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Location: Tucker County; N 39° 01' W 79° 20'; Davis Quadrangle; 1 1 miles SE H 



of Davis; reached via Rt. 32, 28, or 42 off Forest Road 75. < 



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 Description: A sphagnum bog with beaver dams. Sphagnum-spruce community G> 



with cranberry and related heath-type vegetation. Z 



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 References: Clarkson, R. B. 1966. Vascular flora of Monongahela National 

 Forest, W. Va. Castanea 31(1):1-119; Evans, G. B. 1964. Blackwater Paradise. 

 Field and Stream 69(7):29-3 1 ; 1 26-1 29. 



Encroachments: Area is in strip mine plans of the Virginia Electric and Power 

 Co., Stoney River installation. 



Ownership: USFS, Box 1231, Elkins, W. Va. 2624 1 . 



Data source: E. M. Olliver, Box 1231, Elkins, W. Va. 2624 1 . 



Other knowledgeable persons: Dr. Charles H. Baer, Department of Biology, 

 West Virginia University, Morgantown, W. Va. 26505. 



