Minnesota Seasons - Lebanon Hills Regional Park


Lebanon Hills Regional Park





			Dakota County




Size	2,000 acres

Maps	Summer Trail Map

Parking	Holland Lake Trailhead N44 47.392, W93 08.726 Jensen Lake Trailhead N44 46.749, W93 09.953 Visitor Center N44 47.192, W93 07.727

Hiking Trails	18.1 miles

Hunting	Deer by archery. See Hunting (Dakota County Parks) for details.

Ecological Classification	Province	Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province
	Section	Minnesota & NE Iowa Morainal
	Subsection(s)	St. Paul-Baldwin Plains
	Land Type Association(s)	Wescott Moraine

Native Plant Communities¹	Red Oak - Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Bitternut Hickory) Forest Tamarack Swamp (Southern)

Ownership

Links	Dakota County Parks

Comments	This is a busy suburban park. It is the largest park in the Dakota County park system. The trails are well marked. Trail maps are available at kiosks at each parking area.

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Holland Lake Trailhead

Jensen Lake Trailhead

The trails are well marked



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Birds

	American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus) Green Heron (Butorides virescens) Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) White-breasted Nuthatch (Meleagris gallopavo) Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius)

Fungi

	Artist’s Conk (Ganoderma applanatum) Black Knot (Apiosporina morbosa) Crown-tipped Coral (Artomyces pyxidatus) Turkey Tail (Trametes versicolor)

Insects and Arachnids

	brown daddy-long-legs (Leiobunum ventricosum) chalk-fronted corporal (Ladona julia) common green darner (Anax junius) dot-tailed whiteface (Leucorrhinia intacta) four-lined plant bug (Poecilocapsus lineatus) lilypad clubtail (Arigomphus furcifer) little wood satyr (Megisto cymela) meadow spittlebug (Philaenus spumarius) monarch (Danaus plexippus) multicolored Asian lady beetle (Harmonia axyridis f. succinea) northern crescent (Phyciodes cocyta selenis) red admiral (Vanessa atalanta) red-spotted purple (Limenitis arthemis astyanax) widow skimmer (Libellula luctuosa)

Mammals

	American red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) Mearns’ cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus mearnsi) whitetail deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

Plants	University of Minnesota Herbarium Plant List Plants frequently found in: Red Oak - Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Bitternut Hickory) Forest MHs38c Tamarack Swamp (Southern) FPs63a

	absinth wormwood (Artemisia absinthium) alsike clover (Trifolium hybridum) American basswood (Tilia americana) American black currant (Ribes americanum) American bugleweed (Lycopus americanus) American elm (Ulmus americana) American highbush cranberry (Viburnum opulus var. americanum) American hog peanut (Amphicarpaea bracteata) American white waterlily (Nymphaea odorata) amur maple (Acer ginnala) annual fleabane (Erigeron annuus) asparagus (asparagus officinalis) bigtooth aspen (Populus grandidentata) bird’s-foot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus var. corniculatus) bittersweet nightshade (Solanum dulcamara) black cherry (Prunus serotina var. serotina) black medick (Medicago lupulina) black raspberry (Rubus occidentalis) black walnut (Juglans nigra) black-seeded plantain (Plantago rugelii var. rugelii) blisterwort (Ranunculus recurvatus var. recurvatus) boxelder (Acer negundo) broad-leaved arrowhead (Sagittaria latifolia) bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa) Canada mayflower (Maianthemum canadense) Canadian gooseberry (Ribes oxyacanthoides ssp. oxyacanthoides) Canadian honewort (Cryptotaenia canadensis) Canadian woodnettle (Laportea canadensis) cleavers (Galium aparine) common agrimony (Agrimonia gryposepala) common bladderwort (Utricularia vulgaris ssp. macrorhiza) common boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum var. perfoliatum) 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 motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca) common mullein (Verbascum thapsus ssp. thapsus) common strawberry (Fragaria virginiana) common yarrow (Achillea millefolium) crown vetch (Securigera varia) Culver’s root (Veronicastrum virginicum) curly dock (Rumex crispus) early figwort (Scrophularia lanceolata) early meadow rue (Thalictrum dioicum) eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana) fragrant bedstraw (Galium triflorum) garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata) giant ragweed (Ambrosia trifida var. trifida) gray dogwood (Cornus racemosa) grayleaf red raspberry (Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus) green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica) ground ivy (Glechoma hederacea) hoary alyssum (Berteroa incana) interrupted fern (Osmunda claytoniana) ironwood (Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana) Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) kidney-leaved buttercup (Ranunculus abortivus) large-flowered bellwort (Uvularia grandiflora) leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula) lesser duckweed (Lemna minor) limber honeysuckle (Lonicera dioica) Missouri gooseberry (Ribes missouriense) nannyberry (Viburnum lentago) narrow-leaved cattail (Typha angustifolia) narrow-leaved hawk’s-beard (Crepis tectorum) nodding trillium (Trillium cernuum) northern bedstraw (Galium boreale) northern bush-honeysuckle (Diervilla lonicera) northern lady fern (Athyrium filix-femina ssp. angustum) northern maidenhair (Adiantum pedatum) northern pin oak (Quercus ellipsoidalis) northern red oak (Quercus rubra) ostrich fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris var. pensylvanica) oxeye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare) paper birch (Betula papyrifera var. papyrifera) pineapple-weed (Matricaria discoidea) plains coreopsis (Coreopsis tinctoria var. tinctoria) poke milkweed (Asclepias exaltata) prairie coreopsis (Coreopsis palmata) quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) red clover (Trifolium pratense) red elderberry (Sambucus racemosa var. racemosa) red maple (Acer rubrum var. rubrum) red osier dogwood (Cornus sericea ssp. sericea) red sorrel (Rumex acetosella) rose twisted-stalk (Streptopus lanceolatus var. longipipes) rough-fruited cinquefoil (Potentilla recta) round-leaved dogwood (Cornus rugosa) rue anemone (Thalictrum thalictroides) sensitive fern (Onoclea sensibilis) silver maple (Acer saccharinum) silvery cinquefoil (Potentilla argentea) slender cinquefoil (Potentilla gracilis var. flabelliformis) small tumbleweed mustard (Sisymbrium loeselii) smooth brome (Bromus inermis) smooth carrionflower (Smilax herbacea) smooth Solomon’s seal (Polygonatum biflorum var. commutatum) smooth sumac (Rhus glabra) southern blue flag (Iris virginica var. shrevei) speckled alder (Alnus incana ssp. rugosa) stinging nettle (Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis) sugar maple (Acer saccharum ssp. saccharum) swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata ssp. incarnata) tall buttercup (Ranunculus acris) tall meadow rue (Thalictrum dasycarpum) tall white beard-tongue (Penstemon digitalis) tower mustard (Turritis glabra) twoflower dwarfdandelion (Krigia biflora var. biflora) variegated yellow pond lily (Nuphar variegata) Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia) western bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum var. latiusculum) western poison ivy (Toxicodendron rydbergii) wheat (Triticum aestivum) white campion (Silene latifolia ssp. alba) white oak (Quercus alba) white-flowered leaf-cup (Polymnia canadensis) wild columbine (Aquilegia canadensis) wild cucumber (Echinocystis lobata) wild geranium (Geranium maculatum) wild ginger (Asarum canadense) wild grape (Vitis riparia) wild radish (Raphanus raphanistrum) woodbine (Parthenocissus vitacea) yellow goat’s beard (Tragopogon dubius) yellow wood sorrel (Oxalis stricta)

Reptiles	One reptile species with protected status in Minnesota is found here: Special concern – common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina var. serpentina)

	common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina var. serpentina)

Visits	6/9/2010

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