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Stunted Virginia pines, poverty oatgrass, and little bluestem grow in the shale barrens
near South Sister Knob, Shenandoah Mt, George Washington & Jefferson Nat'l Forests.
Introduced weeds are the biggest threat to this globally uncommon ecosystem.
Photo © DCR-DNH, Gary P. Fleming