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MO 4. Pickle Springs. Acreage: About 100. 



Location: Ste. Genevieve County; Sprott 7.5' Quadrangle; about 7 miles E of 

 Farmington; reached via Rt. 32. 



Description: Narrow ravines surrounded by high sandstone bluffs shelter a 

 mesophytic forest containing many plants rare in Missouri [Sword Moss, shining 

 club moss, ground pine {Lycopudium tristachyum), hay-scented fern, rattlesnake 

 plantain]. Dripping waterfalls and the upper part of Pickle Creek flowing 

 through the ravine should qualify this area as a wetland. 



References: Redfearn, P. L. 1964. Bryophytes of Missouri, IX. Additions to the 

 flora. Bryologist 67:201-203; Vitt, D. H. 1967. The Hepaticae of the Pickle 

 Springs Area, Southeastern Missouri. Bryologist 70:437-439; Steyermark, J. A. 

 1934. Bryoxiphium norvegicum in Missouri. Bryologist 37:47. 



Ownership: E. S. Womack, Rt. 3, Farmington, Mo. (owner or caretaker). 



Data source: Paul L. Redfearn, Jr., Department of Life Sciences, Southwest 

 Missouri State College, Springfield, Mo. 65802. 



Other knowledgeable persons: Botanists at Missouri Botanical Garden; J. A. 

 Steyermark, Instituto Botanico, Apartado 2156, Caracas, Venezuela; A. J. 

 Sharp, Department of Botany, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tenn. 37900; 

 R. H. Mohlenbrock, Department of Botany, Southern Illinois University, Car- 

 bondale, 111. 62901. 



