Lake Bronson State Park

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Area and County

Kittson County

 

 

 


Size

2,808 acres

 
 
Maps

Minnesota DNR Summer Map

 
Park Office

N48 43.483, W96 37.358

 
Hiking Trails

14 miles
1.5 mile interpretive trail
2.0 mile handicapped accessible

 
Hunting

No hunting


Ecological Classification

Province

Tallgrass Aspen Parklands

Ecological Classification

Section

Lake Agassiz, Aspen Parklands

Subsection(s)

Aspen Parklands

Land Type Association(s)

Bronson Lake Plain

Landcaster Lake Plain

 
Native Plant Communities1

Aspen Parkland Complex

Aspen Woodland/Forest Complex

Bur Oak - (Prairie Herb) Woodland

Dry Barrens Oak Savanna (Northern)

Dry Prairie - Woodland Complex

Dry Sand - Gravel Oak Savanna (Northern)

Dry Sand - Gravel Prairie (Northern)

Green Ash - Bur Oak - Elm Forest

Mesic Prairie (Northern)

Northern Bulrush - Spikerush Marsh

Northwestern Dry-Mesic Oak Woodland

Prairie Meadow/Carr

Sand/Gravel/Cobble River Shore

Wet Brush-Prairie (Northern)


Ownership

 
Links

Minnesota DNR


Comments

 


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Visitor Observations

   

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Amphibians

 

 
 

American toad (Bufo americanus)

northern leopard frog (Rana pipiens)

American toad

Birds

Minnesota DNR Bird Checklist

 
 

American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)

Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)

Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina)

Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor)

Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus)

Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)

Yellow Warbler (Dendroica petechia)

Black-capped Chickadee

 

 

 

 

Chipping Sparrow

 


Fungi

 

 
 

Deer Mushroom (Pluteus cervinus)

Field Dog Lichen (Peltigera rufescens)

Lobster Mushroom (Hypomyces lactifluorum)

Russula pulchra

Russula pulchra

Insects and Arachnids

 

 
 

dog day cicada (Tibicen canicularis)

end band net-winged beetle (Calopteron terminale)

great spangled fritillary (Speyeria cybele)

dog day cicada

Mammals

 

 
 

American black bear (Ursus americanus americanus)

American red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus)

eastern chipmunk (Tamias striatus)

whitetail deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

American black bear

Plants

 

 
 

absinth wormwood (Artemisia absinthium)

American basswood (Tilia americana)

aniseroot (Osmorhiza longistylis)

asparagus (asparagus officinalis)

big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii)

black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)

black medick (Medicago lupulina)

bland sweet cicely (Osmorhiza claytonii)

blue giant hyssop (Agastache foeniculum)

Blue Ridge carrion flower (Smilax lasioneura)

boxelder (Acer negundo)

bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa)

Canada goldenrod (Solidago canadensis)

Canada mayflower (Maianthemum canadense)

Canada wildrye (Elymus canadensis)

Canadian horseweed (Conyza canadensis)

Canadian milkvetch (Astragalus canadensis var. canadensis)

candle anemone (Anemone cylindrica)

cleavers (Galium aparine)

common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale)

common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)

common plantain (Plantago major)

common strawberry (Fragaria virginiana)

common yarrow (Achillea millefolium)

curly dock (Rumex crispus)

dotted blazing star (Liatris punctata var. punctata)

dwarf milkweed (Asclepias ovalifolia)

early meadow rue (Thalictrum dioicum)

false sunflower (Heliopsis helianthoides var. occidentalis)

field chickweed (Cerastium arvense)

field horsetail (Equisetum arvense)

gray-headed coneflower (Ratibida pinnata)

gray goldenrod (Solidago nemoralis)

grayleaf red raspberry (Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus)

green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica)

hairy false golden aster (Heterotheca villosa var. villosa)

harebell (Campanula rotundifolia)

narrow-leaved cattail (Typha angustifolia)

northern bedstraw (Galium boreale)

obedient plant (Physostegia virginiana)

plains cottonwood (Populus deltoides ssp. molinifera)

prairie blazing star (Liatris pycnostachya var. pycnostachya)

prairie onion (Allium stellatum)

prairie rose (Rosa arkansana)

prairie sagewort (Artemisia frigida)

purple prairie clover (Dalea purpurea var. purpurea)

quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides)

rattlesnake fern (Botrypus virginianus)

red osier dogwood (Cornus sericea ssp. sericea)

rough blazing star (Liatris aspera)

scouring rush horsetail (Equisetum hyemale var. affine)

silky aster (Symphyotrichum sericeum)

smooth blue aster (Symphyotrichum laeve)

spotted water hemlock (Cicuta maculata var. maculata)

stiff goldenrod (Solidago rigida)

stiff sunflower (Helianthus pauciflorus ssp. subrhomboideus)

streamside fleabane (Erigeron glabellus var. pubescens)

tall meadow rue (Thalictrum dasycarpum)

tall thimbleweed (Anemone virginiana)

western ironweed (Vernonia fasciculata ssp. corymbosa)

western poison ivy (Toxicodendron rydbergii)

white campion (Silene latifolia ssp. alba)

white clover (Trifolium repens)

white sage (Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana)

white sweet clover (Melilotus albus)

wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa)

wild mint (Mentha arvensis)

wolfberry (Symphoricarpos occidentalis)

woodbine (Parthenocissus vitacea)

yellow foxtail (Setaria pumila ssp. pumila)

absinth wormwood

 

 

 

 

big bluestem

 

 

 

 

black-eyed Susan

 

 

 

 

bur oak

 

 

 

 

Canadian milkvetch

 

 

 

 

common dandelion

 

 

 

 

common yarrow

 

 

 

 

false sunflower

 

 

 

 

gray-headed coneflower

 

 

 

 

hairy false golden aster

 

 

 

 

northern bedstraw

 

 

 

 

prairie onion

 

 

 

 

prairie rose

 

 

 

 

silky aster

 

 

 

 

spotted water hemlock

 

 

 

 

stiff goldenrod

 

 

 

 

western poison ivy

 

 

 

 

wild mint

 

 

 


Reptiles

 

 
 

common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina var. serpentina)

common snapping turtle


Visits

8/23/2009

   

 

Driving Directions

 

 

 

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