Bunker Hills Regional Park

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Area and County

Anoka County

 

 

 


Size

1,600 acres

Printable map
 
Maps

Summer Trail Map

Map with GPS coordinates

 
Parking

North Parking Area
N45 12.992, W93 17.173

 
Hiking Trails

?? miles hiking
?? miles horse
7.5 mile handicapped accessible (paved bike trail)

 
Hunting

No hunting


Ecological Classification

Province

Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province

Ecological Classification

Section

Minnesota & NE Iowa Morainal

Subsection(s)

Anoka Sand Plain

Land Type Association(s)

Anoka Lake Plain

 
Native Plant Communities1

Dry Barrens Oak Savanna (Southern): Oak Subtype

Northern Mixed Cattail Marsh

Northern Rich Fen (Basin)

Sedge Meadow

Southern Dry-Mesic Oak (Maple) Woodland


Ownership

 
Links

Anoka County Parks


Comments

Fees
Daily permits are $5 per day. Annual permits are $25, and are honored at all Anoka County, Washington County, and Carver County parks.


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Visitor Observations

   

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Amphibians

 

 
 

American toad (Bufo americanus)

American toad


Birds

 

 
 

American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)

American Robin (Turdus migratorius)

Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)

Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)

Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida)

Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis)

Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus)

Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus)

Eastern Wood-peewee (Contopus virens)

Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)

Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)

American Robin

 

 

 

 

Mourning Dove

 

 

 

 

Northern Cardinal

 


Fungi

 

 
 

Black Knot (Apiosporina morbosa)

Russula sp.

Black Knot

 


Insects and Arachnids

 

 
 

common wood nymph (Cercyonis pegala nephala)

eastern tent caterpillar (Malacosoma americanum)

goldenrod gall fly (Eurosta solidaginis)

Halloween pennant (Celithemis eponina)

monarch (Danaus plexippus)

mourning cloak (Nymphalis antiopa)

orange sulphur (Colias eurytheme)

twelve-spotted skimmer (Libellula pulchella)

white-faced meadowhawk (Sympetrum obtrusum)

widow skimmer (Libellula luctuosa)

eastern tent caterpillar

 

 

 

 

monarch

 

 

 

 

widow skimmer

 

 


Mammals

 

 
 

eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)

plains pocket gopher (Geomys bursarius)

whitetail deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

whitetail deer

 


Plants

University of Minnesota Herbarium Plant List


Plants frequently found in:

Dry Barrens Oak Savanna (Southern): Oak Subtype UPs14a2

Northern Mixed Cattail Marsh MRn83

Northern Rich Fen (Basin) OPn92

Sedge Meadow WMn82b

Southern Dry-Mesic Oak (Maple) Woodland FDs37

 
 

alfalfa (Medicago sativa ssp. sativa)

American basswood (Tilia americana)

American bittersweet (Celastrus scandens)

American elm (Ulmus americana)

American germander (Teucrium canadense)

American hazel (Corylus americana)

American hog peanut (Amphicarpaea bracteata var. bracteata)

American plum (Prunus americana)

amur maple (Acer ginnala)

asparagus (Asparagus officinalis)

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

black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)

black-seeded plantain (Plantago rugelii var. rugelii)

black bindweed (Fallopia convolvulus)

black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia)

black medick (Medicago lupulina)

black raspberry (Rubus occidentalis)

blue grama (Bouteloua gracilis)

boxelder (Acer negundo var. negundo)

bristly greenbrier (Smilax tamnoides)

broadleaf enchanter’s nightshade (Circaea lutetiana ssp. canadensis)

bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa)

butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa ssp. interior)

butter and eggs (Linaria vulgaris)

Canada mayflower (Maianthemum canadense)

Canada wildrye (Elymus canadensis)

candle anemone (Anemone cylindrica)

chokecherry (Prunus virginiana var. virginiana)

clammy groundcherry (Physalis heterophylla var. heterophylla)

Cleland’s evening primrose (Oenothera clelandii)

common buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica)

common cinquefoil (Potentilla simplex)

common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale)

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

common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)

common motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca)

common mullein (Verbascum thapsus ssp. thapsus)

common plantain (Plantago major)

common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia)

common strawberry (Fragaria virginiana)

common yarrow (Achillea millefolium)

curly dock (Rumex crispus)

dwarf false indigo (Amorpha nana)

early figwort (Scrophularia lanceolata)

early meadow rue (Thalictrum dioicum)

eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana)

eastern white pine (Pinus strobus)

fireberry hawthorn (Crataegus chrysocarpa)

grayleaf red raspberry (Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus)

green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica)

ground ivy (Glechoma hederacea)

hairy false golden aster (Heterotheca villosa)

hairy hedge nettle (Stachys pilosa var. pilosa)

hairy puccoon (Lithospermum caroliniense var. croceum)

hoary alyssum (Berteroa incana)

hoary vervain (Verbena stricta)

jack pine (Pinus banksiana)

Japanese barberry (Berberis thunbergii)

June grass (Koeleria macrantha)

large-flowered beardtongue (Penstemon grandiflorus)

leadplant (Amorpha canescens)

leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula)

light poppy mallow (Callirhoe alcaeoides)

long-bearded hawkweed (Hieracium longipilum)

long-spine sandbur (Cenchrus longispinus)

marijuana (Cannabis sativa)

Missouri gooseberry (Ribes missouriense)

Morrow’s honeysuckle (Lonicera morrowii)

narrow-leaved meadowsweet (Spiraea alba var. alba)

northern bedstraw (Galium boreale)

northern pin oak (Quercus ellipsoidalis)

orange daylily (Hemerocallis fulva)

paper birch (Betula papyrifera var. papyrifera)

plains snake-cotton (Froelichia floridana var. campestris)

prairie coreopsis (Coreopsis palmata)

prairie dropseed (Sporobolus heterolepis)

prairie fleabane (Erigeron strigosus)

prairie peppergrass (Lepidium densiflorum var. densiflorum)

prairie rose (Rosa arkansana)

prairie spiderwort (Tradescantia occidentalis var. occidentalis)

prairie sunflower (Helianthus petiolaris ssp. petiolaris)

prickly lettuce (Lactuca serriola)

purple lovegrass (Eragrostis spectabilis)

purple prairie clover (Dalea purpurea var. purpurea)

quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides)

rabbit’s foot clover (Trifolium arvense)

rattlesnake fern (Botrypus virginianus)

red pine (Pinus resinosa)

rough blazing star (Liatris aspera)

rough-fruited cinquefoil (Potentilla recta)

round-headed bush clover (Lespedeza capitata)

Scotch pine (Pinus sylvestris)

scouring rush horsetail (Equisetum hyemale var. affine)

showy goldenrod (Solidago speciosa)

sideoats grama (Bouteloua curtipendula var. curtipendula)

silver maple (Acer saccharinum)

silvery cinquefoil (Potentilla argentea)

slender beardtongue (Penstemon gracilis var. gracilis)

smooth carrionflower (Smilax herbacea)

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

smooth sumac (Rhus glabra)

spreading dogbane (Apocynum androsaemifolium)

staghorn sumac (Rhus typhina)

starry false Solomon’s seal (Maianthemum stellatum)

stiff sunflower (Helianthus pauciflorus ssp. subrhomboideus)

sugar maple (Acer saccharum ssp. saccharum)

sundial lupine (Lupinus perennis var. perennis)

tall cinquefoil (Drymocallis arguta)

Tartarian honeysuckle (Lonicera tatarica)

Virginia groundcherry (Physalis virginiana var. virginiana)

Virginia stickseed (Hackelia virginiana)

western poison ivy (Toxicodendron rydbergii)

western ragweed (Ambrosia psilostachya)

white campion (Silene latifolia ssp. alba)

white clover (Trifolium repens)

white prairie clover (Dalea candida var. candida)

white sage (Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana)

white spruce (Picea glauca)

white sweet clover (Melilotus albus)

white-flowered leaf-cup (Polymnia canadensis)

wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa)

wild geranium (Geranium maculatum)

wild grape (Vitis riparia)

winter vetch (Vicia villosa ssp. villosa)

woodbine (Parthenocissus vitacea)

woolly plantain (Plantago patagonica)

yellow goat’s beard (Tragopogon dubius)

yellow sweet clover (Melilotus officinalis)

yellow wood sorrel (Oxalis stricta)

American germander

 

 

 

 

American plum

 

 

 

 

black bindweed

 

 

 

 

black raspberry

 

 

 

 

black-eyed Susan

 

 

 

 

bur oak (var. macrocarpa)

 

 

 

 

butterfly weed

 

 

 

 

butter and eggs

 

 

 

 

chokecherry

 

 

 

 

Cleland’s evening primrose

 

 

 

 

common mullein

 

 

 

 

common strawberry

 

 

 

 

common yarrow

 

 

 

 

fireberry hawthorn

 

 

 

 

hairy puccoon

 

 

 

 

leadplant

 

 

 

 

long-spine sandbur

 

 

 

 

northern bedstraw

 

 

 

 

orange daylily

 

 

 

 

plains snake-cotton

 

 

 

 

prairie coreopsis

 

 

 

 

prairie rose

 

 

 

 

prairie sunflower

 

 

 

 

purple prairie clover

 

 

 

 

rough-fruited cinquefoil

 

 

 

 

silvery cinquefoil

 

 

 

 

smooth sumac

 

 

 

 

stiff sunflower (ssp. subrhomboideus)

 

 

 

 

sundial lupine

 

 

 

 

tall cinquefoil

 

 

 

 

western poison ivy flowers

 

 

 

 

wild geranium

 

 

 

 

yellow goat’s beard

 

 

 

 

yellow wood sorrel

 


Reptiles

 

 
 

 

 


Visits

7/17/2011

   

 

Driving Directions

 

 

 

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