DENT                       68 Montauk Upland Forest

Montauk Upland Forest Natural Area

A 40-acre area within Montauk State Park in NW1/4, NE1/4 of Section 27, T32N, R7W, Montauk 7.5 min. topographic map. Designated June 4, 1979.

Natural Features--A dry upland oak-pine forest along with steep, dry to dry-mesic ravines and a steep bluff exposure which is capped with a mature shortleaf pine forest in the Lower Ozarks Section of the Ozark Natural Divison. The well-developed understory consists of flowering dogwood, redbud, red maple, rusty blackhaw and hawthorn. The natural area is owned by the Department of Natural Resources. For further information contact the Park Superintendent, Montauk State Park, Route 5, Box 279, Salem, MO 65560, phone 573/548-2201.

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