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High Elevation Rocky Summits\u00a0consist of\u00a0flat to vertical outcrops of fractured rock on ridge tops, upper to mid slopes, or other topographically exposed settings, at high elevations, generally above 4000 feet. They\u00a0are distinguished from forests, shrub balds, and grass balds by having sparse to moderate herbaceous vegetation cover interspersed with extensive, fractured, bare rock.\u00a0Patches of shrub cover are generally present on edges or in pockets of deep soil, but sizeable areas of shrub dominance should be considered Heath Balds. 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Helianthus divaricatus<\/a><\/p>\n Helianthus hirsutus<\/a><\/p>\n Krigia montana<\/a><\/p>\n Liatris aspera<\/a><\/p>\n Liatris helleri<\/a><\/p>\n Liatris spicata<\/a><\/p>\n Liatris squarrosa<\/a><\/p>\n Oclemena acuminata<\/a><\/p>\n Packera anonyma<\/a><\/p>\n Packera millefolia<\/a><\/p>\n Packera millefolium<\/a><\/p>\n Prenanthes roanensis<\/a><\/p>\n Rudbeckia triloba<\/a><\/p>\n Solidago glomerata<\/a><\/p>\n Solidago spithamaea<\/a><\/p>\n Symphyotrichum patens<\/a><\/p>\n Symphyotrichum puniceum<\/a><\/p>\n Symphyotrichum retroflexum<\/a><\/p>\n Symphyotrichum undulatum<\/a><\/p>\n BETULACEAE<\/a><\/p>\n Alnus viridis<\/a><\/p>\n Betula alleghaniensis<\/a><\/p>\n Betula lenta<\/a><\/p>\n Ostrya virginiana<\/a><\/p>\n BRYACEAE<\/a><\/p>\n Pohlia sp.<\/a><\/p>\n CARYOPHYLLACEAE<\/a><\/p>\n Arenaria uniflora<\/a><\/p>\n Minuartia glabra<\/a><\/p>\n Mononeuria groenlandica<\/a><\/p>\n Paronychia argyrocoma<\/a><\/p>\n CEPHALOZIELLACEAE<\/a><\/p>\n Cephaloziella massalongi<\/a><\/p>\n Cephaloziella obtusilobula<\/a><\/p>\n Cephaloziella spinicaulis<\/a><\/p>\n CISTACEAE<\/a><\/p>\n Crocanthemum bicknellii<\/a><\/p>\n Crocanthemum propinquum<\/a><\/p>\n CLADONIACEAE<\/a><\/p>\n Cladonia sp.<\/a><\/p>\n Gymnoderma lineare<\/a><\/p>\n CRASSULACEAE<\/a><\/p>\n Sedum glaucophyllum<\/a><\/p>\n Sedum rosea<\/a><\/p>\n Sedum telephioides<\/a><\/p>\n CUPRESSACEAE<\/a><\/p>\n Juniperus virginiana<\/a><\/p>\n CYPERACEAE<\/a><\/p>\n Carex aestivalis<\/a><\/p>\n Carex biltmoreana<\/a><\/p>\n Carex brunnescens<\/a><\/p>\n Carex communis<\/a><\/p>\n Carex debilis<\/a><\/p>\n Carex foenea<\/a><\/p>\n Carex intumescens<\/a><\/p>\n Carex misera<\/a><\/p>\n Carex pensylvanica<\/a><\/p>\n Rhynchospora capitellata<\/a><\/p>\n Trichophorum cespitosum<\/a><\/p>\n DENNSTAEDTIACEAE<\/a><\/p>\n Dennstaedtia punctilobula<\/a><\/p>\n Pteridium aquilinum<\/a><\/p>\n ERICACEAE<\/a><\/p>\n Gaultheria procumbens<\/a><\/p>\n Gaylussacia baccata<\/a><\/p>\n Kalmia buxifolia<\/a><\/p>\n Kalmia latifolia<\/a><\/p>\n Menziesia pilosa<\/a><\/p>\n Pieris floribunda<\/a><\/p>\n Rhododendron carolinianum<\/a><\/p>\n Rhododendron catawbiense<\/a><\/p>\n Rhododendron cumberlandense<\/a><\/p>\n Rhododendron minus<\/a><\/p>\n Rhododendron prinophyllum<\/a><\/p>\n Rhododendron vaseyi<\/a><\/p>\n Vaccinium constablaei<\/a><\/p>\n Vaccinium corymbosum<\/a><\/p>\n Vaccinium erythrocarpum<\/a><\/p>\n Vaccinium simulatum<\/a><\/p>\n Vaccinium stamineum<\/a><\/p>\n Vaccinium vacillans<\/a><\/p>\n FAGACEAE<\/a><\/p>\n Quercus rubra<\/a><\/p>\n HYLOCOMIACEAE<\/a><\/p>\n Rhytidium rugosum<\/a><\/p>\n HYMENOPHYLLACEAE<\/a><\/p>\n Trichomanes intricatum<\/a><\/p>\n HYPERICACEAE<\/a><\/p>\n Hypericum buckleyi<\/a><\/p>\n JUNCACEAE<\/a><\/p>\n Juncus trifidus<\/a><\/p>\n JUNGERMANNIACEAE<\/a><\/p>\n Anastrophyllum saxicola<\/a><\/p>\n Lophozia attenuata<\/a><\/p>\n Lophozia barbata<\/a><\/p>\n Lophozia excisa<\/a><\/p>\n Lophozia hatcheri<\/a><\/p>\n Mylia taylorii<\/a><\/p>\n Nardia scalaris<\/a><\/p>\n LEPIDOZIACEAE<\/a><\/p>\n Bazzania nudicaulis<\/a><\/p>\n
\nGenera: 102
\nSpecies: 146 (species rank)
\nTotal Taxa: 150 (including subsp. and var.)<\/p>\n