United States, Kentucky, Harlan, Cumberland Mountain, Cranks Creek Wildlife Management Area, watershed of Troublesome Creek, 1.1 miles northeast of Hubbard Springs. 36.73662N-83.21289° W
36.73662 -83.21289
Quad Map: Hubbard Springs
686 meters
2250 ft.
Steeply (ca. 60°) slanting sandstone outcrop, with islands of shrub(Gaylussacia baccata, Vaccinium pallidum, V. corymbosum, and small Pinus rigida, Oxydendrum arboreum, and Betula lenta)-lichen (Cladonia spp.)-moss (Polytrichastrum pallidisetum, P. ohioense, Leucobryum albidum, and Dicranum spurium)
mats interspersed with extensive areas of Umbilicaria muehlenbergii and Lasallia papulosa and bare rock