Pickle Springs Natural Area
STE. GENEVIEVE 131 Pickle Springs
Short-leaf pine (Pinus enchinata) at Pickle Springs Natural Area
A 256-acre area about seven miles northeast of Farmington in the NW1/4, NW1/4 of Section 29, the NE1/4 of Section 30 and the S1/2, SE1/4 of Section 19, T36N, R7E, Sprott 7.5 min. topographic map. Access is from a parking lot on Dorlac Road. There is a 2-mile interpretive trail through the area. Designated June 13, 1986.
Natural Features
Moist and dry sandstone cliffs and a sandstone glade in the Mississippi River Section of the Ozark Border Natural Division. Pickle Springs also contains a headwaters stream (LaMotte Basin), sandstone savanna, sandstone talus and sandstone forest. The area also accommodates the state-listed ground cedar, white smooth violet, shining nut-rush and hay- scented fern. Pickle Springs Natural Area is owned and managed by the Department of Conservation. For further information contact the District Forester, Southeast Forest District, 2302 County Park Drive, Cape Girardeau, MO 63701, phone 573/290-5730.
