norvegica (rough cinquefoil)

Potentilla recta (sulphur cinquefoil)

Prunus serotina var. serotina (black cherry)

Prunus virginiana var. virginiana (chokecherry)

Pteridium aquilinum var. latiusculum (western bracken fern)

Pyrola elliptica (shinleaf)

Quercus ellipsoidalis (northern pin oak)

Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa (bur oak)

Quercus rubra (northern red oak)

Ranunculus abortivus (kidney-leaved buttercup)

Ranunculus acris var. acris (tall buttercup)

Ranunculus pensylvanicus (Pennsylvania buttercup)

Rhododendron groenlandicum (bog Labrador tea)

Ribes americanum (American black currant)

Ribes cynosbati (eastern prickly gooseberry)

Rosa acicularis ssp. sayi (prickly rose)

Rosa arkansana (prairie rose)

Rosa blanda var. blanda (smooth rose)

Rubus allegheniensis (Allegheny blackberry)

Rubus canadensis (smooth blackberry)

Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus (American red raspberry)

Rubus pubescens (dwarf raspberry)

Rudbeckia hirta var. pulcherrima (black-eyed Susan)

Sagittaria latifolia (broad-leaved arrowhead)

Salix interior (sandbar willow)

Salix petiolaris (slender willow)

Sambucus racemosa var. racemosa (red elderberry)

Sanguinaria canadensis (bloodroot)

Sanicula marilandica (Maryland black snakeroot)

Sarracenia purpurea ssp. purpurea (northern purple pitcherplant)

Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani (soft-stem bulrush)

Scrophularia lanceolata (early figwort)

Scutellaria galericulata (marsh skullcap)

Silene latifolia ssp. alba (white campion)

Smilacina trifolia (three-leaved false Solomon’s seal)

Solidago flexicaulis (zigzag goldenrod)

Solidago gigantea (giant goldenrod)

Spinulum annotinum (stiff clubmoss)

Spiraea alba var. alba (narrow-leaved meadowsweet)

Stachys tenuifolia (smooth hedge nettle)

Streptopus lanceolatus var. longipipes (rose twisted-stalk)

Tanacetum vulgare (common tansy)

Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale (common dandelion)

Thalictrum dasycarpum (purple meadow-rue)

Thalictrum dioicum (early meadow-rue)

Tilia americana var. americana (American basswood)

Toxicodendron rydbergii (western poison ivy)

Tridens flavus var. flavus (purpletop tridens)

Trifolium arvense (rabbit’s foot clover)

Trifolium campestre ssp. campestre (field clover)

Trifolium hybridum (alsike clover)

Trifolium pratense (red clover)

Trifolium repens ssp. repens (white clover)

Typha angustifolia (narrow-leaved cattail)

Typha latifolia (broad-leaved cattail)

Ulmus americana (American elm)

Urtica gracilis ssp. gracilis (American stinging nettle)

Uvularia grandiflora (large-flowered bellwort)

Uvularia sessilifolia (wild oats)

Vaccinium angustifolium (lowbush blueberry)

Viburnum lentago (nannyberry)

Viburnum opulus var. americanum (American highbush cranberry)

Viburnum rafinesqueanum var. rafinesqueanum (downy arrowwood)

Vicia americana ssp. americana (American vetch)

Viola pubescens var. peckii (downy yellow violet)

 

alfalfa

American black currant

American highbush cranberry

American white waterlily (ssp. tuberosa)

balsam fir

bird’s-foot trefoil

black cherry

blue cohosh

bluebead lily

broad-leaved arrowhead

bunchberry

Canada anemone

chokecherry

common boneset

common yarrow

early figwort

eastern prickly gooseberry

hedge bindweed

interrupted fern

large-flowered bellwort

Michigan lily

Morrow’s honeysuckle

nannyberry

narrow-leaved meadowsweet

northern blue flag

northern bush honeysuckle

northern starflower

orange hawkweed

oxeye daisy

pineapple-weed

prairie rose

prickly rose

red baneberry

red clover

rough cinquefoil

sulphur cinquefoil

silvery cinquefoil

smooth rose

spotted Joe Pye weed

swamp milkweed

tall cinquefoil

variegated yellow pond lily

white clover

white sweet clover

wild columbine

yellow marsh marigold

 
 

Reptiles

 
 

Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas Amphibians and Reptiles List

 
  red-bellied snake (Storeria occipitomaculata)      

 

 

Binoculars

 

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