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=Pea Ridge Conservation Area= Sullivan, Missouri 63080 Pea Ridge Conservation Area Website Pea Ridge Conservation Area Map Pea Ridge Conservation Area Brochure

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Pea Ridge CA
Coordinates: 38.0667278, -90.9975667 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

About Pea Ridge Conservation Area
The area consists of four tracts of land, the largest of which straddles MO-185, midway between Sullivan and Potosi. The 1,058-acre HiPointe tract is bisected by Pelican Ridge Road off of Route T. The 1,045-acre Route F Unit is accessed from Route F and Sugar Loaf Road, and the 720-acre Metcalf School Unit is accessed from Lodge Road off of Route W.

Pea Ridge Conservation Area consists of several tracts and is marked with a cantilever sign on MO-185 between Sullivan and Potosi. This area is mostly forest. It contains Hi Pointe Lake (two acres, fishable).

The forest is composed of oak, hickory, pine, and associated species. Cedar is found in glade areas, and bottomland hardwoods are found along streams.

The main tract includes a fen, four springs, a sinkhole, a dolomite cliff, 10 dolomite glades, and over three miles of Indian Creek, an Ozark headwater stream.

Moisture loving plants, such as hydrangea, common fragile fern, pawpaw, basswood, and wild ginger, grow at the base of the dolomite cliff. Drought-tolerant plants, such as little bluestem, side oats grama grass, Missouri black-eyed Susan and pale purple coneflower, grow on the dolomite glades.

Management of the area includes establishing and maintaining water holes, old growth forest areas, riparian corridors, fields, savannas, glades, and forest. From Pea Ridge Conservation Area Website

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