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Southern Piedmont Basic Mesic Forest - CEGL008466
In the southern Virginia Piedmont, basic mesic forests are best developed in sheltered ravines and river bluffs underlain by amphibolite, diabase, gabbro, and other basic rocks.  Meherrin River, Mecklenburg County.

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Southern Piedmont Basic Mesic Forest - CEGL008466