Lichen Glade Natural Area
ST. CLAIR 38 Lichen Glade
Sandstone Glade at Lichen Glade Natural Area
Rock overhang at Lichen Glade Natural Area
A 29-acre area about five miles west of Osceola on Hwy B in the S1/2 of Section 16, T38N, R26W, Monegaw Springs 7.5 min. topographic map. Designated October 22, 1975.
Natural Features
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. Lichen Glade Natural Area is owned by The Nature Conservancy and managed by the Department of Conservation. For further information contact the Wildlife District Supervisor, Truman District Office, P.O. Box 250, Clinton, MO 64735, phone 816/885-6981.
