Tzi-Sho Prairie Natural Area
BARTON 45 Tzi-Sho Prairie
Upland Sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda)
A 240-acre area in Prairie State Park about three miles south of Liberal on a gravel road in Sections 22 and 23, T32N, R33W, Liberal 7.5 min. topographic map. Designated April 16, 1976.
Natural Features
Rolling upland prairie over sandy and silt loam soils of the Parsons, Barden and Collinsville series. This is a remnant of the tallgrass prairie of the Osage Plains Natural Division. Northern harriers, shorteared owls, upland sandpipers, greater prairie chickens and Henslow's sparrows use this prairie. Tzi-Sho is the Native American word for the "Sky People," one of the grand divisions of the Osage Indians. Tzi-Sho Prairie is owned by the Department of Natural Resources. For further information contact the Park Superintendent, Prairie State Park, P.O. Box 97, Liberal, MO 64762, phone 417/843-6711.
