Central Appalachian Xeric Chestnut Oak - Virginia Pine Woodland – CEGL008540

Small's ragwort (Packera anonyma, foreground) and poverty oat grass (Danthonia spicata, background) in a chestnut oak - Virginia pine woodland on phyllite outcrops of Smith Mountain, a western Piedmont monadnock in Bedford and Pittsylvania counties.  Smith Mountain Cooperative Wildlife Management Area (DGIF/Appalachian Power)