Minnesota Seasons - John A. Latsch State Park


John A. Latsch State Park





			Winona County




Size	409 acres

Maps	Minnesota DNR Summer Map

Parking	N44 10.327, W91 50.324

Hiking Trails	½ mile

Hunting	No hunting

Ecological Classification	Province	Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province
	Section	Paleozoic Plateau
	Subsection(s)	The Blufflands
	Land Type Association(s)	Altura Ridgetops Elba Slopes Mississippi River Valley

Native Plant Communities¹	Cattail - Sedge Marsh (Northern) Dry Bedrock Bluff Prairie (Southern) Oak - Shagbark Hickory Woodland Red Oak - White Oak Forest Red Oak - White Oak - (Sugar Maple) Forest Silver Maple - (Virginia Creeper) Floodplain Forest Southern Dry Cliff Southern Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Southern Wet-Mesic Hardwood Forest Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Bitternut Hickory) Forest

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Birds	Minnesota DNR Bird Checklist

	American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) Eastern Wood-peewee (Contopus virens) Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus) Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)

Fungi

	Black Knot (Apiosporina morbosa)

Insects and Arachnids

	crane fly (Limonia annulata)

Mammals

	whitetail deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

Plants	Plants frequently found in: Cattail - Sedge Marsh (Northern) MRn83a Dry Bedrock Bluff Prairie (Southern) UPs13c Oak - Shagbark Hickory Woodland FDs38a Red Oak - White Oak Forest MHs37a Red Oak - White Oak - (Sugar Maple) Forest MHs37b Silver Maple - (Virginia Creeper) Floodplain Forest FFs68a Southern Dry Cliff CTs12 Southern Dry-Mesic Oak Forest MHs37 Southern Wet-Mesic Hardwood Forest MHs49 Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Bitternut Hickory) Forest MHs39a

	American basswood (Tilia americana) American highbush cranberry (Viburnum opulus var. americanum) American plum (Prunus americana) bitternut hickory (Carya cordiformis) black cherry (Prunus serotina var. serotina) black-seeded plantain (Plantago rugelii var. rugelii) bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) boxelder (Acer negundo var. negundo) Canada mayflower (Maianthemum canadense) chokecherry (Prunus virginiana var. virginiana) cleavers (Galium aparine) common blue violet (Viola sororia) common buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica) common burdock (Arctium minus) common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale) common false Solomon’s seal (Maianthemum racemosum var. racemosum) common mullein (Verbascum thapsus ssp. thapsus) early meadow rue (Thalictrum dioicum) eastern false rue anemone (Enemion biternatum) eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana) gray dogwood (Cornus racemosa) green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica) hairy Solomon’s seal (Polygonatum pubescens) hoary puccoon (Lithospermum canescens) interrupted fern (Osmunda claytoniana) ironwood (Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana) Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) Japanese barberry (Berberis thunbergii) jeweled shooting star (Primula fassettii) kidney-leaved buttercup (Ranunculus abortivus) large-flowered bellwort (Uvularia grandiflora) late horse-gentian (Triosteum perfoliatum) northern bedstraw (Galium boreale) northern maidenhair (Adiantum pedatum) northern pin oak (Quercus ellipsoidalis) northern prickly ash (Zanthoxylum americanum) northern red oak (Quercus rubra) northern shagbark hickory (Carya ovata) pagoda dogwood (Cornus alternifolia) paper birch (Betula papyrifera var. papyrifera) prairie violet (Viola pedatifida) red baneberry (Actaea rubra ssp. rubra) red osier dogwood (Cornus sericea ssp. sericea) round-leaved dogwood (Cornus rugosa) rue anemone (Thalictrum thalictroides) scouring rush horsetail (Equisetum hyemale var. affine) smooth yellow violet (Viola pubescens var. scabriuscula) spotted lady’s thumb (Persicaria maculosa) starry false Solomon’s seal (Maianthemum stellatum) starry sedge (Carex rosea) upright carrionflower (Smilax ecirrhata) Virginia waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum var. virginianum) western blue virgin’s bower (Clematis occidentalis var. occidentalis) western bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum var. latiusculum) white rattlesnake root (Nabalus albus) wild columbine (Aquilegia canadensis) wild ginger (Asarum canadense) wild grape (Vitis riparia) wild sarsaparilla (Aralia nudicaulis) wood anemone (Anemone quinquefolia var. quinquefolia) woodbine (Parthenocissus vitacea)

Visits	5/5/2000 5/17/2011

John A. Latsch State Park

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