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No hunting. The park may hold one or more managed hunts in the fall. In most cases, Minnesota residents do not need a permit to fish in Minnesota State Parks. |
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Ecological Province | Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province |
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Ecological Section | Minnesota & NE Iowa Morainal |
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Ecological Subsection | Hardwood Hills |
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Land Type Association | Alexandria Moraine |
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Black Ash - Conifer Swamp (Northeastern) Cattail Marsh (Prairie) Red Oak - Basswood Forest (Calcareous Till) Sedge Meadow Tamarack Swamp (Southern) |
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Lake Carlos |
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Lake Carlos State Park |
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Lake Carlos State Park |
Lake Carlos State Park, Minnesota |
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Published on Oct 29, 2013 Favorite Sites: 8, 9, 14, 18, 20, 22, 30, 34, 42. 109-124 are lakefront in the lower campground. |
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Lake Carlos, Mn Trip 2014 |
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Published on Aug 2, 2014 Had my bachlor party at Lake Carlos State Park 2014 |
Carlos State Park |
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Uploaded on Sep 27, 2011 Carlos State Park |
Lake Carlos State Park Blog Found in Tree Stump |
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Published on May 27, 2013 This pink box was found in a stump in Lake Carlos State Park during our visit to a Minnesota State Park during Memorial Weekend. This box has note cards with comments from visitors who happened to find the box. The pink box has two pens and many note cards. We read a note from Old Bertha who is watching over the woods on this remote trail in the State park. We wrote a note in and left it in the box. This was a cool idea. Thank you to the person who hid this box in a Minnesota State Park. |
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Uploaded on Jan 27, 2011 X-country skiing at Lake Carlos State Park, January 26, 2011 |
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Published on Aug 12, 2012 A group of NMAHA members went on a spring ride at Carlos State Park near Alexandria, MN. |
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American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) American Woodcock (Scolopax minor) Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) |
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Black Knot (Apiosporina morbosa) False Turkey Tail (Stereum ostrea) Giant Puffball (Calvatia gigantea) |
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bald-faced hornet (Dolichovespula maculata) brownbelted bumble bee (Bombus griseocollis) chalk-fronted corporal (Ladona julia) dot-tailed whiteface (Leucorrhinia intacta) eastern pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis) forest tent caterpillar moth (Malacosoma disstria) goldenrod bunch gall midge (Rhopalomyia solidaginis) grape leaf miner moth (Phyllocnistis vitifoliella) maple spindle-gall mite (Vasates aceriscrumena) mourning cloak (Nymphalis antiopa) plum finger gall mite (Eriophyes emarginatae) red admiral (Vanessa atalanta) spotted pink lady beetle (Coleomegilla maculata) |
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American red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) eastern chipmunk (Tamias striatus) eastern cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) |
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Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas and Minnesota Biological Survey Vegetation Releves Plant List |
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Plants frequently found in: Black Ash - Conifer Swamp (Northeastern) WFn64a Cattail Marsh (Prairie) MRp83b |
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absinthe wormwood (Artemisia absinthium) Allegheny blackberry (Rubus allegheniensis) alsike clover (Trifolium hybridum) American basswood (Tilia americana var. americana) American black currant (Ribes americanum) American bugleweed (Lycopus americanus) American cow parsnip (Heracleum maximum) American elm (Ulmus americana) American hazelnut (Corylus americana) American highbush cranberry (Viburnum opulus var. americanum) American hophornbeam (Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana) American lopseed (Phryma leptostachya) American plum (Prunus americana) American red raspberry (Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus) American stinging nettle (Urtica gracilis ssp. gracilis) American vetch (Vicia americana ssp. americana) American woodland strawberry (Fragaria vesca ssp. americana) arumleaf arrowhead (Sagittaria cuneata) asparagus (Asparagus officinalis) balsam poplar (Populus balsamifera) bastard toadflax (Comandra umbellata ssp. umbellata) big bluestem (Andropogon gerardi) bigtooth aspen (Populus grandidentata) bigleaf aster (Eurybia macrophylla) bird’s-foot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus var. corniculatus) black cherry (Prunus serotina var. serotina) black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia) black medick (Medicago lupulina) black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta var. pulcherrima) black-seeded plantain (Plantago rugelii var. rugelii) bland sweet cicely (Osmorhiza claytonii) bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) blue giant hyssop (Agastache foeniculum) Blue Ridge carrionflower (Smilax lasioneura) boxelder (Acer negundo var. negundo) broad-leaved cattail (Typha latifolia) bull thistle (Cirsium vulgare) bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa) Canada anemone (Anemonastrum canadense) Canada mayflower (Maianthemum canadense) Canada moonseed (Menispermum canadense) Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense) Canadian honewort (Cryptotaenia canadensis) Canadian horseweed (Erigeron canadensis) candle anemone (Anemone cylindrica) chokecherry (Prunus virginiana var. virginiana) clammy groundcherry (Physalis heterophylla) common buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica) common burdock (Arctium minus) common cinquefoil (Potentilla simplex) common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale) common evening primrose (Oenothera biennis) common false Solomon’s seal (Maianthemum racemosum var. racemosum) common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) common motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca ssp. cardiaca) common mullein (Verbascum thapsus ssp. thapsus) common plantain (Plantago major) common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia) common selfheal (Prunella vulgaris) common yarrow (Achillea millefolium) crown vetch (Securigera varia) cut-leaved coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata var. laciniata) desert false indigo (Amorpha fruticosa) dotted blazing star (Liatris punctata var. punctata) downy arrowwood (Viburnum rafinesqueanum var. rafinesqueanum) downy Parlin’s pussytoes (Antennaria parlinii ssp. fallax) early figwort (Scrophularia lanceolata) early meadow-rue (Thalictrum dioicum) eastern black nightshade (Solanum emulans) eastern bottlebrush grass (Elymus hystrix) eastern false rue anemone (Enemion biternatum) eastern prickly gooseberry (Ribes cynosbati) eastern purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana) field bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis) field horsetail (Equisetum arvense) field sagewort (Artemisia campestris ssp. caudata) Flodman’s thistle (Cirsium flodmanii) fragrant bedstraw (Galium triflorum) giant foxtail (Setaria faberi) golden alexanders (Zizia aurea) gray dogwood (Cornus racemosa) gray-headed coneflower (Ratibida pinnata) green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica) ground ivy (Glechoma hederacea) heart-leaved willow (Salix eriocephala) hedge bindweed (Calystegia sepium) hoary alyssum (Berteroa incana) hoary vervain (Verbena stricta) hog peanut (Amphicarpaea bracteata var. bracteata) Indian hemp (Apocynum cannabinum) Indiangrass (Sorghastrum nutans) intermediate bellflower (Campanula intercedens) jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus) large-flowered beardtongue (Penstemon grandiflorus) large-flowered bellwort (Uvularia grandiflora) late goldenrod (Solidago altissima) little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium) Maryland black snakeroot (Sanicula marilandica) Maximilian’s sunflower (Helianthus maximiliani) meadow horsetail (Equisetum pratense) narrow-leaved cattail (Typha angustifolia) narrow-leaved purple coneflower (Echinacea angustifolia) northern bedstraw (Galium boreale) northern bog bedstraw (Galium labradoricum) northern lady fern (Athyrium filix-femina var. angustum) northern pin oak (Quercus ellipsoidalis) northern plains blazing star (Liatris ligulistylis) northern prickly ash (Zanthoxylum americanum) northern red oak (Quercus rubra) northern wild rice (Zizania palustris var. interior) orange daylily (Hemerocallis fulva) paleleaf woodland sunflower (Helianthus strumosus) paper birch (Betula papyrifera) peachleaf willow (Salix amygdaloides) Pennsylvania smartweed (Persicaria pensylvanica) Philadelphia fleabane (Erigeron philadelphicus var. philadelphicus) plains cottonwood (Populus deltoides ssp. molinifera) plumeless thistle (Carduus acanthoides ssp. acanthoides) pointed-leaved tick-trefoil (Hylodesmum glutinosum) poke milkweed (Asclepias exaltata) prairie cordgrass (Sporobolus michauxianus) quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) red clover (Trifolium pratense) red maple (Acer rubrum var. rubrum) red osier dogwood (Cornus sericea ssp. sericea) reed canary grass (Phalaris arundinacea) rough oxeye (Heliopsis helianthoides var. scabra) round-headed bush clover (Lespedeza capitata) round-leaved dogwood (Cornus rugosa) sandbar willow (Salix interior) scouring rush horsetail (Equisetum hyemale ssp. affine) showy goldenrod species complex (Solidago speciosa complex) silver maple (Acer saccharinum) slender willow (Salix petiolaris) smooth crabgrass (Digitaria ischaemum) smooth hedge nettle (Stachys tenuifolia) smooth rose (Rosa blanda var. blanda) smooth Solomon’s seal (Polygonatum biflorum var. commutatum) soft agrimony (Agrimonia pubescens) spinulose wood fern (Dryopteris carthusiana) spotted Joe Pye weed (Eutrochium maculatum) spreading dogbane (Apocynum androsaemifolium) starry false Solomon’s seal (Maianthemum stellatum) stiff sunflower (Helianthus pauciflorus) sugar maple (Acer saccharum ssp. saccharum) sulphur cinquefoil (Potentilla recta) tall thimbleweed (Anemone virginiana) timothy (Phleum pratense ssp. pratense) twoleaf miterwort (Mitella diphylla) veiny lined aster (Symphyotrichum praealtum var. praealtum) Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia) Virginia stickseed (Hackelia virginiana) Virginia waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum var. virginianum) western poison ivy (Toxicodendron rydbergii) white campion (Silene latifolia ssp. alba) white clover (Trifolium repens ssp. repens) 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) wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa) wild columbine (Aquilegia canadensis) wild geranium (Geranium maculatum) wild parsnip (Pastinaca sativa) wild sarsaparilla (Aralia nudicaulis) wild strawberry (Fragaria virginiana) wolfberry (Symphoricarpos occidentalis) woodbine (Parthenocissus vitacea) yellow foxtail (Setaria pumila ssp. pumila) yellow goat’s beard (Tragopogon dubius) yellow marsh marigold (Caltha palustris var. palustris) yellow sweet clover (Melilotus officinalis)
Acer negundo var. negundo (boxelder) Acer rubrum var. rubrum (red maple) Acer saccharinum (silver maple) Acer saccharum ssp. saccharum (sugar maple) Achillea millefolium (common yarrow) Agastache foeniculum (blue giant hyssop) Ageratina altissima var. altissima (white snakeroot) Agrimonia pubescens (soft agrimony) Ambrosia artemisiifolia (common ragweed) Amorpha fruticosa (desert false indigo) Amphicarpaea bracteata var. bracteata (hog peanut) Andropogon gerardi (big bluestem) Anemonastrum canadense (Canada anemone) Anemone cylindrica (candle anemone) Anemone virginiana (tall thimbleweed) Antennaria parlinii ssp. fallax (downy Parlin’s pussytoes) Apocynum androsaemifolium (spreading dogbane) Apocynum cannabinum (Indian hemp) Aquilegia canadensis (wild columbine) Aralia nudicaulis (wild sarsaparilla) Arctium minus (common burdock) Arisaema triphyllum (jack-in-the-pulpit) Artemisia absinthium (absinthe wormwood) Artemisia campestris ssp. caudata (field sagewort) Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana (white sage) Asclepias exaltata (poke milkweed) Asclepias syriaca (common milkweed) Asparagus officinalis (asparagus) Athyrium filix-femina var. angustum (northern lady fern) Berteroa incana (hoary alyssum) Betula papyrifera (paper birch) Caltha palustris var. palustris (yellow marsh marigold) Calystegia sepium (hedge bindweed) Campanula intercedens (intermediate_bellflower) Carduus acanthoides (plumeless thistle) Cirsium arvense (Canada thistle) Cirsium flodmanii (Flodman’s thistle) Cirsium vulgare (bull thistle) Comandra umbellata ssp. umbellata (bastard toadflax) Convolvulus arvensis (field bindweed) Cornus racemosa (gray dogwood) Cornus rugosa (round-leaved dogwood) Cornus sericea ssp. sericea (red osier dogwood) Corylus americana (American hazelnut) Cryptotaenia canadensis (Canadian honewort) Dalea candida var. candida (white prairie clover) Digitaria ischaemum (smooth crabgrass) Dryopteris carthusiana (spinulose wood fern) Echinacea angustifolia (narrow-leaved purple coneflower) Echinacea purpurea (eastern purple coneflower) Elymus hystrix (eastern bottlebrush grass) Enemion biternatum (eastern false rue anemone) Equisetum arvense (field horsetail) Equisetum hyemale ssp. affine (scouring rush horsetail) Equisetum pratense (meadow horsetail) Erigeron canadensis (Canadian horseweed) Erigeron philadelphicus var. philadelphicus (Philadelphia fleabane) Eurybia macrophylla (bigleaf aster) Eutrochium maculatum (spotted Joe Pye weed) Fragaria vesca ssp. americana (American woodland strawberry) Fragaria virginiana (wild strawberry) Fraxinus pennsylvanica (green ash) Galium boreale (northern bedstraw) Galium labradoricum (northern bog bedstraw) Galium triflorum (fragrant bedstraw) Geranium maculatum (wild geranium) Glechoma hederacea (ground ivy) Hackelia virginiana (Virginia stickseed) Helianthus maximiliani (Maximilian’s sunflower) Helianthus pauciflorus (stiff sunflower) Helianthus strumosus (paleleaf woodland sunflower) Helianthus tuberosus (Jerusalem artichoke) Heliopsis helianthoides var. scabra (rough oxeye) Hemerocallis fulva (orange daylily) Heracleum maximum (American cow parsnip) Hydrophyllum virginianum var. virginianum (Virginia waterleaf) Hylodesmum glutinosum (pointed-leaved tick-trefoil) Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana (eastern redcedar) Leonurus cardiaca ssp. cardiaca (common motherwort) Lespedeza capitata (round-headed bush clover) Liatris ligulistylis (northern plains blazing star) Liatris punctata var. punctata (dotted blazing star) Lotus corniculatus var. corniculatus (bird’s-foot trefoil) Lycopus americanus (American bugleweed) Maianthemum canadense (Canada mayflower) Maianthemum racemosum var. racemosum (common false Solomon’s seal) Maianthemum stellatum (starry false Solomon’s seal) Medicago lupulina (black medick) Melilotus albus (white sweet clover) Melilotus officinalis (yellow sweet clover) Menispermum canadense (Canada moonseed) Mitella diphylla (twoleaf miterwort) Monarda fistulosa (wild bergamot) Oenothera biennis (common evening primrose) Osmorhiza claytonii (bland sweet cicely) Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana (American hophornbeam) Oxalis stricta (yellow wood sorrel) Parthenocissus quinquefolia (Virginia creeper) Parthenocissus vitacea (woodbine) Pastinaca sativa (wild parsnip) Penstemon grandiflorus (large-flowered beardtongue) Persicaria pensylvanica (Pennsylvania smartweed) Phalaris arundinacea (reed canary grass) Phleum pratense ssp. pratense (timothy) Phryma leptostachya (American lopseed) Physalis heterophylla (clammy groundcherry) Plantago major (common plantain) Plantago rugelii var. rugelii (black-seeded plantain) Polygonatum biflorum var. commutatum (smooth Solomon’s seal) Populus balsamifera (balsam poplar) Populus deltoides ssp. molinifera (plains cottonwood) Populus grandidentata (bigtooth aspen) Populus tremuloides (quaking aspen) Potentilla recta (sulphur cinquefoil) Potentilla simplex (common cinquefoil) Prunella vulgaris (common selfheal) Prunus americana (American plum) Prunus serotina var. serotina (black cherry) Prunus virginiana var. virginiana (chokecherry) Quercus ellipsoidalis (northern pin oak) Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa (bur oak) Quercus rubra (northern red oak) Ratibida pinnata (gray-headed coneflower) Rhamnus cathartica (common buckthorn) Ribes americanum (American black currant) Ribes cynosbati (eastern prickly gooseberry) Robinia pseudoacacia (black locust) Rosa blanda var. blanda (smooth rose) Rubus allegheniensis (Allegheny blackberry) Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus (American red raspberry) Rudbeckia hirta var. pulcherrima (black-eyed Susan) Rudbeckia laciniata var. laciniata (cut-leaved coneflower) Sagittaria cuneata (arumleaf arrowhead) Salix amygdaloides (peachleaf willow) Salix eriocephala (heart-leaved willow) Salix interior (sandbar willow) Salix petiolaris (slender willow) Sanguinaria canadensis (bloodroot) Sanicula marilandica (Maryland black snakeroot) Schizachyrium scoparium (little bluestem) Scrophularia lanceolata (early figwort) Securigera varia (crown vetch) Setaria faberi (giant foxtail) Setaria pumila ssp. pumila (yellow foxtail) Silene latifolia ssp. alba (white campion) Smilax lasioneura (Blue Ridge carrionflower) Solanum emulans (eastern black nightshade) Solidago altissima (late goldenrod) Solidago flexicaulis (zigzag goldenrod) Solidago speciosa complex (showy goldenrod species complex) Sorghastrum nutans (Indiangrass) Sporobolus michauxianus (prairie cordgrass) Stachys tenuifolia (smooth hedge nettle) Symphoricarpos occidentalis (wolfberry) Symphyotrichum praealtum var. praealtum (veiny lined aster) Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale (common dandelion) Thalictrum dioicum (early meadow-rue) Tilia americana var. americana (American basswood) Toxicodendron rydbergii (western poison ivy) Tragopogon dubius (yellow goat’s beard) Trifolium hybridum (alsike clover) Trifolium pratense (red clover) Trifolium repens ssp. repens (white clover) Typha angustifolia (narrow-leaved cattail) Typha latifolia (broad-leaved cattail) Ulmus americana (American elm) Urtica gracilis ssp. gracilis (American stinging nettle) Uvularia grandiflora (large-flowered bellwort) Verbascum thapsus ssp. thapsus (common mullein) Verbena stricta (hoary vervain) Verbena urticifolia (white vervain) Viburnum opulus var. americanum (American highbush cranberry) Viburnum rafinesqueanum var. rafinesqueanum (downy arrowwood) Vicia americana ssp. americana (American vetch) Zanthoxylum americanum (northern prickly ash) Zizania palustris var. interior (northern wild rice) |
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