Dodge Nature Center

 

 

     
 
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Dodge Nature Center

 
     
 

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Main Property, West St. Paul

Marie Property, West St. Paul

Lilly Property, Mendota Heights

 
         
 

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Size

 
 

460 acres

 
         
 

Parking

 
 

Main Property
365 Marie Avenue W
West St. Paul, MN 55118
N44 53.497, W93 6.011

Marie Property
Park at the Main Property

Lili Property
680 Highway 62, between Dodd Road and Delaware Avenue in Mendota Heights
N44 52.981, W93 7.029

 
         
 

Hours

 
 

Sun-up to sun-down

 
         
 

Fees

 
 

No fee

 
         
 

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Activities
 
 

Hiking Trails

 
 

6 miles hiking

 
     
 

Hunting

 
 

No hunting

 
     
 
Ecology
 
 

Ecological Classification

  Ecological Classification  
  Ecological Province    

Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province

   
  Ecological Section    

Minnesota & NE Iowa Morainal

   
  Ecological Subsection    

St. Paul-Baldwin Plains and Moraines

   
  Land Type Association    

Wescott Moraine

   
             
 

Native Plant Communities*

   
 

Not mapped (10/11/2021)

   
  * Source: The Minnesota Biological Survey, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Division of Ecological Resources      
         
 

Natural Features

     
 

Prairies, hardwood forests, lakes, wetlands, and an oak savanna restoration project.

 

 

 

 

 

           
 
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Main Property

 
 

Entrance

 
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Apiary

 
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Wetland Walkway

 
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Farm Pond

 
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Marsh

 
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Mixed Woodland

 
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Lilly Savanna

 
 

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Lily Pond

 
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Prairie

 
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  Parks in Minnesota Ep 7. Dodge Nature Center
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Mar 31, 2021

We weren't planning on going out on this day but I'm so glad that we did. This was such a beautiful day and I'm obsessed with the photos Ma and I took.

 
  Exploring Dodge Nature Center in fall
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Nov 15, 2021

I went to Dodge Nature Center with Noah & my parents. We saw some pretty fall colors and a new owl that wasn't there before. I love exploring with Noah & showing him all the places that I've been to. It was a nice sunny day. If you liked the video give it a thumbs up. Follow my socials:

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Sep 8, 2021

A beautiful and very educational place for kids and to go on a short hike. Good for kids and adults. It's fun watching my son get excited when he spots turtles in the pond or sees the animals near the barn.

Dodge is a 19 min drive (15.9 miles) from Minneapolis and 10 minutes (6.4 miles) from Saint Paul.

 

 

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Amphibians

 
  American toad (Anaxyrus americanus)   American toad  
 

Birds

 
 

eBird Field Checklist (Complete)

eBird Field Checklist (Lilly Preserve)

eBird Field Checklist (Marie Property)

 
 

American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)

Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)

Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)

Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)

Canvasback (Aythya valisineria)

Cinnamon Teal (Anas cyanoptera)

Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis)

Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens)

Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis)

Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)

Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)

Nashville Warbler (Leiothlypis ruficapilla)

Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)

Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)

Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)

Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)

 

Black-capped Chickadee

Canada Goose

Dark-eyed Junco

Wild Turkey

 
 

Fungi and Lichens

 
  Artist’s Conk (Ganoderma applanatum)   Artist’s Conk  
 

Insects and Arachnids

 
 

Minnesota Bee Atlas

 
 

Carolina grasshopper (Dissosteira carolina)

common green darner (Anax junius)

eastern boxelder bug (Boisea trivittata)

goldenrod bunch gall midge (Rhopalomyia solidaginis)

goldenrod gall fly (Eurosta solidaginis)

mourning cloak (Nymphalis antiopa)

orange sulphur (Colias eurytheme)

 

common green darner

mourning cloak

 
 

Mammals

 
 

Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas Mammals List

 
 

American red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus)

black squirrel (melanistic eastern gray squirrel) (Sciurus carolinensis)

eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)

eastern mole (Scalopus aquaticus)

meadow vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus pennsylvanicus)

whitetail deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

 

American red squirrel

meadow vole

 
 

Plants

 
 

Four plant species with conservation status in Minnesota are found here:

Endangered

butternut (Juglans cinerea)

Threatened

brown-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia triloba var. triloba)

Special Concern

rattlesnake master (Eryngium yuccifolium var. yuccifolium)

white wild indigo (Baptisia alba var. macrophylla)

 
 

Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas and Minnesota Biological Survey Vegetation Releves Plant List

 
 

 

absinthe wormwood (Artemisia absinthium)

alfalfa (Medicago sativa ssp. sativa)

alsike clover (Trifolium hybridum)

American basswood (Tilia americana var. americana)

American burnweed (Erechtites hieraciifolius var. hieraciifolius)

American elderberry (Sambucus canadensis)

American elm (Ulmus americana)

American highbush cranberry (Viburnum opulus var. americanum)

American hophornbeam (Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana)

American red raspberry (Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus)

American stickseed (Hackelia deflexa var. americana)

American stinging nettle (Urtica gracilis ssp. gracilis)

Amur maple (Acer ginnala)

annual fleabane (Erigeron annuus)

arrowleaf tearthumb (Persicaria sagittata)

asparagus (Asparagus officinalis)

balsam fir (Abies balsamea var. balsamea)

balsam poplar (Populus balsamifera)

big bluestem (Andropogon gerardi)

bitternut hickory (Carya cordiformis)

bittersweet nightshade (Solanum dulcamara)

black cherry (Prunus serotina var. serotina)

black raspberry (Rubus occidentalis)

black spruce (Picea mariana)

black walnut (Juglans nigra)

black-seeded plantain (Plantago rugelii var. rugelii)

blue giant hyssop (Agastache foeniculum)

Bohemian knotweed (Fallopia × bohemica)

boxelder (Acer negundo var. negundo)

brown-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia triloba var. triloba)

bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa)

butter and eggs (Linaria vulgaris)

butternut (Juglans cinerea)

calico aster (Symphyotrichum lateriflorum)

Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense)

Canadian clearweed (Pilea pumila)

Canadian horseweed (Erigeron canadensis)

Canadian wild ginger (Asarum canadense)

chicory (Cichorium intybus)

clammy groundcherry (Physalis heterophylla)

common buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica)

common burdock (Arctium minus)

common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale)

common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)

common motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca ssp. cardiaca)

common mullein (Verbascum thapsus ssp. thapsus)

common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia)

common yarrow (Achillea millefolium)

cup plant (Silphium perfoliatum var. perfoliatum)

curly dock (Rumex crispus)

curlytop knotweed (Persicaria lapathifolia)

desert false indigo (Amorpha fruticosa)

devil’s beggarticks (Bidens frondosa)

early figwort (Scrophularia lanceolata)

eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana)

eastern white pine (Pinus strobus)

fragrant bedstraw (Galium triflorum)

garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata)

giant foxtail (Setaria faberi)

giant goldenrod (Solidago gigantea)

giant ragweed (Ambrosia trifida)

gray dogwood (Cornus racemosa)

gray-headed coneflower (Ratibida pinnata)

great burdock (Arctium lappa)

green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica)

ground ivy (Glechoma hederacea)

hairy sunflower (Helianthus hirsutus)

hairy vetch (Vicia villosa ssp. villosa)

hoary alyssum (Berteroa incana)

honey locust (Gleditsia triacanthos)

Indiangrass (Sorghastrum nutans)

little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium)

lowland hog peanut (Amphicarpaea bracteata var. comosa)

Morrow’s honeysuckle (Lonicera morrowii)

nannyberry (Viburnum lentago)

narrow-leaved cattail (Typha angustifolia)

narrow-leaved purple coneflower (Echinacea angustifolia)

New England aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae)

night-flowering catchfly (Silene noctiflora)

nodding bur marigold (Bidens cernua)

northern blue flag (Iris versicolor)

northern hackberry (Celtis occidentalis)

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

northern pin oak (Quercus ellipsoidalis)

northern white cedar (Thuja occidentalis)

Ohio buckeye (Aesculus glabra var. glabra)

panicled aster (Symphyotrichum lanceolatum)

paradise apple (Malus pumila)

plains cottonwood (Populus deltoides ssp. molinifera)

prairie blazing star (Liatris pycnostachya var. pycnostachya)

prairie crabapple (Malus ioensis)

prairie dropseed (Sporobolus heterolepis)

prairie fleabane (Erigeron strigosus)

prairie onion (Allium stellatum)

purple giant hyssop (Agastache scrophulariifolia)

quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides)

rattlesnake master (Eryngium yuccifolium var. yuccifolium)

red clover (Trifolium pratense)

red goosefoot (Chenopodium rubrum)

red maple (Acer rubrum var. rubrum)

red mulberry (Morus rubra)

red osier dogwood (Cornus sericea ssp. sericea)

red pine (Pinus resinosa)

reed canary grass (Phalaris arundinacea)

rough blazing star (Liatris aspera)

round-headed bush clover (Lespedeza capitata)

round-leaved dogwood (Cornus rugosa)

Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris)

sensitive fern (Onoclea sensibilis)

Siberian elm (Ulmus pumila)

sideoats grama (Bouteloua curtipendula var. curtipendula)

silver maple (Acer saccharinum)

sky-blue aster (Symphyotrichum oolentangiense var. oolentangiense)

slender Russian thistle (Salsola collina)

smooth sumac (Rhus glabra)

soft agrimony (Agrimonia pubescens)

spotted knapweed (Centaurea stoebe ssp. micranthos)

spotted lady’s thumb (Persicaria maculosa)

spotted touch-me-not (Impatiens capensis)

staghorn sumac (Rhus typhina)

stiff goldenrod (Solidago rigida ssp. rigida)

sugar maple (Acer saccharum ssp. saccharum)

sulphur cinquefoil (Potentilla recta)

tall goldenrod (Solidago altissima var. altissima)

Tatarian honeysuckle (Lonicera tatarica)

timothy (Phleum pratense ssp. pratense)

virgin’s bower (Clematis virginiana)

Virginia waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum var. virginianum)

western ragweed (Ambrosia psilostachya)

white avens (Geum canadense)

white clover (Trifolium repens ssp. repens)

white heath aster (Symphyotrichum ericoides var. ericoides)

white mulberry (Morus alba)

white poplar (Populus alba)

white prairie clover (Dalea candida var. candida)

white sage (Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana)

white snakeroot (Ageratina altissima var. altissima)

white spruce (Picea glauca)

white sweet clover (Melilotus albus)

white turtlehead (Chelone glabra)

white vervain (Verbena urticifolia)

white wild indigo (Baptisia alba var. macrophylla)

wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa)

wild cucumber (Echinocystis lobata)

wild grape (Vitis riparia)

woodbine (Parthenocissus vitacea)

woodland strawberry (Fragaria vesca ssp. americana)

yellow foxtail (Setaria pumila ssp. pumila)

yellow wood sorrel (Oxalis stricta)

 

Abies balsamea var. balsamea (balsam fir)

Acer ginnala (Amur maple)

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)

Aesculus glabra var. glabra (Ohio buckeye)

Agastache foeniculum (blue giant hyssop)

Agastache scrophulariifolia (purple giant hyssop)

Ageratina altissima var. altissima (white snakeroot)

Agrimonia pubescens (soft agrimony)

Alliaria petiolata (garlic mustard)

Allium stellatum (prairie onion)

Ambrosia artemisiifolia (common ragweed)

Ambrosia psilostachya (western ragweed)

Ambrosia trifida (giant ragweed)

Amorpha fruticosa (desert false indigo)

Amphicarpaea bracteata var. comosa (lowland hog peanut)

Andropogon gerardi (big bluestem)

Arctium lappa (great burdock)

Arctium minus (common burdock)

Artemisia absinthium (absinthe wormwood)

Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana (white sage)

Asarum canadense (Canadian wild ginger)

Asclepias syriaca (common milkweed)

Asparagus officinalis (asparagus)

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

Baptisia alba var. macrophylla (white wild indigo)

Berteroa incana (hoary alyssum)

Bidens cernua (nodding bur marigold)

Bidens frondosa (devil’s beggarticks)

Bouteloua curtipendula var. curtipendula (sideoats grama)

Carya cordiformis (bitternut hickory)

Celtis occidentalis (northern hackberry)

Centaurea stoebe ssp. micranthos (spotted knapweed)

Chelone glabra (white turtlehead)

Chenopodium rubrum (red goosefoot)

Cichorium intybus (chicory)

Cirsium arvense (Canada thistle)

Clematis virginiana (virgin’s bower)

Cornus racemosa (gray dogwood)

Cornus rugosa (round-leaved dogwood)

Cornus sericea ssp. sericea (red osier dogwood)

Dalea candida var. candida (white prairie clover)

Echinacea angustifolia (narrow-leaved purple coneflower)

Echinocystis lobata (wild cucumber)

Erechtites hieraciifolius var. hieraciifolius (American burnweed)

Erigeron annuus (annual fleabane)

Erigeron canadensis (Canadian horseweed)

Erigeron strigosus (prairie fleabane)

Eryngium yuccifolium var. yuccifolium (rattlesnake master)

Fallopia × bohemica (Bohemian knotweed)

Fragaria vesca ssp. americana (woodland strawberry)

Fraxinus pennsylvanica (green ash)

Galium triflorum (fragrant bedstraw)

Geum canadense (white avens)

Glechoma hederacea (ground ivy)

Gleditsia triacanthos (honey locust)

Hackelia deflexa var. americana (American stickseed)

Helianthus hirsutus (hairy sunflower)

Hydrophyllum virginianum var. virginianum (Virginia waterleaf)

Impatiens capensis (spotted touch-me-not)

Iris versicolor (northern blue flag)

Juglans cinerea (butternut)

Juglans nigra (black walnut)

Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana (eastern redcedar)

Leonurus cardiaca ssp. cardiaca (common motherwort)

Lespedeza capitata (round-headed bush clover)

Liatris aspera (rough blazing star)

Liatris pycnostachya var. pycnostachya (prairie blazing star)

Linaria vulgaris (butter and eggs)

Lonicera morrowii (Morrow’s honeysuckle)

Lonicera tatarica (Tatarian honeysuckle)

Malus ioensis (prairie crabapple)

Malus pumila (paradise apple)

Medicago sativa ssp. sativa (alfalfa)

Melilotus albus (white sweet clover)

Monarda fistulosa (wild bergamot)

Morus alba (white mulberry)

Morus rubra (red mulberry)

Onoclea sensibilis (sensitive fern)

Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana (American hophornbeam)

Oxalis stricta (yellow wood sorrel)

Parthenocissus vitacea (woodbine)

Persicaria lapathifolia (curlytop knotweed)

Persicaria maculosa (spotted lady’s thumb)

Persicaria sagittata (arrowleaf tearthumb)

Phalaris arundinacea (reed canary grass)

Phleum pratense ssp. pratense (timothy)

Physalis heterophylla (clammy groundcherry)

Picea glauca (white spruce)

Picea mariana (black spruce)

Pilea pumila (Canadian clearweed)

Pinus resinosa (red pine)

Pinus strobus (eastern white pine)

Pinus sylvestris (Scots pine)

Plantago rugelii var. rugelii (black-seeded plantain)

Populus alba (white poplar)

Populus balsamifera (balsam poplar)

Populus deltoides ssp. molinifera (plains cottonwood)

Populus tremuloides (quaking aspen)

Potentilla recta (sulphur cinquefoil)

Prunus serotina var. serotina (black cherry)

Quercus ellipsoidalis (northern pin oak)

Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa (bur oak)

Ratibida pinnata (gray-headed coneflower)

Rhamnus cathartica (common buckthorn)

Rhus glabra (smooth sumac)

Rhus typhina (staghorn sumac)

Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus (American red raspberry)

Rubus occidentalis (black raspberry)

Rudbeckia triloba var. triloba (brown-eyed Susan)

Rumex crispus (curly dock)

Salsola collina (slender Russian thistle)

Sambucus canadensis (American elderberry)

Schizachyrium scoparium (little bluestem)

Scrophularia lanceolata (early figwort)

Setaria faberi (giant foxtail)

Setaria pumila ssp. pumila (yellow foxtail)

Silene noctiflora (night-flowering catchfly)

Silphium perfoliatum var. perfoliatum (cup plant)

Solanum dulcamara (bittersweet nightshade)

Solidago altissima var. altissima (tall goldenrod)

Solidago gigantea (giant goldenrod)

Solidago rigida ssp. rigida (stiff goldenrod)

Sorghastrum nutans (Indiangrass)

Sporobolus heterolepis (prairie dropseed)

Symphyotrichum ericoides var. ericoides (white heath aster)

Symphyotrichum lanceolatum (panicled aster)

Symphyotrichum lateriflorum (calico aster)

Symphyotrichum novae-angliae (New England aster)

Symphyotrichum oolentangiense var. oolentangiense (sky-blue aster)

Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale (common dandelion)

Thuja occidentalis (northern white cedar)

Tilia americana var. americana (American basswood)

Trifolium hybridum (alsike clover)

Trifolium pratense (red clover)

Trifolium repens ssp. repens (white clover)

Typha angustifolia (narrow-leaved cattail)

Ulmus americana (American elm)

Ulmus pumila (Siberian elm)

Urtica gracilis ssp. gracilis (American stinging nettle)

Verbascum thapsus ssp. thapsus (common mullein)

Verbena urticifolia (white vervain)

Viburnum lentago (nannyberry)

Viburnum opulus var. americanum (American highbush cranberry)

Vicia villosa ssp. villosa (hairy vetch)

Vitis riparia (wild grape)

 

absinthe wormwood

alsike clover

American elderberry

American highbush cranberry

big bluestem

black cherry

black raspberry

bur oak (var. macrocarpa)

butter and eggs

chicory

common mullein

cup plant

desert false indigo

giant foxtail

gray-headed coneflower

gray dogwood

hairy vetch

Morrow’s honeysuckle

nannyberry

narrow-leaved purple coneflower

New England aster

northern lady fern

Iowa crabapple

prairie onion

rattlesnake master

reed canary grass

sulphur cinquefoil

round-headed bush clover

sensitive fern

spotted knapweed

spotted touch-me-not

virgin’s bower

Virginia waterleaf

white clover

white snakeroot

white wild indigo

woodland strawberry

yellow wood sorrel

 
 

Reptiles

 
 

common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina)

painted turtle (Chrysemys picta)

  common snapping turtle  

 

 

Binoculars

 

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