MO-Little+Osage+Prairie


 * =Birding in Missouri=

Vernon County
=Little Osage Prairie= Nevada, Missouri 64772 Little Osage Prairie web site Little Osage Prairie map

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Little Osage Prairie
Coordinates: 37.7676616, -94.3422604 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

About Little Osage Prairie
From the junction of US-54 and BB in Nevada, go south on BB for about 5 miles until BB makes a sharp turn to the right (west). At this point continue straight south on a gravel road for another quarter mile, after which the road turns left (east). Go for about 1.5 miles then turn left (north) onto another gravel road and follow this for about 0.4 mile to the parking lot on the left (west).


 * Enjoy a diverse upland prairie easily accessed on foot.
 * Listen for the fire alarm-like chirping calls of male prairie mole crickets on warm spring nights.
 * See scissor-tailed flycatchers, dickcissels and Henslow’s sparrows.

This prairie is developed on soils overlying sandstone and shale bedrock. The prairie exhibits a good range of characteristic prairie plants that bloom throughout the growing season. Prairie mole crickets, restricted to prairie remnants, occur here. Spring wildflowers include Indian paintbrush, hoary puccoon, wood betony, wild hyacinth, shooting star, cream wild indigo, and prairie blue-eyed grass.

This natural area is owned by The Nature Conservancy, whose mission is to conserve the lands and waters on which all life depends. The Missouri Chapter of The Nature Conservancy has protected over 145,000 acres of critical lands and waters in the state. The Nature Conservancy has been and continues to be a valuable conservation partner in the effort to conserve Missouri’s natural communities. For more information see http://www.nature.org/ourinitiatives/regions/northamerica/unitedstates/missouri or call 314-968-1105. Access Information: From Little Osage Prairie web site



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