NATURAL AREAS AND RKO ION'S 



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Greer, Oregon Countj% Mo., by auto 

 stage 15 mi. south from Winona .Inc., 

 or 20 mi. NNE. from Thayer, both on the 

 Frisco R. R., Springfield to Memphis 

 Div. Go one mi. east of Greer. — //. .1. 

 Buehler. 



Wild tracts of Current River. (B3 and 

 B4andC2.) (Available.) The best and 

 most healthful of Missouri's shortleaf 

 pineries. Many birds and mammals. 

 Altitude 1200 to 600 ft. 



Eminencel, Shannon County, Mo., 

 on the Salem, Winona & So. R. R. from 

 Winona Jnc. on the Frisco R. R. (Mem- 

 phis Div.); or Van Buren, Carter 

 County, on the Frisco; or (a) to Montauk 

 Spgs. IG mi. from Salem on a branch of 

 the Frisco (Springfield-St. Louis Div.) 

 and 4 mi. west to cave; or Rolla on main 

 line of Frisco, auto taxi to Licking, and 

 7^ mi. southeast to cave. — D. L. Bales, 

 S. A. Cunningham and Jasper N. 

 Williams. 



Jf. Available overflow lands; available 



areas representative of the Southern 



lowland type 



Overflow lands (C4 and H8) used to 

 teem with ducks attracted to the giant- 

 leaved water plant or "Yorkapin," 

 which furnished the ducks a sweetish 

 edible nut. Altitude 290 ft. 



Hornersvillet on the Deermg South- 

 western R. R. from Caruthersville (on 

 the Mississippi Div. of the Frisco R.R.) 

 and auto service. 



Canada goose feeding grounds. (118.) 

 (Available.) In the flat overflow lands 

 near Charleston, Mississippi County, 

 there is some major attraction causing 

 great flocks of Canada Geese to halt for 

 weeks in their fall and spring migrations. 

 Miles of willow lowlands and overflow 

 mud flats. Altitude 327 ft. and less 



Charleston!, Mo. on Mo. P. branch of 

 Iron Mt. Biy.—R. Q. Brown. 



Cypress swamps. (G7.) The tew 

 remnants of the cypress formation are 

 available. „, , ,, „ 



(A4.) The best is one at Cardwell, / 

 mi W of Hornersville is on the bt. 

 Francois River. Catalpa, American 

 holly and mistletoe on gum trees border 

 cypress formations. ^ ^ . ^ ^„^„ 

 Frisco R. R. from St. Louis to Caru- 

 thersvillet-C- M. Edwards. 



Sand Ridge. (D4.) Two heal hfu 

 ridges, called East Prairie and \\cht 

 Prairie and Crowley's Ridges, penetrate 

 in a southerly direction the former welter 

 of swamps. Turtles are exceeding > 

 numerous east and west of. Dexter in 

 flood bottoms. Numerous vines sassa- 

 fras, beetles, and red-backed bill hugs 

 are epidemic in abundance. 



Mo. P. and Frisco R. R- from bt. 



Loui.s, Charleston, Sikeston, Dexter, 

 and Poplar HlulT.— .1. C. liurrill. 



Ridgr. (Dt and KO.) ( AviiiUble.) 

 Wlicrc liie clay ridges left from li: 

 blutT edges and hills mcc-l the \»> 

 sharp transition often orcMirs. CJaj)e 

 Girardeaul on Frisco R. R. — A. C. 

 Burrill and W. E. Foard. 



5. Available areas in Miaaiaaippi bluffa 

 and botloma 



Mark Twain Cave Tract. (G7 and 

 C3.) Little is left intact in the northern 

 reaches of tlie Mi.ssi.ssippi in .Mi.s.s<)iiri 

 save wooded islands changing with 

 floods. The woods occur on most of the 

 bluff line and become roughest along 

 Cape Girardeau County where the 

 Ozarks cro.ss the river; and vicinity 

 along the river is proposed as near a. 

 terminal city, with characteristic l)lufT3 

 and blulT woods, willow, sycamore, ash, 

 elm and soft maple. 



Two mi. south of Hannibal, Marion 

 County, Mo., reached by C. B. & Q. 

 R li.— Madison Nelson and A. C. Burrill. 



Flood Plain Forest. (CS.) Altitude 

 380 ft. 



Frisco R. R. Ste. Louis to Perryville 

 Jnc. (Perrvville or at Ste. Genevieve, 

 Mo.).— .1. C. Burrill. 



Red cedar dominant Ozark forest type 

 and in open groves at altitude 700 to .')0() 

 ft. ; heavier woods are on Negro Fork or 

 Big River. 



De Soto, Mo. P. R. R., or auto stage 

 from St. Louis direct to Hillsboro.— 

 A. C. Burrill. . ., , , v 



Ten-mile Lake. (C3.) (Available.) 

 Above lake 2 by 10 mi., is a resort of 

 pelicans, water turkeys, white and blue 

 cranes (herons) many turtles, and a 

 great many species of water plants in tlie 



shallows. ^ , 



The cypress brake once natural cypress 



lake now largely drained, is near at 



hand. Altitude 307 ft. and less. 

 Cotton Belt from St. Louis to Last 



Prairie, Mississippi County, Mo.: 4 mi. 



southeast to 10-mi. Lake: J» '">• '^/v |° 



cypress hrakc-Rcpr. Carl D. Mitchdl, 



E. Prairie, Mo. 



LI.ST OF REFERENCES 



Daniels, F. P. 1007 The flora of 

 Columbia, Mi.-^.souri and vicinity. An 

 ecological and systematic studv of a 

 local flora. I'niv of Mo. Studies 

 Science Ser. Vol. I and 2, p.^ 1 319. 



Uphof. J. C. Th. V^•2■2 Lcological 

 relations of plants m southea.su-rn 

 Missouri. Amrr. Jour. Bot. U: 1 IS. 



Robbins.W..). 1921 Proc.p.tation and 

 the growth of oaks at rolumbia. 

 Missouri Vniv. of Mo. Agr. Kxp. Ma. 

 lies. Bui. 44: 1-21. 



