OREGON                       99 Tupelo Gum Pond

Tupelo Gum Pond Natural Area

A 32-acre portion of the Mark Twain National Forest about 10 miles southeast of Birch Tree in Section 4, T25N, R4W, Birch Tree 15 min. topographic map. Access requires about two miles of travel on Forest Service Road 3239, sometimes impassable for cars. Designated August 24, 1982.

Natural Features--A 5-acre sinkhole pond with swamp vegetation and ringed with swamp tupelo, in the Lower Ozarks Section of the Ozark Natural Division. The pond is also surrounded by typical oak-hickory forest. For further information and a brochure of the site contact the District Ranger at:

USDA Forest Service
Eleven Point Ranger District
#4 Confederate Ridge Road
Doniphan, Missouri 63935

(573) 996-2153

Swamp Tupelo (Nyssa aquatica)		Sinkhole pond at Tupelo Gum Natural Area