Rockville County Park

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			Stearns County
			Central Minnesota

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Size

294 acres

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Rockville Park map

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11503 Glacier Road
Rockville, MN 56301

Parking lot
N45 28.519, W94 21.043

Hiking Trails

Walking and horseback trails: about 4 miles

Walking only trails: about 2 miles

Hunting

No hunting

Ecological Classification

Province

Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province

Section

Minnesota & NE Iowa Morainal

Subsection(s)

Hardwood Hills

Land Type Association(s)

Holdingford Till Plain

St. Rosa Till Plain

Native Plant Communities¹

Silver Maple - Green Ash - Cottonwood Terrace Forest

Tamarack Swamp (Southern)

Ownership

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Stearns County

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6/5/2020


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	Rockville County Park Open House Duane Kuss

	About May 4, 2012 In this story, you’ll meet Stearns County Park Director, Chuck Wocken. Chuck begins by giving us a personal tour of a pristine babbling brook that can be found in the park. Wocken talks about the natural beauty of the area and how the County plans to create trails within the park that do not disrupt the magnificence of the wooded area. Future plans for the park possibly include picnic areas with a play structure and shelter, canoeing, camping, fishing, hiking, cross-country ski trails, environmental education and possibly horseback riding.

	Rockville County Park (seepage bog) Milton Blomberg

	About Apr 1, 2020

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Amphibians	American toad (Anaxyrus americanus)

Birds	American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Eastern Wood-peewee (Contopus virens) Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus) Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) Ring-necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus) Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis tabida) Sedge Wren (Cistothorus platensis) Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Veery (Catharus fuscescens) White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)

Fishes	Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas Fishes List

Fungi and Lichens	Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas Lichen List

	Black Knot (Apiosporina morbosa) Oat Crown Rust (Puccinia coronata f. sp. avenae)

Insects and Arachnids	black cherry finger gall mite (Eriophyes cerasicrumena) chokecherry finger gall mite (Eriophyes emarginatae) common eastern bumble bee (Bombus impatiens) common green darner (Anax junius) common metarranthis (Metarranthis hypochraria) dot-tailed whiteface (Leucorrhinia intacta eastern tiger swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) elm-leaf wart gall mite (Eriophyes ulmi) four-spotted skimmer (Libellula quadrimaculata) goldenrod bunch gall midge (Rhopalomyia solidaginis) linden wart gall midge (Contarinia verrucicola) monarch (Danaus plexippus) northern crescent (Phyciodes cocyta) orange sulphur (Colias eurytheme) red admiral (Vanessa atalanta) twelve-spotted skimmer (Libellula pulchella) white-striped black (Trichodezia albovittata)

Mammals	eastern chipmunk (Tamias striatus) plains pocket gopher (Geomys bursarius) whitetail deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

Plants	Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas Plant List

	Plants frequently found in: Silver Maple - Green Ash - Cottonwood Terrace Forest FFs59a Tamarack Swamp (Southern) FPs63a

	Common Name Scientific Name absinth wormwood (Artemisia absinthium) American basswood (Tilia americana var. americana) American black currant (Ribes americanum) American cow parsnip (Heracleum sphondylium ssp. montanum) American elm (Ulmus americana) American hazel (Corylus americana) American hog peanut (Amphicarpaea bracteata var. bracteata) American red raspberry (Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus) American vetch (Vicia americana ssp. americana) annual fleabane (Erigeron annuus) Aunt Lucy (Ellisia nyctelea) Bell’s honeysuckle (Lonicera × bella) big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii) black ash (Fraxinus nigra) 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) blue cohosh (Caulophyllum thalictroides) boxelder (Acer negundo var. negundo) bracted spiderwort (Tradescantia bracteata) bull thistle (Cirsium vulgare) bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa) Canada anemone (Anemone canadensis) Canada mayflower (Maianthemum canadense) Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense) Canada wildrye (Elymus canadensis) Canadian honewort (Cryptotaenia canadensis) Canadian woodnettle (Laportea canadensis) catnip (Nepeta cataria) chokecherry (Prunus virginiana var. virginiana) cleavers (Galium aparine) common blue violet (Viola sororia) common buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica) common burdock (Arctium minus) common chickweed (Stellaria media ssp. media) common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale) common false Solomon’s seal (Maianthemum racemosum var. racemosum) common hop (Humulus lupulus) common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) common mullein (Verbascum thapsus ssp. thapsus) common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia) common yarrow (Achillea millefolium) curly dock (Rumex crispus) cursed crowfoot (Ranunculus sceleratus) cut-leaved coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata var. laciniata) downy yellow violet (Viola pubescens var. pubescens) early figwort (Scrophularia lanceolata) eastern marsh fern (Thelypteris palustris var. pubescens) early meadow rue (Thalictrum dioicum) eastern prickly gooseberry (Ribes cynosbati) eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana) eastern star sedge (Carex radiata) field chickweed (Cerastium arvense) field horsetail (Equisetum arvense) field pennycress (Thlaspi arvense) field thistle (Cirsium discolor) fragrant bedstraw (Galium triflorum) giant chickweed (Myosoton aquaticum) giant goldenrod (Solidago gigantea) giant ragweed (Ambrosia trifida var. trifida) golden alexanders (Zizia aurea) golden ragwort (Packera aurea) gray-headed coneflower (Ratibida pinnata) great St. Johnswort (Hypericum ascyron ssp. pyramidatum) green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica) ground ivy (Glechoma hederacea) hawthorn (Crataegus sp.) hemlock water-parsnip (Sium suave) hoary alyssum (Berteroa incana) Indiangrass (Sorghastrum nutans) jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) June grass (Koeleria macrantha) Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis ssp. pratensis) kidney-leaved buttercup (Ranunculus abortivus) large-flowered trillium (Trillium grandiflorum) late goldenrod (Solidago altissima) leadplant (Amorpha canescens) leafy spurge (Euphorbia virgata) little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium) long-beaked sedge (Carex sprengelii) mapleleaf goosefoot (Chenopodium simplex) Maryland black snakeroot (Sanicula marilandica) Missouri gooseberry (Ribes missouriense) mouse-ear chickweed (Cerastium fontanum ssp. vulgare) nannyberry (Viburnum lentago) narrow-leaved purple coneflower (Echinacea angustifolia) nodding fescue (Festuca subverticillata) North American common reed (Phragmites australis ssp. americanus) northern bedstraw (Galium boreale) northern hackberry (Celtis occidentalis) northern lady fern (Athyrium filix-femina ssp. angustum) northern prickly ash (Zanthoxylum americanum) northern red oak (Quercus rubra) orange daylily (Hemerocallis fulva) ostrich fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris var. pensylvanica) pagoda dogwood (Cornus alternifolia) paper birch (Betula papyrifera var. papyrifera) Parlin’s pussytoes (Antennaria parlinii ssp. fallax) Philadelphia fleabane (Erigeron philadelphicus var. philadelphicus) plains cottonwood (Populus deltoides ssp. molinifera) plumeless thistle (Carduus acanthoides) prairie cordgrass (Spartina pectinata) prairie coreopsis (Coreopsis palmata) prairie groundsel (Packera plattensis) prairie rose (Rosa arkansana) prairie smoke (Geum triflorum var. triflorum) quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) rattlesnake fern (Botrypus virginianus) red clover (Trifolium pratense) red elderberry (Sambucus racemosa var. racemosa) red osier dogwood (Cornus sericea ssp. sericea) red sorrel (Rumex acetosella) reed canary grass (Phalaris arundinacea) rosy sedge (Carex rosea) rough cinquefoil (Potentilla norvegica) rough-fruited cinquefoil (Potentilla recta) round-headed bush clover (Lespedeza capitata) round-leaved dogwood (Cornus rugosa) sandbar willow (Salix interior) sensitive fern (Onoclea sensibilis) shepherd’s purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris) Siberian elm (Ulmus pumila) silvery cinquefoil (Potentilla argentea) sleepy catchfly (Silene antirrhina) slender willow (Salix petiolaris) smooth brome (Bromus inermis) smooth rose (Rosa blanda var. blanda) smooth Solomon’s seal (Polygonatum biflorum var. commutatum) smooth sumac (Rhus glabra) stiff goldenrod (Solidago rigida ssp. rigida) stinging nettle (Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis) sundial lupine (Lupinus perennis var. perennis) switch grass (Panicum virgatum var. virgatum) tall cinquefoil (Drymocallis arguta) tall meadow rue (Thalictrum dasycarpum) tamarack (Larix laricina) Tartarian honeysuckle (Lonicera tatarica) timothy (Phleum pratense) touch-me-not (Impatiens sp.) tufted loosestrife (Lysimachia thyrsiflora) upright carrionflower (Smilax ecirrhata) veiny pea (Lathyrus venosus) Virginia stickseed (Hackelia virginiana) Virginia waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum var. virginianum) Virginia wildrye (Elymus virginicus) western poison ivy (Toxicodendron rydbergii) white avens (Geum canadense) white campion (Silene latifolia ssp. alba) white clover (Trifolium repens) white rattlesnake root (Nabalus albus) white snakeroot (Ageratina altissima var. altissima) wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa) wild columbine (Aquilegia canadensis) wild geranium (Geranium maculatum) wild grape (Vitis riparia) winter cress (Barbarea vulgaris) wolfberry (Symphoricarpos occidentalis) woodbine (Parthenocissus vitacea) yellow marsh marigold (Caltha palustris var. palustris) yellow wood sorrel (Oxalis stricta) Acer negundo var. negundo (boxelder) Achillea millefolium (common yarrow) Ageratina altissima var. altissima (white snakeroot) Ambrosia artemisiifolia (common ragweed) Ambrosia trifida var. trifida (giant ragweed) Amorpha canescens (leadplant) Amphicarpaea bracteata var. bracteata (American hog peanut) Andropogon gerardii (big bluestem) Anemone canadensis (Canada anemone) Antennaria parlinii ssp. fallax (Parlin’s pussytoes) Aquilegia canadensis (wild columbine) Arctium minus (common burdock) Arisaema triphyllum (Jack-in-the-pulpit) Artemisia absinthium (absinth wormwood) Asclepias syriaca (common milkweed) Athyrium filix-femina ssp. angustum (northern lady fern) Barbarea vulgaris (winter cress) Berteroa incana (hoary alyssum) Betula papyrifera var. papyrifera (paper birch) Botrypus virginianus (rattlesnake fern) Bromus inermis (smooth brome) Caltha palustris var. palustris (yellow marsh marigold) Capsella bursa-pastoris (shepherd’s purse) Carduus acanthoides (plumeless thistle) Carex radiata (eastern star sedge) Carex rosea (rosy sedge) Carex sprengelii (long-beaked sedge) Caulophyllum thalictroides (blue cohosh) Celtis occidentalis (northern hackberry) Cerastium arvense (field chickweed) Cerastium fontanum ssp. vulgare (mouse-ear chickweed) Chenopodium simplex (mapleleaf goosefoot) Cirsium arvense (Canada thistle) Cirsium discolor (field thistle) Cirsium vulgare (bull thistle) Coreopsis palmata (prairie coreopsis) Cornus alternifolia (pagoda dogwood) Cornus rugosa (round-leaved dogwood) Cornus sericea ssp. sericea (red osier dogwood) Corylus americana (American hazel) Crataegus sp. (hawthorn) Cryptotaenia canadensis (Canadian honewort) Drymocallis arguta (tall cinquefoil) Echinacea angustifolia (narrow-leaved purple coneflower) Ellisia nyctelea (Aunt Lucy) Elymus canadensis (Canada wildrye) Elymus virginicus (Virginia wildrye) Equisetum arvense (field horsetail) Erigeron annuus (annual fleabane) Erigeron philadelphicus var. philadelphicus (Philadelphia fleabane) Euphorbia virgata (leafy spurge) Festuca subverticillata (nodding fescue) Fraxinus nigra (black ash) Fraxinus pennsylvanica (green ash) Galium aparine (cleavers) Galium boreale (northern bedstraw) Galium triflorum (fragrant bedstraw) Geranium maculatum (wild geranium) Geum canadense (white avens) Geum triflorum var. triflorum (prairie smoke) Glechoma hederacea (ground ivy) Hackelia virginiana (Virginia stickseed) Hemerocallis fulva (orange daylily) Heracleum sphondylium ssp. montanum (American cow parsnip) Humulus lupulus (common hop) Hydrophyllum virginianum var. virginianum (Virginia waterleaf) Hypericum ascyron ssp. pyramidatum (great St. Johnswort) Impatiens sp. (touch-me-not) Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana (eastern redcedar) Koeleria macrantha (June grass) Laportea canadensis (Canadian woodnettle) Larix laricina (tamarack) Lathyrus venosus (veiny pea) Lespedeza capitata (round-headed bush clover) Lonicera × bella (Bell’s honeysuckle) Lonicera tatarica (Tartarian honeysuckle) Lupinus perennis var. perennis (sundial lupine) Lysimachia thyrsiflora (tufted loosestrife) Maianthemum canadense (Canada mayflower) Maianthemum racemosum var. racemosum (common false Solomon’s seal) Matteuccia struthiopteris var. pensylvanica (ostrich fern) Medicago lupulina (black medick) Monarda fistulosa (wild bergamot) Myosoton aquaticum (giant chickweed) Nabalus albus (white rattlesnake root) Nepeta cataria (catnip) Onoclea sensibilis (sensitive fern) Osmorhiza claytonii (bland sweet cicely) Oxalis stricta (yellow wood sorrel) Packera aurea (golden ragwort) Packera plattensis (prairie groundsel) Panicum virgatum var. virgatum (switch grass) Parthenocissus vitacea (woodbine) Phalaris arundinacea (reed canary grass) Phleum pratense (timothy) Phragmites australis ssp. americanus (North American common reed) Plantago rugelii var. rugelii (black-seeded plantain) Poa pratensis ssp. pratensis (Kentucky bluegrass) Polygonatum biflorum var. commutatum (smooth Solomon’s seal) Populus deltoides ssp. molinifera (plains cottonwood) Populus tremuloides (quaking aspen) Potentilla argentea (silvery cinquefoil) Potentilla norvegica (rough cinquefoil) Potentilla recta (rough-fruited 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 sceleratus (cursed crowfoot) Ratibida pinnata (gray-headed coneflower) Rhamnus cathartica (common buckthorn) Rhus glabra (smooth sumac) Ribes americanum (American black currant) Ribes cynosbati (eastern prickly gooseberry) Ribes missouriense (Missouri gooseberry) Rosa arkansana (prairie rose) Rosa blanda var. blanda (smooth rose) Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus (American red raspberry) Rudbeckia laciniata var. laciniata (cut-leaved coneflower) Rumex acetosella (red sorrel) Rumex crispus (curly dock) Salix interior (sandbar willow) Salix petiolaris (slender willow) Sambucus racemosa var. racemosa (red elderberry) Sanguinaria canadensis (bloodroot) Sanicula marilandica (Maryland black snakeroot) Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium (little bluestem) Scrophularia lanceolata (early figwort) Silene antirrhina (sleepy catchfly) Silene latifolia ssp. alba (white campion) Sium suave (hemlock water-parsnip) Smilax ecirrhata (upright carrionflower) Solidago altissima (late goldenrod) Solidago gigantea (giant goldenrod) Solidago rigida ssp. rigida (stiff goldenrod) Sorghastrum nutans (Indiangrass) Spartina pectinata (prairie cordgrass) Stellaria media ssp. media (common chickweed) Symphoricarpos occidentalis (wolfberry) Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale (common dandelion) Thalictrum dasycarpum (tall meadow rue) Thalictrum dioicum (early meadow rue) Thelypteris palustris var. pubescens (eastern marsh fern) Thlaspi arvense (field pennycress) Tilia americana var. americana (American basswood) Toxicodendron rydbergii (western poison ivy) Tradescantia bracteata (bracted spiderwort) Trifolium pratense (red clover) Trifolium repens (white clover) Trillium grandiflorum (large-flowered trillium) Ulmus americana (American elm) Ulmus pumila (Siberian elm) Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis (stinging nettle) Verbascum thapsus ssp. thapsus (common mullein) Viburnum lentago (nannyberry) Vicia americana ssp. americana (American vetch) Viola pubescens var. pubescens (downy yellow violet) Viola sororia (common blue violet) Vitis riparia (wild grape) Zanthoxylum americanum (northern prickly ash) Zizia aurea (golden alexanders)