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High-Elevation Greenstone Barren – CEGL008536
DCR-DNH ecologist Kristin Taverna collecting plot data on a precipitous metabasalt (greenstone) outcrop on the north face of Hawksbill Mountain in Shenandoah National Park (Page County).  The vegetation is turning brown after an extended summer drought,

 © DCR-DNH, Gary P. Fleming
High-Elevation Greenstone Barren – CEGL008536