Maplewood State Park

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Area and County

Otter Tail County

 

 

 


Size

9,250 acres

 
 
Maps

Minnesota DNR Summer Map

 
Park Office

N46 32.320, W95 57.189

 
Hiking Trails

25 miles
2.2 miles interpretive trail

 
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)

White Earth Moraine

 
Native Plant Communities1

Dry Sand - Gravel Prairie (Southern)

Graminoid - Sphagnum Rich Fen (Basin)

Sedge Meadow

Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Aspen) Forest

Tamarack Swamp (Southern)


Ownership

 
Links

Minnesota DNR


Comments

 


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Amphibians

 

 
 

American toad (Bufo americanus)

wood frog (Rana sylvatica)

wood frog


Birds

Nine bird species with protected status in Minnesota have been seen here:

Threatened – Common Tern (Sterna hirundo), Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus), Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator)

Special concern – American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos), Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), Cerulean Warbler (Dendroica cerulea), Forster’s Tern (Sterna forsteri), Franklin’s Gull (Larus pipixcan), Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)

Minnesota DNR Bird checklist

 
 

American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)

American Goldfinch (Carduelis 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 aurocapillus)

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 (Dendroica petechia)

American Goldfinch

 

 

 

 

American Robin

 

 

 

 

Black-capped Chickadee

 

 

 

 

Brown-headed Cowbird

 

 

 

 

Canada Goose

 

 

 

 

Mallard

 

 

 

 

Song Sparrow

 

 

 

 

Wild Turkey

 


Insects and Arachnids

 

 
 

blue dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis)

chalk-fronted corporal (Ladona julia)

common green darner (Anax junius)

common whitetail (Plathemis lydia)

common wood nymph (Cercyonis pegala nephala)

dog day cicada (Tibicen 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)

green-faced clubtail (Gomphus viridifrons)

Halloween pennant (Celithemis eponina)

least skipper (Ancyloxypha numitor)

linden leaf gall mite (Eriophyes tiliae)

monarch (Danaus plexippus)

northern crescent (Phyciodes cocyta selenis)

northern pearly eye (Lethe anthedon anthedon)

orange sulphur (Colias eurytheme)

painted lady (Vanessa cardui)

poplar petiole 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

 

 
 

Canadian beaver (Castor canadensis canadensis)

eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)

whitetail deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

woodchuck (Marmota monax)

whitetail deer


Plants

White baneberry (Actaea pachypoda) is found in this park although it is well outside of its reported range.

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

 
 

absinth wormwood (Artemisia absinthium)

alfalfa (Medicago sativa ssp. sativa)

Allegheny monkeyflower (Mimulus ringens var. ringens)

alsike clover (Trifolium hybridum)

American basswood (Tilia americana)

American bittersweet (Celastrus scandens)

American bugleweed (Lycopus americanus)

American elm (Ulmus americana)

American hazel (Corylus americana)

American hog peanut (Amphicarpaea bracteata var. comosa)

American lopseed (Phryma leptostachya)

American spikenard (Aralia racemosa ssp. racemosa)

American vetch (Vicia americana ssp. americana)

balsam poplar (Populus balsamifera)

big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii)

bigleaf aster (Eurybia macrophylla)

bigtooth aspen (Populus grandidentata)

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

black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)

black-seeded plantain (Plantago rugelii var. rugelii)

black ash (Fraxinus nigra)

black cherry (Prunus serotina var. serotina)

black medick (Medicago lupulina)

black raspberry (Rubus occidentalis)

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 lutetiana ssp. canadensis)

bull thistle (Cirsium vulgare)

bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa)

Canada anemone (Anemone canadensis)

Canada mayflower (Maianthemum canadense)

Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense)

Canadian horseweed (Conyza 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 lamb’s-quarters (Chenopodium album)

common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)

common motherwort (Leonurus 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)

false sunflower (Heliopsis helianthoides var. occidentalis)

field clover (Trifolium 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 var. graminifolia)

grayleaf red raspberry (Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus)

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)

ironwood (Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana)

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 esula)

leatherleaf (Chamaedaphne calyculata)

Lindley’s aster (Symphyotrichum ciliolatum)

long-headed coneflower (Ratibida columnifera)

Maryland black snakeroot (Sanicula marilandica)

Maximilian’s sunflower (Helianthus maximilianii)

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 ssp. 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)

pointed-leaved tick-trefoil (Desmodium glutinosum)

poke milkweed (Asclepias exaltata)

prairie fleabane (Erigeron strigosus)

prairie peppergrass (Lepidium densiflorum var. densiflorum)

purple prairie clover (Dalea purpurea var. purpurea)

quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides)

rabbit’s foot clover (Trifolium arvense)

rattlesnake fern (Botrypus virginianus)

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)

rough-fruited cinquefoil (Potentilla recta)

roughleaf ricegrass (Oryzopsis asperifolia)

round-lobed hepatica (Anemone americana)

scouring rush horsetail (Equisetum hyemale var. affine)

shepherd’s purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris)

showy orchis (Galearis spectabilis)

silver maple (Acer saccharinum)

silvery cinquefoil (Potentilla argentea)

sleepy catchfly (Silene antirrhina)

smooth carrionflower (Smilax herbacea)

smooth sumac (Rhus glabra)

soft agrimony (Agrimonia pubescens)

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)

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 tumble mustard (Sisymbrium altissimum)

Tartarian honeysuckle (Lonicera tatarica)

timothy (Phleum pratense)

variegated yellow pond lily (Nuphar variegata)

veiny pea (Lathyrus venosus)

Virginia waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum var. virginianum)

western poison ivy (Toxicodendron rydbergii)

white avens (Geum canadense)

white baneberry (Actaea pachypoda)

white campion (Silene latifolia ssp. alba)

white clover (Trifolium repens)

white rattlesnake root (Nabalus albus)

white snakeroot (Ageratina altissima var. altissima)

white sweet clover (Melilotus albus)

wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa var. mollis)

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)

absinth 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

 

 

 

 

false sunflower

 

 

 

 

golden alexanders

 

 

 

 

hedge bindweed

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

tall meadow rue

 

 

 

 

Tartarian honeysuckle

 

 

 

 

Virginia waterleaf

 

 

 

 

white baneberry

 

 

 

 

white clover

 

 

 

 

white snakeroot

 

 

 

 

wild columbine

 

 

 

 

wood lily

 

 

 

 

woodland strawberry

 

 

 

 

yellow goat’s beard

 

 


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)

plains garter snake (Thamnophis radix)

common snapping turtle


Visits

5/18/2000

9/8/2011

6/26/2012

   

 

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