Explore

On moist, diffusely lit thin soil over boulder along river in forest of Quercus and Pinus ponderosa along Pit River at Potem Falls northwest of Round Mountain.

On fairly dry, sunny serpentine outcrop in Pinus jeffreyi and Pinus sabiniana forest on serpentine barren east of Georgetown on Darling Ridge Road.

On boulder in open mixed conifer and Quercus forest along Canyon Creek between Ripstein Camp and McKay Camp.

On moist, diffusely lit boulder in very rich mixed conifer forest along stream at exit of Sanger Lake along Forest Service Rd. 4803 southeast of O Brien, Oregon.

On very moist, diffusely lit soil along creek in forest of Juniperus occidentalis and Pinus monophylla in canyon along Highway 50 about three miles south of Bob Scott Summit, Toiyabe National Forest.

On moist, intensely shaded recess in boulder in open forest of Tsuga mertensiana on talus slopes near South Sugar Lake,

On moist, shaded humic soil in recess on south-facing slope in open Prosopis scrub in limestone canyon along canyon about 1 mile north of parking area for Sitting Bull Falls.

On moist, diffusely lit base of Pseudotsuga in Abies and Pseudotsuga forest on steep slopes along upper reaches of Bear Basin Creek north of Bear Basin Butte.

On moist, diffusely lit log in Pseudotsuga forest in deep ravine along South Fork of the Smith River about 3 miles from Big Flat,

On very moist, sunny flat soil in river course in riverine forest of Populus, Acer macrophyllum and Umbellularia about 1 mile east of Payton Ranch north of Blocksburg.

On fairly moist, diffusely lit base of Pseudotsuga along stream at exit of Bowman Lake, Pinus ponderosa and Pseudotsuga forest on heavily glaciated granitic slopes, west of Truckee,

On moist, diffusely lit boulder in mixed high elevation conifer forest and adjacent cirque walls along Sugar Creek at Sugar Lake west of Callahan.

On moist, diffusely lit soil on vertical soil bank in heavily grazed east-facing hillside about 1/2 mile west of Cuesta College.

On dry, sunny soil in dry wash in steep-walled canyon in woodland of Juniperus and Pinus monophylla with Artemisia understory along road from Big Pine at Opal Canyon, north entrance to Saline Valley. Inyo National Forest,

On fairly dry, diffusely lit boulder in scrub of Opuntia and Eriogonum in area of large granitic boulders about 2 miles east of Mountain Springs County Park.

On moist, diffusely lit cracks in vertical outcrop along stream in Pinus ponderosa, Pseudotsuga, Platanus, and Quercus forest along trail from Methodist Camp to Rattlesnake Peak, SW of Portal,

On moist, diffusely lit recess in granitic outcrop in open alpine meadow with many rock outcrops along trail from Panther Gap to Emerald Lake.

On moist, diffusely lit vertical rock wall of canyon at ocean in grassland area with Eucalyptus grove on precipitous seaward bluffs near Needle Rock Campground of Sinkyone Wilderness State Park.

On moist, sunny thin soil over outcrop in seepage in forest of Calocedrus decurrens and Pseudotsuga on shallow soil over rocky knob at North Fork Campground SSE of Emigrant Gap, Tahoe National Forest.

On moist, diffusely lit boulder at edge of stream in very moist alpine tundra over granite near Treasure Lake at headwaters of Rock Creek (south of Tom s Place), John Muir Wilderness, Inyo National Forest.

On moist rocks in course of dry rivulet in Abies concolor forest near Doe Flat,

On moist, rather shaded steep face of outcrop in old-growth Pseudotsuga-Tsuga-Thuja forest on steep east-facing slopes above Dogwood Picnic Area, Willamette National Forest,

On fairly moist, diffusely lit granite boulders in stream in forest of Calocedrus decurrens, Pinus ponderosa and Pinus lambertiana on granitic outcrops along Forest Service Road 5N28 at Mill Creek below Cascade Creek Campground, Stanislaus National Forest

On moist, diffusely lit dead branches of Acer macrophyllum in riverine corridor in Sequoia forest along Hwy. 254ÃøΩ(Avenue of the Giants) at Stephens Grove about one mile north of Miranda.

On moist, diffusely lit outcrop in Quercus-Pinus forest along Cliff-top Vista Trail near Cliffside Lake, west of Highlands.

On moist, diffusely lit soil along stream in open subalpine scrub above Barney Lake, Toiyabe National Forest.

On moist, diffusely lit soil in bog in Abies magnifica, A. concolor, Tsuga mertensiana and Pinus albicaulis forest near Echo Lake north of Red Butte, (about 5 air miles north of Seiad Valley,

On moist, diffusely lit granite outcrop in forest of Pinus ponderosa and Calocedrus decurrens along Big Creek at Blue Canyon near Bretz Campground, Sierra National Forest,

On moist, diffusely lit thin soil over outcrop in scrub of Adenostoma sparsifolia on north facing granitic outcrops along Old Hwy. Road near Bankhead Springs.

On moist, diffusely lit bark of Salix in riverine corridor with Alnus and Fraxinus along South Creek at Johnsondale Bridge north of Kernville, Sequoia National Forest.

Submerged in small pond in Cupressus pygmaea forest along road 409 about 1 mile east of Hwy 1 south of Fort Bragg.

On moist, rather sunny roadbluff in Pseudotsuga, Quercus chrysolepis, and Arbutus forest along Corral Bottoms Road about 1.5 miles from Big Bar.

On temporarily moist sunny soil on rocky volcanic outcrops and gravelly soils on alluvial sands with Artemisia and Chrysothamnus west of Goodale Campground and adjacent to Goodale Creek on east slopes of the Sierra Nevada.

On fairly moist, diffusely lit basalt outcrop in open Pinus contorta and Pseudotsuga menziesii forest along Road 1705 about 4 miles above Cliffdell on watershed of Naches River, Wenatchee National Forest.

On moist, diffusely lit log in deep and shaded ravine forested primarily by very large trees of Alnus rubra along road about one mile west of Hansville.

On moist, humic soil on north face of 70( bluff along Appalachian Trail across Shenandoah River from Harper s Ferry.

On dry, sunny boulder in low Vaccinium and Arctostaphylos scrub on very thin soil over basalt at immediate top of ridge extending north from Mt. Townsend, Olympic National Forest.

On moist, rather shaded recess in outcrop in old second-growth forest of Pseudotsuga, Thuja and Tsuga on slopes above Big Quilcene River along Lower Big Quilcene Trail WSW of Quilcene.

On moist, diffusely lit rocks of trail bank in closed forest with Quercus chrysolepis, Quercus wislizenii, Torreya, Aesculus californica, and Umbellularia in area of metamorphic rocks on south-facing slopes above Kaweah River just east of Sequoia National

On moist, diffusely lit vertical wall of cliff in steep, deep canyon with Quercus chrysolepis, Salix and Sambucus at Moss Canyon about 1 mile downstream from Forest Bridge, El Portal west of Yosemite National Park. Elev.: 750 M

On moist, diffusely lit soil of creek bank in badly disturbed Pinus taeda and Quercus spp. forest along Hwy. 20 at junction of Hwy. 75 near McDonough.

On moist, diffusely lit serpentine boulder at base of falls in deep and dark canyon with Umbellularia along Hwy 101 at Salmon Creek, Los Padres Natl. Forest.

On moist, diffusely lit large boulder in stream in second-growth forest of Calocedrus, Pinus ponderosa, Pinus lambertiana, Taxus, Pseudotsuga and Abies concolor along McKinney Creek at junction with West Fork about 6 miles S of Hwy. 96 on McKinney Creek R

On moist, rather shaded soil in recess under rocks in glacial cirque with pinyon pine and aspen above Angel Lake near Wells.

On moist, diffusely lit thin soil of abandoned wall in Quercus and Pinus forest in deep river canyon along Beaver Creek about 4 miles north of intersection with Klamath River.

On moist, sunny thin soil over siliceous rock in open Quercus forest on south-facing slope along Swede Creek at Trinity River.

On moist, diffusely lit humic soil of roadbank in very wet Sphagnum-covered forest of Thuja, Abies grandis and Tsuga heterophylla along Ashland Lakes Trail, southeast of Verlot. Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest.

On moist, diffusely lit thin organic soil at base of cliff in area of occasional salt spray in area of Picea sitchensis and Gaultheria shallon on volcanic rock on sea bluff at Rocky Creek State Roadside.

On moist, sunny seeping wall of steep cliff in Juniperus forest on lava rim rock at Three Mile Creek at Catlow Rim.

On moist, diffusely lit boulder in old-growth Pseudotsuga forest with Acer macrophyllum corridor on river along East Fork of Willow Creek about 1/2 mile south of East Fork Campground.