Victoria, MN
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7400 Grimm Road Parley Lake Springview Rd Lowry Nature Center |
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Carver Park Reserve Lowry Nature Center |
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No fee Beginning December 1, 2019, visitors to Carver County Parks are no longer required to purchase a daily or yearly vehicle pass. |
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Archery | Dog Off-leash | Lake Auburn Campground | Lowry Nature Center: Summer | Lowry Nature Center: Winter | Monarch Singletrack Trail: Winter | Monarch Singletrack Trail: Summer | Monarch Singletrack Trail: Paradise Technical Area (Advanced) |
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Hiking Trail running Biking Mountain biking Horseback riding Picnicking Camping Swimming Boating Canoeing Birding Nature photography Horseshoes Volleyball Geocaching Cross country skiing Skate-skiing Winter hiking Snowshoeing Snowmobiling |
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Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province |
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Minnesota & NE Iowa Morainal |
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Big Woods |
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Land Type Association | Maple Plain Moraine |
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Southern Mesic Maple-Basswood Forest Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Bitternut Hickory) Forest Sugar Maple Forest (Big Woods) Tamarack Swamp (Southern) |
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* Source: The Minnesota Biological Survey, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Division of Ecological Resources | |||||
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Floating walkway on the Maple Trail at Lowry Nature Center |
Part of the Maple Trail at Lowry Nature Center | |
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Visitor's Center at Lowry Nature Center |
Sliding hill at Lowry Nature Center | |
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Oak Trail at Lowry Nature Center |
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Lowry Nature Center and hiking trail entrance |
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Crosby Lake |
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Stone Lake |
Shorebird sanctuary | |
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Boardwalk through cattail marsh |
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Winter trails |
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Tamarack Swamp (Southern) |
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Carver Park reserve 2012 MN |
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Cross Country Skiing in Carver Park Reserve, Minnesota |
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Published on Dec 29, 2013 Filmed with a GoPro Hero 3+. Cross Country skiing with my brother, sister in law and 3 nephews in Carver Park Reserve, near Minneapolis. |
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Reptiles |
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common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina) | ![]() |
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4/27/2006 7/8/2011 3/2/2015 |
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boreal chorus frog (Pseudacris maculata) | ![]() |
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band-winged meadowhawk (Sympetrum semicinctum) common wood nymph (Cercyonis pegala) four-spotted skimmer (Libellula quadrimaculata) goldenrod gall fly (Eurosta solidaginis) great spangled fritillary (Argynnis cybele) Halloween pennant (Celithemis eponina) ruby meadowhawk (Sympetrum rubicundulum) twelve-spotted skimmer (Libellula pulchella) |
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American beaver (Castor canadensis) American red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) eastern chipmunk (Tamias striatus) |
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Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas and Minnesota Biological Survey Vegetation Releves Plant List |
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Plants frequently found in: Southern Mesic Maple-Basswood Forest MHs39 Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Bitternut Hickory) Forest MHs39a |
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alfalfa (Medicago sativa ssp. sativa) American basswood (Tilia americana var. americana) American bugleweed (Lycopus americanus) American elderberry (Sambucus canadensis) American elm (Ulmus americana) American hophornbeam (Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana) American red raspberry (Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus) American vetch (Vicia americana ssp. americana) American white waterlily (Nymphaea odorata) American woodland strawberry (Fragaria vesca ssp. americana) bastard toadflax (Comandra umbellata) bird’s-foot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus var. corniculatus) bittersweet nightshade (Solanum dulcamara) black cherry (Prunus serotina var. serotina) black medick (Medicago lupulina) black raspberry (Rubus occidentalis) black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta var. pulcherrima) black-seeded plantain (Plantago rugelii var. rugelii) bland sweet cicely (Osmorhiza claytonii) bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) blue vervain (Verbena hastata) bluntleaf sandwort (Moehringia lateriflora) boxelder (Acer negundo var. negundo) broad-leaved arrowhead (Sagittaria latifolia) broadleaf enchanter’s nightshade (Circaea canadensis) bull thistle (Cirsium vulgare) bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa) butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa ssp. interior) Canada moonseed (Menispermum canadense) Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense) Canadian tick-trefoil (Desmodium canadense) Canadian woodnettle (Laportea canadensis) chokecherry (Prunus virginiana var. virginiana) clammy groundcherry (Physalis heterophylla) clustered bellflower (Campanula glomerata) common bladderwort (Utricularia macrorhiza) common blue violet (Viola sororia) common buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica) common burdock (Arctium minus) common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale) common duckweed (Lemna minor) common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) common motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca ssp. cardiaca) common mullein (Verbascum thapsus ssp. thapsus) common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia) common St. Johnswort (Hypericum perforatum) common selfheal (Prunella vulgaris) common yarrow (Achillea millefolium) Culver’s root (Veronicastrum virginicum) cup plant (Silphium perfoliatum var. perfoliatum) cut-leaved toothwort (Cardamine concatenata) Deptford pink (Dianthus armeria ssp. armeria) eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana) foxtail barley (Hordeum jubatum ssp. jubatum) garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata) giant ragweed (Ambrosia trifida) glossy buckthorn (Frangula alnus) gray dogwood (Cornus racemosa) green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica) hairy wood mint (Blephilia hirsuta var. hirsuta) hairy vetch (Vicia villosa ssp. villosa) jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) kidney-leaved buttercup (Ranunculus abortivus) large-flowered bellwort (Uvularia grandiflora) marsh skullcap (Scutellaria galericulata) Missouri gooseberry (Ribes missouriense) Morrow’s honeysuckle (Lonicera morrowii) narrow-leaved cattail (Typha angustifolia) northern bedstraw (Galium boreale) northern hackberry (Celtis occidentalis) northern lady fern (Athyrium filix-femina var. angustum) northern pin oak (Quercus ellipsoidalis) northern red oak (Quercus rubra) paper birch (Betula papyrifera) plains cottonwood (Populus deltoides ssp. molinifera) pointed-leaved tick-trefoil (Hylodesmum glutinosum) prairie dropseed (Sporobolus heterolepis) prairie peppergrass (Lepidium densiflorum) purple prairie clover (Dalea purpurea var. purpurea) quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) Queen Anne’s lace (Daucus carota ssp. carota) red clover (Trifolium pratense) rough cinquefoil (Potentilla norvegica) rough oxeye (Heliopsis helianthoides var. scabra) round-headed bush clover (Lespedeza capitata) round-leaved dogwood (Cornus rugosa) rue anemone (Thalictrum thalictroides) sensitive fern (Onoclea sensibilis) sharp-lobed hepatica (Anemone acutiloba) silver maple (Acer saccharinum) smooth yellow violet (Viola eriocarpa) spreading dogbane (Apocynum androsaemifolium) starry false Solomon’s seal (Maianthemum stellatum) sugar maple (Acer saccharum ssp. saccharum) swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata ssp. incarnata) Tatarian honeysuckle (Lonicera tatarica) timothy (Phleum pratense ssp. pratense) variegated yellow pond lily (Nuphar variegata) Virginia waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum var. virginianum) white campion (Silene latifolia ssp. alba) white clover (Trifolium repens ssp. repens) white prairie clover (Dalea candida) white snakeroot (Ageratina altissima var. altissima) white sweet clover (Melilotus albus) wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa) wild sarsaparilla (Aralia nudicaulis) wood anemone (Anemone quinquefolia var. quinquefolia) woodbine (Parthenocissus vitacea) woundwort (Stachys pilosa var. arenicola) 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 trifida (giant ragweed) Anemone acutiloba (sharp-lobed hepatica) Anemone quinquefolia var. quinquefolia (wood anemone) Apocynum androsaemifolium (spreading dogbane) Aralia nudicaulis (wild sarsaparilla) Arctium minus (common burdock) Arisaema triphyllum (jack-in-the-pulpit) Asclepias incarnata ssp. incarnata (swamp milkweed) Asclepias syriaca (common milkweed) Asclepias tuberosa ssp. interior (butterfly weed) Athyrium filix-femina var. angustum (northern lady fern) Betula papyrifera (paper birch) Blephilia hirsuta var. hirsuta (hairy wood mint) Campanula glomerata (clustered bellflower) Cardamine concatenata (cut-leaved toothwort) Celtis occidentalis (northern hackberry) Circaea canadensis (broadleaf enchanter’s nightshade) Cirsium arvense (Canada thistle) Cirsium vulgare (bull thistle) Comandra umbellata (bastard toadflax) Cornus racemosa (gray dogwood) Cornus rugosa (round-leaved dogwood) Dalea candida (white prairie clover) Dalea purpurea var. purpurea (purple prairie clover) Daucus carota ssp. carota (Queen Anne’s lace) Desmodium canadense (Canadian tick-trefoil) Dianthus armeria ssp. armeria (Deptford pink) Fragaria vesca ssp. americana (American woodland strawberry) Frangula alnus (glossy buckthorn) Fraxinus pennsylvanica (green ash) Galium boreale (northern bedstraw) Heliopsis helianthoides var. scabra (rough oxeye) Hordeum jubatum ssp. jubatum (foxtail barley) Hydrophyllum virginianum var. virginianum (Virginia waterleaf) Hylodesmum glutinosum (pointed-leaved tick-trefoil) Hypericum perforatum (common St. Johnswort) Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana (eastern redcedar) Laportea canadensis (Canadian woodnettle) Lemna minor (common duckweed) Leonurus cardiaca ssp. cardiaca (common motherwort) Lepidium densiflorum (prairie peppergrass) Lespedeza capitata (round-headed bush clover) Lonicera morrowii (Morrow’s honeysuckle) Lonicera tatarica (Tatarian honeysuckle) Lotus corniculatus var. corniculatus (bird’s-foot trefoil) Lycopus americanus (American bugleweed) Maianthemum stellatum (starry false Solomon’s seal) Medicago lupulina (black medick) Medicago sativa ssp. sativa (alfalfa) Melilotus albus (white sweet clover) Melilotus officinalis (yellow sweet clover) Menispermum canadense (Canada moonseed) Moehringia lateriflora (bluntleaf sandwort) Monarda fistulosa (wild bergamot) Nuphar variegata (variegated yellow pond lily) 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) Phleum pratense ssp. pratense (timothy) Physalis heterophylla (clammy groundcherry) Plantago rugelii var. rugelii (black-seeded plantain) Populus deltoides ssp. molinifera (plains cottonwood) Populus tremuloides (quaking aspen) Potentilla norvegica (rough cinquefoil) Prunella vulgaris (common selfheal) 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 missouriense (Missouri gooseberry) Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus (American red raspberry) Rubus occidentalis (black raspberry) Rudbeckia hirta var. pulcherrima (black-eyed Susan) Sagittaria latifolia (broad-leaved arrowhead) Sambucus canadensis (American elderberry) Sanguinaria canadensis (bloodroot) Scutellaria galericulata (marsh skullcap) Silene latifolia ssp. alba (white campion) Silphium perfoliatum var. perfoliatum (cup plant) Solanum dulcamara (bittersweet nightshade) Sporobolus heterolepis (prairie dropseed) Stachys pilosa var. arenicola (woundwort) Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale (common dandelion) Thalictrum thalictroides (rue anemone) Tilia americana var. americana (American basswood) Tragopogon dubius (yellow goat’s beard) Trifolium pratense (red clover) Trifolium repens ssp. repens (white clover) Typha angustifolia (narrow-leaved cattail) Ulmus americana (American elm) Utricularia macrorhiza (common bladderwort) Uvularia grandiflora (large-flowered bellwort) Verbascum thapsus ssp. thapsus (common mullein) Verbena hastata (blue vervain) Veronicastrum virginicum (Culver’s root) Vicia americana ssp. americana (American vetch) Vicia villosa ssp. villosa (hairy vetch) Viola eriocarpa (smooth yellow violet) |
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Trumpeter Swans
Trumpeter Swans can be viewed on Crosby Lake, at the Fred E. King Waterfowl Sanctuary on Lutsen Lake, and from a blind at the end of Carver Park Road.
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