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The Chestnut Oak – Virginia Pine Woodland consists of widely spaced chestnut oaks and Virginia pines that grow on steep slopes, with scattered rock outcrops and boulders on the forest floor. The trees are stunted or gnarled due to the dry, thin, and infertile soil. Look for hillside blueberry bushes, grasses such as little bluestem and starved witchgrass, and wildflowers such as longleaf summer bluet and common dittany.
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Identifying This Natural Community
- Widely spaced and stunted trees, most of which are chestnut oak and Virginia pine
- Hillside blueberry
- Patches of grasses, such as little bluestem, starved witchgrass, and poverty oatgrass
- Wildflowers such as longleaf summer bluet and common dittany
- Rock outcrops and boulders
- Location: on a steep slope, usually facing south to southwest
If so, welcome to the Chestnut Oak - Virginia Pine Woodland at Harpers Ferry National Historical Park .
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