2017 Becker Freedom Days Medallion Hunt

Two by two we welcome you to read the clues and start your hunt.
Your search will take you to public land. Avoid private property and use good judgement.
No digging, climbing or scaling of walls.
From a hiding spot above ground the medallion calls.
Pleasant Valley was once the name of this charming hamlet.
The medallion will be located within the boundaries of Minnesota's best kept secret.

Single, clustered, scaly needles. Simple, lobed,compound leaves.
Amongst here will one the medallion perceive.
You won't have to part the red sea, 
But if closer to the medallion you wish to be,
Then following Moses
Is the right Avenue to get you started, one supposes.

BONUS CLUE:

Perennial plants with well-defined crowns,
Get you closer to where the medallion can be found.

A box of excellent quality Zea Mays Everta
And Arachis Hypogaea will help ya,
If you spot a fish out of water,
Then you're getting hotter,
You'll have to keep looking around,
But it won't be found on the ground.