The only sounds in the vast meadow were the chirping of birds and crickets, the wind whipping through prairie grass and willow trees and a rope from an American flag clanging against the flagpole.
From the stltoday.com
Among the trees, you'll find ash juniper, cedar elms, live oak, Spanish oak, pecans, black willow, black walnuts, cottonwoods, prairie flameleaf sumac and, in the creek bottom, some sycamores.