Jasper

Points of Interest:

• The largest publicly owned expanse of claypan (hardpan) prairie.
• See a variety of upland prairie and prairie wetland plants.
• Listen for the chorus of rare prairie mole crickets on warm spring evenings.

Natural Features Description:

This nearly level prairie’s soils contain a clayplan at a depth of 15-20 inches below the soil surface. The claypan impedes permeability of the soil. These soils are often saturated in the late winter and spring and then become dry by summer.