#missouri ozarks

[rebeccathenaturalist]

Two beautiful scenes, two very different oak habitats. The first is my childhood creek, rather unceremoniously named "Dutro-Carter Branch", in Rolla, Mo. It runs through mostly badly damaged to completely erased oak-hickory forest, with just a thin veil of habitat on either bank, where it exists at all. The other is Cooper Mountain in Tualitin, OR, where Garry oak savanna and woodland are being restored amid patches of Ponderosa pine and mixed conifer forest. I arrived back in the PNW last Thursday evening after five days of driving and immediately leaped back into teaching the next day. While I've scarcely had time to stop and rest, and the next several days will be similarly busy, I'm glad I get to ground myself in these beautiful, fragmented places in nature.

[oliviarosaline]

False Rue Anemone

Enemion biternatum

St. Charles County, Missouri, USA

March 13th, 2024

Olivia R. Myers

@oliviarosaline

[shutterandsentence]

Do not be afraid. No one can speak or do anything that is outside of God's plan.

Photo: Branson, Missouri

[adventurecoreadjacentbabe]

rocky falls in mo, in the ozarks in january

[wildmanofthewood]

Northern lights I the Ozark’s last night!

[glutenfreeweed457]

[homesteadsissies]

Weekly Update: 11.7.24

Though our country is divided about so much, perhaps we can find commonality in our rootedness as creatures, in our dependence on creation. Though we differ in many abstract ideals, maybe we can find understanding around the concrete reality of the table.

[feralunicorn426]

Visited one of my favorite spots and even in the moon/star light, I could tell something was different. Before I charged into, or through, anything, I started taking pics.

[cygnetbrown]

Organizing for a Profitable 2024

Last year my best sales occurred at the farmer’s market and at nearby festivals. I plan to change that this year. HAPPY NEW YEARS EVERYONE! Can you believe another year has passed and we are now in 2024?  I have often wondered why the year started at the beginning of winter rather than the beginning of spring. However, after thinking about it for a few weeks, I have decided that it makes a lot…

[rhythm-catsandwine]

If you live in Missouri, PLEASE! i beg of you! Go vote.

You may think we are a very red state, so it does not matter. But it does.

But there is amendment 3!!!!!!!!

Go fucking vote and end this abortion ban.

Find your location to vote. If you have to, tell your work you need to vote on the way to work or take the day off, even if it means you will skip a few meals. Skip dinner with family if you have to.

Just do whatever you have to do! Just fucking vote!!!!! It's one time that can change a lot.

Here in Missouri, the ban is harsh ......you can not get one even for rape or incest!

VOTE YES ON AMENDMENT 3!

I rarely ask this, but please reblog this!

[wandering-jana]

Hello there.

Lake of the Ozarks State Park, Missouri

July 2022

[rebeccathenaturalist]

So I went on a phenology walk at Ozark Audubon today. We were mainly looking for any flowers that might have survived the freeze a few days ago, but we found some other neat stuff, too. This was one of the coolest! Look closely at the end of the branch--you can see where it has been neatly carved away, and then snapped in the center after the branch died.

That's the work of the female twig girdler (Oncideres cingulata), a species of longhorn beetle found in the east and midwest United States. She girdles the branch of a hardwood tree, lays her eggs in the branch, and then after it falls the eggs hatch and the larvae feed on the dead wood.

[oliviarosaline]

Lion's Mane Mushroom

Hericium erinaceus

A wonderful surprise awaited us while on a hike. Lion's Mane has a very mild flavor and contains bioactive compounds that have been proven to improve brain health. Remember to always forage respectfully and sustainably.

Crawford County, Missouri, USA

Oct. 6th, 2023

Olivia R. Myers

@oliviarosaline

[have-you-seen-this-animal]

[federer7]

Sharecropper shack. Kitchen of Ozarks cabin purchased for Lake of the Ozarks project. Missouri. May 1936.

Photo by Carl Mydans, Resettlement Administration.

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[cyallowitz]

The Ozark Howler

Ozark Howler This cryptid has been sighted in the Ozark Mountains, which span the Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Missouri.  Though, there have been a few sightings in Texas too, so maybe a few had issues with living in Oklahoma.  Still, what are these creatures supposed to be? The Ozark Howler is said to be the size of a bear, really hairy, and have horns.  Its fur is very dark, which is why…