Cordgrass Bottoms Natural Area
LINN 65 Cordgrass Bottoms
Cow Parsnip (Heracleum maximum)
Common Arrowhead (Sagittaria latifolia)
An 80-acre area within Pershing State Park in the NE1/4 of Section 11, T57N, R21W, Brookfield 15 min. topographic map. Designated February 14, 1979.
Natural Features
A 30-acre cordgrass prairie and marsh surrounded by 50 acres of wet bottomland forest along Locust Creek in the Grand River Section of the Glaciated Plains Natural Division. Characteristic plants include cordgrass, cow parsnip, blue flag, arrowhead and smartweed. The area is owned by the Department of Natural Resources. For further information contact the Park Superintendent, Pershing State Park, Laclede, MO 64651, phone 816/963-2299.
