PHELPS                       19 Spring's End Forest

Spring's End Forest Natural Area

A 15-acre portion of the Woodson K. Woods Memorial Conservation Area about six miles southeast of St. James in Section 36, T38N, R6W, Maramec Spring 7.5 min. topographic map. Access is by foot from a parking lot, by foot from Maramec Spring Park, or by boat from the Meramec River. Designated November 15, 1972.

Natural Features--An old-growth bottomland forest, a backwater slough and frontage on the Meramec River in the Upper Ozarks Section of the Ozark Natural Division. Common trees found are sycamore, bitternut hickory, persimmon, river birch, butternut, and bur, white and northern red oaks. The natural area is owned by the Department of Conservation. For further information contact the District Forester, Gasconade Forest District, P.O. Box 1128 (12655 State Route Y), Rolla, MO 65401, phone 573/368-2225.

Butternut (Juglans cinerea)