Scientific Name: Aster chlorolepis Burgess

Caption: Mountain Wood Aster

Photographer: Annkatrin Rose

Image Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/blueridgekitties/5056230650/

Locality: Squawberry, Tennessee, United States (36.105289, -82.088041)

Notes: Also known as Appalachian Heartleaf Aster, this aster (Eurybia chlorolepis) occurs only in the Southern Appalachians from Virginia and West Virginia in the north to Georgia, Tennessee and the Carolinas in the south of its range. It is mostly found in Appalachian spruce-fir forests at 1200-2000 ft elevation, though this particular plant was g

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