Table 1.

Characteristics of the five plots sampled in Western North Carolina, United States, including the county name, U.S. National Forest name, latitude, longitude, and elevation (m). The maximum linear distance between any two plots was 5.97 km.

Plot	County	National Forest	Latitude, longitude	Elevation (m)
1	Transylvania	Pisgah	35.25335, −82.91935	1,122
2	Transylvania	Pisgah	35.27768, −82.91628	1,398
3	Jackson	Nantahala	35.26771, −82.98082	1,116
4	Jackson	Nantahala	35.27771, −82.97295	1,114
5	Jackson	Nantahala	35.25959, −82.95141	1,234