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No hunting. The park may hold one or more managed hunts in the fall. In most cases, Minnesota residents do not need a permit to fish in Minnesota State Parks. |
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Ecological Province | Laurentian Mixed Forest Province |
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Ecological Section | Western Superior Uplands |
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Ecological Subsection | Mille Lacs Uplands |
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Land Type Association | Eastside Till Plain Mille Lacs Lake |
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Alder - (Maple - Loosestrife) Swamp Aspen - Ash Forest Black Ash - Yellow Birch - Red Maple - Alder Swamp (Eastcentral) Black Ash - Yellow Birch - Red Maple - Basswood Swamp (Eastcentral) Black Spruce Bog: Semi-Treed Subtype Graminoid Rich Fen (Basin) Low Shrub Poor Fen Meadow - Marsh - Fen-Swamp Complex Northern Bulrush - Spikerush Marsh Northern Mixed Cattail Marsh Northern Poor Fen Poor Black Spruce Swamp Poor Tamarack - Black Spruce Swamp: Tamarack Subtype Red Oak - Basswood Forest (Noncalcareous Till) Red Oak - Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Large-Flowered Trillium) Forest Rich Tamarack Swamp (Eastcentral) Sedge Meadow Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Bluebead Lily) Forest Willow - Dogwood Shrub Swamp |
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Mille Lacs Kathio State Park |
Kathio State Park |
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May 19, 2012 |
Mille Lacs Kathio State Park |
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Mille Lacs Kathio State Park, MN |
Mille Lacs Kathio State Park, Minnesota |
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Mille Lacs Kathio State Park, P. 1 |
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Uploaded on Apr 25, 2011 Update: On day one, the high temp was 45 and the low was 26. Brr. Easter hike. Hammocking, cooking, frozen brain, loons, BAD dinner, new stuff. |
Mille Lacs Kathio State Park, P. 2 |
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Uploaded on Apr 25, 2011 Wildlife footage right off the bat, then some breakfast, a bit of hiking, a windy tower. |
Northwoods Adventure Archaeology Day Mille Lacs Kathio - Lakeland News at Ten - October 4, 2011 |
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Uploaded on Oct 6, 2011 No description available. |
Northwoods Adventure Geocaching at Mille Lacs Kathio - Lakeland News at Ten - February 28, 2012 |
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Mille Lacs Kathio State Park |
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Uploaded on Nov 23, 2006 A brief account of my father and I as we meandered throughout this state park in Minnesota |
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American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens) Eastern Wood-peewee (Contopus virens) Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) |
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belted whiteface (Leucorrhinia proxima) Carolina grasshopper (Dissosteira carolina) chalk-fronted corporal (Ladona julia) dog day cicada (Neotibicen canicularis) goldenrod bunch gall midge (Rhopalomyia solidaginis) goldenrod gall fly (Eurosta solidaginis) northern pearly eye (Lethe anthedon) |
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Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas and Minnesota Biological Survey Vegetation Releves Plant List |
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Plants frequently found in: Alder - (Maple - Loosestrife) Swamp FPn73a Black Ash - Yellow Birch - Red Maple - Alder Swamp (Eastcentral) WFn64b Black Ash - Yellow Birch - Red Maple - Basswood Swamp (Eastcentral) WFn55b Black Spruce Bog: Semi-Treed Subtype APn80a2 Graminoid Rich Fen (Basin) OPn92a Northern Bulrush - Spikerush Marsh MRn93 Northern Mixed Cattail Marsh MRn83 Poor Black Spruce Swamp APn81a Poor Tamarack - Black Spruce Swamp: Tamarack Subtype APn81b2 Red Oak - Basswood Forest (Noncalcareous Till) MHc36a Red Oak - Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Large-Flowered Trillium) Forest MHc26b Rich Tamarack Swamp (Eastcentral) FPn72a |
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Allegheny serviceberry (Amelanchier laevis) alsike clover (Trifolium hybridum) American basswood (Tilia americana var. americana) American cow parsnip (Heracleum maximum) American elm (Ulmus americana) American germander (Teucrium canadense) American hazelnut (Corylus americana) American hophornbeam (Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana) 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) American woodland strawberry (Fragaria vesca ssp. americana) annual fleabane (Erigeron annuus) balsam fir (Abies balsamea var. balsamea) beaked hazelnut (Corylus cornuta var. cornuta) bigleaf aster (Eurybia macrophylla) black cherry (Prunus serotina var. serotina) black medick (Medicago lupulina) black-seeded plantain (Plantago rugelii var. rugelii) bland sweet cicely (Osmorhiza claytonii) bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) broadleaf enchanter’s nightshade (Circaea canadensis) bull thistle (Cirsium vulgare) bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa) butter and eggs (Linaria vulgaris) Canada mayflower (Maianthemum canadense) Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense) Canadian horseweed (Erigeron canadensis) Canadian wild ginger (Asarum canadense) Canadian woodnettle (Laportea canadensis) chokecherry (Prunus virginiana var. virginiana) cinnamon fern (Osmundastrum cinnamomeum) common agrimony (Agrimonia gryposepala) common burdock (Arctium minus) common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale) common dodder (Cuscuta gronovii) common false Solomon’s seal (Maianthemum racemosum var. racemosum) common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) common mullein (Verbascum thapsus ssp. thapsus) common plantain (Plantago major) common St. Johnswort (Hypericum perforatum) common selfheal (Prunella vulgaris) common water hemlock (Cicuta maculata var. maculata) common yarrow (Achillea millefolium) creeping bellflower (Campanula rapunculoides) crested wood fern (Dryopteris cristata) downy arrowwood (Viburnum rafinesqueanum) downy Parlin’s pussytoes (Antennaria parlinii ssp. fallax) drooping woodland sedge (Carex arctata) dwarf raspberry (Rubus pubescens) early meadow-rue (Thalictrum dioicum) eastern bottlebrush grass (Elymus hystrix) eastern marsh fern (Thelypteris palustris var. pubescens) eastern prickly gooseberry (Ribes cynosbati) eastern white pine (Pinus strobus) field clover (Trifolium campestre ssp. campestre) field horsetail (Equisetum arvense) fragrant bedstraw (Galium triflorum) giant chickweed (Myosoton aquaticum) giant goldenrod (Solidago gigantea) glossy buckthorn (Frangula alnus) graceful sedge (Carex gracillima) grass-leaved goldenrod (Euthamia graminifolia) gray dogwood (Cornus racemosa) green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica) green carpetweed (Mollugo verticillata) ground ivy (Glechoma hederacea) hairy goldenrod (Solidago hispida) hairy-stem gooseberry (Ribes hirtellum) hoary alyssum (Berteroa incana) hog peanut (Amphicarpaea bracteata var. bracteata) hop sedge (Carex lupulina) Indianpipe (Monotropa uniflora) intermediate bellflower (Campanula intercedens) interrupted fern (Claytosmunda claytoniana) jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) kidney-leaved buttercup (Ranunculus abortivus) large-flowered bellwort (Uvularia grandiflora) large-flowered trillium (Trillium grandiflorum) Lindley’s aster (Symphyotrichum ciliolatum) low serviceberry (Amelanchier humilis) lowland hog peanut (Amphicarpaea bracteata var. comosa) marsh bellflower (Campanula aparinoides) mint-leaved bergamot (Monarda fistulosa var. menthifolia) Missouri gooseberry (Ribes missouriense) narrow-leaved cattail (Typha angustifolia) narrow-leaved meadowsweet (Spiraea alba var. alba) northern bedstraw (Galium boreale) northern blue flag (Iris versicolor) northern lady fern (Athyrium filix-femina var. angustum) northern maidenhair (Adiantum pedatum) northern pin oak (Quercus ellipsoidalis) northern red oak (Quercus rubra) northern starflower (Lysimachia borealis) ostrich fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris var. pensylvanica) oxeye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare) paleleaf woodland sunflower (Helianthus strumosus) palespike lobelia (Lobelia spicata) panicled aster (Symphyotrichum lanceolatum) paper birch (Betula papyrifera) pearly everlasting (Anaphalis margaritacea) Pennsylvania sedge (Carex pensylvanica) pointed-leaved tick-trefoil (Hylodesmum glutinosum) poke milkweed (Asclepias exaltata) prairie fleabane (Erigeron strigosus) prairie peppergrass (Lepidium densiflorum) purple giant hyssop (Agastache scrophulariifolia) purpleleaf willowherb (Epilobium coloratum) quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) rabbit’s foot clover (Trifolium arvense) red baneberry (Actaea rubra ssp. rubra) red clover (Trifolium pratense) red elderberry (Sambucus racemosa var. racemosa) red maple (Acer rubrum var. rubrum) reed canary grass (Phalaris arundinacea) roadside agrimony (Agrimonia striata) rough cinquefoil (Potentilla norvegica) round-leaved dogwood (Cornus rugosa) round-lobed hepatica (Anemone americana) scarlet Indian paintbrush (Castilleja coccinea) scouring rush horsetail (Equisetum hyemale ssp. affine) sensitive fern (Onoclea sensibilis) silver maple (Acer saccharinum) silvery cinquefoil (Potentilla argentea) small purple fringed orchid (Platanthera psycodes) spinulose wood fern (Dryopteris carthusiana) spotted Joe Pye weed (Eutrochium maculatum) spotted touch-me-not (Impatiens capensis) spreading dogbane (Apocynum androsaemifolium) sugar maple (Acer saccharum ssp. saccharum) sulphur cinquefoil (Potentilla recta) swamp thistle (Cirsium muticum) tall buttercup (Ranunculus acris var. acris) tall thimbleweed (Anemone virginiana) timothy (Phleum pratense ssp. pratense) upright carrionflower (Smilax ecirrhata) Virginia waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum var. virginianum) western bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum var. latiusculum) western oak fern (Gymnocarpium dryopteris) western poison ivy (Toxicodendron rydbergii) western ragweed (Ambrosia psilostachya) white campion (Silene latifolia ssp. alba) white clover (Trifolium repens ssp. repens) white sage (Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana) white snakeroot (Ageratina altissima var. altissima) white sweet clover (Melilotus albus) white-flowered leafcup (Polymnia canadensis) wild columbine (Aquilegia canadensis) wild cucumber (Echinocystis lobata) wild geranium (Geranium maculatum) wild sarsaparilla (Aralia nudicaulis) wild strawberry (Fragaria virginiana) woodbine (Parthenocissus vitacea)
Abies balsamea var. balsamea (balsam fir) 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) Adiantum pedatum (northern maidenhair) Agastache scrophulariifolia (purple giant hyssop) Ageratina altissima var. altissima (white snakeroot) Agrimonia gryposepala (common agrimony) Agrimonia striata (roadside agrimony) Ambrosia psilostachya (western ragweed) Amelanchier humilis (low serviceberry) Amelanchier laevis (Allegheny serviceberry) Amphicarpaea bracteata var. bracteata (hog peanut) Amphicarpaea bracteata var. comosa (lowland hog peanut) Anaphalis margaritacea (pearly everlasting) Anemone americana (round-lobed hepatica) Anemone virginiana (tall thimbleweed) Antennaria parlinii ssp. fallax (downy Parlin’s pussytoes) Apocynum androsaemifolium (spreading dogbane) 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 ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana (white sage) Asarum canadense (Canadian wild ginger) Asclepias exaltata (poke milkweed) Asclepias syriaca (common milkweed) Athyrium filix-femina var. angustum (northern lady fern) Berteroa incana (hoary alyssum) Betula papyrifera (paper birch) Caltha palustris var. palustris (yellow marsh marigold) Campanula aparinoides (marsh bellflower) Campanula rapunculoides (creeping bellflower) Campanula intercedens (intermediate_bellflower) Carex arctata (drooping woodland sedge) Carex gracillima (graceful sedge) Carex lupulina (hop sedge) Carex pensylvanica (Pennsylvania sedge) Castilleja coccinea (scarlet Indian paintbrush) Cicuta maculata var. maculata (common water hemlock) Circaea canadensis (broadleaf enchanter’s nightshade) Cirsium arvense (Canada thistle) Cirsium muticum (swamp thistle) Cirsium vulgare (bull thistle) Cornus racemosa (gray dogwood) Cornus rugosa (round-leaved dogwood) Corylus americana (American hazelnut) Corylus cornuta var. cornuta (beaked hazelnut) Cuscuta gronovii (common dodder) Dryopteris carthusiana (spinulose wood fern) Dryopteris cristata (crested wood fern) Echinocystis lobata (wild cucumber) Elymus hystrix (eastern bottlebrush grass) Epilobium coloratum (purpleleaf willowherb) Equisetum arvense (field horsetail) Equisetum hyemale ssp. affine (scouring rush horsetail) Erigeron annuus (annual fleabane) Erigeron canadensis (Canadian horseweed) Erigeron strigosus (prairie fleabane) Eurybia macrophylla (bigleaf aster) Euthamia graminifolia (grass-leaved goldenrod) Eutrochium maculatum (spotted Joe Pye weed) Fragaria vesca ssp. americana (American woodland strawberry) Fragaria virginiana (wild strawberry) Frangula alnus (glossy buckthorn) Fraxinus pennsylvanica (green ash) Galium boreale (northern bedstraw) Galium triflorum (fragrant bedstraw) Geranium maculatum (wild geranium) Glechoma hederacea (ground ivy) Gymnocarpium dryopteris (western oak fern) Helianthus strumosus (paleleaf woodland sunflower) Heracleum maximum (American cow parsnip) Hydrophyllum virginianum var. virginianum (Virginia waterleaf) Hylodesmum glutinosum (pointed-leaved tick-trefoil) Hypericum perforatum (common St. Johnswort) Impatiens capensis (spotted touch-me-not) Iris versicolor (northern blue flag) Laportea canadensis (Canadian woodnettle) Lepidium densiflorum (prairie peppergrass) Leucanthemum vulgare (oxeye daisy) Linaria vulgaris (butter and eggs) Lobelia spicata (palespike lobelia) Lysimachia borealis (northern starflower) Maianthemum canadense (Canada mayflower) Maianthemum racemosum var. racemosum (common false Solomon’s seal) Matteuccia struthiopteris var. pensylvanica (ostrich fern) Medicago lupulina (black medick) Melilotus albus (white sweet clover) Mollugo verticillata (green carpetweed) Monarda fistulosa var. menthifolia (mint-leaved bergamot) Monotropa uniflora (Indianpipe) Myosoton aquaticum (giant chickweed) Onoclea sensibilis (sensitive fern) Osmorhiza claytonii (bland sweet cicely) Claytosmunda claytoniana (interrupted fern) Osmundastrum cinnamomeum (cinnamon fern) Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana (American hophornbeam) Oxalis stricta (yellow wood sorrel) Parthenocissus vitacea (woodbine) Phalaris arundinacea (reed canary grass) Phleum pratense ssp. pratense (timothy) Pinus strobus (eastern white pine) Plantago major (common plantain) Plantago rugelii var. rugelii (black-seeded plantain) Platanthera psycodes (small purple fringed orchid) Polymnia canadensis (white-flowered leafcup) Populus tremuloides (quaking aspen) Potentilla argentea (silvery cinquefoil) Potentilla norvegica (rough cinquefoil) Potentilla recta (sulphur cinquefoil) Prunella vulgaris (common selfheal) Prunus serotina var. serotina (black cherry) Prunus virginiana var. virginiana (chokecherry) Pteridium aquilinum var. latiusculum (western bracken fern) Quercus ellipsoidalis (northern pin oak) Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa (bur oak) Quercus rubra (northern red oak) Ranunculus abortivus (kidney-leaved buttercup) Ranunculus acris var. acris (tall buttercup) Ribes cynosbati (eastern prickly gooseberry) Ribes hirtellum (hairy-stem gooseberry) Ribes missouriense (Missouri gooseberry) Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus (American red raspberry) Rubus pubescens (dwarf raspberry) Sambucus racemosa var. racemosa (red elderberry) Sanguinaria canadensis (bloodroot) Silene latifolia ssp. alba (white campion) Smilax ecirrhata (upright carrionflower) Solidago gigantea (giant goldenrod) Solidago hispida (hairy goldenrod) Spiraea alba var. alba (narrow-leaved meadowsweet) Symphyotrichum ciliolatum (Lindley’s aster) Symphyotrichum lanceolatum (panicled aster) Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale (common dandelion) Teucrium canadense (American germander) Thalictrum dioicum (early meadow-rue) Thelypteris palustris var. pubescens (eastern marsh fern) Tilia americana var. americana (American basswood) Toxicodendron rydbergii (western poison ivy) 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 grandiflorum (large-flowered trillium) Typha angustifolia (narrow-leaved cattail) Ulmus americana (American elm) Urtica gracilis ssp. gracilis (American stinging nettle) Uvularia grandiflora (large-flowered bellwort) Verbascum thapsus ssp. thapsus (common mullein) Viburnum rafinesqueanum (downy arrowwood) |
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