Southern Appalachian Red Spruce - Northern Hardwood Forest / Rhododendron Forest – CEGL004983

Herbaceous opening with evergreen wood fern (Dryopteris intermedia) among rhododendrons in red spruce forest.  Beartown on Clinch Mountain above Burkes Garden, Tazewell County.  Beartown Wilderness, Eastern Divide Ranger District, George Washington & Jefferson National Forests.