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The broadleaf arborescent species do not show the same 

 degree of locahzation as shown by the coniferous species. The 

 most important species are Castanea dentata, Quercus Prinus, 

 Q. coccinea, Q. rubra, Q. alba, Acer riibrinn, Hicoria glabra, and 

 Cormis florida. Dwarfed or shrub-hke specimens of several 

 smaller trees are common, especially on the exposed brow of the 

 cliff, the principal species being AinelancJiier canadensis, Castanea 

 puniila, Chionanthus virginica, Syinplocos tinctoria, Hamantelis 



Figure 3. Pines on Lookingglass Mountain. 



virginiana, and Sassafras variifolium. Perhaps the most inter- 

 esting broadleaf found here was Popidus grandidentata, repre- 

 sented by a few young trees. 



Among the shrubs, Kalmia latifolia and Rhododendron max- 

 imum predominate here as they do nearly everywhere in this re- 

 gion. A very rare species here is Rhododeitdron punctatum which 

 is common along the Davidson River banks, 2,000 feet lower, 

 and on Cold Mountain, 2,000 feet higher. On the southern expo- 

 sures of the mountain, Kalmia blooms a week earlier than it does 



