Minnesota Seasons - Lake Bronson State Park


Lake Bronson State Park





			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
	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)

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Amphibians

	American toad (Bufo americanus) northern leopard frog (Rana pipiens)

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)

Fungi

	Deer Mushroom (Pluteus cervinus) Field Dog Lichen (Peltigera rufescens) Lobster Mushroom (Hypomyces lactifluorum) Russula pulchra

Insects and Arachnids

	dog day cicada (Tibicen canicularis) end band net-winged beetle (Calopteron terminale) great spangled fritillary (Speyeria cybele)

Mammals

	American black bear (Ursus americanus americanus) American red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) eastern chipmunk (Tamias striatus) whitetail deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

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)

Reptiles

	common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina var. serpentina)

Visits	8/23/2009

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