BARTON                       45 Tzi-Sho Prairie

Tzi-Sho Prairie Natural Area

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.

Upland Sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda)