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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 | Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province |
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Ecological Section | Minnesota & NE Iowa Morainal |
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Ecological Subsection | Oak Savanna |
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Land Type Association | Lemond Moraine Lerdal Moraine |
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Elm - Basswood - Black Ash - (Hackberry) Forest Pin Oak - Bur Oak Woodland Red Oak - Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Bitternut Hickory) Forest Southern Mesic Oak-Basswood Forest Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Bitternut Hickory) Forest |
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Big Island Trail |
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Big Island Trail |
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Basswood Trail (Accessible Hiking) |
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Great Marsh Trail |
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Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Bitternut Hickory) Forest |
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Myre Big Island State Park |
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Myre Big Island State Park |
Myre-Big Island State Park, Minnesota |
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Published on Oct 29, 2013 Favorite Sites: 2, 3, 7, 11, 13, 14, 16, 22, 28, 33, 42, 50, 52, 54, 55, 58, 73, 82 |
Myre Big Island State Park Minnesota |
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Published on Feb 10, 2014 I created this video with the YouTube Slideshow Creator |
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Myre - Big Island State Park, Minnesota Site #23 |
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Published on Oct 14, 2012 Myre - Big Island State Park, Minnesota Site #23 |
Helmer Myre State Park Nature Video |
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Uploaded on May 11, 2011 Now called Myre- Big Island State Park, I decided to take my video camera with me one day on the Blazing Star bike trail close to my home. Notice the deer in the woods. Next time I will bring the tripod along so the video is a little more stable. Listen to the sounds of nature. |
Myre-Big Island Backpacking |
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Published on Oct 3, 2012 A video of the highlights of a recent backpacking trip to Myre-Big Island State Park in Albert Lea, MN. Quite a gem just 5 minutes off of I-35. We were there at the right time of year as well! The song is Hard Sun by Eddie Vedder. Shot in 100% GoPro HD Hero 2. |
Myre big island | ride thru |
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Published on Nov 3, 2013 this is a ride thru video, A brief tour of Myre Big Island state park, just outside Albert Lea MN from the view point of my 05 Harley Davidson Road king classic. the video is recorded with a gopro hero 3 silver edition, mounted with a RAM mount GoPro hero adapter. Minnesota state parks are a beautiful resource and we are thankful to have them. |
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American Black Duck (Anas rubripes) American Coot (Fulica americana) American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia) Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Blue-winged Teal (Spatula discors) Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus) Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola) Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens) Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus) Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna) European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) Green Heron (Butorides virescens) Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca) Hairy Woodpecker (Leuconotopicus villosus) Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Shoveler (Spatula clypeata) Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris) Ring-necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus) White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) |
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Cedar-hawthorn Rust (Gymnosporangium globosum) |
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black swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes) Carolina grasshopper (Dissosteira carolina) common green darner (Anax junius) dog day cicada (Neotibicen canicularis) eastern giant swallowtail (Papilio cresphontes) eastern tiger swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) goldenrod bunch gall midge (Rhopalomyia solidaginis) mourning cloak (Nymphalis antiopa) |
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American beaver (Castor canadensis) eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) plains pocket gopher (Geomys bursarius) |
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Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas and Minnesota Biological Survey Vegetation Releves Plant List |
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Plants frequently found in: Elm - Basswood - Black Ash - (Hackberry) Forest MHs49a Pin Oak - Bur Oak Woodland FDs37b Red Oak - Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Bitternut Hickory) Forest MHs38c |
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American basswood (Tilia americana var. americana) American bugleweed (Lycopus americanus) American elderberry (Sambucus canadensis) American elm (Ulmus americana) American germander (Teucrium canadense var. canadense) American hophornbeam (Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana) American stinging nettle (Urtica gracilis ssp. gracilis) big bluestem (Andropogon gerardi) bird’s-foot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus var. corniculatus) bitternut hickory (Carya cordiformis) black bindweed (Fallopia convolvulus) black cherry (Prunus serotina var. serotina) 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) boxelder (Acer negundo var. negundo) bristly foxtail (Setaria verticillata) bristly locust (Robinia hispida var. hispida) broadleaf enchanter’s nightshade (Circaea canadensis) broad-leaved cattail (Typha latifolia) brown-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia triloba var. triloba) bull thistle (Cirsium vulgare) bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa) Canada moonseed (Menispermum canadense) Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense) Canada wildrye (Elymus canadensis) Canadian wild ginger (Asarum canadense) Canadian woodnettle (Laportea canadensis) 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 milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) common motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca ssp. cardiaca) common mullein (Verbascum thapsus ssp. thapsus) common plantain (Plantago major) common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia) common selfheal (Prunella vulgaris) compass plant (Silphium laciniatum) Culver’s root (Veronicastrum virginicum) curlytop knotweed (Persicaria lapathifolia) cut-leaved toothwort (Cardamine concatenata) desert false indigo (Amorpha fruticosa) downy hawthorn (Crataegus mollis var. mollis) downy yellow violet (Viola pubescens) Dutchman’s breeches (Dicentra cucullaria) early figwort (Scrophularia lanceolata) eastern false rue anemone (Enemion biternatum) eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana) elm-leaved goldenrod (Solidago ulmifolia var. ulmifolia) field horsetail (Equisetum arvense) field thistle (Cirsium discolor) garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata) giant foxtail (Setaria faberi) giant ragweed (Ambrosia trifida) golden alexanders (Zizia aurea) grass-leaved goldenrod (Euthamia graminifolia) gray dogwood (Cornus racemosa) gray-headed coneflower (Ratibida pinnata) great blue lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica var. ludoviciana) green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica) ground ivy (Glechoma hederacea) hairy sunflower (Helianthus hirsutus) hedge bindweed (Calystegia sepium) honey locust (Gleditsia triacanthos) Indiangrass (Sorghastrum nutans) jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) jumpseed (Persicaria virginiana) late goldenrod (Solidago altissima) lowland hog peanut (Amphicarpaea bracteata var. comosa) Maryland black snakeroot (Sanicula marilandica) Morrow’s honeysuckle (Lonicera morrowii) narrow-leaved cattail (Typha angustifolia) narrow-leaved hawkweed (Hieracium umbellatum) northern hackberry (Celtis occidentalis) northern pin oak (Quercus ellipsoidalis) northern prickly ash (Zanthoxylum americanum) northern red oak (Quercus rubra) orange daylily (Hemerocallis fulva) paleleaf woodland sunflower (Helianthus strumosus) plains cottonwood (Populus deltoides ssp. molinifera) prairie blazing star (Liatris pycnostachya var. pycnostachya) prairie dock (Silphium terebinthinaceum var. terebinthinaceum) prairie fleabane (Erigeron strigosus) prairie ironweed (Vernonia fasciculata ssp. fasciculata) prairie lettuce (Lactuca ludoviciana) purple prairie clover (Dalea purpurea var. purpurea) purple rattlesnake root (Nabalus racemosus) quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) Queen Anne’s lace (Daucus carota ssp. carota) rattlesnake fern (Botrypus virginianus) red baneberry (Actaea rubra ssp. rubra) red clover (Trifolium pratense) red osier dogwood (Cornus sericea ssp. sericea) rough bedstraw (Galium asprellum) rough blazing star (Liatris aspera) rough oxeye (Heliopsis helianthoides var. scabra) round-headed bush clover (Lespedeza capitata) sensitive fern (Onoclea sensibilis) sharp-lobed hepatica (Anemone acutiloba) silky dogwood (Cornus obliqua) silver maple (Acer saccharinum) small-spike false nettle (Boehmeria cylindrica) smooth Solomon’s seal (Polygonatum biflorum var. commutatum) smooth yellow violet (Viola eriocarpa) soft agrimony (Agrimonia pubescens) soft wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa var. mollis) spotted touch-me-not (Impatiens capensis) spreading dogbane (Apocynum androsaemifolium) starry false Solomon’s seal (Maianthemum stellatum) stiff goldenrod (Solidago rigida) stiff sunflower (Helianthus pauciflorus) sugar maple (Acer saccharum ssp. saccharum) Tatarian honeysuckle (Lonicera tatarica) timothy (Phleum pratense ssp. pratense) tuberous Indian plantain (Arnoglossum plantagineum) upright carrionflower (Smilax ecirrhata) Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia) Virginia mountain mint (Pycnanthemum virginianum) Virginia spring beauty (Claytonia virginica var. virginica) Virginia stickseed (Hackelia virginiana) Virginia waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum var. virginianum) water smartweed (Persicaria amphibia) white clover (Trifolium repens ssp. repens) white prairie clover (Dalea candida var. candida) white sage (Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana) white trout lily (Erythronium albidum) white wild indigo (Baptisia alba var. macrophylla) wild blue phlox (Phlox divaricata ssp. laphamii) wild cucumber (Echinocystis lobata) wild geranium (Geranium maculatum) wild parsnip (Pastinaca sativa) wild sarsaparilla (Aralia nudicaulis) wolfberry (Symphoricarpos occidentalis) wood anemone (Anemone quinquefolia var. quinquefolia) woodbine (Parthenocissus vitacea) yellow foxtail (Setaria pumila ssp. pumila)
Acer negundo var. negundo (boxelder) Acer saccharinum (silver maple) Acer saccharum ssp. saccharum (sugar maple) Actaea rubra ssp. rubra (red baneberry) Agrimonia gryposepala (common agrimony) Agrimonia pubescens (soft agrimony) Alliaria petiolata (garlic mustard) Ambrosia artemisiifolia (common ragweed) Ambrosia trifida (giant ragweed) Amorpha fruticosa (desert false indigo) Amphicarpaea bracteata var. comosa (lowland hog peanut) Andropogon gerardi (big bluestem) Anemone acutiloba (sharp-lobed hepatica) Anemone quinquefolia var. quinquefolia (wood anemone) Apocynum androsaemifolium (spreading dogbane) Aralia nudicaulis (wild sarsaparilla) Arctium minus (common burdock) Arisaema triphyllum (jack-in-the-pulpit) Arnoglossum plantagineum (tuberous Indian plantain) Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana (white sage) Asarum canadense (Canadian wild ginger) Asclepias syriaca (common milkweed) Baptisia alba var. macrophylla (white wild indigo) Boehmeria cylindrica (small-spike false nettle) Botrypus virginianus (rattlesnake fern) Calystegia sepium (hedge bindweed) Cardamine concatenata (cut-leaved toothwort) Carya cordiformis (bitternut hickory) Celtis occidentalis (northern hackberry) Circaea canadensis (broadleaf enchanter’s nightshade) Cirsium arvense (Canada thistle) Cirsium discolor (field thistle) Cirsium vulgare (bull thistle) Claytonia virginica var. virginica (Virginia spring beauty) Cornus obliqua (silky dogwood) Cornus racemosa (gray dogwood) Cornus sericea ssp. sericea (red osier dogwood) Crataegus mollis var. mollis (downy hawthorn) Dalea candida var. candida (white prairie clover) Dalea purpurea var. purpurea (purple prairie clover) Daucus carota ssp. carota (Queen Anne’s lace) Dicentra cucullaria (Dutchman’s breeches) Echinocystis lobata (wild cucumber) Elymus canadensis (Canada wildrye) Enemion biternatum (eastern false rue anemone) Equisetum arvense (field horsetail) Erigeron strigosus (prairie fleabane) Erythronium albidum (white trout lily) Euthamia graminifolia (grass-leaved goldenrod) Fallopia convolvulus (black bindweed) Fraxinus pennsylvanica (green ash) Galium asprellum (rough bedstraw) Gentiana alba (yellowish gentian) Geranium maculatum (wild geranium) Glechoma hederacea (ground ivy) Gleditsia triacanthos (honey locust) Hackelia virginiana (Virginia stickseed) Helianthus hirsutus (hairy sunflower) Helianthus pauciflorus (stiff sunflower) Helianthus strumosus (paleleaf woodland sunflower) Heliopsis helianthoides var. scabra (rough oxeye) Hemerocallis fulva (orange daylily) Hieracium umbellatum (narrow-leaved hawkweed) Hydrophyllum virginianum var. virginianum (Virginia waterleaf) Impatiens capensis (spotted touch-me-not) Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana (eastern redcedar) Lactuca ludoviciana (prairie lettuce) Laportea canadensis (Canadian woodnettle) Leonurus cardiaca ssp. cardiaca (common motherwort) Lespedeza capitata (round-headed bush clover) Liatris aspera (rough blazing star) Liatris pycnostachya var. pycnostachya (prairie blazing star) Lobelia siphilitica var. ludoviciana (great blue lobelia) Lonicera morrowii (Morrow’s honeysuckle) Lonicera tatarica (Tatarian honeysuckle) Lotus corniculatus var. corniculatus (bird’s-foot trefoil) Lycopus americanus (American bugleweed) Maianthemum racemosum var. racemosum (common false Solomon’s seal) Maianthemum stellatum (starry false Solomon’s seal) Menispermum canadense (Canada moonseed) Monarda fistulosa var. mollis (soft wild bergamot) Nabalus racemosus (purple rattlesnake root) Oenothera biennis (common evening primrose) Onoclea sensibilis (sensitive fern) Osmorhiza claytonii (bland sweet cicely) Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana (American hophornbeam) Oxalis stricta (yellow wood sorrel) Parthenocissus quinquefolia (Virginia creeper) Parthenocissus vitacea (woodbine) Pastinaca sativa (wild parsnip) Persicaria amphibia (water smartweed) Persicaria lapathifolia (curlytop knotweed) Persicaria virginiana (jumpseed) Phleum pratense ssp. pratense (timothy) Phlox divaricata ssp. laphamii (wild blue phlox) Plantago major (common plantain) Plantago rugelii var. rugelii (black-seeded plantain) Polygonatum biflorum var. commutatum (smooth Solomon’s seal) Populus deltoides ssp. molinifera (plains cottonwood) Populus tremuloides (quaking aspen) Prunella vulgaris (common selfheal) Prunus serotina var. serotina (black cherry) Pycnanthemum virginianum (Virginia mountain mint) Quercus ellipsoidalis (northern pin oak) Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa (bur oak) Quercus rubra (northern red oak) Ratibida pinnata (gray-headed coneflower) Rhamnus cathartica (common buckthorn) Robinia hispida var. hispida (bristly locust) Rubus occidentalis (black raspberry) Rudbeckia hirta var. pulcherrima (black-eyed Susan) Rudbeckia triloba var. triloba (brown-eyed Susan) Sambucus canadensis (American elderberry) Sanguinaria canadensis (bloodroot) Sanicula marilandica (Maryland black snakeroot) Scrophularia lanceolata (early figwort) Setaria faberi (giant foxtail) Setaria pumila ssp. pumila (yellow foxtail) Setaria verticillata (bristly foxtail) Silphium laciniatum (compass plant) Silphium terebinthinaceum var. terebinthinaceum (prairie dock) Smilax ecirrhata (upright carrionflower) Solidago altissima (late goldenrod) Solidago rigida (stiff goldenrod) Solidago ulmifolia var. ulmifolia (elm-leaved goldenrod) Sorghastrum nutans (Indiangrass) Symphoricarpos occidentalis (wolfberry) Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale (common dandelion) Teucrium canadense var. canadense (American germander) Tilia americana var. americana (American basswood) Trifolium pratense (red clover) Trifolium repens ssp. repens (white clover) Typha angustifolia (narrow-leaved cattail) Typha latifolia (broad-leaved cattail) Ulmus americana (American elm) Urtica gracilis ssp. gracilis (American stinging nettle) Verbascum thapsus ssp. thapsus (common mullein) Verbena hastata (blue vervain) Vernonia fasciculata ssp. fasciculata (prairie ironweed) Veronicastrum virginicum (Culver’s root) Viola eriocarpa (smooth yellow violet) Viola pubescens (downy yellow violet) Viola sororia (common blue violet) |
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