Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park, Reynolds County, Missouri

 
 
 

This trip will take us into the heart of the Ozarks to Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park on Saturday and Sunday.  The site is famous for the canyon-like gorge ("shut-in") where the East Fork Black River cuts its way though.  Rocks that form the shut-ins are among the oldest on the continent and are estimated to be 1.5 billion years old!  At Johnson's Shut-Ins on Saturday and a TBA (likely Hughes Mountain Natural Area or Taum Sauk Mountain State Park), we will visit a variety of habitat types characteristic of the Ozark Natural Division, including igneous glades, fens, and oak-hickory-shortleaf pine forests.
 
 
 
 
 

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Reprints available in Biology 440 folder

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        Location of Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park in Reynolds County, Missouri

Location of Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park in Missouri

General Information on Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park and other nearby areas:

1. Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park brochure (copy available in Biology 440 Johnson's folder)
2. Johnson's Shut-Ins, from Geologic Wonders and Curiosities (copy available in Biology 440 Johnson's folder)
3. Taum Sauk Mountain and related areas, from Geologic Wonders and Curiosities (copy available in Biology 440 Johnson's folder)
4. The Oak-Hickory forest, from The Audubon Society Nature Guide to Eastern Forests (copy available in Biology 440 Johnson's folder)

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