Haney Pond Natural Area
OREGON 155 Haney Pond
Pond at Haney Pond Natural Area
A 68-acre portion of the Mark Twain National Forest southwest of Van Buren in Section 31 of T25N, R1E and Section 36 of T25N, R1W, Handy 7.5 topographic map. Access is by Forest Service Road 3224. Designated September 25, 1991.
Natural Features
A forested acid seep and pond shrub swamp located in the Lower Ozarks Section of the Ozark Natural Division. Dominated by sweet gum trees, the forested acid seep is characterized by a seasonally wet basin fed by several outlets and a ground flora of sedges, mosses, royal fern, mountain mint and manna grass. Buttonbush and rose mallow occur in the pond shrub swamp. The Bellevue Trail, a historic route in colonial Missouri, transverses the area. For further information and a brochure of the site contact: USDA Forest Service Eleven Point Ranger District #4 Confederate Ridge Road Doniphan, Missouri 63935, 573/996-2153
