Tamarack Nature Center

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	Overview
	Tamarack Nature Center in White Bear Township is one of three units that make up the 862-acre Bald Eagle-Otter Lakes Regional Park. Its 320 acres encompass oak-aspen woodland, restored prairie, and marsh and other wetlands. It has four miles of hiking trails that include an interpretive trail and boardwalks over wetlands. In the winter, some of the trails are groomed for cross-country skiing. Osprey and Bald Eagle have been seen flying overhead. For the kids it has Discovery Hollow Nature Play Area & Garden and many programs offering educational opportunities.

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Location

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Size

320 acres

Parking

5287 Otter Lake Road
White Bear Township, MN 55110

N45 6.055, W93 2.156

Hours

Tamarack Nature Center building

Day	Hours
Monday-Thursday	Closed
Friday & Saturday	9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Sunday	Noon - 4 p.m.

Trails

Trails are open 5 a.m. - 11 p.m., daily.

Fees

Trails and Discovery Hollow and Garden are free and open to the public. Donations are gratefully accepted.


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	Activities

	Hiking Trails
	4 miles hiking Birch Lake Regional Trail (paved): 1.3 miles

	Hunting
	No hunting


	Ecology

	Ecological Classification
	Ecological Province			Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province
	Ecological Section			Minnesota & NE Iowa Morainal
	Ecological Subsection			St. Paul-Baldwin Plains and Moraines
	Land Type Association			Forest Lake Moraine Maplewood Moraine

	Native Plant Communities*
	Not mapped (10/11/2021)
	* Source: The Minnesota Biological Survey, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Division of Ecological Resources

	Natural Features
	Oak-aspen woodland, restored prairie, marsh and other wetlands, Tamarack Lake, Fish Lake, Fish Lake Creek.


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Jaxon Lane

Tamarack Swamp (Southern)


Red Maple - Pin Oak Woodland




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Entrance

	2016		2019


	2016		2019

Nature Center Building




Trail Signage


Tamarack Lake Fishing Pier


Trails




Cross-country Ski Trail


Fish Lake Creek


Wetlands




Boardwalk

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	Slideshows


	Tamarack Nature Center katrina




	Tamarack Nature Center Craig A. Mullenbach

	About White Bear Township, Minnesota



	Tamarack Prairie tjwilli222




	Spotlight Pictures Conservation Minnesota

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	Tamarack Nature Center Aerial Footage│2016 Fall│ White Bear Township, MN 61luvpost

	About Published on Dec 18, 2016 Drone：3DR SOLO / GO PRO



	Marcie Oltman, Director, Tamarack Nature Center Senator Chuck Wiger

	About Published on Apr 17, 2016

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Fungi and Lichens

Honey Mushroom (Armillaria mellea group)

Jaxon Lane

Plants

American Hog Peanut (Amphicarpaea bracteata)

Box Elder (Acer negundo)

Bristly Sedge (Carex comosa)

Broad-leaved Cattail (Typha latifolia)

Bush Honeysuckle (Diervilla lonicera)

Canada Goldenrod (Solidago canadensis)

Canada White Violet (Viola canadensis)

Common Blue Violet (Viola sororia)

Common Buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica)

Common Marsh Marigold (Caltha palustris)

Dog Violet (Viola conspersa)

Eastern Star Sedge (Carex radiata)

False Solomon's Seal (Maianthemum racemosum)

Fragrant Bedstraw (Galium triflorum)

Kidney-leaved Violet (Viola renifolia)

Lake Sedge (Carex lacustris)

Northern Red Oak (Quercus rubra)

Paper Birch (Betula papyrifera)

Pennsylvania Sedge (Carex pennsylvanica)

Purple-stem Beggarticks (Bidens connata)

Shining Flat-sedge (Cyperus bipartitus)

Slender-leaved False Foxglove (Agalinis tenuifolia)

Spotted Jewelweed (Impatiens capensis)

Tamarack (Larix laricina)

Virginia Stickseed (Hackelia virginiana)

White Oak (Quercus alba)

Wild Black Currant (Ribes americanum)

Wild Geranium (Geranium maculatum)

Woodbine (Parthenocissus inserta)

Zig-zag Goldenrod (Solidago flexicaulis)

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Visits
12/13/2016		5/8/2019

Amphibians

boreal chorus frog (Pseudacris maculata)

Birds


Fourteen bird species with conservation status in Minnesota have been seen here:
Endangered	Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus)
Threatened	Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
Special Concern	American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) Bell’s Vireo (Vireo bellii) Forster’s Tern (Sterna forsteri) Franklin’s Gull (Leucophaeus pipixcan) Henslow’s Sparrow (Centronyx henslowii) Hooded Warbler (Setophaga citrina) Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) Purple Martin (Progne subis) Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus) Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator) Wilson’s Phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor)