Table 37. Number and size of areas classified by MDNR as High Quality Natural Communities, by category, within the West Osage River Basin in west-central Missouri.
COMMUNITY TYPE NUMBER TOTAL AREA (acres) AVERAGE SIZE (acres)
Prairie (dry) 47 11,193.5 254.4
Prairie (wet) 15 1,275.2 85.0
Forest (dry) 2 210.0 105.0
Forest (bottomland) 1 38.0 38.0
Glade 4 15.6 3.9
Marsh 3 61.0 20.3
Oxbow/Slough 1 1.0 1.0
Swamp 2 113.0 56.5
Wet Savanna 1 4.0 4.0
Total = 76 12,911.3 169.9

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