Trail leading down along the creek at the end of Alpine Road, between the Blue Ridge Parkway and Hwy 77.
Longitude (DD)
-80.72723
Latitude (DD)
36.63223
Datum
NAD83
Elevation (m)
833
Description
Common on pockets of rich soil over bedrock outcrops, on slope above mountain stream, with Rosa multiflora, Polystichum, Hamamelis, Carex digitialis (CJR 2923), cf Eupatorium rugosum, Rubus occidentalis, etc. Full shade, under Acer rubrum, Liriodendron, etc.
Collection notes
Collected two Carex cf appalachica at this site: a shorter, finer plant with less-spreading perigynia ("radiata-type"--CJR 2919) and a taller plant with more star-like speading spikes ("rosea-type"--CJR 2920). Both seemed common.