About • Location • Activities • Ecology
About |
Ownership |
Links |
Overview |
|
History |
|
Management |
|
Comments |
|
Activities |
Hiking Nature photography Birdwatching |
Hiking Trails |
A trail leads from a parking area to King’s Bluff. |
Hunting |
Youth deer hunt only, in conjunction with Great River Bluffs State Park. See Hunting and Trapping Regulations (MN DNR) for details. |
Ecology |
|||||
Ecological Classification |
|||||
Ecological Province | Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province |
||||
Ecological Section | Paleozoic Plateau |
||||
Ecological Subsection | The Blufflands |
||||
Land Type Association | Brownsville Slopes Caledonia Ridgetops |
||||
Native Plant Communities* |
|||||
Black Ash - Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Blue Beech) Seepage Swamp Dry Bedrock Bluff Prairie (Southern) Dry Limestone - Dolomite Cliff (Southern) Mesic Sandstone Cliff (Southern) Oak - Shagbark Hickory Woodland Red Oak - Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Bitternut Hickory) Forest Sugar Maple - Basswood - Red Oak - (Blue Beech) Forest |
|||||
* Source: The Minnesota Biological Survey, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Division of Ecological Resources | |||||
Natural Features |
|||||
|
Permit Required for Queen’s Bluff
King’s Bluff is open to the public, but Queen’s Bluff is a wildlife sanctuary and is closed to the public. Entry to Queen’s Bluff requires a written permit.
Visitor Photos |
||
Share your photo of this destination. |
||
This button not working for you? |
Greg Watson |
||
On the King’s Bluff Overlook Trail in the SNA. |
||
King’s Bluff Overlook in the SNA, view towards the Mississippi River. |
Looking at Queen’s Bluff from the King’s Bluff Overlook in the SNA. |
|
Looking west from the King’s Bluff Overlook in the SNA. |
King’s Bluff Overlook in the SNA. |
MinnesotaSeasons.com Photos |
King’s Bluff |
||
Queen’s Bluff |
||
Trails |
||
Dry Bedrock Bluff Prairie (Southern) |
||
Oak - Shagbark Hickory Woodland |
||
Slideshows |
|
Visitor Videos |
||
Share your video of this destination. |
||
This button not working for you? |
|
Other Videos |
kings bluff nra in great river bluff state park mn cek8304 |
About
Published on Sep 23, 2012 No description available. |
Visitor Sightings |
|
Share your sightings or comments about of this destination. |
|
This button not working for you? |
Greg Watson |
Plants |
||
MinnesotaSeasons.com Sightings |
Visits |
3/31/2000 6/15/2001 6/3/2013 |
Birds |
||
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Eastern Wood-peewee (Contopus virens) Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) |
Fungi and Lichens |
||
Black Knot (Apiosporina morbosa) |
Insects and Arachnids |
||||||||||
|
||||||||||
black cherry finger gall mite (Eriophyes cerasicrumena) blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis) |
Mammals |
||
Plants |
||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||
Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas and Minnesota Biological Survey Vegetation Releves Plant List |
||||||||||||
Plants frequently found in: Black Ash - Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Blue Beech) Seepage Swamp WFs57b Dry Bedrock Bluff Prairie (Southern) UPs13c Dry Limestone - Dolomite Cliff (Southern) CTs12b Mesic Sandstone Cliff (Southern) CTs33a Oak - Shagbark Hickory Woodland FDs38a Red Oak - Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Bitternut Hickory) Forest MHs38c Sugar Maple - Basswood - Red Oak - (Blue Beech) Forest MHs39b |
||||||||||||
Allegheny blackberry (Rubus allegheniensis) American basswood (Tilia americana var. americana) American elderberry (Sambucus canadensis) American elm (Ulmus americana) American hazelnut (Corylus americana) American pasqueflower (Anemone patens var. multifida) Atlantic ninebark (Physocarpus opulifolius var. intermedius) bastard toadflax (Comandra umbellata ssp. umbellata) black cherry (Prunus serotina var. serotina) black raspberry (Rubus occidentalis) black-seeded plantain (Plantago rugelii var. rugelii) bland sweet cicely (Osmorhiza claytonii) bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) blue cohosh (Caulophyllum thalictroides) boxelder (Acer negundo var. negundo) bristly greenbrier (Smilax tamnoides) bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa) Canada moonseed (Menispermum canadense) Canadian honewort (Cryptotaenia canadensis) Canadian wild ginger (Asarum canadense) common blue violet (Viola sororia) common burdock (Arctium minus) common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale) common evening primrose (Oenothera biennis) common false Solomon’s seal (Maianthemum racemosum var. racemosum) common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia) common strawberry (Fragaria virginiana) compass plant (Silphium laciniatum) downy Parlin’s pussytoes (Antennaria parlinii ssp. fallax) downy phlox (Phlox pilosa ssp. fulgida) early meadow-rue (Thalictrum dioicum) eastern false rue anemone (Enemion biternatum) eastern prickly gooseberry (Ribes cynosbati) edible valerian (Valeriana edulis var. ciliata) European cranberrybush (Viburnum opulus var. opulus) fragrant bedstraw (Galium triflorum) garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata) giant ragweed (Ambrosia trifida) golden alexanders (Zizia aurea) gray dogwood (Cornus racemosa) hairy puccoon (Lithospermum caroliniense var. croceum) hog peanut (Amphicarpaea bracteata var. bracteata) ivory sedge (Carex eburnea) jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) kidney-leaved buttercup (Ranunculus abortivus) large-flowered bellwort (Uvularia grandiflora) late horse gentian (Triosteum perfoliatum) lowland hog peanut (Amphicarpaea bracteata var. comosa) Maryland black snakeroot (Sanicula marilandica) May-apple (Podophyllum peltatum) Morrow’s honeysuckle (Lonicera morrowii) northern bedstraw (Galium boreale) northern hackberry (Celtis occidentalis) 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) pointed-leaved tick-trefoil (Hylodesmum glutinosum) poke milkweed (Asclepias exaltata) prairie blue-eyed grass (Sisyrinchium campestre) prairie coreopsis (Coreopsis palmata) prairie smoke (Geum triflorum var. triflorum) prairie violet (Viola pedatifida var. pedatifida) quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) rattlesnake fern (Botrypus virginianus) red osier dogwood (Cornus sericea ssp. sericea) rue anemone (Thalictrum thalictroides) shining bedstraw (Galium concinnum) silky dogwood (Cornus obliqua) smooth Solomon’s seal (Polygonatum biflorum var. commutatum) starry false Solomon’s seal (Maianthemum stellatum) stiff goldenrod (Solidago rigida ssp. rigida) sugar maple (Acer saccharum ssp. saccharum) tall cinquefoil (Drymocallis arguta) Tatarian honeysuckle (Lonicera tatarica) violet wood sorrel (Oxalis violacea) western bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum var. latiusculum) western poison ivy (Toxicodendron rydbergii) white rattlesnake root (Nabalus albus) wild columbine (Aquilegia canadensis) wild geranium (Geranium maculatum)
Acer negundo var. negundo (boxelder) Acer saccharum ssp. saccharum (sugar maple) Alliaria petiolata (garlic mustard) Ambrosia artemisiifolia (common ragweed) Ambrosia trifida (giant ragweed) Amphicarpaea bracteata var. bracteata (hog peanut) Amphicarpaea bracteata var. comosa (lowland hog peanut) Anemone patens var. multifida (American pasqueflower) Antennaria parlinii ssp. fallax (downy Parlin’s pussytoes) Aquilegia canadensis (wild columbine) Arctium minus (common burdock) Arisaema triphyllum (jack-in-the-pulpit) Asarum canadense (Canadian wild ginger) Asclepias exaltata (poke milkweed) Betula papyrifera var. papyrifera (paper birch) Botrypus virginianus (rattlesnake fern) Carex eburnea (ivory sedge) Carya ovata (northern shagbark hickory) Caulophyllum thalictroides (blue cohosh) Celtis occidentalis (northern hackberry) Comandra umbellata ssp. umbellata (bastard toadflax) Coreopsis palmata (prairie coreopsis) Cornus alternifolia (pagoda dogwood) Cornus obliqua (silky dogwood) Cornus racemosa (gray dogwood) Cornus sericea ssp. sericea (red osier dogwood) Corylus americana (American hazelnut) Cryptotaenia canadensis (Canadian honewort) Drymocallis arguta (tall cinquefoil) Enemion biternatum (eastern false rue anemone) Fragaria virginiana (common strawberry) Galium boreale (northern bedstraw) Galium concinnum (shining bedstraw) Galium triflorum (fragrant bedstraw) Geranium maculatum (wild geranium) Geum triflorum var. triflorum (prairie smoke) Hylodesmum glutinosum (pointed-leaved tick-trefoil) Lithospermum caroliniense var. croceum (hairy puccoon) Lonicera morrowii (Morrow’s honeysuckle) Lonicera tatarica (Tatarian honeysuckle) Maianthemum racemosum var. racemosum (common false Solomon’s seal) Maianthemum stellatum (starry false Solomon’s seal) Menispermum canadense (Canada moonseed) Nabalus albus (white rattlesnake root) Oenothera biennis (common evening primrose) Osmorhiza claytonii (bland sweet cicely) Oxalis stricta (yellow wood sorrel) Oxalis violacea (violet wood sorrel) Parthenocissus vitacea (woodbine) Phlox pilosa ssp. fulgida (downy phlox) Physocarpus opulifolius var. intermedius (Atlantic ninebark) Plantago rugelii var. rugelii (black-seeded plantain) Podophyllum peltatum (May-apple) Polygonatum biflorum var. commutatum (smooth Solomon’s seal) Populus tremuloides (quaking aspen) Prunus serotina var. serotina (black cherry) Pteridium aquilinum var. latiusculum (western bracken fern) Quercus ellipsoidalis (northern pin oak) Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa (bur oak) Quercus rubra (northern red oak) Ranunculus abortivus (kidney-leaved buttercup) Ribes cynosbati (eastern prickly gooseberry) Rubus allegheniensis (Allegheny blackberry) Rubus occidentalis (black raspberry) Sambucus canadensis (American elderberry) Sanguinaria canadensis (bloodroot) Sanicula marilandica (Maryland black snakeroot) Silphium laciniatum (compass plant) Sisyrinchium campestre (prairie blue-eyed grass) Smilax tamnoides (bristly greenbrier) Solidago rigida ssp. rigida (stiff goldenrod) Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale (common dandelion) Thalictrum dioicum (early meadow-rue) Thalictrum thalictroides (rue anemone) Tilia americana var. americana (American basswood) Toxicodendron rydbergii (western poison ivy) Triosteum perfoliatum (late horse gentian) Ulmus americana (American elm) Uvularia grandiflora (large-flowered bellwort) Valeriana edulis var. ciliata (edible valerian) Viburnum opulus var. opulus (European cranberrybush) Viola pedatifida var. pedatifida (prairie violet) Viola sororia (common blue violet) |
|
Created: Last Updated: © MinnesotaSeasons.com. All rights reserved. |