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| | Big South Fork National River & Recreation Area - Upland Vegetation Zone (U.S. National Park Service) |
 | | Thin bands of pine-dominated forest were recently common along bluffs edges, on sandstone points, and on narrow ridges; however, many of these pine trees were killed in the years 1998-2002 by the southern pine beetle, a native forest insect. |
| | Thick patches of mountain laurel with scattered red maple, sourwood, flgum, chestnut oak, post oak, and serviceberry are often all that remains since the pine beetle infestation. |
| | Mountain laurel, blueberries, huckleberries, witchhazel, and greenbriers are common shrubs and vines. |
| www.nps.gov /biso/naturescience/uplandplants.htm (935 words) |
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