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Scott County
2,600 acres
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Trail Map
N44 44.386, W93 35.880
12.9 miles
The Minnesota Valley State Trail, a 35 mile multi-use trail, passes through the site.
Deer by firearms and archery, migratory waterfowl, and upland small game.
See Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge Hunting Map and Regulations Brochure (USFWS) for details.
Province
Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province
Section
Minnesota & NE Iowa Morainal
Subsection(s)
Big Woods
Land Type Association(s)
Le Sueur Alluvial Plain
Bulrush Marsh (Northern)
Dry Sand - Gravel Oak Savanna (Southern)
Dry Sand - Gravel Prairie (Southern)
Pin Oak - Bur Oak Woodland
Red Oak - Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Bitternut Hickory) Forest
Silver Maple - (Virginia Creeper) Floodplain Forest
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
The Louisville Swamp Unit is one of eight units that make up the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge.
This page includes species seen and photos taken on the Carver Rapids Unit of the Minnesota Valley State Recreation Area.
Click on a visitor name below (if any) to view that visitor’s observations.
Click on the button to share your own observations.
northern leopard frog (Rana pipiens)
American Coot (Fulica americana)
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis)
American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)
Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors)
Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus)
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis)
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens)
Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis)
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
Redhead (Aythya americana)
Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)
eastern comma (Polygonia comma)
goldenrod soldier beetle (Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus)
green-striped darner (Aeshna verticalis)
monarch (Danaus plexippus)
orange sulphur (Colias eurytheme)
eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)
whitetail deer (Odocoileus virginianus)
alsike clover (Trifolium hybridum)
American basswood (Tilia americana)
American bugleweed (Lycopus americanus)
arum-leaved arrowhead (Sagittaria cuneata)
asparagus (asparagus officinalis)
biennial beeblossom (Gaura biennis)
big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii)
bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa)
butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa ssp. interior)
Canada goldenrod (Solidago canadensis)
Canada lettuce (Lactuca canadensis)
Canada moonseed (Menispermum canadense)
Canada wildrye (Elymus canadensis)
Canadian horseweed (Conyza canadensis)
Canadian woodnettle (Laportea canadensis)
candle anemone (Anemone cylindrica)
common burdock (Arctium minus)
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 mullein (Verbascum thapsus ssp. thapsus)
common plantain (Plantago major)
common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia)
common sneezeweed (Helenium autumnale)
common yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
cup plant (Silphium perfoliatum var. perfoliatum)
cut-leaved coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata var. laciniata)
field sow thistle (Sonchus arvensis)
giant chickweed (Myosoton aquaticum)
gray-headed coneflower (Ratibida pinnata)
gray dogwood (Cornus racemosa)
gray goldenrod (Solidago nemoralis)
green foxtail (Setaria viridis)
ground ivy (Glechoma hederacea)
harebell (Campanula rotundifolia)
hoary alyssum (Berteroa incana)
hoary vervain (Verbena stricta)
Indian hemp (Apocynum cannabinum)
Indiangrass (Sorghastrum nutans)
leadplant (Amorpha canescens)
nodding bur marigold (Bidens cernua)
northern pin oak (Quercus ellipsoidalis)
northern red oak (Quercus rubra)
obedient plant (Physostegia virginiana)
Pennsylvania smartweed (Polygonum pensylvanicum)
plains cottonwood (Populus deltoides ssp. molinifera)
prairie cordgrass (Spartina pectinata)
prairie ironweed (Vernonia fasciculata ssp. fasciculata)
quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides)
Queen Anne’s lace (Daucus carota ssp. carota)
red clover (Trifolium pratense)
reed canary grass (Phalaris arundinacea)
rough barnyard grass (Echinochloa muricata var. muricata)
rough cocklebur (Xanthium strumarium)
round-headed bush clover (Lespedeza capitata)
showy goldenrod (Solidago speciosa)
silver maple (Acer saccharinum)
smooth Solomon’s seal (Polygonatum biflorum var. commutatum)
smooth sumac (Rhus glabra)
spotted lady’s thumb (Persicaria maculosa)
staghorn sumac (Rhus typhina)
starry false Solomon’s seal (Maianthemum stellatum)
stiff goldenrod (Solidago rigida)
stinging nettle (Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis)
sugar maple (Acer saccharum ssp. saccharum)
swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata ssp. incarnata)
swamp smartweed (Polygonum amphibium var. emersum)
tall bellflower (Campanulastrum americanum)
timothy (Phleum pratense)
velvet-leaf (Abutilon theophrasti)
virgin’s bower (Clematis virginiana)
western poison ivy (Toxicodendron rydbergii)
white campion (Silene latifolia ssp. alba)
white clover (Trifolium repens)
white heath aster (Symphyotrichum ericoides)
white sage (Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana)
white snakeroot (Ageratina altissima var. altissima)
white sweet clover (Melilotus albus)
wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa)
wild ginger (Asarum canadense)
wild grape (Vitis riparia)
yellow goat’s beard (Tragopogon dubius)
yellow sweet clover (Melilotus officinalis)
zigzag goldenrod (Solidago flexicaulis)
4/6/2000
9/14/2005
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