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Upper Sioux Agency State Park was permanently closed to the public on February 16, 2024. Due to a longstanding request by the Upper Sioux Community, all state-owned land within the park was returned to the Upper Sioux Community. The park is now closed for both day and night use, the gates are closed, and there is no access to the trails. For more information, click on one of the links below. |
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Ecology |
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Prairie Parkland Province |
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North Central Glaciated Plains |
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Minnesota River Prairie |
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Land Type Association | Bunde Till Plain Milan Alluvial Plain |
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Basswood - Bur Oak - (Green Ash) Forest Dry Hill Prairie (Southern) Pin Oak - Bur Oak Woodland |
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Former park entrance |
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Yellow Medicine Agency Employees Duplex Historic Site |
Basswood - Bur Oak - (Green Ash) Forest | |
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Other Videos |
Tipi camping at Upper Sioux Agency State Park Minnesota |
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Aug 25, 2016 |
Upper Sioux Agency State Park to Vicksburgh |
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Jun 29, 2016 |
Aerial Footage of the Upper Sioux Agency and Reservation |
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Sep 5, 2015 Video captures of the beautiful river valley near the Upper Sioux community of Minnesota |
Upper Sioux Agency State Park / 2018.08.18 |
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Jan 1, 2019 |
VLOG: "Timelessness" Reflection from trip to [Upper Sioux Agency State Park] #INSPIRING |
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Apr 20, 2020 My Visit to Upper Sioux Agency State Park. This top had an amazing view to the Minnesota River Valley below. I had some time to reflect about Timelessness. How this place looked Millions of years ago. How it looks today. And How it would look tomorrow. Very humbling and #INSPIRING |
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Insects and Arachnids |
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4/26/2000 9/9/2011 5/31/2012 |
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Black Knot (Apiosporina morbosa) Crown Rust (Puccinia coronata) |
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American lady (Vanessa virginiensis) common buckeye (Junonia coenia) convergent lady beetle (Hippodamia convergens) eastern tailed-blue (Cupido comyntas) eastern tent caterpillar moth (Malacosoma americana) forage looper (Caenurgina erechtea) forest tent caterpillar moth (Malacosoma disstria) goldenrod bunch gall midge (Rhopalomyia solidaginis) goldenrod gall fly (Eurosta solidaginis) multicolored Asian lady beetle (Harmonia axyridis) orange sulphur (Colias eurytheme) pearl crescent (Phyciodes tharos) question mark (Polygonia interrogationis) red admiral (Vanessa atalanta) seven-spotted lady beetle (Coccinella septempunctata) spring field cricket (Gryllus veletis) twelve-spotted skimmer (Libellula pulchella) white snakeroot leaf miner (Liriomyza eupatoriella) |
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American red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) plains pocket gopher (Geomys bursarius) |
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Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas and Minnesota Biological Survey Vegetation Releves Plant List |
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Plants frequently found in: Basswood - Bur Oak - (Green Ash) Forest MHs38b |
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absinthe wormwood (Artemisia absinthium) alfalfa (Medicago sativa ssp. sativa) American basswood (Tilia americana var. americana) American bittersweet (Celastrus scandens) American cow parsnip (Heracleum maximum) American elm (Ulmus americana) American hophornbeam (Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana) American pasqueflower (Anemone patens var. multifida) American red raspberry (Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus) American stinging nettle (Urtica gracilis ssp. gracilis) American vetch (Vicia americana ssp. americana) American woodland strawberry (Fragaria vesca ssp. americana) asparagus (Asparagus officinalis) balsam groundsel (Packera paupercula) black medick (Medicago lupulina) black raspberry (Rubus occidentalis) black-seeded plantain (Plantago rugelii var. rugelii) bland sweet cicely (Osmorhiza claytonii) bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) Blue Ridge carrionflower (Smilax lasioneura) boxelder (Acer negundo var. negundo) bracted spiderwort (Tradescantia bracteata) bristly greenbrier (Smilax tamnoides) bull thistle (Cirsium vulgare) bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa) Canada anemone (Anemonastrum canadense) Canada moonseed (Menispermum canadense) Canadian honewort (Cryptotaenia canadensis) Canadian white violet (Viola canadensis var. rugulosa) Canada wildrye (Elymus canadensis) Canadian woodnettle (Laportea canadensis) chokecherry (Prunus virginiana var. virginiana) clustered black snakeroot (Sanicula odorata) common buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica) common burdock (Arctium minus) common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale) common evening primrose (Oenothera biennis) common lambsquarters (Chenopodium album) common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) common motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca ssp. cardiaca) common mullein (Verbascum thapsus ssp. thapsus) common plantain (Plantago major) common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia) common yarrow (Achillea millefolium) cut-leaved coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata var. laciniata) dame’s rocket (Hesperis matronalis ssp. matronalis) desert false indigo (Amorpha fruticosa) early figwort (Scrophularia lanceolata) eastern prickly gooseberry (Ribes cynosbati) eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana) eastern white pine (Pinus strobus) field pennycress (Thlaspi arvense) field sagewort (Artemisia campestris ssp. caudata) fragrant bedstraw (Galium triflorum) garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata) giant chickweed (Myosoton aquaticum) giant ragweed (Ambrosia trifida) golden alexanders (Zizia aurea) green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica) heart-leaved four o’clock (Mirabilis nyctaginea) heart-leaved golden alexanders (Zizia aptera) hoary alyssum (Berteroa incana) hoary puccoon (Lithospermum canescens) hoary vervain (Verbena stricta) jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) kidney-leaved buttercup (Ranunculus abortivus) large-flowered beardtongue (Penstemon grandiflorus) limber honeysuckle (Lonicera dioica) lowland hog peanut (Amphicarpaea bracteata var. comosa) mapleleaf goosefoot (Chenopodium simplex) Maximilian’s sunflower (Helianthus maximiliani) Missouri gooseberry (Ribes missouriense) northern bedstraw (Galium boreale) northern hackberry (Celtis occidentalis) northern lady fern (Athyrium filix-femina var. angustum) northern prickly ash (Zanthoxylum americanum) orange daylily (Hemerocallis fulva) Philadelphia fleabane (Erigeron philadelphicus var. philadelphicus) pineapple-weed (Matricaria discoidea) plains cottonwood (Populus deltoides ssp. molinifera) porcupine grass (Hesperostipa spartea) prairie alumroot (Heuchera richardsonii) prairie larkspur (Delphinium carolinianum ssp. virescens) prairie peppergrass (Lepidium densiflorum) prairie turnip (Pediomelum esculentum) purple locoweed (Oxytropis lambertii var. lambertii) purple prairie clover (Dalea purpurea var. purpurea) quackgrass (Elymus repens) quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) red clover (Trifolium pratense) reed canary grass (Phalaris arundinacea) rough cocklebur (Xanthium strumarium) silver maple (Acer saccharinum) smooth rose (Rosa blanda var. blanda) smooth Solomon’s seal (Polygonatum biflorum var. commutatum) spotted touch-me-not (Impatiens capensis) starry false Solomon’s seal (Maianthemum stellatum) stiff goldenrod (Solidago rigida) sugar maple (Acer saccharum ssp. saccharum) sulphur cinquefoil (Potentilla recta) timothy (Phleum pratense ssp. pratense) upright carrionflower (Smilax ecirrhata) Virginia waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum var. virginianum) western marbleseed (Lithospermum occidentale) western poison ivy (Toxicodendron rydbergii) western ragweed (Ambrosia psilostachya) white clover (Trifolium repens ssp. repens) white sage (Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana) white snakeroot (Ageratina altissima var. altissima) wild columbine (Aquilegia canadensis) wolfberry (Symphoricarpos occidentalis) woodbine (Parthenocissus vitacea) woolly plantain (Plantago patagonica) yellow goat’s beard (Tragopogon dubius)
Acer negundo var. negundo (boxelder) Acer saccharinum (silver maple) Acer saccharum ssp. saccharum (sugar maple) Achillea millefolium (common yarrow) Ageratina altissima var. altissima (white snakeroot) Alliaria petiolata (garlic mustard) Ambrosia artemisiifolia (common ragweed) Ambrosia psilostachya (western ragweed) Ambrosia trifida (giant ragweed) Amorpha fruticosa (desert false indigo) Amphicarpaea bracteata var. comosa (lowland hog peanut) Anemonastrum canadense (Canada anemone) Anemone patens var. multifida (American pasqueflower) Aquilegia canadensis (wild columbine) Arctium minus (common burdock) Arisaema triphyllum (jack-in-the-pulpit) Artemisia absinthium (absinthe wormwood) Artemisia campestris ssp. caudata (field sagewort) Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana (white sage) Asclepias syriaca (common milkweed) Asparagus officinalis (asparagus) Athyrium filix-femina var. angustum (northern lady fern) Berteroa incana (hoary alyssum) Celastrus scandens (American bittersweet) Celtis occidentalis (northern hackberry) Chenopodium album (common lambsquarters) Chenopodium simplex (mapleleaf goosefoot) Cirsium vulgare (bull thistle) Cryptotaenia canadensis (Canadian honewort) Dalea purpurea var. purpurea (purple prairie clover) Delphinium carolinianum ssp. virescens (prairie larkspur) Elymus canadensis (Canada wildrye) Elymus repens (quackgrass) Erigeron philadelphicus var. philadelphicus (Philadelphia fleabane) Fragaria vesca ssp. americana (American woodland strawberry) Fraxinus pennsylvanica (green ash) Galium boreale (northern bedstraw) Galium triflorum (fragrant bedstraw) Helianthus maximiliani (Maximilian’s sunflower) Hemerocallis fulva (orange daylily) Heracleum maximum (American cow parsnip) Hesperis matronalis ssp. matronalis (dame’s rocket) Hesperostipa spartea (porcupine grass) Heuchera richardsonii (prairie alumroot) Hydrophyllum virginianum var. virginianum (Virginia waterleaf) Impatiens capensis (spotted touch-me-not) Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana (eastern redcedar) Laportea canadensis (Canadian woodnettle) Leonurus cardiaca ssp. cardiaca (common motherwort) Lepidium densiflorum (prairie peppergrass) Lithospermum canescens (hoary puccoon) Lithospermum occidentale (western marbleseed) Lonicera dioica (limber honeysuckle) Maianthemum stellatum (starry false Solomon’s seal) Matricaria discoidea (pineapple-weed) Medicago lupulina (black medick) Medicago sativa ssp. sativa (alfalfa) Melilotus officinalis (yellow sweet clover) Menispermum canadense (Canada moonseed) Mirabilis nyctaginea (heart-leaved four o’clock) Myosoton aquaticum (giant chickweed) Oenothera biennis (common evening primrose) Osmorhiza claytonii (bland sweet cicely) Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana (American hophornbeam) Oxalis stricta (yellow wood sorrel) Oxytropis lambertii var. lambertii (purple locoweed) Packera paupercula (balsam groundsel) Parthenocissus vitacea (woodbine) Pediomelum esculentum (prairie turnip) Penstemon grandiflorus (large-flowered beardtongue) Phalaris arundinacea (reed canary grass) Phleum pratense ssp. pratense (timothy) Pinus strobus (eastern white pine) Plantago major (common plantain) Plantago patagonica (woolly plantain) Plantago rugelii var. rugelii (black-seeded plantain) Polygonatum biflorum var. commutatum (smooth Solomon’s seal) Populus deltoides ssp. molinifera (plains cottonwood) Populus tremuloides (quaking aspen) Potentilla recta (sulphur cinquefoil) Prunus virginiana var. virginiana (chokecherry) Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa (bur oak) Ranunculus abortivus (kidney-leaved buttercup) Rhamnus cathartica (common buckthorn) Ribes cynosbati (eastern prickly gooseberry) Ribes missouriense (Missouri gooseberry) Rosa blanda var. blanda (smooth rose) Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus (American red raspberry) Rubus occidentalis (black raspberry) Rudbeckia laciniata var. laciniata (cut-leaved coneflower) Sanguinaria canadensis (bloodroot) Sanicula odorata (clustered black snakeroot) Scrophularia lanceolata (early figwort) Smilax ecirrhata (upright carrionflower) Smilax lasioneura (Blue Ridge carrionflower) Smilax tamnoides (bristly greenbrier) Solidago rigida (stiff goldenrod) Symphoricarpos occidentalis (wolfberry) Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale (common dandelion) Thlaspi arvense (field pennycress) Tilia americana var. americana (American basswood) Toxicodendron rydbergii (western poison ivy) Tradescantia bracteata (bracted spiderwort) Tragopogon dubius (yellow goat’s beard) Trifolium pratense (red clover) Trifolium repens ssp. repens (white clover) Ulmus americana (American elm) Urtica gracilis ssp. gracilis (American stinging nettle) Verbascum thapsus ssp. thapsus (common mullein) Verbena stricta (hoary vervain) Vicia americana ssp. americana (American vetch) Viola canadensis var. rugulosa (Canadian white violet) Xanthium strumarium (rough cocklebur) Zanthoxylum americanum (northern prickly ash) |
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