#1 Blue Ridge Serpentine Barrens

One of the rarest of all grassland types in the world is the Blue Ridge Mountains Serpentine Barrens! This community is represented by just a couple of examples in western North Carolina. The heavy metals in the soil resulting from the underlying serpentine rock combined with shallow soils, make these steep mountainsides more suitable to open woodlands and grassy barrens instead of forests.

The Clarksville, Tennessee newspaper, the Leaf Chronicle, features the Southeastern Grasslands Initiative and its local impact on the Clarksville community (authored by Jimmy Settle, 2 June 2017)

The Clarksville, Tennessee newspaper, the Leaf Chronicle, features the Southeastern Grasslands Initiative and its local impact on the Clarksville community