Upper Sioux Agency State Park

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			Yellow Medicine County
			Northwest Minnesota

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Size

1,323 acres statutory, 1,066 owned

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Parking

N44 44.209, W95 27.502

Hiking Trails

18 miles

Hunting

No hunting

Ecological Classification

Province

Prairie Parkland Province

Section

North Central Glaciated Plains

Subsection(s)

Minnesota River Prairie

Land Type Association(s)

Bunde Till Plain

Milan Alluvial Plain

Native Plant Communities¹

Basswood - Bur Oak - (Green Ash) Forest

Dry Hill Prairie (Southern)

Pin Oak - Bur Oak Woodland

Ownership

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Minnesota DNR

Comments

Visits

4/26/2000

9/9/2011

5/31/2012


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Park Entrance


Yellow Medicine Agency Employees Duplex Historic Site


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Dry Prairie




Wet Prairie




Basswood - Bur Oak - (Green Ash) Forest


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	Upper Sioux Agency State Park Richard Sanders

	About Upper Sioux Agency State Park, MN

	Sioux Agency State park Chris Kratzke

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	Tipi camping at Upper Sioux Agency State Park Minnesota amantastic

	About Aug 25, 2016

	Upper Sioux Agency State Park to Vicksburgh Minnesota State Parks and Trails

	About Jun 29, 2016

	Aerial Footage of the Upper Sioux Agency and Reservation Jefferson Cox

	About Sep 5, 2015 Video captures of the beautiful river valley near the Upper Sioux community of Minnesota

	Upper Sioux Agency State Park / 2018.08.18 Guy SoMinn

	About Jan 1, 2019

	VLOG: "Timelessness" Reflection from trip to [Upper Sioux Agency State Park] #INSPIRING Coach Fru Louis

	About Apr 20, 2020 My Visit to Upper Sioux Agency State Park. This top had an amazing view to the Minnesota River Valley below. I had some time to reflect about Timelessness. How this place looked Millions of years ago. How it looks today. And How it would look tomorrow. Very humbling and #INSPIRING

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Kirk Nelson

Insects and Arachnids	robber fly


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Amphibians	northern leopard frog (Rana pipiens)

Birds	Twelve bird species with conservation status in Minnesota and one tracked species have been seen here:
	Endangered	Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus) Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus)

	Threatened	Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) Wilson’s Phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor)

	Special concern	American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) Forster’s Tern (Sterna forsteri) Franklin’s Gull (Leucophaeus pipixcan) Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus) Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) Purple Martin (Progne subis) Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)

	Tracked	Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)

	Minnesota DNR Bird checklist eBird Field Checklist

	American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus) Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum) Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus) Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus) Eastern Wood-peewee (Contopus virens) Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapillus) Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus) Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia)

Fungi and Lichens	Black Knot (Apiosporina morbosa) Oat Crown Rust (Puccinia coronata f. sp. avenae) Rust of Prickly Ash (Puccinia andropogonis var. xanthoxyli) Stalked Scarlet Cup (Sarcoscypha occidentalis)

Insects and Arachnids	American lady (Vanessa virginiensis) black firefly (Lucidota atra) cabbage white (Pieris rapae) common buckeye (Junonia coenia) convergent lady beetle (Hippodamia convergens) eastern tailed-blue (Cupido comyntas) eastern tent caterpillar moth (Malacosoma americanum) forage looper (Caenurgina erechtea) forest tent caterpillar moth (Malacosoma disstria) goldenrod bunch gall midge (Rhopalomyia solidaginis) goldenrod gall fly (Eurosta solidaginis) monarch (Danaus plexippus) multicolored Asian lady beetle (Harmonia axyridis) orange sulphur (Colias eurytheme) pearl crescent (Phyciodes tharos) question mark (Polygonia interrogationis) red admiral (Vanessa atalanta) seven-spotted lady beetle (Coccinella septempunctata) spring field cricket (Gryllus veletis) twelve-spotted skimmer (Libellula pulchella) white snakeroot leaf miner (Liriomyza eupatoriella)

Mammals	American red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) plains pocket gopher (Geomys bursarius) whitetail deer (Odocoileus virginianus) woodchuck (Marmota monax)

Plants	One plant species with conservation status in Minnesota is found here:
	Special concern	Missouri milkvetch (Astragalus missouriensis var. missouriensis)

	Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas Plant List

	Plants frequently found in: Basswood - Bur Oak - (Green Ash) Forest MHs38b Dry Hill Prairie (Southern) UPs13d Pin Oak - Bur Oak Woodland FDs37b

	Common Name Scientific Name absinth wormwood (Artemisia absinthium) alfalfa (Medicago sativa ssp. sativa) American basswood (Tilia americana var. americana) American bittersweet (Celastrus scandens) American cow parsnip (Heracleum sphondylium ssp. montanum) American elm (Ulmus americana) American hog peanut (Amphicarpaea bracteata var. comosa) American pasqueflower (Anemone patens var. multifida) American red raspberry (Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus) American vetch (Vicia americana ssp. americana) Amur maple (Acer ginnala) asparagus (Asparagus officinalis) Aunt Lucy (Ellisia nyctelea) balsam groundsel (Packera paupercula) black medick (Medicago lupulina) black raspberry (Rubus occidentalis) black-seeded plantain (Plantago rugelii var. rugelii) bland sweet cicely (Osmorhiza claytonii) bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) Blue Ridge carrionflower (Smilax lasioneura) boxelder (Acer negundo var. negundo) bracted spiderwort (Tradescantia bracteata) bristly greenbrier (Smilax tamnoides) bull thistle (Cirsium vulgare) bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa) Canada anemone (Anemone canadensis) Canada moonseed (Menispermum canadense) Canadian honewort (Cryptotaenia canadensis) Canadian white violet (Viola canadensis var. rugulosa) Canada wildrye (Elymus canadensis) Canadian woodnettle (Laportea canadensis) chokecherry (Prunus virginiana var. virginiana) cleavers (Galium aparine) clustered black snakeroot (Sanicula odorata) common buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica) common burdock (Arctium minus) common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale) common evening primrose (Oenothera biennis) common hop (Humulus lupulus) common lamb’s-quarters (Chenopodium album) 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 yarrow (Achillea millefolium) curly dock (Rumex crispus) cut-leaved coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata var. laciniata) dame’s rocket (Hesperis matronalis) desert false indigo (Amorpha fruticosa) early figwort (Scrophularia lanceolata) eastern prickly gooseberry (Ribes cynosbati) eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana) eastern white pine (Pinus strobus) field pennycress (Thlaspi arvense) field sagewort (Artemisia campestris ssp. caudata) fragrant bedstraw (Galium triflorum) garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata) giant chickweed (Myosoton aquaticum) giant ragweed (Ambrosia trifida var. trifida) golden alexanders (Zizia aurea) green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica) heart-leaved four o’clock (Mirabilis nyctaginea) heart-leaved golden alexanders (Zizia aptera) hoary alyssum (Berteroa incana) hoary puccoon (Lithospermum canescens) hoary vervain (Verbena stricta) ironwood (Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana) jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) kidney-leaved buttercup (Ranunculus abortivus) large-flowered beardtongue (Penstemon grandiflorus) leadplant (Amorpha canescens) limber honeysuckle (Lonicera dioica) mapleleaf goosefoot (Chenopodium simplex) Maximilian’s sunflower (Helianthus maximiliani) Missouri gooseberry (Ribes missouriense) nannyberry (Viburnum lentago) northern bedstraw (Galium boreale) northern hackberry (Celtis occidentalis) northern lady fern (Athyrium filix-femina ssp. angustum) northern prickly ash (Zanthoxylum americanum) orange daylily (Hemerocallis fulva) Philadelphia fleabane (Erigeron philadelphicus var. philadelphicus) pineapple-weed (Matricaria discoidea) plains cottonwood (Populus deltoides ssp. molinifera) porcupine grass (Hesperostipa spartea) prairie alumroot (Heuchera richardsonii) prairie larkspur (Delphinium carolinianum ssp. virescens) prairie peppergrass (Lepidium densiflorum var. densiflorum) prairie rose (Rosa arkansana) prairie turnip (Pediomelum esculentum) purple locoweed (Oxytropis lambertii var. lambertii) purple prairie clover (Dalea purpurea var. purpurea) quackgrass (Elymus repens) quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) red clover (Trifolium pratense) red pine (Pinus resinosa) reed canary grass (Phalaris arundinacea) rough cocklebur (Xanthium strumarium) rough-fruited cinquefoil (Potentilla recta) silver maple (Acer saccharinum) slippery elm (Ulmus rubra) smooth rose (Rosa blanda var. blanda) smooth Solomon’s seal (Polygonatum biflorum var. commutatum) smooth sumac (Rhus glabra) spotted touch-me-not (Impatiens capensis) starry false Solomon’s seal (Maianthemum stellatum) stiff goldenrod (Solidago rigida) stinging nettle (Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis) sugar maple (Acer saccharum ssp. saccharum) timothy (Phleum pratense) upright carrionflower (Smilax ecirrhata) Virginia waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum var. virginianum) western marbleseed (Lithospermum occidentale) western poison ivy (Toxicodendron rydbergii) western ragweed (Ambrosia psilostachya) white clover (Trifolium repens) white mulberry (Morus alba) white sage (Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana) white snakeroot (Ageratina altissima var. altissima) wild columbine (Aquilegia canadensis) wild grape (Vitis riparia) wild mint (Mentha arvensis) wolfberry (Symphoricarpos occidentalis) woodbine (Parthenocissus vitacea) woodland strawberry (Fragaria vesca ssp. americana) woolly plantain (Plantago patagonica) yellow goat’s beard (Tragopogon dubius) yellow sweet clover (Melilotus officinalis) yellow wood sorrel (Oxalis stricta) Acer ginnala (Amur maple) Acer negundo var. negundo (boxelder) Acer saccharinum (silver maple) Acer saccharum ssp. saccharum (sugar maple) Achillea millefolium (common yarrow) Ageratina altissima var. altissima (white snakeroot) Alliaria petiolata (garlic mustard) Ambrosia artemisiifolia (common ragweed) Ambrosia psilostachya (western ragweed) Ambrosia trifida var. trifida (giant ragweed) Amorpha canescens (leadplant) Amorpha fruticosa (desert false indigo) Amphicarpaea bracteata var. comosa (American hog peanut) Anemone canadensis (Canada anemone) Anemone patens var. multifida (American pasqueflower) Aquilegia canadensis (wild columbine) Arctium minus (common burdock) Arisaema triphyllum (jack-in-the-pulpit) Artemisia absinthium (absinth wormwood) Artemisia campestris ssp. caudata (field sagewort) Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana (white sage) Asclepias syriaca (common milkweed) Asparagus officinalis (asparagus) Athyrium filix-femina ssp. angustum (northern lady fern) Berteroa incana (hoary alyssum) Celastrus scandens (American bittersweet) Celtis occidentalis (northern hackberry) Chenopodium album (common lamb’s-quarters) Chenopodium simplex (mapleleaf goosefoot) Cirsium vulgare (bull thistle) Cryptotaenia canadensis (Canadian honewort) Dalea purpurea var. purpurea (purple prairie clover) Delphinium carolinianum ssp. virescens (prairie larkspur) Ellisia nyctelea (Aunt Lucy) Elymus canadensis (Canada wildrye) Elymus repens (quackgrass) Erigeron philadelphicus var. philadelphicus (Philadelphia fleabane) Fragaria vesca ssp. americana (woodland strawberry) Fraxinus pennsylvanica (green ash) Galium aparine (cleavers) Galium boreale (northern bedstraw) Galium triflorum (fragrant bedstraw) Helianthus maximiliani (Maximilian’s sunflower) Hemerocallis fulva (orange daylily) Heracleum sphondylium ssp. montanum (American cow parsnip) Hesperis matronalis (dame’s rocket) Hesperostipa spartea (porcupine grass) Heuchera richardsonii (prairie alumroot) Humulus lupulus (common hop) Hydrophyllum virginianum var. virginianum (Virginia waterleaf) Impatiens capensis (spotted touch-me-not) Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana (eastern redcedar) Laportea canadensis (Canadian woodnettle) Leonurus cardiaca ssp. cardiaca (common motherwort) Lepidium densiflorum var. densiflorum (prairie peppergrass) Lithospermum canescens (hoary puccoon) Lithospermum occidentale (western marbleseed) Lonicera dioica (limber honeysuckle) Maianthemum stellatum (starry false Solomon’s seal) Matricaria discoidea (pineapple-weed) Medicago lupulina (black medick) Medicago sativa ssp. sativa (alfalfa) Melilotus officinalis (yellow sweet clover) Menispermum canadense (Canada moonseed) Mentha arvensis (wild mint) Mirabilis nyctaginea (heart-leaved four o’clock) Morus alba (white mulberry) Myosoton aquaticum (giant chickweed) Oenothera biennis (common evening primrose) Osmorhiza claytonii (bland sweet cicely) Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana (ironwood) Oxalis stricta (yellow wood sorrel) Oxytropis lambertii var. lambertii (purple locoweed) Packera paupercula (balsam groundsel) Parthenocissus vitacea (woodbine) Pediomelum esculentum (prairie turnip) Penstemon grandiflorus (large-flowered beardtongue) Phalaris arundinacea (reed canary grass) Phleum pratense (timothy) Pinus resinosa (red pine) Pinus strobus (eastern white pine) Plantago major (common plantain) Plantago patagonica (woolly 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) Potentilla recta (rough-fruited cinquefoil) Prunus virginiana var. virginiana (chokecherry) Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa (bur oak) Ranunculus abortivus (kidney-leaved buttercup) Rhamnus cathartica (common buckthorn) Rhus glabra (smooth sumac) 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) Rubus occidentalis (black raspberry) Rudbeckia laciniata var. laciniata (cut-leaved coneflower) Rumex crispus (curly dock) Sanguinaria canadensis (bloodroot) Sanicula odorata (clustered black snakeroot) Scrophularia lanceolata (early figwort) Smilax ecirrhata (upright carrionflower) Smilax lasioneura (Blue Ridge carrionflower) Smilax tamnoides (bristly greenbrier) Solidago rigida (stiff goldenrod) Symphoricarpos occidentalis (wolfberry) Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale (common dandelion) Thlaspi arvense (field pennycress) Tilia americana var. americana (American basswood) Toxicodendron rydbergii (western poison ivy) Tradescantia bracteata (bracted spiderwort) Tragopogon dubius (yellow goat’s beard) Trifolium pratense (red clover) Trifolium repens (white clover) Ulmus americana (American elm) Ulmus rubra (slippery elm) Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis (stinging nettle) Verbascum thapsus ssp. thapsus (common mullein) Verbena stricta (hoary vervain) Viburnum lentago (nannyberry) Vicia americana ssp. americana (American vetch) Viola canadensis var. rugulosa (Canadian white violet) Vitis riparia (wild grape) Xanthium strumarium (rough cocklebur) Zanthoxylum americanum (northern prickly ash) Zizia aptera (heart-leaved golden alexanders) Zizia aurea (golden alexanders)

Reptiles	common garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis)