Slope Forest
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Don Francis
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Well-developed closed canopy forests of upland hardwoods
on steep slopes, bluffs, and ravines. Typical species include
those normally found in the Piedmont and southern Appalachian
Mountains such as black walnut, southern magnolia, American beech,
basswood, white oak, and bloodroot. Many rare plants are found
in the slope forest of Joe Budd including Florida merrybells,
orange azalea, Alabama azalea, Ashe’s magnolia, pyramid magnolia,
Carolina lily, trout lily, and heartleaf. In April and May, one
of the largest populations of the rare and beautiful silky-camillia
blooms in the slope forest.
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