Minnesota Seasons - Sibley State Park


Sibley State Park





			Kandiyohi County




Size	3,015 acres

Maps	Minnesota DNR All Season Map

Park Office	N45 18.821, W95 1.936

Hiking Trails	18 mi. hiking 1.5 mi. self-guided 2.7 mi. handicapped accessible

Hunting	No hunting

Ecological Classification	Province	Prairie Parkland Province
	Section	North Central Glaciated Plains
	Subsection(s)	Minnesota River Prairie
	Land Type Association(s)	Gilchrist Moraine

Native Plant Communities¹	Basswood - Bur Oak - (Green Ash) Forest Cattail Marsh (Prairie) Dry Sand - Gravel Prairie (Southern) Graminoid - Sphagnum Rich Fen (Basin) Pin Oak - Bur Oak Woodland

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Amphibians

	American toad (Bufo americanus)

Birds	Minnesota DNR Bird checklist

	American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis) Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)

Insects and Arachnids

	common green darner (Anax junius) dot-tailed whiteface (Leucorrhinia intacta) forest tent caterpillar (Malacosoma disstria) Halloween pennant (Celithemis eponina) twelve-spotted skimmer (Libellula pulchella)

Mammals

	thirteen-lined ground squirrel (Ictidomys tridecemlineatus)

Plants

	American elm (Ulmus americana) American hog peanut (Amphicarpaea bracteata) American vetch (Vicia americana ssp. americana) asparagus (asparagus officinalis) balsam groundsel (Packera paupercula) black cherry (Prunus serotina var. serotina) black medick (Medicago lupulina) black-seeded plantain (Plantago rugelii var. rugelii) bland sweet cicely (Osmorhiza claytonii) blisterwort (Ranunculus recurvatus var. recurvatus) bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) boxelder (Acer negundo) broad-leaved cattail (Typha latifolia) bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa) Canada mayflower (Maianthemum canadense) Canada moonseed (Menispermum canadense) cleavers (Galium aparine) clustered black snakeroot (Sanicula odorata) common blue violet (Viola sororia) common buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica) common burdock (Arctium minus) common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale) common mullein (Verbascum thapsus ssp. thapsus) common strawberry (Fragaria virginiana) common yarrow (Achillea millefolium) early meadow rue (Thalictrum dioicum) eastern prickly gooseberry (Ribes cynosbati) eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana) field horsetail (Equisetum arvense) fragrant bedstraw (Galium triflorum) garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata) golden alexanders (Zizia aurea) gray-headed coneflower (Ratibida pinnata) greater duckweed (Spirodela polyrrhiza) green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica) grove sandwort (Moehringia lateriflora) hairy-stem gooseberry (Ribes hirtellum) hedge bindweed (Calystegia sepium) hoary puccoon (Lithospermum canescens) Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) kidney-leaved buttercup (Ranunculus abortivus) large-flowered beardtongue (Penstemon grandiflorus) large-flowered bellwort (Uvularia grandiflora) leadplant (Amorpha canescens) narrow-leaved cattail (Typha angustifolia) northern hackberry (Celtis occidentalis) northern pin oak (Quercus ellipsoidalis) Philadelphia fleabane (Erigeron philadelphicus var. philadelphicus) purple locoweed (Oxytropis lambertii var. lambertii) quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) red clover (Trifolium pratense) red osier dogwood (Cornus sericea ssp. sericea) round-leaved dogwood (Cornus rugosa) smooth rose (Rosa blanda var. blanda) smooth Solomon’s seal (Polygonatum biflorum var. commutatum) smooth sumac (Rhus glabra) speckled alder (Alnus incana ssp. rugosa) spreading dogbane (Apocynum androsaemifolium) starry false Solomon’s seal (Maianthemum stellatum) stinging nettle (Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis) tall meadow rue (Thalictrum dasycarpum) western poison ivy (Toxicodendron rydbergii) white clover (Trifolium repens) white sage (Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana) wild geranium (Geranium maculatum) wild ginger (Asarum canadense) wild grape (Vitis riparia) wolfberry (Symphoricarpos occidentalis) woodbine (Parthenocissus vitacea) woodland strawberry (Fragaria vesca ssp. americana) yellow wood sorrel (Oxalis stricta)

Visits	5/29/2010

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