Wild River State Park

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Area and County

Chisago County

 

 

 


Size

6,803 acres

 
 
Maps

Minnesota DNR Summer Map

 
Park Office

N45 31.120, W92 44.067

 
Parking

Visitor Center
N45 31.135, W92 44.172

 
Hiking Trails

35 miles
2.7 miles interpretive
2.6 miles handicapped accessible

 
Hunting

No hunting


Ecological Classification

Province

Laurentian Mixed Forest Province

Ecological Classification

Section

Southern Superior Uplands
Western Superior Uplands

Subsection(s)

Mille Lacs Uplands
St. Croix Moraine

Land Type Association(s)

Almelund Moraine

Frederic Knolls

St. Croix Terraces

 
Native Plant Communities1

Alder - (Maple - Loosestrife) Swamp

Basswood - Black Ash Forest

Black Ash - (Red Maple) Seepage Swamp

Dry Sand - Gravel Oak Savanna (Southern)

Dry Sand - Gravel Prairie (Southern)

Northern Bulrush - Spikerush Marsh

Northern Wet Meadow / Carr

Oak - Aspen Woodland

Red Oak - Basswood Forest (Noncalcareous Till)

Red Oak - Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Large-Flowered Trillium) Forest

Silver Maple - (Virginia Creeper) Floodplain Forest

Tamarack Swamp (Southern)

Willow - Dogwood Shrub Swamp


Ownership

 
Links

Minnesota DNR


Comments

 


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Visitor Observations

   

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Birds

Minnesota DNR Bird Checklist

 
 

American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)

American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis)

American Robin (Turdus migratorius)

Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)

Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)

Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina)

Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis)

Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus)

Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus)

Eastern Wood-peewee (Contopus virens)

Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)

Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)

American Goldfinch

 

 

 

 

Black-capped Chickadee

 

 

 

 

Mourning Dove

 

 


Fungi

 

 
 

Artist’s Conk (Ganoderma applanatum)

Black Knot (Apiosporina morbosa)

Artist’s Conk


Insects and Arachnids

 

 
 

American dog tick (Dermacentor variabilis)

cabbage white (Pieris rapae)

Carolina grasshopper (Dissosteira carolina)

cherry-faced meadowhawk (Sympetrum internum)

common whitetail (Plathemis lydia)

dog day cicada (Tibicen canicularis)

eastern tailed-blue (Cupido comyntas)

eastern tiger swallowtail (Papilio glaucus)

ebony jewelwing (Calopteryx maculata)

goldenrod bunch gall midge (Rhopalomyia solidaginis)

goldenrod gall fly (Eurosta solidaginis)

goldenrod soldier beetle (Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus)

gray comma (Polygonia progne)

great spangled fritillary (Speyeria cybele)

Halloween pennant (Celithemis eponina)

hummingbird clearwing (Hemaris thysbe)

twelve-spotted skimmer (Libellula pulchella)

viceroy (Limenitis archippus)

widow skimmer (Libellula luctuosa)

common whitetail

 

 

 

 

eastern tailed-blue

 

 

 

 

great spangled fritillary

 

 

 

 

twelve-spotted skimmer

 

 

 

 

widow skimmer

 


Mammals

 

 
 

plains pocket gopher (Geomys bursarius)

whitetail deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

whitetail deer

 

 


Plants

Plants frequently found in:

Alder - (Maple - Loosestrife) Swamp FPn73a

Basswood - Black Ash Forest MHc47a

Black Ash - (Red Maple) Seepage Swamp WFn57a

Dry Sand - Gravel Oak Savanna (Southern) UPs14ab

Dry Sand - Gravel Prairie (Southern) UPs13b

Northern Bulrush - Spikerush Marsh MRn93

Northern Wet Meadow / Carr

Oak - Aspen Woodland FDc25b

Red Oak - Basswood Forest (Noncalcareous Till) MHc36a

Red Oak - Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Large-Flowered Trillium) Forest MHc26b

Silver Maple - (Virginia Creeper) Floodplain Forest FFs68a

Tamarack Swamp (Southern) FPs63a

Willow - Dogwood Shrub Swamp WMn82a

 
 

American basswood (Tilia americana)

American elderberry (Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis)

American elm (Ulmus americana)

American germander (Teucrium canadense var. canadense)

American hazel (Corylus americana)

American hog peanut (Amphicarpaea bracteata var. comosa)

American lopseed (Phryma leptostachya)

American plum (Prunus americana)

American spikenard (Aralia racemosa ssp. racemosa)

American vetch (Vicia americana ssp. americana)

amur maple (Acer ginnala)

annual fleabane (Erigeron annuus)

arum-leaved arrowhead (Sagittaria cuneata)

Bell’s honeysuckle (Lonicera × bella)

big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii)

bigleaf aster (Eurybia macrophylla)

bird’s-foot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus var. corniculatus)

bitternut hickory (Carya cordiformis)

black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)

black-seeded plantain (Plantago rugelii var. rugelii)

black ash (Fraxinus nigra)

black bindweed (Fallopia convolvulus)

black cherry (Prunus serotina var. serotina)

black medick (Medicago lupulina)

black raspberry (Rubus occidentalis)

black walnut (Juglans nigra)

bland sweet cicely (Osmorhiza claytonii)

blite goosefoot (Chenopodium capitatum)

blue cohosh (Caulophyllum thalictroides)

blue giant hyssop (Agastache foeniculum)

blue vervain (Verbena hastata)

boxelder (Acer negundo var. negundo)

bristly greenbrier (Smilax tamnoides)

broadleaf enchanter’s nightshade (Circaea lutetiana ssp. canadensis)

bull thistle (Cirsium vulgare)

bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa)

butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa ssp. interior)

butternut (Juglans cinerea)

butter and eggs (Linaria vulgaris)

Canada hawkweed (Hieracium kalmii)

Canada mayflower (Maianthemum canadense)

Canada moonseed (Menispermum canadense)

Canada wildrye (Elymus canadensis)

Canadian horseweed (Conyza canadensis)

Canadian tick-trefoil (Desmodium canadense)

Canadian woodnettle (Laportea canadensis)

candle anemone (Anemone cylindrica)

chokecherry (Prunus virginiana var. virginiana)

cleavers (Galium aparine)

Cleland’s evening primrose (Oenothera clelandii)

common agrimony (Agrimonia gryposepala)

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 hop (Humulus lupulus)

common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)

common motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca)

common mullein (Verbascum thapsus ssp. thapsus)

common oat (Avena sativa)

common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia)

common St. Johnswort (Hypericum perforatum)

common strawberry (Fragaria virginiana)

common yarrow (Achillea millefolium)

Culver’s root (Veronicastrum virginicum)

curly dock (Rumex crispus)

cut-leaved coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata var. laciniata)

Deptford pink (Dianthus armeria)

desert false indigo (Amorpha fruticosa)

downy phlox (Phlox pilosa ssp. fulgida)

drooping trillium (Trillium flexipes)

early figwort (Scrophularia lanceolata)

early meadow rue (Thalictrum dioicum)

eastern bottlebrush grass (Elymus hystrix)

eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana)

eastern white pine (Pinus strobus)

elm-leaved goldenrod (Solidago ulmifolia var. ulmifolia)

false sunflower (Heliopsis helianthoides var. occidentalis)

field horsetail (Equisetum arvense)

field sagewort (Artemisia campestris ssp. caudata)

field thistle (Cirsium discolor)

flowering spurge (Euphorbia corollata)

giant foxtail (Setaria faberi)

glossy buckthorn (Frangula alnus)

golden alexanders (Zizia aurea)

gray dogwood (Cornus racemosa)

gray goldenrod (Solidago nemoralis)

grayleaf red raspberry (Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus)

green foxtail (Setaria viridis var. viridis)

ground ivy (Glechoma hederacea)

hairy false golden aster (Heterotheca villosa)

hairy puccoon (Lithospermum caroliniense var. croceum)

hairy sunflower (Helianthus hirsutus)

harebell (Campanula rotundifolia)

heal-all (Prunella vulgaris)

hedge bindweed (Calystegia sepium)

hoary alyssum (Berteroa incana)

hoary vervain (Verbena stricta)

horsemint (Monarda punctata var. villicaulis)

Indian hemp (Apocynum cannabinum)

Indian tobacco (Lobelia inflata)

Indiangrass (Sorghastrum nutans)

interrupted fern (Osmunda claytoniana)

ironwood (Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana)

jack pine (Pinus banksiana)

Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum)

large-flowered beardtongue (Penstemon grandiflorus)

large-flowered bellwort (Uvularia grandiflora)

large-flowered trillium (Trillium grandiflorum)

large-fruited black snakeroot (Sanicula trifoliata)

leadplant (Amorpha canescens)

limber honeysuckle (Lonicera dioica)

little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium)

long-bearded hawkweed (Hieracium longipilum)

long-spine sandbur (Cenchrus longispinus)

Maryland black snakeroot (Sanicula marilandica)

Morrow’s honeysuckle (Lonicera morrowii)

narrow-leaved hawkweed (Hieracium umbellatum)

narrow-leaved meadowsweet (Spiraea alba var. alba)

nodding wild onion (Allium cernuum var. cernuum)

northern bedstraw (Galium boreale)

northern lady fern (Athyrium filix-femina ssp. angustum)

northern maidenhair (Adiantum pedatum)

northern pin oak (Quercus ellipsoidalis)

northern prickly ash (Zanthoxylum americanum)

northern red oak (Quercus rubra)

orange daylily (Hemerocallis fulva)

ostrich fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris var. pensylvanica)

pagoda dogwood (Cornus alternifolia)

paleleaf woodland sunflower (Helianthus strumosus)

paper birch (Betula papyrifera var. papyrifera)

pointed-leaved tick-trefoil (Desmodium glutinosum)

poke milkweed (Asclepias exaltata)

prairie coreopsis (Coreopsis palmata)

prairie dropseed (Sporobolus heterolepis)

prairie fleabane (Erigeron strigosus)

prairie goldenrod (Solidago ptarmicoides)

prairie ironweed (Vernonia fasciculata ssp. fasciculata)

prairie peppergrass (Lepidium densiflorum var. densiflorum)

prairie spiderwort (Tradescantia occidentalis var. occidentalis)

purple lovegrass (Eragrostis spectabilis)

purple prairie clover (Dalea purpurea var. purpurea)

quackgrass (Elymus repens)

quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides)

rabbit’s foot clover (Trifolium arvense)

red baneberry (Actaea rubra ssp. rubra)

red clover (Trifolium pratense)

red maple (Acer rubrum var. rubrum)

red osier dogwood (Cornus sericea ssp. sericea)

rough blazing star (Liatris aspera)

rough false pennyroyal (Hedeoma hispida)

round-headed bush clover (Lespedeza capitata)

round-leaved dogwood (Cornus rugosa)

round-lobed hepatica (Anemone americana)

Scotch pine (Pinus sylvestris)

scouring rush horsetail (Equisetum hyemale var. affine)

sensitive fern (Onoclea sensibilis)

sharp-lobed hepatica (Anemone acutiloba)

shining bedstraw (Galium concinnum)

silky prairie clover (Dalea villosa var. villosa)

silver maple (Acer saccharinum)

silvery cinquefoil (Potentilla argentea)

slippery elm (Ulmus rubra)

smooth carrionflower (Smilax herbacea)

smooth rose (Rosa blanda var. blanda)

spotted lady’s thumb (Persicaria maculosa)

spreading dogbane (Apocynum androsaemifolium)

staghorn sumac (Rhus typhina)

Standley’s goosefoot (Chenopodium standleyanum)

stiff sunflower (Helianthus pauciflorus ssp. subrhomboideus)

stinging nettle (Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis)

sugar maple (Acer saccharum ssp. saccharum)

sundial lupine (Lupinus perennis var. perennis)

sweet Joe Pye weed (Eupatorium purpureum)

tall cinquefoil (Drymocallis arguta)

tall meadow rue (Thalictrum dasycarpum)

tall thimbleweed (Anemone virginiana)

timothy (Phleum pratense)

tower mustard (Turritis glabra)

upright carrionflower (Smilax ecirrhata)

Virginia stickseed (Hackelia virginiana)

Virginia waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum var. virginianum)

western bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum var. latiusculum)

western poison ivy (Toxicodendron rydbergii)

western ragweed (Ambrosia psilostachya)

white avens (Geum canadense)

white campion (Silene latifolia ssp. alba)

white clover (Trifolium repens)

white prairie clover (Dalea candida var. candida)

white sage (Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana)

white snakeroot (Ageratina altissima var. altissima)

white vervain (Verbena urticifolia)

white-flowered leaf-cup (Polymnia canadensis)

whorled milkweed (Asclepias verticillata)

wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa var. mollis)

wild columbine (Aquilegia canadensis)

wild geranium (Geranium maculatum)

wild ginger (Asarum canadense)

wild grape (Vitis riparia)

wild sarsaparilla (Aralia nudicaulis)

wild yam (Dioscorea villosa)

winter vetch (Vicia villosa ssp. villosa)

woodbine (Parthenocissus vitacea)

woodland strawberry (Fragaria vesca ssp. americana)

Wood’s rose (Rosa woodsii)

woolly plantain (Plantago patagonica)

yellow foxtail (Setaria pumila ssp. pumila)

yellow goat’s beard (Tragopogon dubius)

yellow marsh marigold (Caltha palustris var. palustris)

yellow wood sorrel (Oxalis stricta)

American elderberry

 

 

 

 

American germander

 

 

 

 

American hazel

 

 

 

 

American plum

 

 

 

 

big bluestem

 

 

 

 

black bindweed

 

 

 

 

black cherry

 

 

 

 

black raspberry

 

 

 

 

black-eyed Susan

 

 

 

 

bur oak (var. macrocarpa)

 

 

 

 

butterfly weed

 

 

 

 

butter and eggs

 

 

 

 

Canadian tick-trefoil

 

 

 

 

chokecherry

 

 

 

 

Cleland’s evening primrose

 

 

 

 

common hop

 

 

 

 

common mullein

 

 

 

 

common St. Johnswort

 

 

 

 

common yarrow

 

 

 

 

Culver’s root

 

 

 

 

cut-leaved coneflower

 

 

 

 

downy phlox

 

 

 

 

false sunflower

 

 

 

 

field thistle

 

 

 

 

giant foxtail

 

 

 

 

hairy puccoon

 

 

 

 

heal-all

 

 

 

 

hedge bindweed

 

 

 

 

large-flowered bellwort

 

 

 

 

large-flowered trillium

 

 

 

 

leadplant

 

 

 

 

nodding wild onion

 

 

 

 

northern bedstraw

 

 

 

 

orange daylily

 

 

 

 

poke milkweed

 

 

 

 

prairie coreopsis

 

 

 

 

prairie ironweed

 

 

 

 

prairie spiderwort

 

 

 

 

purple prairie clover

 

 

 

 

red baneberry

 

 

 

 

round-headed bush clover

 

 

 

 

sharp-lobed hepatica

 

 

 

 

stiff sunflower (ssp. subrhomboideus)

 

 

 

 

sundial lupine

 

 

 

 

tall cinquefoil

 

 

 

 

tall meadow rue

 

 

 

 

Virginia waterleaf

 

 

 

 

western poison ivy leaves

 

 

 

 

white prairie clover

 

 

 

 

white snakeroot

 

 

 

 

whorled milkweed

 

 

 

 

wild columbine

 

 

 

 

wild geranium

 

 

 

 

woodland strawberry

 

 

 

 

yellow goat’s beard

 

 

 

 

yellow marsh marigold

 

 

 

 

yellow wood sorrel

 


Reptiles

One reptile species with protected status in Minnesota is found here:

Special concern – gopher snake (Pituophis catenifer)

The prairie portion of this park has the largest population of gopher snakes in the state.


Visits

7/31/2011

   

 

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