High-Elevation Outcrop Barren (Black Chokeberry Igneous / Metamorphic Type) – CEGL008508

A complex of charnockite outcrops on the upper west slopes of Rocky Mountain in Amherst and Rockbridge counties supports one of the largest known occurrences of the black chokeberry type of high-elevation outcrop barren.  Patches here contain Catawba rhododendron (Rhododendron catawbiense), in addition to the more typical shrub components.  Glenwood-Pedlar Ranger District, George Washington & Jefferson National Forests.