Prairie State Park is a state park in the US state of Missouri consisting of 3,942 acres (16.0 km2) of grasslands and woodlands. It is located in Barton County.
- Ecology
Prairie State Park is in the Central forest-grasslands transition ecoregion, of the Temperate grasslands, savannas and shrublands Biome.
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