Mount Mansfield
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Mount Mansfield
is one of the most striking land features in the state of Vermont. Its long
horizontal summit ridge, said to resemble the profile of a person’s face,
rises above the surrounding foothills,providing a vista of three states and
Canada. The University owns almost the entire summit ridge of Mt. Mansfield,
a piece of land about 400 acres in extent, most of which is above 4,000
feet.
The largest single expanse of alpine vegetation in the state is found here on the nearly treeless ridge, making it an ideal location to study flora and fauna of an arctic-alpine environment. Some of the rare plants found here include lapland diapensia, bearberry willow, Boott’s rattlesnake root, black crowberry, and mountain cranberry. These fragile natural communities are very popular with researchers, educators, and the thousands of visitors that frequent the mountain summit every summer. |
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