Lake Carlos State Park

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Area and County

Douglas County

 

 

 


Size

1,231 acres

 
 
Maps

Minnesota DNR Summer Map

 
Park Office

N46 0.041, W95 20.091

 
Hiking Trails

14 miles
0.5 mile handicapped-accessible
3 miles interpretive

 
Hunting

No hunting


Ecological Classification

Province

Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province

Ecological Classification

Section

Minnesota & NE Iowa Morainal

Subsection(s)

Hardwood Hills

Land Type Association(s)

Alexandria Moraine

 
Native Plant Communities1

Black Ash - Conifer Swamp (Northeastern)

Cattail Marsh (Prairie)

Red Oak - Basswood Forest (Calcareous Till)

Sedge Meadow

Tamarack Swamp (Southern)


Ownership

 
Links

Minnesota DNR


Comments

 


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Visitor Observations

   

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Amphibians

 

 
 

eastern gray treefrog (Hyla versicolor)

wood frog (Rana sylvatica)

eastern gray treefrog

Birds

Some of the birds that can be seen here, along with those listed below, are Common Loon (Gavia immer), Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps), Wilson’s Phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor).

Minnesota DNR Bird Checklist

 
 

American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla)

American Robin (Turdus migratorius)

American Woodcock (Scolopax minor)

Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)

Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)

Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)

White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)

American Robin

 

 

 

 

White-breasted Nuthatch

 

 


Insects and Arachnids

 

 
 

brown daddy-long-legs (Leiobunum ventricosum)

chalk-fronted corporal (Ladona julia)

dot-tailed whiteface (Leucorrhinia intacta)

eastern pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis)

forest tent caterpillar (Malacosoma disstria)

widow skimmer (Libellula luctuosa)

brown daddy-long-legs

 

 

 

 

widow skimmer


Mammals

 

 
 

American red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus)

eastern chipmunk (Tamias striatus)

eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)

Mearns’ cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus mearnsi)

whitetail deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

Mearns’ cottontail

Plants

 

 
 

American basswood (Tilia americana)

American cow parsnip (Heracleum maximum)

American highbush cranberry (Viburnum opulus var. americanum)

American vetch (Vicia americana ssp. americana)

arum-leaved arrowhead (Sagittaria cuneata)

bastard toadflax (Comandra umbellata)

bigtooth aspen (Populus grandidentata)

bird’s-foot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus var. corniculatus)

black medick (Medicago lupulina)

bland sweet cicely (Osmorhiza claytonii)

bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis)

bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa)

Canada anemone (Anemone canadensis)

Canada mayflower (Maianthemum canadense)

Canada moonseed (Menispermum canadense)

candle anemone (Anemone cylindrica)

cleavers (Galium aparine)

common burdock (Arctium minus)

common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale)

common false Solomon’s seal (Maianthemum racemosum var. racemosum)

common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)

common plantain (Plantago major)

common yarrow (Achillea millefolium)

crown vetch (Securigera varia)

early meadow rue (Thalictrum dioicum)

eastern false rue anemone (Enemion biternatum)

eastern prickly gooseberry (Ribes cynosbati)

field horsetail (Equisetum arvense)

fragrant bedstraw (Galium triflorum)

golden alexanders (Zizia aurea)

green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica)

harebell (Campanula rotundifolia)

heal-all (Prunella vulgaris)

ironwood (Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana)

Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum)

large-flowered bellwort (Uvularia grandiflora)

narrow-leaved cattail (Typha angustifolia)

northern bog bedstraw (Galium labradoricum)

northern pin oak (Quercus ellipsoidalis)

northern red oak (Quercus rubra)

northern wild rice (Zizania palustris var. interior)

paper birch (Betula papyrifera var. papyrifera)

Philadelphia fleabane (Erigeron philadelphicus var. philadelphicus)

plains cottonwood (Populus deltoides ssp. molinifera)

quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides)

red clover (Trifolium pratense)

round-leaved dogwood (Cornus rugosa)

scouring rush horsetail (Equisetum hyemale var. affine)

smooth brome (Bromus inermis)

smooth hedge nettle (Stachys tenuifolia)

smooth Solomon’s seal (Polygonatum biflorum var. commutatum)

smooth sumac (Rhus glabra)

spreading dogbane (Apocynum androsaemifolium)

starry false Solomon’s seal (Maianthemum stellatum)

stinging nettle (Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis)

sugar maple (Acer saccharum ssp. saccharum)

Virginia waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum var. virginianum)

western poison ivy (Toxicodendron rydbergii)

white clover (Trifolium repens)

wild columbine (Aquilegia canadensis)

wild grape (Vitis riparia)

woodbine (Parthenocissus vitacea)

yellow goat’s beard (Tragopogon dubius)

yellow marsh marigold (Caltha palustris var. palustris)

yellow sweet clover (Melilotus officinalis)

yellow wood sorrel (Oxalis stricta)

American cow parsnip

 

 

 

 

American highbush cranberry

 

 

 

 

bigtooth aspen

 

 

 

 

bur oak

 

 

 

 

common dandelion

 

 

 

 

common false Solomon’s seal

 

 

 

 

common milkweed

 

 

 

 

common yarrow

 

 

 

 

eastern false rue anemone

 

 

 

 

heal-all

 

 

 

 

large-flowered bellwort

 

 

 

 

northern pin oak

 

 

 

 

smooth sumac

 

 

 

 

spreading dogbane

 

 

 

 

Virginia waterleaf

 

 

 

 

western poison ivy

 

 

 

 

wild columbine

 

 

 

 

yellow marsh marigold


Visits

6/19/2006

   

 

Driving Directions

 

 

 

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