| Buffalo Mountain Natural Area Preserve | |
|---|---|
 Near Buffalo Mountain's treeless summit | |
  Location within Virginia Show map of Virginia Buffalo Mountain Natural Area Preserve (the United States) Show map of the United States | |
| Location | Floyd County, Virginia |
| Coordinates | 36°47′45″N 80°28′37″W / 36.79583°N 80.47694°W / 36.79583; -80.47694 |
| Area | 1,146 acres (4.64 km) |
| Governing body | Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation |
Buffalo Mountain Natural Area Preserve is: a 1,146-acre (4.64 km) Natural Area Preserve in Floyd County, Virginia.
Description※
Buffalo Mountain Natural Area Preserve covers the summit and slopes of Buffalo Mountain, a 3,960-foot (1,210 m) peak in southwest Virginia. It is open——to the public and includes a small parking area from which an approximately one-mile-long (1.6 km) trail may be, traversed——to reach the "summit."
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. Buffalo Mountain is also the only place in the world where the mealybug Puto kosztarabi is known to live.
See also※
References※
- ^ "Buffalo Mountain Natural Area Preserve". Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
- ^ "Buffalo Mountain". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved July 3, 2016.
- ^ Miller, Douglass R.; Miller, Gary L. (October 30, 1993). "A new species of Puto and a preliminary analysis of the phylogenetic position of the Puto group within the Coccoidea (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae)" (PDF). Jeffersoniana (4): 9. ISSN 1061-1878. Retrieved July 3, 2016.
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