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582:, which extend north from Pennsylvania south to Alabama, have significant calcareous glade communities. These glades often have dolomitic soils, resulting in a high magnesium content (in contrast to the glades of the Nashville Basin). In Virginia, these glades provide habitat for rare magnesiophiles such as Addison's leatherflower (
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