Mike, hard to say-can't see it too good. I'd say that it's a black feral. HT, yeah, there's a lot of difference in elevation/climate. Every thousand feet of elevation is about the equivilant of going 200 miles north. We have elevations close to 7,000 feet. Above 5500' elevation, the climate here is basically the same as southern Canada with the same plant communities: spruce-fir forest, northern hardwoods, lots of Canadian/northern US plants and animals. We've recorded snow every month of the year at the highest elevations. So you can go from deep south to northwoods by driving a few miles.