Vascular Flora of the James River Gorge Watersheds in the Central Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia

Over a decade of study reveals that the vascular flora of the James River Gorge watersheds between Snowden and Glasgow, Virginia, including portions of the James River Face Wilderness, and portions of Amherst, Bedford, and Rockbridge Counties is superbly diverse. Voucher specimens document a vascular flora of 468 genera in 119 plant families with 963 taxa in the 3585-hectare research area. Largest collections of the Gorge flora are represented by the Asteraceae (130 spp.), Poaceae (93 spp.), Cyperaceae (61 spp.), Fabaceae (54 spp.), and Rosaceae (41 spp.). Of the species collected, 21% are introduced taxa. The collected taxa are compiled in an annotated list.