MO-Friendly+Prairie+Conservation+Area


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Pettis County
=Friendly Prairie Conservation Area= Ionia, Missouri 65335 Friendly Prairie Conservation Area Web Site Friendly Prairie Conservation Area Map Friendly Prairie Conservation Area Brochure

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Friendly Prairie CA
Coordinates: 38.5515049, -93.2971859 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

About Friendly Prairie Conservation Area
Nine miles south of Sedalia on US-65, then 1.5 miles west on Manila Road. This is an unplowed native prairie. More than 260 species of plants have been identified in the area.

This 40-acre native prairie remnant is owned by the Missouri Prairie Foundation and is jointly managed with the Conservation Department. The Conservation Department assumed management responsibilities on this area in 1977.

This area has been designated by Audubon Missouri as an Important Bird Area (IBA). IBAs are sites that have been identified by Audubon as those that are the most crucial for bird populations, due to their abundance and/or diversity of birds present.

High quality grasslands are important habitat for many species. This area is a remnant of a once vast prairie ecosystem that provides habitat for a diverse group of plants and animals. Because less than one-half of one percent of our original prairie remains, some of these species have become increasingly rare.

Area managers use prescribed fire, grazing, and other management practices to maintain healthy grasslands, simulate historic disturbances, and limit the negative impacts of invasive plants.

Species of concern which find a home on this area include Henslow and Grasshopper sparrows. MDC has implemented a Mead's milkweed restoration project on this prairie. From Friendly Prairie Conservation Area Web Site

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