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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 | Prairie Parkland Province |
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Ecological Section | North Central Glaciated Plains |
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Ecological Subsection | Minnesota River Prairie |
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Land Type Association | Gilchrist Moraine |
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SIBLEY STATE PARK - Minnesota. A PAINFUL FAIL! |
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We thought we were going to show you the natural wonders of Sibley State Park, a park that has been around for over 100 years. However, Mother Nature had other ideas. Please subscribe if you like what you see on Wander Without Wifi. |
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Nov 22, 2020 A tour of Sibley State Park, one of Minnesota's most popular camping destinations. Gear we use: www.amazon.com/shop/drivenorth |
Hiking at Sibley State Park in Minnesota - S1:E9 |
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Nov 3, 2020 We decided to stop at Sibley State Park on our way back from Lake Carlos State Park. We didn't stay for too long, but we had fun hiking around some of the main attractions at the park. We checked out the swimming area, the campgrounds, and hiked up the trail to Mt. Tom. We called this one a Park Caper because we were thinking about doing more shorter videos, but decided to just keep them all as normal Park Adventures. Enjoy this video as we explored Sibley State Park! Don't forget to Subscribe and hit that like button! |
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slender flower longhorn beetle (Strangalia famelica solitaria) |
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American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Blue-winged Teal (Spatula discors) Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) Eastern Wood-peewee (Contopus virens) Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) |
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black cherry finger gall mite (Eriophyes cerasicrumena) Carolina grasshopper (Dissosteira carolina) clouded sulphur (Colias philodice) common buckeye (Junonia coenia) common green darner (Anax junius) dog day cicada (Neotibicen canicularis) dot-tailed whiteface (Leucorrhinia intacta) European paper wasp (Polistes dominula) forest tent caterpillar moth (Malacosoma disstria) goldenrod bunch gall midge (Rhopalomyia solidaginis) goldenrod gall fly (Eurosta solidaginis) grape leaf miner moth (Phyllocnistis vitifoliella) Halloween pennant (Celithemis eponina) multicolored Asian lady beetle (Harmonia axyridis) orange sulphur (Colias eurytheme) twelve-spotted skimmer (Libellula pulchella) twice-stabbed stink bug (Cosmopepla lintneriana) white snakeroot leaf miner (Liriomyza eupatoriella) |
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American red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) |
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Plants frequently found in: Basswood - Bur Oak - (Green Ash) Forest MHs38b Cattail Marsh (Prairie) MRp83b Dry Sand - Gravel Prairie (Southern) UPs13b |
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absinthe wormwood (Artemisia absinthium) American basswood (Tilia americana var. americana) 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 stinging nettle (Urtica gracilis ssp. gracilis) American vetch (Vicia americana ssp. americana) American woodland strawberry (Fragaria vesca ssp. americana) arrow-leaved aster (Symphyotrichum urophyllum) asparagus (asparagus officinalis) balsam groundsel (Packera paupercula) barnyard grass (Echinochloa crus-galli) big bluestem (Andropogon gerardi) bird’s-foot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus var. corniculatus) black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia) black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta var. pulcherrima) 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 grama (Bouteloua gracilis) blue vervain (Verbena hastata) bluntleaf sandwort (Moehringia lateriflora) bottle gentian (Gentiana andrewsii) boxelder (Acer negundo var. negundo) bracted vervain (Verbena bracteata) broad-leaved arrowhead (Sagittaria latifolia) broad-leaved cattail (Typha latifolia) broadleaf enchanter’s nightshade (Circaea canadensis) bull thistle (Cirsium vulgare) bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa) butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa ssp. interior) Canada goldenrod (Solidago canadensis var. canadensis) Canada mayflower (Maianthemum canadense) Canada moonseed (Menispermum canadense) Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense) Canada wildrye (Elymus canadensis) Canadian honewort (Cryptotaenia canadensis) Canadian horseweed (Erigeron canadensis) Canadian tick-trefoil (Desmodium canadense) Canadian wild ginger (Asarum canadense) chokecherry (Prunus virginiana var. virginiana) clustered black snakeroot (Sanicula odorata) 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 ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia) common reed (Phragmites australis) common smooth blue aster (Symphyotrichum laeve var. laeve) common vetch (Vicia sativa ssp. nigra) common yarrow (Achillea millefolium) crown vetch (Securigera varia) cut-leaved coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata var. laciniata) dotted blazing star (Liatris punctata var. punctata) downy gentian (Gentiana puberulenta) early figwort (Scrophularia lanceolata) early meadow-rue (Thalictrum dioicum) eastern bottlebrush grass (Elymus hystrix) eastern prickly gooseberry (Ribes cynosbati) eastern purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana) field horsetail (Equisetum arvense) field sagewort (Artemisia campestris ssp. caudata) field thistle (Cirsium discolor) fragrant bedstraw (Galium triflorum) garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata) giant foxtail (Setaria faberi) giant goldenrod (Solidago gigantea) golden alexanders (Zizia aurea) gray goldenrod (Solidago nemoralis) gray-headed coneflower (Ratibida pinnata) great blue lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica var. ludoviciana) great water dock (Rumex britannica) greater duckweed (Spirodela polyrrhiza) green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica) green foxtail (Setaria viridis var. viridis) green milkweed (Asclepias viridiflora) ground ivy (Glechoma hederacea) hairy false goldenaster (Heterotheca villosa) hairy grama (Bouteloua hirsuta var. hirsuta) hairy-stem gooseberry (Ribes hirtellum) hedge bindweed (Calystegia sepium) hoary alyssum (Berteroa incana) hoary puccoon (Lithospermum canescens) hoary vervain (Verbena stricta) hooked buttercup (Ranunculus recurvatus var. recurvatus) Indian hemp (Apocynum cannabinum) Indiangrass (Sorghastrum nutans) intermediate bellflower (Campanula intercedens) jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) June grass (Koeleria macrantha) kidney-leaved buttercup (Ranunculus abortivus) large-flowered beardtongue (Penstemon grandiflorus) large-flowered bellwort (Uvularia grandiflora) late goldenrod (Solidago altissima) little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium) littleleaf linden (Tilia cordata) lowland hog peanut (Amphicarpaea bracteata var. comosa) Maryland black snakeroot (Sanicula marilandica) Maximilian’s sunflower (Helianthus maximiliani) meadow horsetail (Equisetum pratense) Missouri gooseberry (Ribes missouriense) Morrow’s honeysuckle (Lonicera morrowii) narrow-leaved cattail (Typha angustifolia) narrow-leaved hawkweed (Hieracium umbellatum) narrow-leaved purple coneflower (Echinacea angustifolia) New England aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae) northern bedstraw (Galium boreale) northern hackberry (Celtis occidentalis) northern pin oak (Quercus ellipsoidalis) northern plains blazing star (Liatris ligulistylis) northern prickly ash (Zanthoxylum americanum) northern red oak (Quercus rubra) ostrich fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris var. pensylvanica) oxeye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare) paleleaf woodland sunflower (Helianthus strumosus) paper birch (Betula papyrifera var. papyrifera) peachleaf willow (Salix amygdaloides) perennial sow thistle (Sonchus arvensis) 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) prairie blazing star (Liatris pycnostachya var. pycnostachya) prairie cordgrass (Sporobolus michauxianus) prairie fleabane (Erigeron strigosus) purple locoweed (Oxytropis lambertii var. lambertii) purple meadow-rue (Thalictrum dasycarpum) purple prairie clover (Dalea purpurea var. purpurea) quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) red clover (Trifolium pratense) red elderberry (Sambucus racemosa var. racemosa) red osier dogwood (Cornus sericea ssp. sericea) rough blazing star (Liatris aspera) rough oxeye (Heliopsis helianthoides var. scabra) round-headed bush clover (Lespedeza capitata) round-leaved dogwood (Cornus rugosa) sandbar willow (Salix interior) shining bedstraw (Galium concinnum) sideoats grama (Bouteloua curtipendula var. curtipendula) silky aster (Symphyotrichum sericeum) silvery cinquefoil (Potentilla argentea) sky-blue aster (Symphyotrichum oolentangiense var. oolentangiense) slender willow (Salix petiolaris) smooth rose (Rosa blanda var. blanda) smooth Solomon’s seal (Polygonatum biflorum var. commutatum) speckled alder (Alnus incana ssp. rugosa) spotted Joe Pye weed (Eutrochium maculatum) spotted water hemlock (Cicuta maculata) spreading dogbane (Apocynum androsaemifolium) starry false Solomon’s seal (Maianthemum stellatum) stiff goldenrod (Solidago rigida ssp. rigida) stiff-leaved showy goldenrod (Solidago rigidiuscula) sugar maple (Acer saccharum ssp. saccharum) swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata ssp. incarnata) tall buttercup (Ranunculus acris var. acris) tall thimbleweed (Anemone virginiana) tall thistle (Cirsium altissimum) timothy (Phleum pratense ssp. pratense) violets (Viola section Chamaemelanium subsection Nudicaules) Virginia stickseed (Hackelia virginiana) Virginia waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum var. virginianum) Virginia wildrye (Elymus virginicus) water smartweed (Persicaria amphibia) western poison ivy (Toxicodendron rydbergii) white campion (Silene latifolia ssp. alba) white clover (Trifolium repens ssp. repens) white heath aster (Symphyotrichum ericoides var. ericoides) white prairie clover (Dalea candida var. candida) white sage (Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana) white snakeroot (Ageratina altissima var. altissima) white sweet clover (Melilotus albus) white vervain (Verbena urticifolia) whorled milkweed (Asclepias verticillata) wild columbine (Aquilegia canadensis) wild geranium (Geranium maculatum) wild parsnip (Pastinaca sativa) wild sarsaparilla (Aralia nudicaulis) wild strawberry (Fragaria virginiana) wolfberry (Symphoricarpos occidentalis) woodbine (Parthenocissus vitacea) yellow foxtail (Setaria pumila ssp. pumila) yellow goat’s beard (Tragopogon dubius) yellow sweet clover (Melilotus officinalis)
Acer negundo var. negundo (boxelder) Acer saccharum ssp. saccharum (sugar maple) Achillea millefolium (common yarrow) Ageratina altissima var. altissima (white snakeroot) Agrimonia gryposepala (common agrimony) Alliaria petiolata (garlic mustard) Alnus incana ssp. rugosa (speckled alder) Ambrosia artemisiifolia (common ragweed) Amphicarpaea bracteata var. comosa (lowland hog peanut) Andropogon gerardi (big bluestem) Anemone virginiana (tall thimbleweed) Apocynum androsaemifolium (spreading dogbane) Apocynum cannabinum (Indian hemp) Aquilegia canadensis (wild columbine) Aralia nudicaulis (wild sarsaparilla) Arctium minus (common burdock) Arisaema triphyllum (jack-in-the-pulpit) Artemisia absinthium (absinthe wormwood) Artemisia campestris ssp. caudata (field sagewort) Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana (white sage) Asarum canadense (Canadian wild ginger) Asclepias incarnata ssp. incarnata (swamp milkweed) Asclepias syriaca (common milkweed) Asclepias tuberosa ssp. interior (butterfly weed) Asclepias verticillata (whorled milkweed) Asclepias viridiflora (green milkweed) Asparagus officinalis (asparagus) Berteroa incana (hoary alyssum) Betula papyrifera var. papyrifera (paper birch) Bouteloua curtipendula var. curtipendula (sideoats grama) Bouteloua gracilis (blue grama) Bouteloua hirsuta var. hirsuta (hairy grama) Calystegia sepium (hedge bindweed) Campanula intercedens (intermediate_bellflower) Carduus acanthoides (plumeless thistle) Celtis occidentalis (northern hackberry) Cicuta maculata (spotted water hemlock) Circaea canadensis (broadleaf enchanter’s nightshade) Cirsium altissimum (tall thistle) Cirsium arvense (Canada thistle) Cirsium discolor (field thistle) Cirsium vulgare (bull thistle) Cornus rugosa (round-leaved dogwood) Cornus sericea ssp. sericea (red osier dogwood) Corylus americana (American hazelnut) Cryptotaenia canadensis (Canadian honewort) Dalea candida var. candida (white prairie clover) Dalea purpurea var. purpurea (purple prairie clover) Desmodium canadense (Canadian tick-trefoil) Echinacea angustifolia (narrow-leaved purple coneflower) Echinacea purpurea (eastern purple coneflower) Echinochloa crus-galli (barnyard grass) Elymus canadensis (Canada wildrye) Elymus hystrix (eastern bottlebrush grass) Elymus virginicus (Virginia wildrye) Equisetum arvense (field horsetail) Equisetum pratense (meadow horsetail) Erigeron canadensis (Canadian horseweed) Erigeron philadelphicus var. philadelphicus (Philadelphia fleabane) Erigeron strigosus (prairie fleabane) Eutrochium maculatum (spotted Joe Pye weed) Fragaria vesca ssp. americana (American woodland strawberry) Fragaria virginiana (wild strawberry) Fraxinus pennsylvanica (green ash) Galium boreale (northern bedstraw) Galium concinnum (shining bedstraw) Galium triflorum (fragrant bedstraw) Gentiana andrewsii (bottle gentian) Gentiana puberulenta (downy gentian) Geranium maculatum (wild geranium) Glechoma hederacea (ground ivy) Hackelia virginiana (Virginia stickseed) Helianthus maximiliani (Maximilian’s sunflower) Helianthus strumosus (paleleaf woodland sunflower) Heliopsis helianthoides var. scabra (rough oxeye) Heterotheca villosa (hairy false goldenaster) Hieracium umbellatum (narrow-leaved hawkweed) Hydrophyllum virginianum var. virginianum (Virginia waterleaf) Hylodesmum glutinosum (pointed-leaved tick-trefoil) Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana (eastern redcedar) Koeleria macrantha (June grass) Leonurus cardiaca ssp. cardiaca (common motherwort) Lespedeza capitata (round-headed bush clover) Leucanthemum vulgare (oxeye daisy) Liatris aspera (rough blazing star) Liatris ligulistylis (northern plains blazing star) Liatris punctata var. punctata (dotted blazing star) Liatris pycnostachya var. pycnostachya (prairie blazing star) Lithospermum canescens (hoary puccoon) Lobelia siphilitica var. ludoviciana (great blue lobelia) Lonicera morrowii (Morrow’s 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) Melilotus albus (white sweet clover) Melilotus officinalis (yellow sweet clover) Menispermum canadense (Canada moonseed) Moehringia lateriflora (bluntleaf sandwort) Oenothera biennis (common evening primrose) Osmorhiza claytonii (bland sweet cicely) Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana (American hophornbeam) Oxalis stricta (yellow wood sorrel) Oxytropis lambertii var. lambertii (purple locoweed) Packera paupercula (balsam groundsel) Parthenocissus vitacea (woodbine) Pastinaca sativa (wild parsnip) Penstemon grandiflorus (large-flowered beardtongue) Persicaria amphibia (water smartweed) Phleum pratense ssp. pratense (timothy) Phragmites australis (common reed) Phryma leptostachya (American lopseed) 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) Potentilla argentea (silvery cinquefoil) Prunus serotina var. serotina (black cherry) Prunus virginiana var. virginiana (chokecherry) 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) Ranunculus recurvatus var. recurvatus (hooked buttercup) Ratibida pinnata (gray-headed coneflower) Rhamnus cathartica (common buckthorn) Ribes cynosbati (eastern prickly gooseberry) Ribes hirtellum (hairy-stem gooseberry) Ribes missouriense (Missouri gooseberry) Robinia pseudoacacia (black locust) Rosa blanda var. blanda (smooth rose) Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus (American red raspberry) Rudbeckia hirta var. pulcherrima (black-eyed Susan) Rudbeckia laciniata var. laciniata (cut-leaved coneflower) Rumex britannica (great water dock) Sagittaria latifolia (broad-leaved arrowhead) Salix amygdaloides (peachleaf willow) Salix interior (sandbar willow) Salix petiolaris (slender willow) Sambucus racemosa var. racemosa (red elderberry) Sanguinaria canadensis (bloodroot) Sanicula marilandica (Maryland black snakeroot) Sanicula odorata (clustered black snakeroot) Schizachyrium scoparium (little bluestem) Scrophularia lanceolata (early figwort) Securigera varia (crown vetch) Setaria faberi (giant foxtail) Setaria pumila ssp. pumila (yellow foxtail) Setaria viridis var. viridis (green foxtail) Silene latifolia ssp. alba (white campion) Solidago altissima (late goldenrod) Solidago canadensis var. canadensis (Canada goldenrod) Solidago flexicaulis (zigzag goldenrod) Solidago gigantea (giant goldenrod) Solidago nemoralis (gray goldenrod) Solidago rigida ssp. rigida (stiff goldenrod) Solidago rigidiuscula (stiff-leaved showy goldenrod) Sonchus arvensis (perennial sow thistle) Sorghastrum nutans (Indiangrass) Spirodela polyrrhiza (greater duckweed) Sporobolus michauxianus (prairie cordgrass) Symphoricarpos occidentalis (wolfberry) Symphyotrichum ericoides var. ericoides (white heath aster) Symphyotrichum laeve var. laeve (common smooth blue aster) Symphyotrichum novae-angliae (New England aster) Symphyotrichum oolentangiense var. oolentangiense (sky-blue aster) Symphyotrichum sericeum (silky aster) Symphyotrichum urophyllum (arrow-leaved aster) Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale (common dandelion) Thalictrum dasycarpum (purple meadow-rue) Thalictrum dioicum (early meadow-rue) Tilia americana var. americana (American basswood) Tilia cordata (littleleaf linden) Toxicodendron rydbergii (western poison ivy) Tragopogon dubius (yellow goat’s beard) 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) Uvularia grandiflora (large-flowered bellwort) Verbascum thapsus ssp. thapsus (common mullein) Verbena bracteata (bracted vervain) Verbena hastata (blue vervain) Verbena stricta (hoary vervain) Verbena urticifolia (white vervain) Vicia americana ssp. americana (American vetch) Vicia sativa ssp. nigra (common vetch) Viola section Chamaemelanium subsection Nudicaules (violets) Viola sororia (common blue violet) |
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