Southern Appalachian Red Spruce Forest (Deciduous Shrub Type) – CEGL007131

Mountain wood fern (Dryopteris campyloptera) and dense spruce saplings in a red spruce forest along the summit of Whitetop Mountain on the Smyth/Grayson county line; elev. 5300 ft.  Mount Rogers National Recreation Area, George Washington & Jefferson National Forests.