Southern Appalachian Acidic Cove Forest – CEGL007543

Throughout the Southern Appalachians of southwest Virginia, acidic cove forests with dense colonies of great rhododendron (Rhododendron maximum) are characteristic of coves and mesic slopes over sandstone and other base-poor rocks.  Little Stony Creek, NE of Dungannon, Scott County.  Clinch Ranger District, George Washington & Jefferson National Forests.