Glacial Lakes State Park

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			Pope County
			Northwest Minnesota

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Size

2,466 acres statutory, 1,872 owned

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Park Office

N45 32.479, W95 31.887

Hiking Trails

16 miles
½ mile interpretive trail

Hunting

No hunting

Ecological Classification

Province

Prairie Parkland Province

Section

North Central Glaciated Plains

Subsection(s)

Minnesota River Prairie

Land Type Association(s)

Gilchrist Moraine

Native Plant Communities¹

Basswood - Bur Oak - (Green Ash) Forest

Dry Sand - Gravel Oak Savanna (Southern)

Dry Sand - Gravel Prairie (Southern)

Mesic Prairie (Southern)

Ownership

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Minnesota DNR

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Overview
Several state parks in western Minnesota preserve parts of the state’s once vast tallgrass prairie. The best of these by far is Glacial Lakes State Park. It is located in the Leaf Hills, a 10 to 19 mile wide region of glacial hills stretching from Detroit Lakes to Willmar. Hiking trails on treeless, wide open prairie lead over rolling hills, eskers, kettles, and moraines. One section of the prairie loop trail follows ridge line with spectacular views of the prairie below. Another trail leads through bur oak forest. In all, there are 16 miles of natural surface hiking trails. If you visit, come early and plan to spend the whole day.

Visits

7/25/1999

8/28/2004

8/25/2014


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Park Entrance


Basswood - Bur Oak - (Green Ash) Forest


Dry Sand - Gravel Prairie (Southern)




Wet Prairie


Cattail Marsh


Kettle


Esker


Kettle Lake




Shallow Lake


Trails


Spring Burn, April 2016


Wildflower Plantation, 2004 (for prairie restoration?)

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	Glacial Lakes State Park Richard Sanders

	About Glacial Lakes State Park, MN

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	Great Minnesota Parks: Glacial Lakes State Park pioneerpublic

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	Weasels at Glacial Lakes State Park Sandy Hackenmueller

	About Published on Aug 18, 2013 No description available.

	Glacial Lakes State Park panorama at Baby Bella Lake Brad Pazian

	About Uploaded on Oct 7, 2011 This is a brief video showing some of the rolling prairie scenery on a beautiful fall day in Glacial Lakes State Park

	Kayaking Minnesota - Glacial Lake State Park friskypants74

	About Published on Jul 12, 2013 Brief description of Glacial Lakes State Park and Glacial Lake itself.

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Amphibians	northern leopard frog (Rana pipiens) wood frog (Rana sylvatica)

Birds	Nine bird species with conservation status in Minnesota and one tracked species have been seen here:
	Endangered	Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus)

	Special concern	American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) Cerulean Warbler (Setophaga cerulea) Forster’s Tern (Sterna forsteri) Franklin’s Gull (Leucophaeus pipixcan) Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus) Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) Purple Martin (Progne subis) Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)

	Tracked	Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)

	Minnesota DNR Bird Checklist Minnesota River Birding Trail

	American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) Eastern Wood-peewee (Contopus virens) Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) Northern Harrier (Circus hudsonius) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)

Fungi and Lichens	Black Knot (Apiosporina morbosa) Fried Chicken Mushroom (Lyophyllum decastes) Lobster Mushroom (Hypomyces lactifluorum)

Insects and Arachnids	ash bead gall mite (Aceria fraxini) Carolina grasshopper (Dissosteira carolina) chokecherry finger gall mite (Eriophyes emarginatae) clouded sulphur (Colias philodice) common green darner (Anax junius) goldenrod bunch gall midge (Rhopalomyia solidaginis) goldenrod gall fly (Eurosta solidaginis) goldenrod soldier beetle (Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus) grape leaf miner moth (Phyllocnistis vitifoliella) Halloween pennant (Celithemis eponina) Isabella tiger moth (Pyrrharctia isabella) monarch (Danaus plexippus) orange sulphur (Colias eurytheme) sumac gall aphid (Melaphis rhois) viceroy (Limenitis archippus)

Mammals	plains pocket gopher (Geomys bursarius) whitetail deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

Plants	One plant species with conservation status in Minnesota is found here:
	Special concern	small beggarticks (Bidens discoidea)

	Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas Plant List

	Plants frequently found in: Basswood - Bur Oak - (Green Ash) Forest MHs38b Dry Sand - Gravel Oak Savanna (Southern) UPs14ab Dry Sand - Gravel Prairie (Southern) UPs13b Mesic Prairie (Southern) UPs23a

	Common Name Scientific Name absinth wormwood (Artemisia absinthium) alfalfa (Medicago sativa ssp. sativa) American basswood (Tilia americana var. americana) American bittersweet (Celastrus scandens) American black currant (Ribes americanum) American bugleweed (Lycopus americanus) American hazel (Corylus americana) American hog peanut (Amphicarpaea bracteata var. comosa) American lopseed (Phryma leptostachya) American pasqueflower (Anemone patens var. multifida) American plum (Prunus americana) American red raspberry (Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus) Amur maple (Acer ginnala) arum-leaved arrowhead (Sagittaria cuneata) asparagus (Asparagus officinalis) big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii) black cherry (Prunus serotina var. serotina) black medick (Medicago lupulina) black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta var. pulcherrima) black-seeded plantain (Plantago rugelii var. rugelii) bland sweet cicely (Osmorhiza claytonii) blue cohosh (Caulophyllum thalictroides) blue giant hyssop (Agastache foeniculum) blue grama (Bouteloua gracilis) Blue Ridge carrionflower (Smilax lasioneura) blue skullcap (Scutellaria lateriflora var. lateriflora) blue vervain (Verbena hastata var. scabra) bottle gentian (Gentiana andrewsii) boxelder (Acer negundo var. negundo) broadleaf enchanter’s nightshade (Circaea lutetiana ssp. canadensis) broad-leaved arrowhead (Sagittaria latifolia) broad-leaved cattail (Typha latifolia) bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa) calico aster (Symphyotrichum lateriflorum var. lateriflorum) Canada goldenrod (Solidago canadensis) Canada lettuce (Lactuca canadensis) Canada mayflower (Maianthemum canadense) Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense) Canada wildrye (Elymus canadensis) Canadian honewort (Cryptotaenia canadensis) Canadian horseweed (Conyza canadensis) Canadian milkvetch (Astragalus canadensis var. canadensis) Canadian woodnettle (Laportea canadensis) candle anemone (Anemone cylindrica) catnip (Nepeta cataria) chokecherry (Prunus virginiana var. virginiana) clammy groundcherry (Physalis heterophylla var. heterophylla) common agrimony (Agrimonia gryposepala) common blue violet (Viola sororia) common boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum var. perfoliatum) common buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica) common burdock (Arctium minus) common bur-reed (Sparganium eurycarpum) common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale) common evening primrose (Oenothera biennis) common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) common motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca ssp. cardiaca) common mullein (Verbascum thapsus ssp. thapsus) common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia) common sneezeweed (Helenium autumnale) common snowberry (Symphoricarpos albus var. albus) common strawberry (Fragaria virginiana) common sunflower (Helianthus annuus) common yarrow (Achillea millefolium) creeping bellflower (Campanula rapunculoides) cut-leaved coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata var. laciniata) desert false indigo (Amorpha fruticosa) dotted blazing star (Liatris punctata var. punctata) early figwort (Scrophularia lanceolata) early meadow rue (Thalictrum dioicum) eastern panicled aster (Symphyotrichum lanceolatum var. lanceolatum) false sunflower (Heliopsis helianthoides var. occidentalis) field pussytoes (Antennaria neglecta) field sagewort (Artemisia campestris ssp. caudata) field sow thistle (Sonchus arvensis) field thistle (Cirsium discolor) fireberry hawthorn (Crataegus chrysocarpa) Flodman’s thistle (Cirsium flodmanii) fragrant bedstraw (Galium triflorum) giant foxtail (Setaria faberi) giant goldenrod (Solidago gigantea) giant green foxtail (Setaria viridis var. major) giant ragweed (Ambrosia trifida var. trifida) giant sumpweed (Cyclachaena xanthiifolia) golden alexanders (Zizia aurea) gray goldenrod (Solidago nemoralis) gray-headed coneflower (Ratibida pinnata) great blue lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica var. ludoviciana) great blue lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica var. siphilitica) green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica) green foxtail (Setaria viridis var. viridis) grooved yellow flax (Linum sulcatum var. sulcatum) ground ivy (Glechoma hederacea) hairy false goldenaster (Heterotheca villosa) hairy four o’clock (Mirabilis albida) heart-leaved four o’clock (Mirabilis nyctaginea) heart-leaved willow (Salix eriocephala) hedge bindweed (Calystegia sepium) hoary alyssum (Berteroa incana) hoary vervain (Verbena stricta) Indian hemp (Apocynum cannabinum) Indiangrass (Sorghastrum nutans) ironwood (Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana) jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus) June grass (Koeleria macrantha) kidney-leaved buttercup (Ranunculus abortivus) large-flowered beardtongue (Penstemon grandiflorus) late goldenrod (Solidago altissima) leadplant (Amorpha canescens) little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium) long-headed coneflower (Ratibida columnifera) marsh bellflower (Campanula aparinoides) marsh vetchling (Lathyrus palustris) Maryland black snakeroot (Sanicula marilandica) Maximilian’s sunflower (Helianthus maximiliani) narrow-leaved cattail (Typha angustifolia) narrow-leaved hawkweed (Hieracium umbellatum) narrow-leaved purple coneflower (Echinacea angustifolia) New England aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae) northern bedstraw (Galium boreale) northern plains blazing star (Liatris ligulistylis) northern prickly ash (Zanthoxylum americanum) pale touch-me-not (Impatiens pallida) paleleaf woodland sunflower (Helianthus strumosus) palespike lobelia (Lobelia spicata) Parlin’s pussytoes (Antennaria parlinii ssp. fallax) plains cottonwood (Populus deltoides ssp. molinifera) plumeless thistle (Carduus acanthoides) pointed-leaved tick-trefoil (Desmodium glutinosum) poke milkweed (Asclepias exaltata) prairie coreopsis (Coreopsis palmata) prairie fleabane (Erigeron strigosus) prairie goldenrod (Solidago ptarmicoides) prairie onion (Allium stellatum) prairie rose (Rosa arkansana) prairie sagewort (Artemisia frigida) prickly sow thistle (Sonchus asper) purple lovegrass (Eragrostis spectabilis) purple prairie clover (Dalea purpurea var. purpurea) pussy willow (Salix discolor) quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) red baneberry (Actaea rubra ssp. rubra) red clover (Trifolium pratense) red elderberry (Sambucus racemosa var. racemosa) red goosefoot (Chenopodium rubrum) red osier dogwood (Cornus sericea ssp. sericea) roadside agrimony (Agrimonia striata) rough blazing star (Liatris aspera) rough false pennyroyal (Hedeoma hispida) round-headed bush clover (Lespedeza capitata) rush skeletonplant (Lygodesmia juncea) Russian olive (Elaeagnus angustifolia) sandbar willow (Salix interior) sawtooth sunflower (Helianthus grosseserratus) scouring rush horsetail (Equisetum hyemale var. affine) showy blue lettuce (Lactuca tatarica ssp. pulchella) showy goldenrod (Solidago speciosa var. rigidiuscula) Siberian elm (Ulmus pumila) sideoats grama (Bouteloua curtipendula var. curtipendula) silky aster (Symphyotrichum sericeum) silver maple (Acer saccharinum) silverleaf scurfpea (Pediomelum argophyllum) silvery cinquefoil (Potentilla argentea) sky-blue aster (Symphyotrichum oolentangiense var. oolentangiense) slender willow (Salix petiolaris) small beggarticks (Bidens discoidea) smooth blue aster (Symphyotrichum laeve var. laeve) smooth scouring rush (Equisetum laevigatum) smooth sumac (Rhus glabra) soft agrimony (Agrimonia pubescens) spotted Joe Pye weed (Eutrochium maculatum) spotted lady’s thumb (Persicaria maculosa) spotted touch-me-not (Impatiens capensis) spotted water hemlock (Cicuta maculata) spreading dogbane (Apocynum androsaemifolium) stiff goldenrod (Solidago rigida ssp. rigida) stiff sunflower (Helianthus pauciflorus ssp. subrhomboideus) stinging nettle (Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis) swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata ssp. incarnata) swamp thistle (Cirsium muticum) tall cinquefoil (Drymocallis arguta) tall meadow rue (Thalictrum dasycarpum) tall thimbleweed (Anemone virginiana) tall thistle (Cirsium altissimum) timothy (Phleum pratense) variegated yellow pond lily (Nuphar variegata) veiny pea (Lathyrus venosus) Virginia mountain mint (Pycnanthemum virginianum) Virginia stickseed (Hackelia virginiana) Virginia waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum var. virginianum) water smartweed (Persicaria amphibia) western marbleseed (Lithospermum occidentale) western poison ivy (Toxicodendron rydbergii) white avens (Geum canadense) white campion (Silene latifolia ssp. alba) white clover (Trifolium repens) white heath aster (Symphyotrichum ericoides var. ericoides) white mulberry (Morus alba) white prairie clover (Dalea candida var. candida) white sage (Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana) white snakeroot (Ageratina altissima var. altissima) white sweet clover (Melilotus albus) white vervain (Verbena urticifolia var. leiocarpa) whorled milkweed (Asclepias verticillata) wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa) wild columbine (Aquilegia canadensis) wild cucumber (Echinocystis lobata) wild geranium (Geranium maculatum) wild grape (Vitis riparia) wild licorice (Glycyrrhiza lepidota) wild mint (Mentha arvensis) wild oats (Uvularia sessilifolia) wolfberry (Symphoricarpos occidentalis) woodbine (Parthenocissus vitacea) yellow foxtail (Setaria pumila ssp. pumila) yellow goat’s beard (Tragopogon dubius) yellow sweet clover (Melilotus officinalis) yellow violet (Viola pubescens) yellow wood sorrel (Oxalis stricta) zigzag goldenrod (Solidago flexicaulis) Acer ginnala (Amur maple) Acer negundo var. negundo (boxelder) Acer saccharinum (silver maple) Achillea millefolium (common yarrow) Actaea rubra ssp. rubra (red baneberry) Agastache foeniculum (blue giant hyssop) Ageratina altissima var. altissima (white snakeroot) Agrimonia gryposepala (common agrimony) Agrimonia pubescens (soft agrimony) Agrimonia striata (roadside agrimony) Allium stellatum (prairie onion) Ambrosia artemisiifolia (common ragweed) Ambrosia trifida var. trifida (giant ragweed) Amorpha canescens (leadplant) Amorpha fruticosa (desert false indigo) Amphicarpaea bracteata var. comosa (American hog peanut) Andropogon gerardii (big bluestem) Anemone cylindrica (candle anemone) Anemone patens var. multifida (American pasqueflower) Anemone virginiana (tall thimbleweed) Antennaria neglecta (field pussytoes) Antennaria parlinii ssp. fallax (Parlin’s pussytoes) Apocynum androsaemifolium (spreading dogbane) Apocynum cannabinum (Indian hemp) Aquilegia canadensis (wild columbine) Arctium minus (common burdock) Arisaema triphyllum (jack-in-the-pulpit) Artemisia absinthium (absinth wormwood) Artemisia campestris ssp. caudata (field sagewort) Artemisia frigida (prairie sagewort) Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana (white sage) Asclepias exaltata (poke milkweed) Asclepias incarnata ssp. incarnata (swamp milkweed) Asclepias syriaca (common milkweed) Asclepias verticillata (whorled milkweed) Asparagus officinalis (asparagus) Astragalus canadensis var. canadensis (Canadian milkvetch) Berteroa incana (hoary alyssum) Bidens discoidea (small beggarticks) Bouteloua curtipendula var. curtipendula (sideoats grama) Bouteloua gracilis (blue grama) Calystegia sepium (hedge bindweed) Campanula aparinoides (marsh bellflower) Campanula rapunculoides (creeping bellflower) Carduus acanthoides (plumeless thistle) Caulophyllum thalictroides (blue cohosh) Celastrus scandens (American bittersweet) Chenopodium rubrum (red goosefoot) Cicuta maculata (spotted water hemlock) Circaea lutetiana ssp. canadensis (broadleaf enchanter’s nightshade) Cirsium altissimum (tall thistle) Cirsium arvense (Canada thistle) Cirsium discolor (field thistle) Cirsium flodmanii (Flodman’s thistle) Cirsium muticum (swamp thistle) Conyza canadensis (Canadian horseweed) Coreopsis palmata (prairie coreopsis) Cornus sericea ssp. sericea (red osier dogwood) Corylus americana (American hazel) Crataegus chrysocarpa (fireberry hawthorn) Cryptotaenia canadensis (Canadian honewort) Cyclachaena xanthiifolia (giant sumpweed) Dalea candida var. candida (white prairie clover) Dalea purpurea var. purpurea (purple prairie clover) Desmodium glutinosum (pointed-leaved tick-trefoil) Drymocallis arguta (tall cinquefoil) Echinacea angustifolia (narrow-leaved purple coneflower) Echinocystis lobata (wild cucumber) Elaeagnus angustifolia (Russian olive) Elymus canadensis (Canada wildrye) Equisetum hyemale var. affine (scouring rush horsetail) Equisetum laevigatum (smooth scouring rush) Eragrostis spectabilis (purple lovegrass) Erigeron strigosus (prairie fleabane) Eupatorium perfoliatum var. perfoliatum (common boneset) Eutrochium maculatum (spotted Joe Pye weed) Fragaria virginiana (common strawberry) Fraxinus pennsylvanica (green ash) Galium boreale (northern bedstraw) Galium triflorum (fragrant bedstraw) Gentiana andrewsii (bottle gentian) Geranium maculatum (wild geranium) Geum canadense (white avens) Glechoma hederacea (ground ivy) Glycyrrhiza lepidota (wild licorice) Hackelia virginiana (Virginia stickseed) Hedeoma hispida (rough false pennyroyal) Helenium autumnale (common sneezeweed) Helianthus annuus (common sunflower) Helianthus grosseserratus (sawtooth sunflower) Helianthus maximiliani (Maximilian’s sunflower) Helianthus pauciflorus ssp. subrhomboideus (stiff sunflower) Helianthus strumosus (paleleaf woodland sunflower) Helianthus tuberosus (Jerusalem artichoke) Heliopsis helianthoides var. occidentalis (false sunflower) Heterotheca villosa (hairy false goldenaster) Hieracium umbellatum (narrow-leaved hawkweed) Hydrophyllum virginianum var. virginianum (Virginia waterleaf) Impatiens capensis (spotted touch-me-not) Impatiens pallida (pale touch-me-not) Koeleria macrantha (June grass) Lactuca canadensis (Canada lettuce) Lactuca tatarica ssp. pulchella (showy blue lettuce) Laportea canadensis (Canadian woodnettle) Lathyrus palustris (marsh vetchling) Lathyrus venosus (veiny pea) Leonurus cardiaca ssp. cardiaca (common motherwort) Lespedeza capitata (round-headed bush clover) Liatris aspera (rough blazing star) Liatris ligulistylis (northern plains blazing star) Liatris punctata var. punctata (dotted blazing star) Linum sulcatum var. sulcatum (grooved yellow flax) Lithospermum occidentale (western marbleseed) Lobelia siphilitica var. ludoviciana (great blue lobelia) Lobelia siphilitica var. siphilitica (great blue lobelia) Lobelia spicata (palespike lobelia) Lycopus americanus (American bugleweed) Lygodesmia juncea (rush skeletonplant) Maianthemum canadense (Canada mayflower) Medicago lupulina (black medick) Medicago sativa ssp. sativa (alfalfa) Melilotus albus (white sweet clover) Melilotus officinalis (yellow sweet clover) Mentha arvensis (wild mint) Mirabilis albida (hairy four o’clock) Mirabilis nyctaginea (heart-leaved four o’clock) Monarda fistulosa (wild bergamot) Morus alba (white mulberry) Nepeta cataria (catnip) Nuphar variegata (variegated yellow pond lily) Oenothera biennis (common evening primrose) Osmorhiza claytonii (bland sweet cicely) Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana (ironwood) Oxalis stricta (yellow wood sorrel) Parthenocissus vitacea (woodbine) Pediomelum argophyllum (silverleaf scurfpea) Penstemon grandiflorus (large-flowered beardtongue) Persicaria amphibia (water smartweed) Persicaria maculosa (spotted lady’s thumb) Phleum pratense (timothy) Phryma leptostachya (American lopseed) Physalis heterophylla var. heterophylla (clammy groundcherry) Plantago rugelii var. rugelii (black-seeded plantain) Populus deltoides ssp. molinifera (plains cottonwood) 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 macrocarpa var. macrocarpa (bur oak) Ranunculus abortivus (kidney-leaved buttercup) Ratibida columnifera (long-headed coneflower) Ratibida pinnata (gray-headed coneflower) Rhamnus cathartica (common buckthorn) Rhus glabra (smooth sumac) Ribes americanum (American black currant) Rosa arkansana (prairie rose) Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus (American red raspberry) Rudbeckia hirta var. pulcherrima (black-eyed Susan) Rudbeckia laciniata var. laciniata (cut-leaved coneflower) Sagittaria cuneata (arum-leaved arrowhead) Sagittaria latifolia (broad-leaved arrowhead) Salix discolor (pussy willow) Salix eriocephala (heart-leaved willow) Salix interior (sandbar willow) Salix petiolaris (slender willow) Sambucus racemosa var. racemosa (red elderberry) Sanicula marilandica (Maryland black snakeroot) Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium (little bluestem) Scrophularia lanceolata (early figwort) Scutellaria lateriflora var. lateriflora (blue skullcap) Setaria faberi (giant foxtail) Setaria pumila ssp. pumila (yellow foxtail) Setaria viridis var. major (giant green foxtail) Setaria viridis var. viridis (green foxtail) Silene latifolia ssp. alba (white campion) Smilax lasioneura (Blue Ridge carrionflower) Solidago altissima (late goldenrod) Solidago canadensis (Canada goldenrod) Solidago flexicaulis (zigzag goldenrod) Solidago gigantea (giant goldenrod) Solidago nemoralis (gray goldenrod) Solidago ptarmicoides (prairie goldenrod) Solidago rigida ssp. rigida (stiff goldenrod) Solidago speciosa var. rigidiuscula (showy goldenrod) Sonchus arvensis (field sow thistle) Sonchus asper (prickly sow thistle) Sorghastrum nutans (Indiangrass) Sparganium eurycarpum (common bur-reed) Symphoricarpos albus var. albus (common snowberry) Symphoricarpos occidentalis (wolfberry) Symphyotrichum ericoides var. ericoides (white heath aster) Symphyotrichum laeve var. laeve (smooth blue aster) Symphyotrichum lanceolatum var. lanceolatum (eastern panicled aster) Symphyotrichum lateriflorum var. lateriflorum (calico aster) Symphyotrichum novae-angliae (New England aster) Symphyotrichum oolentangiense var. oolentangiense (sky-blue aster) Symphyotrichum sericeum (silky aster) Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale (common dandelion) Thalictrum dasycarpum (tall 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 (white clover) Typha angustifolia (narrow-leaved cattail) Typha latifolia (broad-leaved cattail) Ulmus pumila (Siberian elm) Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis (stinging nettle) Uvularia sessilifolia (wild oats) Verbascum thapsus ssp. thapsus (common mullein) Verbena hastata var. scabra (blue vervain) Verbena stricta (hoary vervain) Verbena urticifolia var. leiocarpa (white vervain) Viola pubescens (yellow violet) Viola sororia (common blue violet) Vitis riparia (wild grape) Zanthoxylum americanum (northern prickly ash) Zizia aurea (golden alexanders)

Reptiles	painted turtle (Chrysemys picta)