Missouri Department of Conservation

Lichen Glade

Lichen Glade

A sandstone glade and bluff and a post oakblack jack oak forest in the Springfield Plateau Section of the Ozark Natural Division. Glade vegetation includes lichens, mosses, ferns and many interesting and showy wildflowers such as blue toadflax, fame flower and widow's cross. The area also includes a bottomland forest along Salt Creek.

Rock overhang at Lichen Glade Natural Area

 

Sandstone Glade at Lichen Glade Natural Area

Access Information: 

GPS parking lot.

General Information
Designation Date: 
10/22/1975
Acreage: 
34
Owner: 
The Nature Conservancy
County: 
St. Clair

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