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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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Deer hunting by shotgun and archery. See Natural Resources Management (Three Rivers Park District) for details. |
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Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province |
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Minnesota & NE Iowa Morainal |
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Land Type Association | Maple Plain Moraine |
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Elm - Basswood - Black Ash - (Hackberry) Forest Red Oak - Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Bitternut Hickory) Forest Southern Mesic Maple-Basswood Forest |
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840 acres of restored prairie |
Horse Park
This is a horse park that accommodates hikers with a short hiking trail. The hiking trail is wide and, despite numerous signs, is also used by horseback riders.
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Prairie flowers in bloom along the trail between the Twin Lakes |
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Volunteers help restore prairie |
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Published on Sep 24, 2013 The tug of a prairie sky can be powerful. It has a magnetic pull on those who love wide open space, colorful flowers and fresh autumn air. "There isn't a time when the prairie isn't beautiful," said Maria Duane of Victoria. "I guess the sense of space is what is very appealing to me. I don't like feeling hemmed in. You feel very free in an open space like this." Duane was in a volunteer group collecting prairie seeds at Hassan-Crow Park in Rogers. It was all part of a prairie restoration project. "By collecting these seeds, we can take them and we can create the seed mixes that we want for specific areas and put them back out on the prairie, prairies that we have already restored, or else we can start converting others," said Steve Hogg, wildlife specialist for the Three Rivers Park District. The goal for the volunteers was to come up with three different kinds of seeds from the Crow-Hassan prairie. It's a simple premise - identify the flower, grab the seeds and drop them in a bag. Prairie seed collection is organized by the Three Rivers Park District and runs from August through October. "The great thing about prairies is that there's always something blooming," Hogg said. "By having something always blooming, things become ripe at different times of the year." Without volunteers, the tab for this seedy job would be approximately $50,000. However, they are glad to chip in because a day on the prairie is priceless. "It's a very sacred time actually, very quiet, beautiful," Duane said. "I love the prairie plants." "The environment, the air, the sky, it's a beautiful place to be," said volunteer Jim Rogne. If you want to volunteer for prairie restoration, the next seed collection is Tuesday, Oct. 1, between 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Eric Nelson, reporting http://twelve.tv/ 12 News is on Comcast cable channel 12 in the northwest suburbs of Minneapolis and includes the cities Brooklyn Center, Brooklyn Park, Crystal, Golden Valley, Maple Grove, New Hope, Osseo, Plymouth and Robbinsdale. |
Prairie Burn - Three Rivers Parks |
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Uploaded on May 11, 2010 Three Rivers Parks routinely do prairie burns to renew and regenerate prairie ecosystems. This video shows how it's done at Crow-Hassan Park in northwest Hennepin County. |
second run of the season |
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Uploaded on Oct 3, 2010 a little puppy run in Crow Hassan Park |
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1/26/2023 Here are a few reptiles you sometimes see there during the warmer months. |
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gopher snake (Pituophis catenifer) painted turtle (Chrysemys picta) |
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apical chlorosis of Canada thistle (Pst) (Pseudomonas syringae pv. tagetis) | ![]() |
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Black Knot (Apiosporina morbosa) Common Greenshield Lichen (Flavoparmelia caperata) Gold Dust Lichen (Chrysothrix candelaris) |
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banded argiope (Argiope trifasciata) common harvestman (Phalangium opilio) dog day cicada (Neotibicen canicularis) eastern harvestman (Leiobunum vittatum) goldenrod bunch gall midge (Rhopalomyia solidaginis) goldenrod gall fly (Eurosta solidaginis) goldenrod soldier beetle (Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus) great black digger wasp (Sphex pensylvanicus) |
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Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas and Minnesota Biological Survey Vegetation Releves Plant List |
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Plants frequently found in: Elm - Basswood - Black Ash - (Hackberry) Forest MHs49a Red Oak - Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Bitternut Hickory) Forest MHs38c |
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American basswood (Tilia americana var. americana) American bittersweet (Celastrus scandens) American elm (Ulmus americana) American germander (Teucrium canadense) American hophornbeam (Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana) American lopseed (Phryma leptostachya) American plum (Prunus americana) American red raspberry (Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus) American stinging nettle (Urtica gracilis ssp. gracilis) American vetch (Vicia americana ssp. americana) American white waterlily (Nymphaea odorata) annual fleabane (Erigeron annuus) arrowleaf tearthumb (Persicaria sagittata) asparagus (Asparagus officinalis) big bluestem (Andropogon gerardi) bird’s-foot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus var. corniculatus) bitternut hickory (Carya cordiformis) 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 giant hyssop (Agastache foeniculum) blue skullcap (Scutellaria lateriflora) bottle gentian (Gentiana andrewsii) boxelder (Acer negundo var. negundo) broad-leaved arrowhead (Sagittaria latifolia) broadleaf enchanter’s nightshade (Circaea canadensis) bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa) butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa ssp. interior) Canada anemone (Anemonastrum canadense) Canada goldenrod (Solidago canadensis) Canada moonseed (Menispermum canadense) Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense) Canada wildrye (Elymus canadensis) Canadian horseweed (Erigeron canadensis) Canadian tick-trefoil (Desmodium canadense) Canadian woodnettle (Laportea canadensis) candle anemone (Anemone cylindrica) chokecherry (Prunus virginiana var. virginiana) clammy groundcherry (Physalis heterophylla) common burdock (Arctium minus) common chickweed (Stellaria media) common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale) common evening primrose (Oenothera biennis) common false Solomon’s seal (Maianthemum racemosum var. racemosum) common lambsquarters (Chenopodium album) 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 yarrow (Achillea millefolium) crabgrass (Digitaria spp.) Culver’s root (Veronicastrum virginicum) cup plant (Silphium perfoliatum var. perfoliatum) cut-leaved coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata var. laciniata) dotted blazing star (Liatris punctata var. punctata) early figwort (Scrophularia lanceolata) early meadow-rue (Thalictrum dioicum) eastern bottlebrush grass (Elymus hystrix) eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana) field mouse-ear chickweed (Cerastium arvense ssp. strictum) field thistle (Cirsium discolor) flowering spurge (Euphorbia corollata) fragrant bedstraw (Galium triflorum) giant foxtail (Setaria faberi) giant ragweed (Ambrosia trifida) golden alexanders (Zizia aurea) gray dogwood (Cornus racemosa) gray goldenrod (Solidago nemoralis) gray-headed coneflower (Ratibida pinnata) green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica) green foxtail (Setaria viridis var. viridis) ground ivy (Glechoma hederacea) hairy false goldenaster (Heterotheca villosa) hairy sunflower (Helianthus hirsutus) hairy vetch (Vicia villosa ssp. villosa) heart-leaved four o’clock (Mirabilis nyctaginea) heart-leaved golden alexanders (Zizia aptera) hedge bindweed (Calystegia sepium) hoary alyssum (Berteroa incana) hoary vervain (Verbena stricta) Indian hemp (Apocynum cannabinum) Indiangrass (Sorghastrum nutans) jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) June grass (Koeleria macrantha) Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis ssp. pratensis) large-flowered beardtongue (Penstemon grandiflorus) late goldenrod (Solidago altissima) little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium) long-bearded hawkweed (Hieracium longipilum) long-spine sandbur (Cenchrus longispinus) lowland hog peanut (Amphicarpaea bracteata var. comosa) marsh vetchling (Lathyrus palustris) Missouri gooseberry (Ribes missouriense) Morrow’s honeysuckle (Lonicera morrowii) narrow-leaved cattail (Typha angustifolia) northern hackberry (Celtis occidentalis) northern lady fern (Athyrium filix-femina var. angustum) northern pin oak (Quercus ellipsoidalis) northern prickly ash (Zanthoxylum americanum) northern red oak (Quercus rubra) paleleaf woodland sunflower (Helianthus strumosus) panicled aster (Symphyotrichum lanceolatum) Pennsylvania smartweed (Persicaria pensylvanica) porcupine grass (Hesperostipa spartea) prairie alumroot (Heuchera richardsonii) prairie blazing star (Liatris pycnostachya var. pycnostachya) prairie cordgrass (Sporobolus michauxianus) prairie coreopsis (Coreopsis palmata) prairie dropseed (Sporobolus heterolepis) prairie fleabane (Erigeron strigosus) prairie goldenrod (Solidago ptarmicoides) prairie onion (Allium stellatum) prairie peppergrass (Lepidium densiflorum) purple giant hyssop (Agastache scrophulariifolia) purple lovegrass (Eragrostis spectabilis) purple meadow-rue (Thalictrum dasycarpum) purple prairie clover (Dalea purpurea var. purpurea) quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) rattlesnake fern (Botrypus virginianus) red clover (Trifolium pratense) red maple (Acer rubrum var. rubrum) reed canary grass (Phalaris arundinacea) rough bedstraw (Galium asprellum) rough blazing star (Liatris aspera) rough oxeye (Heliopsis helianthoides var. scabra) round-headed bush clover (Lespedeza capitata) Russian olive (Elaeagnus angustifolia) sensitive fern (Onoclea sensibilis) showy goldenrod species complex (Solidago speciosa complex) sideoats grama (Bouteloua curtipendula var. curtipendula) silky aster (Symphyotrichum sericeum) silky dogwood (Cornus obliqua) silver maple (Acer saccharinum) silvery cinquefoil (Potentilla argentea) smooth rose (Rosa blanda var. blanda) smooth scouring rush (Equisetum laevigatum) smooth Solomon’s seal (Polygonatum biflorum var. commutatum) steeplebush (Spiraea tomentosa) stiff sunflower (Helianthus pauciflorus) sugar maple (Acer saccharum ssp. saccharum) sundial lupine (Lupinus perennis var. perennis) switch grass (Panicum virgatum var. virgatum) tall bellflower (Campanulastrum americanum) tall cinquefoil (Drymocallis arguta) tall thimbleweed (Anemone virginiana) Tatarian honeysuckle (Lonicera tatarica) timothy (Phleum pratense ssp. pratense) tower mustard (Turritis glabra) upright carrionflower (Smilax ecirrhata) variegated yellow pond lily (Nuphar variegata) veiny pea (Lathyrus venosus var. intonsus) virgin’s bower (Clematis virginiana) Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia) Virginia mountain mint (Pycnanthemum virginianum) Virginia pepper grass (Lepidium virginicum var. virginicum) Virginia stickseed (Hackelia virginiana) Virginia waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum var. virginianum) water smartweed (Persicaria amphibia) western poison ivy (Toxicodendron rydbergii) white campion (Silene latifolia ssp. alba) white clover (Trifolium repens ssp. repens) white heath aster (Symphyotrichum ericoides var. ericoides) white prairie clover (Dalea candida var. candida) white sage (Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana) white snakeroot (Ageratina altissima var. altissima) white sweet clover (Melilotus albus) whorled milkweed (Asclepias verticillata) wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa) wild columbine (Aquilegia canadensis) wild cucumber (Echinocystis lobata) wild sarsaparilla (Aralia nudicaulis) wild strawberry (Fragaria virginiana) wolfberry (Symphoricarpos occidentalis) wood betony (Pedicularis canadensis ssp. canadensis) woodbine (Parthenocissus vitacea) woundwort (Stachys pilosa var. arenicola) yellow foxtail (Setaria pumila ssp. pumila) yellow goat’s beard (Tragopogon dubius) yellow sweet clover (Melilotus officinalis) yellow wood sorrel (Oxalis stricta)
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) Agastache foeniculum (blue giant hyssop) Agastache scrophulariifolia (purple giant hyssop) Ageratina altissima var. altissima (white snakeroot) Allium stellatum (prairie onion) Ambrosia artemisiifolia (common ragweed) Ambrosia trifida (giant ragweed) Amphicarpaea bracteata var. comosa (lowland hog peanut) Andropogon gerardi (big bluestem) Anemonastrum canadense (Canada anemone) Anemone cylindrica (candle anemone) Anemone virginiana (tall thimbleweed) Apocynum cannabinum (Indian hemp) Aquilegia canadensis (wild columbine) Aralia nudicaulis (wild sarsaparilla) Arctium minus (common burdock) Arisaema triphyllum (jack-in-the-pulpit) Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana (white sage) Asclepias syriaca (common milkweed) Asclepias tuberosa ssp. interior (butterfly weed) Asclepias verticillata (whorled milkweed) Asparagus officinalis (asparagus) Athyrium filix-femina var. angustum (northern lady fern) Berteroa incana (hoary alyssum) Botrypus virginianus (rattlesnake fern) Bouteloua curtipendula var. curtipendula (sideoats grama) Calystegia sepium (hedge bindweed) Campanulastrum americanum (tall bellflower) Carya cordiformis (bitternut hickory) Celastrus scandens (American bittersweet) Celtis occidentalis (northern hackberry) Cenchrus longispinus (long-spine sandbur) Cerastium arvense (field mouse-ear chickweed) Chenopodium album (common lambsquarters) Circaea canadensis (broadleaf enchanter’s nightshade) Cirsium arvense (Canada thistle) Cirsium discolor (field thistle) Clematis virginiana (virgin’s bower) Coreopsis palmata (prairie coreopsis) Cornus obliqua (silky dogwood) Cornus racemosa (gray dogwood) Dalea candida var. candida (white prairie clover) Dalea purpurea var. purpurea (purple prairie clover) Desmodium canadense (Canadian tick-trefoil) Digitaria spp. (crabgrass) Drymocallis arguta (tall cinquefoil) Echinocystis lobata (wild cucumber) Elaeagnus angustifolia (Russian olive) Elymus canadensis (Canada wildrye) Elymus hystrix (eastern bottlebrush grass) Equisetum laevigatum (smooth scouring rush) Eragrostis spectabilis (purple lovegrass) Erigeron annuus (annual fleabane) Erigeron canadensis (Canadian horseweed) Erigeron strigosus (prairie fleabane) Euphorbia corollata (flowering spurge) Fragaria virginiana (wild strawberry) Fraxinus pennsylvanica (green ash) Galium asprellum (rough bedstraw) Galium triflorum (fragrant bedstraw) Gentiana alba (yellowish gentian) Gentiana andrewsii (bottle gentian) Glechoma hederacea (ground ivy) Hackelia virginiana (Virginia stickseed) Helianthus hirsutus (hairy sunflower) Helianthus pauciflorus (stiff sunflower) Helianthus strumosus (paleleaf woodland sunflower) Heliopsis helianthoides var. scabra (rough oxeye) Hesperostipa spartea (porcupine grass) Heterotheca villosa (hairy false goldenaster) Heuchera richardsonii (prairie alumroot) Hieracium longipilum (long-bearded hawkweed) Hydrophyllum virginianum var. virginianum (Virginia waterleaf) Hypericum perforatum (common St. Johnswort) Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana (eastern redcedar) Koeleria macrantha (June grass) Laportea canadensis (Canadian woodnettle) Lathyrus palustris (marsh vetchling) Lathyrus venosus var. intonsus) (veiny pea) Leonurus cardiaca ssp. cardiaca (common motherwort) Lepidium densiflorum (prairie peppergrass) Lepidium virginicum var. virginicum (Virginia pepper grass) Lespedeza capitata (round-headed bush clover) Liatris aspera (rough blazing star) Liatris punctata var. punctata (dotted blazing star) Liatris pycnostachya var. pycnostachya (prairie blazing star) Lonicera morrowii (Morrow’s honeysuckle) Lonicera tatarica (Tatarian honeysuckle) Lotus corniculatus var. corniculatus (bird’s-foot trefoil) Lupinus perennis var. perennis (sundial lupine) Maianthemum racemosum var. racemosum (common false Solomon’s seal) Medicago lupulina (black medick) Melilotus albus (white sweet clover) Melilotus officinalis (yellow sweet clover) Menispermum canadense (Canada moonseed) Mirabilis nyctaginea (heart-leaved four o’clock) Monarda fistulosa (wild bergamot) Nuphar variegata (variegated yellow pond lily) Nymphaea odorata (American white waterlily) Oenothera biennis (common evening primrose) Onoclea sensibilis (sensitive fern) Osmorhiza claytonii (bland sweet cicely) Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana (American hophornbeam) Oxalis stricta (yellow wood sorrel) Panicum virgatum var. virgatum (switch grass) Parthenocissus quinquefolia (Virginia creeper) Parthenocissus vitacea (woodbine) Pedicularis canadensis ssp. canadensis (wood betony) Penstemon grandiflorus (large-flowered beardtongue) Persicaria amphibia (water smartweed) Persicaria pensylvanica (Pennsylvania smartweed) Persicaria sagittata (arrowleaf tearthumb) Phalaris arundinacea (reed canary grass) Phleum pratense ssp. pratense (timothy) Phryma leptostachya (American lopseed) Physalis heterophylla (clammy groundcherry) Plantago rugelii var. rugelii (black-seeded plantain) Poa pratensis ssp. pratensis (Kentucky bluegrass) Polygonatum biflorum var. commutatum (smooth Solomon’s seal) Populus tremuloides (quaking aspen) Potentilla argentea (silvery cinquefoil) Prunus americana (American plum) Prunus serotina var. serotina (black cherry) Prunus virginiana var. virginiana (chokecherry) Pycnanthemum virginianum (Virginia mountain mint) Quercus ellipsoidalis (northern pin oak) Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa (bur oak) Quercus rubra (northern red oak) Ratibida pinnata (gray-headed coneflower) Ribes missouriense (Missouri gooseberry) Rosa blanda var. blanda (smooth rose) Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus (American red raspberry) Rubus occidentalis (black raspberry) Rudbeckia hirta var. pulcherrima (black-eyed Susan) Rudbeckia laciniata var. laciniata (cut-leaved coneflower) Sagittaria latifolia (broad-leaved arrowhead) Sanguinaria canadensis (bloodroot) Schizachyrium scoparium (little bluestem) Scrophularia lanceolata (early figwort) Scutellaria lateriflora (blue skullcap) Setaria faberi (giant foxtail) Setaria pumila ssp. pumila (yellow foxtail) Setaria viridis var. viridis (green foxtail) Silene latifolia ssp. alba (white campion) Silphium perfoliatum var. perfoliatum (cup plant) Smilax ecirrhata (upright carrionflower) Solidago altissima (late goldenrod) Solidago canadensis (Canada goldenrod) Solidago flexicaulis (zigzag goldenrod) Solidago nemoralis (gray goldenrod) Solidago ptarmicoides (prairie goldenrod) Solidago speciosa complex (showy goldenrod species complex) Sorghastrum nutans (Indiangrass) Spiraea tomentosa (steeplebush) Sporobolus heterolepis (prairie dropseed) Sporobolus michauxianus (prairie cordgrass) Stachys pilosa var. arenicola (woundwort) Stellaria media ssp. media (common chickweed) Symphoricarpos occidentalis (wolfberry) Symphyotrichum ericoides var. ericoides (white heath aster) Symphyotrichum lanceolatum (panicled aster) Symphyotrichum sericeum (silky aster) Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale (common dandelion) Teucrium canadense (American germander) Thalictrum dasycarpum (purple meadow-rue) Thalictrum dioicum (early meadow-rue) Tilia americana var. americana (American basswood) Toxicodendron rydbergii (western poison ivy) Tragopogon dubius (yellow goat’s beard) Trifolium pratense (red clover) Trifolium repens ssp. repens (white clover) Turritis glabra (tower mustard) Typha angustifolia (narrow-leaved cattail) Ulmus americana (American elm) Urtica gracilis ssp. gracilis (American stinging nettle) Verbascum thapsus ssp. thapsus (common mullein) Verbena stricta (hoary vervain) Veronicastrum virginicum (Culver’s root) Vicia americana ssp. americana (American vetch) Vicia villosa ssp. villosa (hairy vetch) Zanthoxylum americanum (northern prickly ash) |
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Reintroduced Species
Regal fritillaries and Leonard’s skippers were recently reintroduced on the restored prairie.
Eastern hognose snakes and bull snakes have also been reintroduced into the park.
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