Red Spruce-Fraser Fir Forest

The Red Spruce–Fraser Fir Forest type is distinguished from all other plant communities by a canopy dominated or codominated by red spruce (Picea rubens) or mountain ash (Sorbus americana) occurring on high mountains, with or without Fraser fir (Abies fraseri) or hardwoods. The understory may consist of deciduous shrubs, herbs, and mosses, or a substantial evergreen heath/rhododendron layer, generally associated with more exposed topography.