Field Guide

Fern mosses look like carpets of tiny ferns. The branches lie on one plane and become shorter toward the tips. They even arch over like fern fronds.

Put up your birdfeeders and grab your binoculars! Cardinals and other birds visit feeding stations for sunflower, safflower, and other seeds.

Missouri’s only native pine remains conspicuously green during winter. It naturally occurs mainly in the Ozarks but is planted statewide.

In winter, eastern gray squirrels and eastern fox squirrels nest in tree cavities, but they also build nests from twigs and leaves high in trees.