Brushy Pond Natural Area
OREGON 149 Brushy Pond
Blanchard's Cricket Frog
Bladderwort (Uricularia gibba)
A 28-acre portion of Mark Twain National Forest located south of Winona in the SE1/4 of Section 1, T25N, R4W, Greer 7.5 min. topographic map. Access is by Hwy 19, 11 miles south of Winona. Designated June 26, 1990.
Natural Features
An excellent example of a sinkhole pond marsh in the Lower Ozarks Section of the Ozark Natural Division. Brushy Pond contains three rare sedges, Carex alata, Carex comosa and Carex decomposita as well as the rare manna grass. All four species are known only from sinkhole ponds in Missouri. 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
