Site of 1999 lightning fire on Dolly Sods heath grassland. Rapidly recovering from surface burn with heavy cover by Polytrichium. Vaccinium sprouting from roots in less intense burn area.
Representativeness
Patch of more intense burn, but having mosaic of hot and cool burn within plot. Permanent plot with rebar at center. Sides laid out along cardinal directions. Cairn set up covering rebar and additional cairn on adjacent rock.