JOHNSON                       55 Pin Oak Slough

Pin Oak Slough Natural Area

A 4-acre portion of Knob Noster State Park in the NE1/4, NW1/4 of Section 29, T46N, R24W, Knob Noster 7.5 min. topographic map. Designated March 30, 1978.

Natural Features--Former oxbow slough of Clearfork Creek featuring mature wet-mesic forest and buttonbush shrub swamp. The depressions within the slough causes water to pool in spring. Dominant trees include silver maple, and bur, pin and swamp white oak. Pin Oak Slough is located in the Osage Plains Natural Division. The natural area is owned by the Department of Natural Resources. For further information contact the Park Superintendent, Knob Noster State Park, Knob Noster, MO 65336, phone 816/563-2463.

Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis)