Maplewood State Park

 

 

     
 
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Size

 
 

10,279 acres statutory, 8,163 owned

 
         
 

Parking

 
 

39721 Park Entrance Road
Pelican Rapids, MN 56572

N46 32.993, W95 57.271

 
         
 

Hours

 
 

Daily from 8 a.m. until 10 p.m.

 
         
 

Fees

 
 

Daily park permit: $7

Annual park permit: $35

 
         
 

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          Otter Tail County  
          Northwest Minnesota  
     
 
Activities
 
 

Hiking Trails

 
 

25 miles

2.2 miles interpretive trail

 
     
 

Hunting

 
 

No hunting

 
     
 
Ecology
 
 

Ecological Classification

  Ecological Classification  
  Ecological Province     Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province    
  Ecological Section     Minnesota & NE Iowa Morainal    
  Ecological Subsection     Hardwood Hills    
  Land Type Associations     White Earth Moraine    
             
 

Native Plant Communities*

   
 

Dry Sand - Gravel Prairie (Southern)

Graminoid - Sphagnum Rich Fen (Basin)

Sedge Meadow

Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Aspen) Forest

Tamarack Swamp (Southern)

   
  * Source: The Minnesota Biological Survey, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Division of Ecological Resources      
         
 

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Maplewood State Park, MN

 
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Published on Oct 29, 2013

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A great day with the family at Maplewood State Park....the colors were spectacular!

 
  When the Leaves come Falling Down ~ Van Morrison
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Pictures taken on 09/26/2010 at Maplewood State Park near Pelican Rapids, Minnesota. Couldn't have asked for a better day. Song is "when the leaves come falling down" by Van Morrison. Album: 'Back on Top'.

 

 

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Are you looking for a Minnesota state park where you can experience premiere fall colors? Please check out Maplewood State Park, northwest of the Twin Cities. Our visit was just past fall peak. However, we still were able to capture lots of beautiful color. Also, lots of lakes and trails for your family but no boat rentals due to COVID.

Stills- Scott Bemman

Music - Epidemic Sound- Headlund

   
       
 
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Before my trip to Sudan.....a piece of peace

   
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Just a random video I took while working with Minnesota Conservation Corps at Maplewood State Park.

   

 

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Alicia

 
 

Insects and Arachnids

 
  forest tent caterpillar moth (Malacosoma disstria)   forest tent caterpillar  
 

Wayne Perala

 
 

Insects and Arachnids

 
  common buckeye (Junonia coenia)   common buckeye  
 

Jill Jacobson

 
 

Fungi and Lichens

 
  Bear’s Head Tooth (Hericium americanum)   Bear’s Head Tooth  
           
 
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Visits

5/18/2000   9/8/2011   6/26/2012        
 
 

Amphibians

 
 

One amphibian species with conservation status in Minnesota has been seen here:

Special Concern

mudpuppy (Necturus maculosus)

 
 

Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas Amphibians and Reptiles List

 
 

American toad (Anaxyrus americanus)

wood frog (Rana sylvatica)

  wood frog  
 

Birds

 
 

Ten bird species with conservation status in Minnesota have been seen here:

Threatened Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
Special Concern

American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)

Cerulean Warbler (Setophaga cerulea)

Forster’s Tern (Sterna forsteri)

Franklin’s Gull (Leucophaeus pipixcan)

Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis)

Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)

Purple Martin (Progne subis)

Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)

Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator)

 
 

Minnesota DNR Bird checklist

eBird Field Checklist

 
 

American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)

American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis)

American Robin (Turdus migratorius)

Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula)

Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)

Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)

Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus)

Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater)

Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)

Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida)

Common Loon (Gavia immer)

Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas)

Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis)

Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus)

Eastern Wood-peewee (Contopus virens)

Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)

Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus)

Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)

Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis)

Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)

Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)

Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla)

Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus)

Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)

Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)

Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus)

Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)

Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)

Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator)

Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)

Veery (Catharus fuscescens)

Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)

Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia)

 

American Goldfinch

American Robin

Black-capped Chickadee

Blue Jay

Brown-headed Cowbird

Canada Goose

Mallard

Song Sparrow

Wild Turkey

 
 

Fishes

 
 

Two fish species with conservation status in Minnesota have been seen here:

Threatened

pugnose shiner (Notropis anogenus)

Special Concern

least darter (Etheostoma microperca)

 
 

Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas Fishes List

 
         
 

Fungi and Lichens

 
 

Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas Lichens List

 
         
 

Insects and Arachnids

 
 

Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas Insects List

 
 

blue dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis)

chalk-fronted corporal (Ladona julia)

common green darner (Anax junius)

common whitetail (Plathemis lydia)

common wood nymph (Cercyonis pegala)

dog day cicada (Neotibicen canicularis)

dot-tailed whiteface (Leucorrhinia intacta)

eastern comma (Polygonia comma)

eastern pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis)

four-spotted skimmer (Libellula quadrimaculata)

frosted whiteface (Leucorrhinia frigida)

goldenrod gall fly (Eurosta solidaginis)

gray comma (Polygonia progne)

Halloween pennant (Celithemis eponina)

least skipper (Ancyloxypha numitor)

lime nail gall mite (Eriophyes tiliae)

monarch (Danaus plexippus)

northern crescent (Phyciodes cocyta)

northern pearly eye (Lethe anthedon)

orange sulphur (Colias eurytheme)

painted lady (Vanessa cardui)

poplar leaf-base gall (Pemphigus populicaulis)

racket-tailed emerald (Dorocordulia libera)

red admiral (Vanessa atalanta)

spring field cricket (Gryllus veletis)

twelve-spotted skimmer (Libellula pulchella)

white admiral (Limenitis arthemis arthemis)

widow skimmer (Libellula luctuosa)

 

common green darner

common whitetail

eastern comma

gray comma

monarch

northern crescent

orange sulphur

racket-tailed emerald

 
 

Mammals

 
 

American beaver (Castor canadensis)

eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)

whitetail deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

woodchuck (Marmota monax)

  whitetail deer  
 

Plants

 
 

Two plant species with conservation status in Minnesota are found here:

Special Concern

Fernald’s false manna grass (Torreyochloa pallida var. fernaldii)

narrow-leaved water plantain (Alisma gramineum)

 
 

Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas and Minnesota Biological Survey Vegetation Releves Plant List

 
 

Plants frequently found in:

Dry Sand - Gravel Prairie (Southern) UPs13b

Graminoid - Sphagnum Rich Fen (Basin) OPn92b

Sedge Meadow WMn82b

Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Aspen) Forest MHc37b

Tamarack Swamp (Southern) FPs63a

     
 

 

absinthe wormwood (Artemisia absinthium)

alfalfa (Medicago sativa ssp. sativa)

Allegheny monkeyflower (Mimulus ringens var. ringens)

alsike clover (Trifolium hybridum)

American basswood (Tilia americana var. americana)

American bittersweet (Celastrus scandens)

American bugleweed (Lycopus americanus)

American elm (Ulmus americana)

American hazelnut (Corylus americana)

American hophornbeam (Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana)

American lopseed (Phryma leptostachya)

American red raspberry (Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus)

American spikenard (Aralia racemosa ssp. racemosa)

American stinging nettle (Urtica gracilis ssp. gracilis)

American vetch (Vicia americana ssp. americana)

balsam poplar (Populus balsamifera)

big bluestem (Andropogon gerardi)

bigleaf aster (Eurybia macrophylla)

bigtooth aspen (Populus grandidentata)

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

black ash (Fraxinus nigra)

black cherry (Prunus serotina var. serotina)

black medick (Medicago lupulina)

black raspberry (Rubus occidentalis)

black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta var. pulcherrima)

black-seeded plantain (Plantago rugelii var. rugelii)

bland sweet cicely (Osmorhiza claytonii)

bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis)

blue vervain (Verbena hastata)

bluntleaf bedstraw (Galium obtusum ssp. obtusum)

boxelder (Acer negundo var. negundo)

broad-leaved arrowhead (Sagittaria latifolia)

broadleaf enchanter’s nightshade (Circaea canadensis)

bull thistle (Cirsium vulgare)

bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa)

Canada anemone (Anemonastrum canadense)

Canada mayflower (Maianthemum canadense)

Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense)

Canadian horseweed (Erigeron canadensis)

candle anemone (Anemone cylindrica)

charlock mustard (Sinapis arvensis)

chicory (Cichorium intybus)

chokecherry (Prunus virginiana var. virginiana)

common agrimony (Agrimonia gryposepala)

common blue violet (Viola sororia)

common buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica)

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 lambsquarters (Chenopodium album)

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 St. Johnswort (Hypericum perforatum)

common vetch (Vicia sativa)

common yarrow (Achillea millefolium)

crown vetch (Securigera varia)

curly dock (Rumex crispus)

downy yellow violet (Viola pubescens var. pubescens)

early meadow-rue (Thalictrum dioicum)

eastern bottlebrush grass (Elymus hystrix)

eastern prickly gooseberry (Ribes cynosbati)

field clover (Trifolium campestre ssp. campestre)

field horsetail (Equisetum arvense)

field pennycress (Thlaspi arvense)

field peppergrass (Lepidium campestre)

field sagewort (Artemisia campestris ssp. caudata)

fragrant bedstraw (Galium triflorum)

golden alexanders (Zizia aurea)

grass-leaved goldenrod (Euthamia graminifolia)

green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica)

green foxtail (Setaria viridis var. viridis)

grimmia dry rock moss (Grimmia laevigata)

hairy Solomon’s seal (Polygonatum pubescens)

harebell (Campanula rotundifolia)

hedge bindweed (Calystegia sepium)

hoary alyssum (Berteroa incana)

Indian hemp (Apocynum cannabinum)

jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum)

kidney-leaved buttercup (Ranunculus abortivus)

large-flowered bellwort (Uvularia grandiflora)

late goldenrod (Solidago altissima)

leadplant (Amorpha canescens)

leafy spurge (Euphorbia virgata)

leatherleaf (Chamaedaphne calyculata)

Lindley’s aster (Symphyotrichum ciliolatum)

long-headed coneflower (Ratibida columnifera)

lowland hog peanut (Amphicarpaea bracteata var. comosa)

Maryland black snakeroot (Sanicula marilandica)

Maximilian’s sunflower (Helianthus maximiliani)

nannyberry (Viburnum lentago)

narrow-leaved cattail (Typha angustifolia)

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

nodding trillium (Trillium cernuum)

northern bedstraw (Galium boreale)

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

northern prickly ash (Zanthoxylum americanum)

northern red oak (Quercus rubra)

ostrich fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris var. pensylvanica)

oxeye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare)

pagoda dogwood (Cornus alternifolia)

paper birch (Betula papyrifera var. papyrifera)

Philadelphia fleabane (Erigeron philadelphicus var. philadelphicus)

pineapple-weed (Matricaria discoidea)

plains cottonwood (Populus deltoides ssp. molinifera)

plumeless thistle (Carduus acanthoides ssp. acanthoides)

pointed-leaved tick-trefoil (Hylodesmum glutinosum)

poke milkweed (Asclepias exaltata)

prairie fleabane (Erigeron strigosus)

prairie peppergrass (Lepidium densiflorum)

purple meadow-rue (Thalictrum dasycarpum)

purple prairie clover (Dalea purpurea var. purpurea)

quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides)

rabbit’s foot clover (Trifolium arvense)

rattlesnake fern (Botrypus virginianus)

red baneberry (Actaea rubra ssp. rubra)

red clover (Trifolium pratense)

red maple (Acer rubrum var. rubrum)

red osier dogwood (Cornus sericea ssp. sericea)

reed canary grass (Phalaris arundinacea)

roadside agrimony (Agrimonia striata)

rock elm (Ulmus thomasii)

rough cinquefoil (Potentilla norvegica)

rough cocklebur (Xanthium strumarium)

roughleaf ricegrass (Oryzopsis asperifolia)

round-lobed hepatica (Anemone americana)

scouring rush horsetail (Equisetum hyemale ssp. affine)

shepherd’s purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris)

showy orchis (Galearis spectabilis)

silver maple (Acer saccharinum)

silvery cinquefoil (Potentilla argentea)

smooth oxeye (Heliopsis helianthoides var. scabra)

smooth sumac (Rhus glabra)

soft agrimony (Agrimonia pubescens)

soft wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa var. mollis)

softhair marbleseed (Lithospermum parviflorum)

spotted Joe Pye weed (Eutrochium maculatum)

spotted lady’s thumb (Persicaria maculosa)

spotted touch-me-not (Impatiens capensis)

spreading dogbane (Apocynum androsaemifolium)

starry false Solomon’s seal (Maianthemum stellatum)

stiff goldenrod (Solidago rigida ssp. rigida)

sugar maple (Acer saccharum ssp. saccharum)

sulphur cinquefoil (Potentilla recta)

swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata ssp. incarnata)

tall buttercup (Ranunculus acris var. acris)

tall tumble mustard (Sisymbrium altissimum)

Tatarian honeysuckle (Lonicera tatarica)

timothy (Phleum pratense ssp. pratense)

variegated yellow pond lily (Nuphar variegata)

veiny pea (Lathyrus venosus var. intonsus)

Virginia waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum var. virginianum)

western poison ivy (Toxicodendron rydbergii)

white avens (Geum canadense)

white campion (Silene latifolia ssp. alba)

white clover (Trifolium repens ssp. repens)

white rattlesnake root (Nabalus albus)

white snakeroot (Ageratina altissima var. altissima)

white sweet clover (Melilotus albus)

wild columbine (Aquilegia canadensis)

wild grape (Vitis riparia)

wild sarsaparilla (Aralia nudicaulis)

winter cress (Barbarea vulgaris)

wood lily (Lilium philadelphicum var. andinum)

woodbine (Parthenocissus vitacea)

woodland strawberry (Fragaria vesca ssp. americana)

yellow goat’s beard (Tragopogon dubius)

yellow sweet clover (Melilotus officinalis)

yellow wood sorrel (Oxalis stricta)

 

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)

Actaea rubra ssp. rubra (red baneberry)

Ageratina altissima var. altissima (white snakeroot)

Agrimonia gryposepala (common agrimony)

Agrimonia pubescens (soft agrimony)

Agrimonia striata (roadside agrimony)

Ambrosia artemisiifolia (common ragweed)

Amorpha canescens (leadplant)

Amphicarpaea bracteata var. comosa (lowland hog peanut)

Andropogon gerardi (big bluestem)

Anemone americana (round-lobed hepatica)

Anemonastrum canadense (Canada anemone)

Anemone cylindrica (candle anemone)

Apocynum androsaemifolium (spreading dogbane)

Apocynum cannabinum (Indian hemp)

Aquilegia canadensis (wild columbine)

Aralia nudicaulis (wild sarsaparilla)

Aralia racemosa ssp. racemosa (American spikenard)

Arctium minus (common burdock)

Arisaema triphyllum (jack-in-the-pulpit)

Artemisia absinthium (absinthe wormwood)

Artemisia campestris ssp. caudata (field sagewort)

Asclepias exaltata (poke milkweed)

Asclepias incarnata ssp. incarnata (swamp milkweed)

Asclepias syriaca (common milkweed)

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

Barbarea vulgaris (winter cress)

Berteroa incana (hoary alyssum)

Betula papyrifera var. papyrifera (paper birch)

Botrypus virginianus (rattlesnake fern)

Calystegia sepium (hedge bindweed)

Campanula rotundifolia (harebell)

Capsella bursa-pastoris (shepherd’s purse)

Carduus acanthoides (plumeless thistle)

Celastrus scandens (American bittersweet)

Chamaedaphne calyculata (leatherleaf)

Chenopodium album (common lambsquarters)

Cichorium intybus (chicory)

Circaea canadensis (broadleaf enchanter’s nightshade)

Cirsium arvense (Canada thistle)

Cirsium vulgare (bull thistle)

Cornus alternifolia (pagoda dogwood)

Cornus sericea ssp. sericea (red osier dogwood)

Corylus americana (American hazelnut)

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

Dalea purpurea var. purpurea (purple prairie clover)

Elymus hystrix (eastern bottlebrush grass)

Equisetum arvense (field horsetail)

Equisetum hyemale ssp. affine (scouring rush horsetail)

Erigeron canadensis (Canadian horseweed)

Erigeron philadelphicus var. philadelphicus (Philadelphia fleabane)

Erigeron strigosus (prairie fleabane)

Euphorbia virgata (leafy spurge)

Eurybia macrophylla (bigleaf aster)

Euthamia graminifolia (grass-leaved goldenrod)

Eutrochium maculatum (spotted Joe Pye weed)

Fragaria vesca ssp. americana (woodland strawberry)

Fraxinus nigra (black ash)

Fraxinus pennsylvanica (green ash)

Galearis spectabilis (showy orchis)

Galium boreale (northern bedstraw)

Galium obtusum ssp. obtusum (bluntleaf bedstraw)

Galium triflorum (fragrant bedstraw)

Geum canadense (white avens)

Grimmia laevigata (grimmia dry rock moss)

Helianthus maximiliani (Maximilian’s sunflower)

Heliopsis helianthoides var. scabra (smooth oxeye)

Hydrophyllum virginianum var. virginianum (Virginia waterleaf)

Hylodesmum glutinosum (pointed-leaved tick-trefoil)

Hypericum perforatum (common St. Johnswort)

Impatiens capensis (spotted touch-me-not)

Lathyrus venosus var. intonsus) (veiny pea)

Leonurus cardiaca ssp. cardiaca (common motherwort)

Lepidium campestre (field peppergrass)

Lepidium densiflorum (prairie peppergrass)

Leucanthemum vulgare (oxeye daisy)

Lilium philadelphicum var. andinum (wood lily)

Lithospermum parviflorum (softhair marbleseed)

Lonicera tatarica (Tatarian honeysuckle)

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)

Matricaria discoidea (pineapple-weed)

Matteuccia struthiopteris var. pensylvanica (ostrich fern)

Medicago lupulina (black medick)

Medicago sativa ssp. sativa (alfalfa)

Melilotus albus (white sweet clover)

Melilotus officinalis (yellow sweet clover)

Mimulus ringens var. ringens (Allegheny monkeyflower)

Monarda fistulosa var. mollis (soft wild bergamot)

Nabalus albus (white rattlesnake root)

Nuphar variegata (variegated yellow pond lily)

Oenothera biennis (common evening primrose)

Oryzopsis asperifolia (roughleaf ricegrass)

Osmorhiza claytonii (bland sweet cicely)

Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana (American hophornbeam)

Oxalis stricta (yellow wood sorrel)

Parthenocissus vitacea (woodbine)

Persicaria maculosa (spotted lady’s thumb)

Phalaris arundinacea (reed canary grass)

Phleum pratense ssp. pratense (timothy)

Phryma leptostachya (American lopseed)

Plantago major (common plantain)

Plantago rugelii var. rugelii (black-seeded plantain)

Polygonatum pubescens (hairy Solomon’s seal)

Populus balsamifera (balsam poplar)

Populus deltoides ssp. molinifera (plains cottonwood)

Populus grandidentata (bigtooth aspen)

Populus tremuloides (quaking aspen)

Potentilla argentea (silvery cinquefoil)

Potentilla norvegica (rough cinquefoil)

Potentilla recta (sulphur cinquefoil)

Prunus serotina var. serotina (black cherry)

Prunus virginiana var. virginiana (chokecherry)

Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa (bur oak)

Quercus rubra (northern red oak)

Ranunculus abortivus (kidney-leaved buttercup)

Ranunculus acris var. acris (tall buttercup)

Ratibida columnifera (long-headed coneflower)

Rhamnus cathartica (common buckthorn)

Rhus glabra (smooth sumac)

Ribes cynosbati (eastern prickly gooseberry)

Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus (American red raspberry)

Rubus occidentalis (black raspberry)

Rudbeckia hirta var. pulcherrima (black-eyed Susan)

Rumex crispus (curly dock)

Sagittaria latifolia (broad-leaved arrowhead)

Sanguinaria canadensis (bloodroot)

Sanicula marilandica (Maryland black snakeroot)

Securigera varia (crown vetch)

Setaria viridis var. viridis (green foxtail)

Silene latifolia ssp. alba (white campion)

Sinapis arvensis (charlock mustard)

Sisymbrium altissimum (tall tumble mustard)

Solidago altissima (late goldenrod)

Solidago rigida ssp. rigida (stiff goldenrod)

Symphyotrichum ciliolatum (Lindley’s aster)

Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale (common dandelion)

Thalictrum dasycarpum (purple meadow-rue)

Thalictrum dioicum (early meadow-rue)

Thlaspi arvense (field pennycress)

Tilia americana var. americana (American basswood)

Toxicodendron rydbergii (western poison ivy)

Tragopogon dubius (yellow goat’s beard)

Trifolium arvense (rabbit’s foot clover)

Trifolium campestre ssp. campestre (field clover)

Trifolium hybridum (alsike clover)

Trifolium pratense (red clover)

Trifolium repens ssp. repens (white clover)

Trillium cernuum (nodding trillium)

Typha angustifolia (narrow-leaved cattail)

Ulmus americana (American elm)

Ulmus thomasii (rock elm)

Urtica gracilis ssp. gracilis (American stinging nettle)

Uvularia grandiflora (large-flowered bellwort)

Verbascum thapsus ssp. thapsus (common mullein)

Verbena hastata (blue vervain)

Viburnum lentago (nannyberry)

Vicia americana ssp. americana (American vetch)

Vicia sativa (common vetch)

Viola pubescens var. pubescens (downy yellow violet)

Viola sororia (common blue violet)

Vitis riparia (wild grape)

Xanthium strumarium (rough cocklebur)

Zanthoxylum americanum (northern prickly ash)

Zizia aurea (golden alexanders)

 

absinthe wormwood

alsike clover

American lopseed

American spikenard

black cherry

black raspberry

black-eyed Susan

bloodroot

blue vervain

Canada anemone

chicory

chokecherry

common evening primrose

common false Solomon’s seal

common mullein

common St. Johnswort

common yarrow

early meadow-rue

eastern bottlebrush grass

eastern prickly gooseberry

smooth oxeye

golden alexanders

large-flowered bellwort

leadplant

long-headed coneflower

Maximilian’s sunflower

nannyberry

northern bedstraw

oxeye daisy

poke milkweed

purple prairie clover

rough cinquefoil

rough cocklebur

smooth sumac

spotted touch-me-not

spreading dogbane

swamp milkweed

purple meadow-rue

Tatarian honeysuckle

white clover

white snakeroot

wild columbine

wood lily

woodland strawberry

yellow goat’s beard

 

 
 

Reptiles

 
 

common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina)

plains garter snake (Thamnophis radix)

  common snapping turtle  

 

 

Binoculars

 

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