Two localities in West Virginia (Pike Knob on North Fork Mountain in Pendleton County and Helmick Rock on South Branch Mountain in Hardy County) with indigenous populations of red pine (Pinus resinosa Aiton) were sampled during the 1984 field season to obtain quantitative data on composition and structure of all strata of vegetation. Data were obtained on soil physical and chemical characteristics at the two sites as well. Red pine (IV = 97.3) occurs in a nearly pure stand at Pike Knob, but the species is less important (IV = 68.7) at Helmick Rock, where dominance is shared with ten other species of trees. These stands occupy sites that are ecologically similar to those on which red pine-dominated stands are found in the northeastern United States, although they occur at higher elevations (945 m at Helmick Rock and 1,290 m at Pike Knob).