Big Oak Tree State Park - East Prairie, Missouri
Posted by: 
BruceS
N 36° 38.636 W 089° 17.266
16S E 295482 N 4057811
State park preserving hardwood forest in southeast Missouri.
Waymark Code: WM7J19
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 10/29/2009
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Big Oak Tree State Park is the only remaining sizable tract of virgin wet-mesic bottomland hardwood forest remaining in the northern Mississippi Alluvial Plain section of the Gulf Coastal Plain biophysiographic province. The park is home to several champion hardwood trees, it was originally founded to protect a huge bur oak which died due to age and a lightning strike and was felled in 1954. There is a board walk which traverses the wet-mesic bottomland hardwood forest, allowing close view of the huge trees.
Predominate Feature: Wet-mesic bottomland hardwood forest
Parking/Access Location: N 36° 38.703 W 089° 16.964
Ownership: State
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Admission Charged: no
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