Wood-Rill SNA

 

 

     
 
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Overview

 
 

 

 
     
 

History

 
 

This site was designated as a Wood-Rill scientific and Natural Area on 11/4/1996.

 
     
 

Management

 
 

 

 
     
 

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Location
 
 

Maps

 
 

Detail map (MN DNR)

 
         
 

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Size

 
 

150 acres

 
         
 

Parking

 
 

921 Old Long Lake Rd
Wayzata, MN 55391

N44 59.056, W93 32.678

 
         
 

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Hiking Trails

 
 

There are trails throughout the site. Maps are posted at a few of the intersections.

 
     
 

Hunting

 
 

No hunting

 
     
 
Ecology
 
 

Ecological Classification

  Ecological Classification  
  Ecological Province    

Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province

   
  Ecological Section    

Minnesota & NE Iowa Morainal

   
  Ecological Subsection    

Big Woods

   
  Land Type Association    

Maple Plain Moraine

   
             
 

Native Plant Communities*

   
 

Black Ash - Yellow Birch - Red Maple - Alder Swamp (Eastcentral)

Sedge Meadow

Sugar Maple Forest (Big Woods)

Tamarack Swamp (Southern)

   
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Boardwalk and trails during winter

 
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Black Ash - Yellow Birch - Red Maple - Alder Swamp (Eastcentral)

 
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Boardwalk

 
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Sugar Maple Forest (Big Woods)

 
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Shallow Lakes

 
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Other Videos
 
  Wood-Rill Scientific and Natural Area Virtual Hike
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About

Aug 25, 2020

Wood-Rill SNA is an outstanding example of a “big woods” forest! It’s pretty special to have this increasingly rare forest types so close to the developing metro-area.

Bruce and Ruth Dayton, who donated the site, named it after a Wordsworth poem: “His daily teachers had been woods and rills/ The silence that is in the starry sky/The sleep that is among the lonely hills.”

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About

Jul 29, 2021

This is a video of us hiking in the Wood-Rill Scientific and Natural Area.

 
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About

Sep 2, 2020

Wood-Rill DNR State Forestb(Minnesota) at the Orono/Long Lake border. Sorry for the bouncy video - a leashed dog plus one-handed PIV recording is difficult. Enjoy!

 
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About

Dec 22, 2020

I decided to go for a nice Sunday hike through the woods to try to improve my mental health after a tumultuous year.

 

 

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Amphibians

 
 

American toad (Anaxyrus americanus)

boreal chorus frog (Pseudacris maculata)

  American toad  
 

Bacteria, Viruses, and Other Pathogens

 
         
 

Birds

 
 

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

Special Concern

Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens)

Purple Martin (Progne subis)

Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)

Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator)

 
 

Minnesota DNR Bird checklist

eBird Field Checklist

 
 

American Black Duck (Anas rubripes)

American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)

American Robin (Turdus migratorius)

Barred Owl (Strix varia)

Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)

Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)

Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)

Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas)

Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens)

Eastern Wood-peewee (Contopus virens)

Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)

Great Egret (Ardea alba)

House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus)

Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus)

Magnolia Warbler (Setophaga magnolia)

Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)

Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)

Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)

Northern Waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis)

Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum)

Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus)

Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)

Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)

Sandhill Crane (Antigone canadensis tabida)

Sedge Wren (Cistothorus platensis)

Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)

White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)

Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)

Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata)

 

American Robin

Barred Owl

Blue Jay

Northern Cardinal

White-breasted Nuthatch

Wild Turkey

Yellow-rumped Warbler

 
 

Fungi and Lichens

 
 

Artist’s Conk (Ganoderma applanatum)

Birch Polypore (Fomitopsis betulina)

Common Greenshield Lichen (Flavoparmelia caperata)

Crown-tipped Coral (Artomyces pyxidatus)

False Death Cap (Amanita citrina)

False Turkey Tail (Stereum ostrea)

Golden Chanterelle (Cantharellus cibarius)

Golden Oyster Mushroom (Pleurotus citrinopileatus)

Milk-white Toothed Polypore (Irpex lacteus)

Pear-shaped Puffball (Apioperdon pyriforme)

Powdery Mildews (Order Erysiphales)

Purple-gilled Laccaria (Laccaria ochropurpurea)

Red-banded Polypore (Fomitopsis pinicola)

Smooth Patch (Aleurodiscus oakesii)

Thin-Walled Maze Polypore (Daedaleopsis confragosa)

Turkey Tail (Trametes versicolor)

White Jelly Fungus (Ductifera pululahuana)

 

Crown-tipped Coral

Golden Oyster Mushroom

Milk-white Toothed Polypore

Pear-shaped Puffball

White Jelly Fungus

 
 

Insects and Arachnids

 
 

Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas Insects List

 
 

bald-faced hornet (Dolichovespula maculata)

Canada darner (Aeshna canadensis)

chalk-fronted corporal (Ladona julia)

common whitetail (Plathemis lydia)

dog day cicada (Neotibicen canicularis)

goldenrod bunch gall midge (Rhopalomyia solidaginis)

goldenrod gall fly (Eurosta solidaginis)

hackberry emperor (Asterocampa celtis)

Japanese beetle (Popillia japonica)

lime nail gall mite (Eriophyes tiliae)

maple spindle-gall mite (Vasates aceriscrumena)

pleasing fungus beetle (Triplax thoracica)

twelve-spotted skimmer (Libellula pulchella)

twirler moth (Scrobipalpula manierreorum)

western honey bee (Apis mellifera)

white snakeroot leaf miner (Liriomyza eupatoriella)

 

common whitetail

hackberry emperor

Japanese beetle

twelve-spotted skimmer

 
 

Mammals

 
 

American red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus)

eastern chipmunk (Tamias striatus)

eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)

red fox (Vulpes vulpes)

star-nosed mole (Condylura cristata)

northern raccoon (Procyon lotor)

whitetail deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

 

eastern chipmunk

red fox

 
 

Plants

 
 

One plant species with conservation status in Minnesota is found here:

Endangered

butternut (Juglans cinerea)

 
 

Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas and Minnesota Biological Survey Vegetation Releves Plant List

 
 

Plants frequently found in:

Black Ash - Yellow Birch - Red Maple - Alder Swamp (Eastcentral) WFn64b

Sedge Meadow WMn82b

Sugar Maple Forest (Big Woods) MHs39c

Tamarack Swamp (Southern) FPs63a

     
 

 

alfalfa (Medicago sativa ssp. sativa)

American basswood (Tilia americana var. americana)

American black currant (Ribes americanum)

American burnweed (Erechtites hieraciifolius var. hieraciifolius)

American elderberry (Sambucus canadensis)

American elm (Ulmus americana)

American groundnut (Apios americana)

American highbush cranberry (Viburnum opulus var. americanum)

American hog peanut (Amphicarpaea bracteata var. bracteata)

American hophornbeam (Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana)

American stinging nettle (Urtica gracilis ssp. gracilis)

American lopseed (Phryma leptostachya)

American white waterlily (Nymphaea odorata)

annual fleabane (Erigeron annuus)

arrowleaf tearthumb (Persicaria sagittata)

balsam fir (Abies balsamea var. balsamea)

barnyard grass (Echinochloa crus-galli)

Bell’s honeysuckle (Lonicera × bella)

big bluestem (Andropogon gerardi)

bigleaf aster (Eurybia macrophylla)

bigtooth aspen (Populus grandidentata)

bitternut hickory (Carya cordiformis)

bittersweet nightshade (Solanum dulcamara)

black ash (Fraxinus nigra)

black bindweed (Fallopia convolvulus)

black cherry (Prunus serotina var. serotina)

black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia)

black medick (Medicago lupulina)

black raspberry (Rubus occidentalis)

black walnut (Juglans nigra)

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)

blue flag iris (Iris sp.)

blue vervain (Verbena hastata)

boxelder (Acer negundo var. negundo)

bristly greenbrier (Smilax tamnoides)

broad-leaved arrowhead (Sagittaria latifolia)

broad-leaved cattail (Typha latifolia)

broadleaf enchanter’s nightshade (Circaea canadensis)

bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa)

butternut (Juglans cinerea)

Canada mayflower (Maianthemum canadense)

Canada moonseed (Menispermum canadense)

Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense)

Canadian clearweed (Pilea pumila)

Canadian honewort (Cryptotaenia canadensis)

Canadian wild ginger (Asarum canadense)

Canadian woodnettle (Laportea canadensis)

catnip (Nepeta cataria)

chokecherry (Prunus virginiana var. virginiana)

cleavers (Galium aparine)

common blue violet (Viola sororia)

common blue wood aster (Symphyotrichum cordifolium)

common buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica)

common burdock (Arctium minus)

common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale)

common duckweed (Lemna minor)

common false Solomon’s seal (Maianthemum racemosum var. racemosum)

common lambsquarters (Chenopodium album)

common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)

common motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca ssp. cardiaca)

common plantain (Plantago major)

common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia)

common self-heal (Prunella vulgaris)

common smooth blue aster (Symphyotrichum laeve var. laeve)

common strawberry (Fragaria virginiana)

common yarrow (Achillea millefolium)

crested wood fern (Dryopteris cristata)

crown vetch (Securigera varia)

crowned beggarticks (Bidens trichosperma)

cut-leaved toothwort (Cardamine concatenata)

downy yellow violet (Viola pubescens)

Dutchman’s breeches (Dicentra cucullaria)

early meadow-rue (Thalictrum dioicum)

eastern prickly gooseberry (Ribes cynosbati)

eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana)

eastern star sedge (Carex radiata)

eastern white pine (Pinus strobus)

fragrant bedstraw (Galium triflorum)

garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata)

giant chickweed (Myosoton aquaticum)

giant goldenrod (Solidago gigantea)

glossy buckthorn (Frangula alnus)

gray-headed coneflower (Ratibida pinnata)

green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica)

ground ivy (Glechoma hederacea)

hedge mustard (Sisymbrium officinale)

Indiangrass (Sorghastrum nutans)

jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum)

Japanese knotweed (Reynoutria japonica)

kidney-leaved buttercup (Ranunculus abortivus)

large-flowered bellwort (Uvularia grandiflora)

large-flowered trillium (Trillium grandiflorum)

large-leaved avens (Geum macrophyllum var. perincisum)

lily-leaved twayblade (Liparis liliifolia)

mapleleaf goosefoot (Chenopodium simplex)

Morrow’s honeysuckle (Lonicera morrowii)

nodding trillium (Trillium cernuum)

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)

northern white cedar (Thuja occidentalis)

Ohio buckeye (Aesculus glabra var. glabra)

orange daylily (Hemerocallis fulva)

ostrich fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris var. pensylvanica)

pagoda dogwood (Cornus alternifolia)

panicled aster (Symphyotrichum lanceolatum)

paper birch (Betula papyrifera var. papyrifera)

Philadelphia fleabane (Erigeron philadelphicus var. philadelphicus)

pineapple-weed (Matricaria discoidea)

plains cottonwood (Populus deltoides ssp. molinifera)

prairie crabapple (Malus ioensis)

prairie fleabane (Erigeron strigosus)

red baneberry (Actaea rubra ssp. rubra)

red clover (Trifolium pratense)

red elderberry (Sambucus racemosa var. racemosa)

red maple (Acer rubrum var. rubrum)

red osier dogwood (Cornus sericea ssp. sericea)

red pine (Pinus resinosa)

redtop (Agrostis gigantea)

reed canary grass (Phalaris arundinacea)

roadside agrimony (Agrimonia striata)

round-leaved dogwood (Cornus rugosa)

rue anemone (Thalictrum thalictroides)

Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris)

sensitive fern (Onoclea sensibilis)

shepherd’s purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris)

shorthair goldenrod (Solidago altissima var. gilvocanescens)

silky dogwood (Cornus obliqua)

silver maple (Acer saccharinum)

smooth brome (Bromus inermis)

smooth oxeye (Heliopsis helianthoides var. scabra)

smooth Solomon’s seal (Polygonatum biflorum var. commutatum)

smooth sumac (Rhus glabra)

spinulose wood fern (Dryopteris carthusiana)

spotted lady’s thumb (Persicaria maculosa)

spotted touch-me-not (Impatiens capensis)

staghorn sumac (Rhus typhina)

sugar maple (Acer saccharum ssp. saccharum)

tall thimbleweed (Anemone virginiana)

tamarack (Larix laricina)

thyme-leaved speedwell (Veronica serpyllifolia)

upright carrionflower (Smilax ecirrhata)

Virginia spring beauty (Claytonia virginica var. virginica)

Virginia stickseed (Hackelia virginiana)

Virginia waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum var. virginianum)

western poison ivy (Toxicodendron rydbergii)

white avens (Geum canadense)

white campion (Silene latifolia ssp. alba)

white clover (Trifolium repens ssp. repens)

white oak (Quercus alba)

white rattlesnake root (Nabalus albus)

white snakeroot (Ageratina altissima var. altissima)

white spruce (Picea glauca)

white trout lily (Erythronium albidum)

white vervain (Verbena urticifolia)

wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa)

wild columbine (Aquilegia canadensis)

wild cucumber (Echinocystis lobata)

wild geranium (Geranium maculatum)

wild grape (Vitis riparia)

wild leek (Allium tricoccum)

wild lettuce (Lactuca sp.)

wild sarsaparilla (Aralia nudicaulis)

wood anemone (Anemone quinquefolia var. quinquefolia)

woodbine (Parthenocissus vitacea)

woodland strawberry (Fragaria vesca ssp. americana)

yellow foxtail (Setaria pumila ssp. pumila)

yellow marsh marigold (Caltha palustris var. palustris)

yellow sweet clover (Melilotus officinalis)

yellow wood sorrel (Oxalis stricta)

zigzag goldenrod (Solidago flexicaulis)

 

Abies balsamea var. balsamea (balsam fir)

Acer negundo var. negundo (boxelder)

Acer rubrum var. rubrum (red maple)

Acer saccharinum (silver maple)

Acer saccharum ssp. saccharum (sugar maple)

Achillea millefolium (common yarrow)

Actaea rubra ssp. rubra (red baneberry)

Adiantum pedatum (northern maidenhair)

Aesculus glabra var. glabra (Ohio buckeye)

Ageratina altissima var. altissima (white snakeroot)

Agrimonia striata (roadside agrimony)

Agrostis gigantea (redtop)

Alliaria petiolata (garlic mustard)

Allium tricoccum (wild leek)

Ambrosia artemisiifolia (common ragweed)

Amphicarpaea bracteata var. bracteata (hog peanut)

Andropogon gerardi (big bluestem)

Anemone quinquefolia var. quinquefolia (wood anemone)

Anemone virginiana (tall thimbleweed)

Apios americana (American groundnut)

Aquilegia canadensis (wild columbine)

Aralia nudicaulis (wild sarsaparilla)

Arctium minus (common burdock)

Arisaema triphyllum (Jack-in-the-pulpit)

Asarum canadense (Canadian wild ginger)

Asclepias syriaca (common milkweed)

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

Betula papyrifera var. papyrifera (paper birch)

Bidens trichosperma (crowned beggarticks)

Bromus inermis (smooth brome)

Caltha palustris var. palustris (yellow marsh marigold)

Capsella bursa-pastoris (shepherd’s purse)

Cardamine concatenata (cut-leaved toothwort)

Carex radiata (eastern star sedge)

Carya cordiformis (bitternut hickory)

Caulophyllum thalictroides (blue cohosh)

Celtis occidentalis (northern hackberry)

Chenopodium album (common lambsquarters)

Chenopodium simplex (mapleleaf goosefoot)

Circaea canadensis (broadleaf enchanter’s nightshade)

Cirsium arvense (Canada thistle)

Claytonia virginica var. virginica (Virginia spring beauty)

Cornus alternifolia (pagoda dogwood)

Cornus obliqua (silky dogwood)

Cornus rugosa (round-leaved dogwood)

Cornus sericea ssp. sericea (red osier dogwood)

Cryptotaenia canadensis (Canadian honewort)

Dicentra cucullaria (Dutchman’s breeches)

Dryopteris carthusiana (spinulose wood fern)

Dryopteris cristata (crested wood fern)

Echinochloa crus-galli (barnyard grass)

Echinocystis lobata (wild cucumber)

Erechtites hieraciifolius var. hieraciifolius (American burnweed)

Erigeron annuus (annual fleabane)

Erigeron philadelphicus var. philadelphicus (Philadelphia fleabane)

Erigeron strigosus (prairie fleabane)

Erythronium albidum (white trout lily)

Eurybia macrophylla (bigleaf aster)

Fallopia convolvulus (black bindweed)

Fragaria vesca ssp. americana (woodland strawberry)

Fragaria virginiana (common strawberry)

Frangula alnus (glossy buckthorn)

Fraxinus nigra (black ash)

Fraxinus pennsylvanica (green ash)

Galium aparine (cleavers)

Galium triflorum (fragrant bedstraw)

Geranium maculatum (wild geranium)

Geum canadense (white avens)

Geum macrophyllum var. perincisum (large-leaved avens)

Glechoma hederacea (ground ivy)

Hackelia virginiana (Virginia stickseed)

Heliopsis helianthoides var. scabra (smooth oxeye)

Hemerocallis fulva (orange daylily)

Hydrophyllum virginianum var. virginianum (Virginia waterleaf)

Impatiens capensis (spotted touch-me-not)

Iris sp. (blue flag iris)

Juglans cinerea (butternut)

Juglans nigra (black walnut)

Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana (eastern redcedar)

Lactuca sp. (wild lettuce)

Laportea canadensis (Canadian woodnettle)

Larix laricina (tamarack)

Lemna minor (common duckweed)

Leonurus cardiaca ssp. cardiaca (common motherwort)

Liparis liliifolia (lily-leaved twayblade)

Lonicera × bella (Bell’s honeysuckle)

Lonicera morrowii (Morrow’s honeysuckle)

Maianthemum canadense (Canada mayflower)

Maianthemum racemosum var. racemosum (common false Solomon’s seal)

Malus ioensis (prairie crabapple)

Matricaria discoidea (pineapple-weed)

Matteuccia struthiopteris var. pensylvanica (ostrich fern)

Medicago lupulina (black medick)

Medicago sativa ssp. sativa (alfalfa)

Melilotus officinalis (yellow sweet clover)

Menispermum canadense (Canada moonseed)

Monarda fistulosa (wild bergamot)

Myosoton aquaticum (giant chickweed)

Nabalus albus (white rattlesnake root)

Nepeta cataria (catnip)

Nymphaea odorata (American white waterlily)

Onoclea sensibilis (sensitive fern)

Osmorhiza claytonii (bland sweet cicely)

Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana (American hophornbeam)

Oxalis stricta (yellow wood sorrel)

Parthenocissus vitacea (woodbine)

Persicaria maculosa (spotted lady’s thumb)

Persicaria sagittata (arrowleaf tearthumb)

Phalaris arundinacea (reed canary grass)

Phryma leptostachya (American lopseed)

Picea glauca (white spruce)

Pilea pumila (Canadian clearweed)

Pinus resinosa (red pine)

Pinus strobus (eastern white pine)

Pinus sylvestris (Scots pine)

Plantago major (common plantain)

Plantago rugelii var. rugelii (black-seeded plantain)

Polygonatum biflorum var. commutatum (smooth Solomon’s seal)

Populus deltoides ssp. molinifera (plains cottonwood)

Populus grandidentata (bigtooth aspen)

Prunella vulgaris (common self-heal)

Prunus serotina var. serotina (black cherry)

Prunus virginiana var. virginiana (chokecherry)

Quercus alba (white oak)

Quercus ellipsoidalis (northern pin oak)

Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa (bur oak)

Quercus rubra (northern red oak)

Ranunculus abortivus (kidney-leaved buttercup)

Ratibida pinnata (gray-headed coneflower)

Reynoutria japonica (Japanese knotweed)

Rhamnus cathartica (common buckthorn)

Rhus glabra (smooth sumac)

Rhus typhina (staghorn sumac)

Ribes americanum (American black currant)

Ribes cynosbati (eastern prickly gooseberry)

Robinia pseudoacacia (black locust)

Rubus occidentalis (black raspberry)

Rudbeckia hirta var. pulcherrima (black-eyed Susan)

Sagittaria latifolia (broad-leaved arrowhead)

Sambucus canadensis (American elderberry)

Sambucus racemosa var. racemosa (red elderberry)

Sanguinaria canadensis (bloodroot)

Securigera varia (crown vetch)

Setaria pumila ssp. pumila (yellow foxtail)

Silene latifolia ssp. alba (white campion)

Sisymbrium officinale (hedge mustard)

Smilax ecirrhata (upright carrionflower)

Smilax tamnoides (bristly greenbrier)

Solanum dulcamara (bittersweet nightshade)

Solidago altissima var. gilvocanescens (shorthair goldenrod)

Solidago flexicaulis (zigzag goldenrod)

Solidago gigantea (giant goldenrod)

Sorghastrum nutans (Indiangrass)

Symphyotrichum cordifolium (common blue wood aster)

Symphyotrichum laeve var. laeve (common smooth blue aster)

Symphyotrichum lanceolatum (panicled aster)

Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale (common dandelion)

Thalictrum dioicum (early meadow-rue)

Thalictrum thalictroides (rue anemone)

Thuja occidentalis (northern white cedar)

Tilia americana var. americana (American basswood)

Toxicodendron rydbergii (western poison ivy)

Trifolium pratense (red clover)

Trifolium repens ssp. repens (white clover)

Trillium cernuum (nodding trillium)

Trillium grandiflorum (large-flowered trillium)

Typha latifolia (broad-leaved cattail)

Ulmus americana (American elm)

Urtica gracilis ssp. gracilis (American stinging nettle)

Uvularia grandiflora (large-flowered bellwort)

Verbena hastata (blue vervain)

Verbena urticifolia (white vervain)

Veronica serpyllifolia (thyme-leaved speedwell)

Viburnum opulus var. americanum (American highbush cranberry)

Viola pubescens (downy yellow violet)

Viola sororia (common blue violet)

Vitis riparia (wild grape)

Zanthoxylum americanum (northern prickly ash)

 

alfalfa

American black currant

American elderberry

American highbush cranberry

American white waterlily (ssp. tuberosa)

Bell’s honeysuckle

bittersweet nightshade

black raspberry

black-eyed susan

bloodroot

blue cohosh

broad-leaved arrowhead

Canadian woodnettle

catnip

common blue violet

common burdock

common milkweed

common smooth blue aster

common strawberry

common yarrow

Dutchman’s breeches

eastern prickly gooseberry

gray-headed coneflower

ground ivy

common self-heal (ssp. vulgaris)

large-flowered bellwort

large-flowered trillium

Morrow’s honeysuckle

northern prickly ash

orange daylily

Philadelphia fleabane

red baneberry

red elderberry

rue anemone

Scots pine

spotted touch-me-not

tall thimbleweed

tamarack

Virginia spring beauty

Virginia waterleaf

white snakeroot

white trout lily

wild columbine

wild geranium

yellow marsh marigold

 
 

Reptiles

 
  common garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis)   common garter snake  
 

Slime Molds

 
  red raspberry slime mold (Tubifera ferruginosa)   red raspberry slime mold  
 

Snails, Slugs, and Mussels

 
 

Orange-banded arion (Arion fasciatus), an exotic land slug, is well established here.

 
         

 

 

Binoculars

 

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