NATURAL AREAS AND REGIONS 



Greer, Oregon County, Mo., by auto 

 stage 15 mi. south from Winona Jnc., 

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

 Frisco R. R., Springfield to Memphis 

 Div. Go one mi. east of Greer. H. A. 

 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. 



Eminencet, 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. 16 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. 



4. 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. 



HornersvilleJ on the Deering South- 

 western R. R. from Caruthersville (on 

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

 and auto service. 



Canada goose feeding grounds. (H8.) 

 (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. Div. R. Q. Brown. 



Cypress swamps. (G7.) The few 

 remnants of the cypress formation are 

 available. 



(A4.) The best is one at Cardwell, 7 

 mi. W. of Hornersville is on the St. 

 Francois River. Catalpa, American 

 holly and mistletoe on gum trees border 

 cypress formations. 



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

 thersville l.C. M. Edwards. 



Sand Ridge. (D4.) Two healthful 

 ridges, called East Prairie and West 

 Prairie and Crowley's Ridges, penetrate 

 in a southerly direction the former welter 

 of swamps. Turtles are exceedingly 

 numerous east and west of Dexter in 

 flood bottoms. Numerous vines, sassa- 

 fras, beetles, and red-backed bill bugs 

 are epidemic in abundance. 



Mo. P. and Frisco R. R. from St. 



Louis, Charleston, Sikeston, Dexter, 

 and Poplar Bluff. A. C. Burrill. 



Ridge. (D4 and E6.) (Available.) 

 Where the clay ridges left from limestone 

 bluff edges and hills meet the bottoms, a 

 sharp transition often occurs. Cape 

 GirardeauJ on Frisco R. R. A. C. 

 Burrill and W. E. Foard. 



6. Available areas in Mississippi bluffs 

 and bottoms 



Mark Twain Cave Tract. (G7 and 

 C3.) Little is left intact in the northern 

 reaches of the Mississippi in Missouri 

 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 cross the river; and vicinity 

 along the river is proposed as near a 

 terminal city, with characteristic bluffs 

 and bluff woods, willow, sycamore, ash, 

 elm and soft maple. 



Two mi. south of Hannibal, Marion 

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

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



Flood Plain Forest. (C3.) Altitude 

 380 ft. 



Frisco R. R. Ste. Louis to Perry ville 

 Jnc. (Perryville or at Ste. Genevieve, 

 Mo.). A. C. Burrill. 



Red cedar dominant Ozark forest type 

 and in open groves at altitude 700 to 500 

 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. 



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 the 

 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 East 

 Prairie, Mississippi County, Mp.; 4 mi. 

 southeast to 10-mi. Lake; 14 mi. SE. to 

 cypress brake. Repr. Carl D. Mitchell, 

 E. Prairie, Mo. 



LIST OF REFERENCES 



Daniels, F. P. 1907 The flora of 

 Columbia, Missouri and vicinity. An 

 ecological and systematic study of a 

 local flora. Univ. of Mo. Studies 

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



Uphof, J. C. Th. 1922 Ecological 

 relations of plants in southeastern 

 Missouri. Amer. Jour. Bot. 9: 1-18. 



Robbins, W. J. 1921 Precipitation and 

 the growth of oaks at Columbia. 

 Missouri Univ. of Mo. Agr. Exp. Sta. 

 Res. Bui. 44: 1-21. 



