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Ecological Province | Prairie Parkland Province Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province |
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Ecological Section | North Central Glaciated Plains Minnesota & NE Iowa Morainal |
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Ecological Subsection | Minnesota River Prairie Big Woods |
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Land Type Association | Gibbon Till Plain Le Sueur Alluvial Plain |
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Elm - Basswood - Black Ash - (Hackberry) Forest Red Oak - Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Bitternut Hickory) Forest Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Bitternut Hickory) Forest |
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St. Peter MN - Seven Mile Creek 2004 - XC Skiing |
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Premiered Feb 28, 2020 Seven Mile Creek 2004 - XC Skiing. Low resolution video: 720x480 15fps 32K Stereo 256spd. Southern Minnesota winter fun. Seven Mile Creek County Park is found between Mankato and St. Peter, Minnesota on Hwy 169. If you like to X/C ski this is a great place. |
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5/15/2020 |
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American toad (Anaxyrus americanus) |
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common green darner (Anax junius) goldenrod gall fly (Eurosta solidaginis) grapevine epimenis (Psychomorpha epimenis) plum finger gall mite (Eriophyes emarginatae) red admiral (Vanessa atalanta) |
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Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas and Minnesota Biological Survey Vegetation Releves Plant List |
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Plants frequently found in: Elm - Basswood - Black Ash - (Hackberry) Forest MHs49a Red Oak - Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Bitternut Hickory) Forest MHs38c |
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agrimony (Agrimonia spp.) American basswood (Tilia americana var. americana) American black currant (Ribes americanum) American cow parsnip (Heracleum maximum) 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 woodland strawberry (Fragaria vesca ssp. americana) annual bluegrass (Poa annua) annual fleabane (Erigeron annuus) Bell’s honeysuckle (Lonicera × bella) bigtooth aspen (Populus grandidentata) black cherry (Prunus serotina var. serotina) black raspberry (Rubus occidentalis) black-seeded plantain (Plantago rugelii var. rugelii) bland sweet cicely (Osmorhiza claytonii) bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) blue cohosh (Caulophyllum thalictroides) boxelder (Acer negundo var. negundo) bristly greenbrier (Smilax tamnoides) bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa) Canada anemone (Anemonastrum canadense) Canada mayflower (Maianthemum canadense) Canada moonseed (Menispermum canadense) Canadian wild ginger (Asarum canadense) Canadian woodnettle (Laportea canadensis) chokecherry (Prunus virginiana var. virginiana) common blue violet (Viola sororia) common buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica) common burdock (Arctium minus) 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) crested wood fern (Dryopteris cristata) cut-leaved coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata var. laciniata) cut-leaved toothwort (Cardamine concatenata) downy yellow violet (Viola pubescens) Dutchman’s breeches (Dicentra cucullaria) early figwort (Scrophularia lanceolata) early meadow-rue (Thalictrum dioicum) eastern false rue anemone (Enemion biternatum) eastern prickly gooseberry (Ribes cynosbati) eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana) eastern star sedge (Carex radiata) eastern woodland sedge (Carex blanda) field horsetail (Equisetum arvense) fragrant bedstraw (Galium triflorum) garden yellowrocket (Barbarea vulgaris) giant goldenrod (Solidago gigantea) green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica) ground ivy (Glechoma hederacea) jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) Kentucky coffee tree (Gymnocladus dioicus) kidney-leaved buttercup (Ranunculus abortivus) large-flowered bellwort (Uvularia grandiflora) long-beaked sedge (Carex sprengelii) meadow horsetail (Equisetum pratense) Missouri gooseberry (Ribes missouriense) Morrow’s honeysuckle (Lonicera morrowii) mouse-ear chickweed (Cerastium fontanum ssp. vulgare) northern hackberry (Celtis occidentalis) 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) ostrich fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris var. pensylvanica) pagoda dogwood (Cornus alternifolia) paper birch (Betula papyrifera var. papyrifera) Pennsylvania sedge (Carex pensylvanica) Philadelphia fleabane (Erigeron philadelphicus var. philadelphicus) plains cottonwood (Populus deltoides ssp. molinifera) quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) red baneberry (Actaea rubra ssp. rubra) red clover (Trifolium pratense) red elderberry (Sambucus racemosa var. racemosa) reed canary grass (Phalaris arundinacea) rosy sedge (Carex rosea) scouring rush horsetail (Equisetum hyemale ssp. affine) sharp-lobed hepatica (Anemone acutiloba) shepherd’s purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris) shining bedstraw (Galium concinnum) silver maple (Acer saccharinum) starry false Solomon’s seal (Maianthemum stellatum) sugar maple (Acer saccharum ssp. saccharum) touch-me-not (Impatiens spp.) upright carrionflower (Smilax ecirrhata) Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia) Virginia stickseed (Hackelia virginiana) Virginia waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum var. virginianum) white clover (Trifolium repens ssp. repens) white rattlesnake root (Nabalus albus) white trout lily (Erythronium albidum) wild blue phlox (Phlox divaricata ssp. laphamii) wild columbine (Aquilegia canadensis) wild geranium (Geranium maculatum) wild strawberry (Fragaria virginiana)
Acer negundo var. negundo (boxelder) Acer saccharinum (silver maple) Acer saccharum ssp. saccharum (sugar maple) Actaea rubra ssp. rubra (red baneberry) Adiantum pedatum (northern maidenhair) Agrimonia sp. (agrimony) Anemone acutiloba (sharp-lobed hepatica) Anemonastrum canadense (Canada anemone) Aquilegia canadensis (wild columbine) Arctium minus (common burdock) Arisaema triphyllum (Jack-in-the-pulpit) Asarum canadense (Canadian wild ginger) Athyrium filix-femina var. angustum (northern lady fern) Barbarea vulgaris (garden yellowrocket) Betula papyrifera var. papyrifera (paper birch) Capsella bursa-pastoris (shepherd’s purse) Cardamine concatenata (cut-leaved toothwort) Carex blanda (eastern woodland sedge) Carex pensylvanica (Pennsylvania sedge) Carex radiata (eastern star sedge) Carex rosea (rosy sedge) Carex sprengelii (long-beaked sedge) Caulophyllum thalictroides (blue cohosh) Celtis occidentalis (northern hackberry) Cerastium fontanum ssp. vulgare (mouse-ear chickweed) Cornus alternifolia (pagoda dogwood) Dicentra cucullaria (Dutchman’s breeches) Dryopteris cristata (crested wood fern) Enemion biternatum (eastern false rue anemone) Equisetum arvense (field horsetail) Equisetum hyemale ssp. affine (scouring rush horsetail) Equisetum pratense (meadow horsetail) Erigeron annuus (annual fleabane) Erigeron philadelphicus var. philadelphicus (Philadelphia fleabane) Erythronium albidum (white trout lily) Fragaria vesca ssp. americana (American woodland strawberry) Fragaria virginiana (wild strawberry) Fraxinus pennsylvanica (green ash) Galium concinnum (shining bedstraw) Galium triflorum (fragrant bedstraw) Geranium maculatum (wild geranium) Glechoma hederacea (ground ivy) Gymnocladus dioicus (Kentucky coffee tree) Hackelia virginiana (Virginia stickseed) Heracleum maximum (American cow parsnip) Hydrophyllum virginianum var. virginianum (Virginia waterleaf) Impatiens sp. (touch-me-not) Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana (eastern redcedar) Laportea canadensis (Canadian woodnettle) Leonurus cardiaca ssp. cardiaca (common motherwort) Lonicera × bella (Bell’s honeysuckle) Lonicera morrowii (Morrow’s honeysuckle) Maianthemum canadense (Canada mayflower) Maianthemum racemosum var. racemosum (common false Solomon’s seal) Maianthemum stellatum (starry false Solomon’s seal) Matteuccia struthiopteris var. pensylvanica (ostrich fern) Menispermum canadense (Canada moonseed) Nabalus albus (white rattlesnake root) Osmorhiza claytonii (bland sweet cicely) Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana (American hophornbeam) Parthenocissus quinquefolia (Virginia creeper) Pedicularis canadensis ssp. canadensis (wood betony) Phalaris arundinacea (reed canary grass) Phlox divaricata ssp. laphamii (wild blue phlox) Plantago rugelii var. rugelii (black-seeded plantain) Poa annua (annual bluegrass) Populus deltoides ssp. molinifera (plains cottonwood) Populus grandidentata (bigtooth aspen) Populus tremuloides (quaking aspen) Prunus americana (American plum) Prunus serotina var. serotina (black cherry) Prunus virginiana var. virginiana (chokecherry) 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) Ribes americanum (American black currant) Ribes cynosbati (eastern prickly gooseberry) Ribes missouriense (Missouri gooseberry) Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus (American red raspberry) Rubus occidentalis (black raspberry) Rudbeckia laciniata var. laciniata (cut-leaved coneflower) Sambucus racemosa var. racemosa (red elderberry) Sanguinaria canadensis (bloodroot) Scrophularia lanceolata (early figwort) Smilax ecirrhata (upright carrionflower) Smilax tamnoides (bristly greenbrier) Solidago flexicaulis (zigzag goldenrod) Solidago gigantea (giant goldenrod) Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale (common dandelion) Thalictrum dioicum (early meadow-rue) Tilia americana var. americana (American basswood) Trifolium pratense (red clover) Trifolium repens ssp. repens (white clover) Ulmus americana (American elm) Urtica gracilis ssp. gracilis (American stinging nettle) Uvularia grandiflora (large-flowered bellwort) Verbascum thapsus ssp. thapsus (common mullein) Viola pubescens (downy yellow violet) |
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