Butler

Points of Interest:

• Come see over 17 species of oaks.
• Travel from the Ozarks to the Mississippi Lowlands within a mile hike.
• Look and listen for a variety of bottomland forest wildlife.

Natural Features Description:

Here cherty Ozark woodlands with post oak, scarlet oak, white oak, black oak and mockernut hickory slope down to rich bottomland forests with a wide mixture of tree species. In the bottoms trees exceed 100 feet tall and diameters of 20-30 inches (measured at 4.5 feet above the ground) for canopy dominants are common.

Points of Interest:

• Walk through stands of tall and large bottomland hardwood trees.
• Keep on the lookout for swamp rabbits, wood thrushes and American redstarts.
• Walk through a mixing ground of Ozark and Mississippi Lowland plant species.

Natural Features Description:

This area features bottomland forest with a diverse mixture of tree species including basket oak, cherrybark oak, red maple, sweetgum and sycamore. Blue beech and pawpaw are common in the understory.

Points of Interest:

• Explore one of Missouri’s best and last cypress ponds.
• See ancient bald cypress trees over 500 years old.
• Listen to the chorus of “honking” sounds of green treefrogs on warm spring evenings.

Natural Features Description:

Allred Lake is a small remnant of the once vast network of swamps and bottomland forests that once covered the Mississippi Lowlands of southeast Missouri. Here you can experience a natural scene similar to that found in Louisiana and other gulf coast states.