Ed, Rich Mountain has some very large boulders that remind me of those in Beartown Rocks.
http://saverichmountain.com/photo_gallery.htm http://www.nativetreesociety.org/fieldtrips/north_carolina/richmt/rich_mountain_nc.htm James Parton On Apr 3, 3:11 pm, "Edward Frank" <[email protected]> wrote: > Russ, > > The same type of phenomena can be seen all over where there are large bocks > of stone. Gardens for atop them where they are not browsed by deer. Not > only is there a variety of ferns, but often in wooded settings an amazing > variety of mosses, and club mosses. There are small flowering plants. There > may be small stunted trees, and sometimes larger trees with long roots > dangling over the sides of the blocks and reaching the ground below. One of > the places around here I like to visit is called Beartown Rocks. It has a > number of large sandstone blocks with gardens atop them. I would be > interested in hearing about other rock-top gardens found by other ENTS members > > . > > Ed Frank > > http://www.nativetreesociety.org/fieldtrips/penna/beartown/beartown.htmhttp://www.nativetreesociety.org/fieldtrips/penna/beartown/beartown2.htm > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Don: > > About 250' in elevation above the valley bottom there is a 50' cliff and the > rock broke off the cliff at sometime in the past. The rock was cracked and > the PI might have caused the crack. In that area there are miles of woodland > with a 50' cliff between uplands and lowlands. In some places you will > encounter large rocks at the base of the hills that can be up to 50 or 60' > across and 30 or more feet thick. In those areas, especially where there has > been a long time forest cover the non woody plants growing on top of the > rocks in locations that are inaccessible to deer or other types of grazing > critters can be diverse enough to cause you to pause...especially if you have > a weak spot for rare ferns. > > Russ > > beartown17.jpg > 23KViewDownload --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
