LINCOLN                       54 Pickerelweed Pond

Pickerelweed Pond Natural Area

A 3-acre portion of Cuivre River State Park in the SE1/4, NE1/4 of Section 5, T49N, R1E, Okete 7.5 min. topographic map. Designated March 30, 1978.

Natural Features--A quarter-acre upland sinkhole pond in the Lincoln Hills Section of the Glaciated Plains Natural Division. This pond provides breeding habitat for a number of amphibians rarely encountered north of the Missouri River. Aquatic plants include the rare naiad (Najas gracillima), pickerel weed and American lotus. The Department of Natural Resources owns this area. For more information contact the Park Superintendent, Cuivre River State Park, Route 1, Box 25, Troy, MO 63379, phone 314/528-7247.

Pond at Pickerelweed Pond Natural Area