Lake Springfield Greater Ozarks Audubon Trail
/I had a form to drop off at the Lake Springfield Boathouse on a sunny day when the temperature was in the upper 50s. I opted to take the Greater Ozarks Audubon Trail to the overlook (the trail head is just past the boathouse).
I took a picture of sycamore near the edge of the water. It still had a lot of seeds from last season.
The trail is up ledges of rock….gentle steps most of the time.
Most of the trees are deciduous but there are quite a few eastern redcedars there too. I zoomed in to take a collection moss and redcedar on fallen log – an intimate landscape.
At the top there is an overlook of Lake Springfield. I didn’t stay long because there were other people waiting to enjoy the scene too.
I walked down the hill and saw some honey locust pods on the ground…looked up to see the thorns in the tree! Nearer my car, I noted goose (?) prints in the area at the edge of the parking lot. There were a lot of Canada geese around!
I remembered that there were mallows down near the water’s edge…their seed pods were open and empty.
The last time I was on this trail was in Fall 2024 when I took the Identifying Woody Plants class; it was hot that day and my back was hurting for the entire hike. This time I did it with my hiking poles and didn’t have any problem at all!
