Lake Elmo Park Reserve

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Area and County

Washington County

 

 

 


Size

2,165 acres

 
 
Maps

Summer Trails Map

 
Parking

N44 58.522, W92 54.258

 
Hiking Trails

20 miles total, including hiking, biking, and horse trails

 
Hunting

No hunting


Ecological Classification

Province

Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province

Ecological Classification

Section

Minnesota & NE Iowa Morainal

Subsection(s)

St. Paul-Baldwin Plains

Land Type Association(s)

Maplewood Moraine

 
Native Plant Communities1

Boulder Shore (Inland Lake)

Oak - (Red Maple) Woodland

Sand Beach/Sandbar (River)


Ownership

 
Links

Washington County Parks


Comments

Fees
Daily permits are $5 per day. Annual permits are $25, and are honored at all Anoka County, Washington County, and Carver County parks.

Summer Weekends
On hot summer weekends the swimming beach attracts hundreds of local residents.


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Visitor Observations

   

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Amphibians

 

 
 

American toad (Bufo americanus)

American toad


Birds

 

 
 

American Robin (Turdus migratorius)

Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)

Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)

Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)

Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)

Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina)

Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis)

Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus)

Great Egret (Ardea alba)

Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)

Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)

Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)

Black-capped Chickadee

 

 

 

 

Canada Goose

 

 

 

 

Mourning Dove

 


Fungi

 

 
 

Black Knot (Apiosporina morbosa)

Black Knot


Insects and Arachnids

 

 
 

autumn meadowhawk (Sympetrum vicinum)

cherry-faced meadowhawk (Sympetrum internum)

common green darner (Anax junius)

common oblique syrphid (Allograpta obliqua)

common wood nymph (Cercyonis pegala nephala)

eastern tent caterpillar (Malacosoma americanum)

four-spotted skimmer (Libellula quadrimaculata)

goldenrod bunch gall midge (Rhopalomyia solidaginis)

goldenrod gall fly (Eurosta solidaginis)

Halloween pennant (Celithemis eponina)

monarch (Danaus plexippus)

mourning cloak (Nymphalis antiopa)

twelve-spotted skimmer (Libellula pulchella)

white-faced meadowhawk (Sympetrum obtrusum)

widow skimmer (Libellula luctuosa)

common green darner

 

 

 

 

four-spotted skimmer

 

 

 

 

Halloween pennant

 

 

 

 

twelve-spotted skimmer

 

 


Plants

University of Minnesota Herbarium Plant List


Plants frequently found in:

Boulder Shore (Inland Lake) LKi43a

Oak - (Red Maple) Woodland FDs37a

Sand Beach/Sandbar (River) RVx32b

 
 

alfalfa (Medicago sativa ssp. sativa)

alsike clover (Trifolium hybridum)

American basswood (Tilia americana)

American elderberry (Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis)

American elm (Ulmus americana)

American hazel (Corylus americana)

American hog peanut (Amphicarpaea bracteata var. bracteata)

American plum (Prunus americana)

American vetch (Vicia americana ssp. americana)

amur maple (Acer ginnala)

annual fleabane (Erigeron annuus)

asparagus (Asparagus officinalis)

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

bittersweet nightshade (Solanum dulcamara)

black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)

black-seeded plantain (Plantago rugelii var. rugelii)

black cherry (Prunus serotina var. serotina)

black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia)

black raspberry (Rubus occidentalis)

bland sweet cicely (Osmorhiza claytonii)

blue giant hyssop (Agastache foeniculum)

blue spruce (Picea pungens)

blue vervain (Verbena hastata)

boxelder (Acer negundo var. negundo)

bracted spiderwort (Tradescantia bracteata)

bristly locust (Robinia hispida var. hispida)

broad-leaved arrowhead (Sagittaria latifolia)

bull thistle (Cirsium vulgare)

bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa)

butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa ssp. interior)

Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense)

cereal rye (Secale cereale)

chokecherry (Prunus virginiana var. virginiana)

cleavers (Galium aparine)

common agrimony (Agrimonia gryposepala)

common boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum var. perfoliatum)

common buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica)

common burdock (Arctium minus)

common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale)

common mullein (Verbascum thapsus ssp. thapsus)

common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia)

common St. Johnswort (Hypericum perforatum)

common yarrow (Achillea millefolium)

corn (Zea mays) (crop)

crown vetch (Securigera varia)

curly dock (Rumex crispus)

dame’s rocket (Hesperis matronalis)

downy phlox (Phlox pilosa ssp. fulgida)

eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana)

eastern white pine (Pinus strobus)

false sunflower (Heliopsis helianthoides var. occidentalis)

field bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis)

field clover (Trifolium campestre)

field thistle (Cirsium discolor)

flowering spurge (Euphorbia corollata)

four-flowered yellow loosestrife (Lysimachia quadriflora)

fringed loosestrife (Lysimachia ciliata)

gray dogwood (Cornus racemosa)

grayleaf red raspberry (Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus)

green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica)

ground ivy (Glechoma hederacea)

heal-all (Prunella vulgaris)

heart-leaved four o’clock (Mirabilis nyctaginea)

hoary alyssum (Berteroa incana)

honey locust (Gleditsia triacanthos)

Illinois tick-trefoil (Desmodium illinoense)

Indian hemp (Apocynum cannabinum)

leadplant (Amorpha canescens)

long-headed coneflower (Ratibida columnifera)

marsh hedge nettle (Stachys palustris)

Missouri gooseberry (Ribes missouriense)

Morrow’s honeysuckle (Lonicera morrowii)

musk thistle (Carduus nutans)

narrow-leaved cattail (Typha angustifolia)

narrow-leaved hawk’s-beard (Crepis tectorum)

New Jersey tea (Ceanothus americanus)

northern bedstraw (Galium boreale)

northern lady fern (Athyrium filix-femina ssp. angustum)

northern pin oak (Quercus ellipsoidalis)

northern red oak (Quercus rubra)

oxeye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare)

pagoda dogwood (Cornus alternifolia)

pineapple-weed (Matricaria discoidea)

plains cottonwood (Populus deltoides ssp. molinifera)

pointed-leaved tick-trefoil (Desmodium glutinosum)

prairie coreopsis (Coreopsis palmata)

prairie dropseed (Sporobolus heterolepis)

prairie fleabane (Erigeron strigosus)

purple prairie clover (Dalea purpurea var. purpurea)

quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides)

rabbit’s foot clover (Trifolium arvense)

red clover (Trifolium pratense)

red pine (Pinus resinosa)

rough cinquefoil (Potentilla norvegica)

rough-fruited cinquefoil (Potentilla recta)

round-headed bush clover (Lespedeza capitata)

silver maple (Acer saccharinum)

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

smooth sumac (Rhus glabra)

spotted knapweed (Centaurea stoebe ssp. micranthos)

spreading dogbane (Apocynum androsaemifolium)

stiff goldenrod (Solidago rigida)

stinging nettle (Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis)

sugar maple (Acer saccharum ssp. saccharum)

swamp smartweed (Polygonum amphibium var. emersum)

tall meadow rue (Thalictrum dasycarpum)

tall thimbleweed (Anemone virginiana)

timothy (Phleum pratense)

western poison ivy (Toxicodendron rydbergii)

white avens (Geum canadense)

white baneberry (Actaea pachypoda)

white campion (Silene latifolia ssp. alba)

white clover (Trifolium repens)

white prairie clover (Dalea candida var. candida)

white spruce (Picea glauca)

white sweet clover (Melilotus albus)

wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa)

wild grape (Vitis riparia)

wild yam (Dioscorea villosa)

winter vetch (Vicia villosa ssp. villosa)

woodbine (Parthenocissus vitacea)

yellow sweet clover (Melilotus officinalis)

yellow wood sorrel (Oxalis stricta)

alsike clover

 

 

 

 

American elderberry

 

 

 

 

American plum

 

 

 

 

black cherry

 

 

 

 

black raspberry

 

 

 

 

black-eyed Susan

 

 

 

 

bracted spiderwort

 

 

 

 

butterfly weed

 

 

 

 

chokecherry

 

 

 

 

common boneset

 

 

 

 

common mullein

 

 

 

 

common St. Johnswort

 

 

 

 

dame’s rocket

 

 

 

 

downy phlox

 

 

 

 

false sunflower

 

 

 

 

field bindweed

 

 

 

 

fringed loosestrife

 

 

 

 

heal-all

 

 

 

 

leadplant

 

 

 

 

long-headed coneflower

 

 

 

 

musk thistle

 

 

 

 

northern bedstraw

 

 

 

 

oxeye daisy

 

 

 

 

prairie coreopsis

 

 

 

 

purple prairie clover

 

 

 

 

rough cinquefoil

 

 

 

 

rough-fruited cinquefoil

 

 

 

 

tall meadow rue

 

 

 

 

western poison ivy flowers

 

 

 

 

white baneberry

 

 

 

 

winter vetch

 

 

 

 

yellow wood sorrel

 

 


Reptiles

 

 
 

eastern garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis)

eastern garter snake


Visits

7/10/2011

   

 

Driving Directions

 

 

 

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