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137:36°38′46″N
1640:St. Louis
1564:Towosahgy
1351:Van Meter
1196:Jay Nixon
948:Swan Lake
908:Big Muddy
735:April 23,
641:April 23,
508:Possumhaw
486:Persimmon
262:wet-mesic
173:Elevation
1633:Category
1524:Mastodon
1326:Stockton
1311:Route 66
1271:Pershing
1106:Big Lake
801:Missouri
227:May 1986
189:Visitors
117:Location
1659:Commons
1361:Wallace
1356:Wakonda
1321:St. Joe
1281:Prairie
1251:Montauk
1246:Meramec
1131:Crowder
809:Federal
420:Bur oak
304:Status
301:Points
298:Spread
295:Height
267:in the
205:Website
1256:Morris
1091:Babler
568:Alive
524:Alive
502:Alive
464:Pawpaw
458:Alive
436:Alive
348:Alive
326:Alive
252:. The
1074:State
1009:Mingo
1004:Irish
933:Mingo
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1191:Hawn
737:2018
711:2014
665:2015
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