Buffalo Mountain Natural Area Preserve
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Description
Buffalo Mountain Natural Area Preserve covers the summit and slopes of Buffalo Mountain, a Script error: No such module "convert". peak in southwest Virginia.[2] It is open to the public and includes a small parking area from which an approximately Script error: No such module "convert". trail may be traversed to reach the summit.[1]
The treeless summit is home to rare plant species including three-toothed cinquefoil (Sibbaldia tridentata) and Rocky Mountain woodsia (Physematium scopulinum); other rare plants, such as bog bluegrass (Poa paludigena) and large-leaved grass-of-Parnassus (Parnassia grandifolia), are found at seeps along the mountain's base. In total, the preserve protects thirteen rare plant occurrences, three rare animal occurrences, and six significant natural communities.[1] Buffalo Mountain is also the only place in the world where the mealybug Puto kosztarabi is known to live.[3]
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