Northern Coastal Plain / Piedmont Oak - Beech / Heath Forest – CEGL006919
In the Virginia Coastal Plain, the oak-beech/heath community type and its characteristic shrub mountain-laurel (Kalmia latifolia) are restricted to sheltered, north-facing bluffs and ravine slopes with highly infertile soils. York River State Park, James City County. © DCR-DNH, Gary P. Fleming