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Channel Islands. San Nicolas Island. South side, along coastal bluffs. Dry, bare ground with scattered individuals of Eriogonum, Astragalus and Isocoma.

Channel Islands: San Clemente Island. Bluffs above Knob canyon. Open, scrub community dominated by Opuntia, Calystegia and annual grasses. Hemizonia clementina and Castilleja grisea common. Large orange rock outcrops common.

Channel Islands: Santa Catalina Island. Road from Blackjack campground to Cottonwood canyon. Quercus pacifica woodland with understory of annual grasses.

Kilombero Nature Reserve in the Udzungwa Mountains. Nyumbanitu Mountain, ca. 75 air-kilometers ESE of Iringa and ca. 5 km S of the village of Udekwa. Dense, wet montane forest heavily influenced by mist from low clouds. Dense 3m subcanopy, thick litter la

Channel Islands. San Nicolas Island. Dirt track from central ridgeline down to the south-central side of the island. Large stand o fLeptosyne on gentle slope. Mostly bare soil with Mesembryanthemum.

Channel Islands: Santa Catalina Island. Slopes above White's Landing. Grove of Quercus tomentella in steep drainage with Quercus pacifica and Prunus lyonii. Understory dominated by Brachypodium distachion.

Channel Islands: Santa Catalina Island. Salta Verde Ridge Road, north of Salta Verde Cutoff Road junction. Coastla scurb dominated by Rhus integrifolia, Mimulus aurantiacus, and Opuntia sp. Very open, with annual grasses and Selaginella. One large, isolat

Plaine des Sables. Edge of large basin of volcanic ash devoid of vegetation. Protected trough at the base of a cliff with 3 m tall Erica and other shrubs and a grassy understory.

Channel Islands: Santa Catalina Island. Bulrush canyon above the upper reservoir. Quercus pacifica woodland along road. Open canopy with understory of annual grasses. Scattered shrubs include Baccharis pilularis, Artemisia californica, Heteromeles arbutif

Trail to Piton Pl. des Foug̬res. Along the trail 100‰ÛÒ200 m from trailhead. Low statured forest of Cyathea and sclerophyllous shrubs and small trees with an understory dominated by ferns.

Channel Islands: Santa Catalina Island. Wild boar gully. Steep, rocky canyon, mostly open with scattered shrubs along seasonal drainage. Annual grasses occasional.

Road from Hwy 1 to Sierra San Pedro Martir National Park. Westernmost bridge over creek. North facing slope with coastal scrub dominated by Salvia mellifera and Artemisia californica. Granitic substrate.

White Mountains. Leidy Creek. North facing granitic outcrop in Artemisia tridentata scrub with Ericameria nauseosa.

Channel Islands: Santa Cruz Island. Along road east of Centinela. Pinus muricata forest with Quercus agrifolia and a dense shrub layer of Ceanothus, Comarostaphylos, Heteromeles, and Ribes.

Channel Islands: Santa Catalina Island. Behind the Palisades, between Silver Canyon and Lone Tree Trail. Isolated stand of ca. 50 Quercus pacifica. Understory of annual grasses and scattered Opuntia littoralis, Malosma laurina, Rhamnus pirifolia, Corethro

Channel Islands: Santa Cruz Island. Along road through Central Valley east of Centinela. North facing slope with chaparral dominated by Ceanothus, Arctostaphylos, Pinus muricata and Comarostaphylos.

Channel Islands: San Clemente Island. Mosquito canyon. Southeast facing slope with Artemisia californica, Selaginella and annual grasses.

Channel Islands: Santa Catalina Island. Twin Peaks, a ridge of limestone forming southwestern rim of Bulrush Canyon. Coastal scrub dominated by Salvia mellifera, Encelia californica and Opuntia littoralis.

Cirque de Cilaos. GRR1-GRR2 Trail ascending cirque wall toward Piton Neige from road 241D between towns of Cilaos and Bras-Sec. Ridgeline vegetation dominated by Acacia heterophylla with Hypericum and other shrubs.

Channel Islands: Santa Catalina Island. Airport Road, ca. 1/4mi north of Middle Ranch Road. Open, grassy coastal scrub dominated by Salvia apiana, with Rhus integrifolia, Malosma laurina, Opuntia littoralis and Artemisia californica.

Channel Islands: Santa Cruz Island. Along Lagunitas Secas Road heading north from Centinela. Quercus agrifolia stand along ridgeline. Understory of grass and Marah.

Knibb Ranch. Chaparral dominated by Adenostoma, Ceanothus and Arctostaphylos with occasional Pinus sabiniana. Soil of ancient white ash deposit.

Joseph Grant County Park. Cañada Pala Trail at creek crossing in riparian corridor of Quercus agrifolia, Umbellularia and Alnus. Understory of Toxicodendron and ferns.

Old Highway 30 between Mosier and Rowena. Rocky basalt slope with woodland of Quercus garryana, Pseudotsuga and Acer macrophyllum.

Channel Islands: Santa Cruz Island. Ridgeline above and north of Pelican Bay. Open Pinus muricata woodland with dense shrub layer dominated by Arctostaphylos insularis, Comarostaphylis diversifolia, Adenostoma fasciculatum and Quercus parvula.

Along Hwy 128 in the Anderson Valley north of Philo. On Quercus lobata surrounded by vineyards.

Cerro San Luis (Madonna Mtn.), a dacite hill along outskirts of San Luis Obispo. Rock Garden Trail. Steep east facing slope with Quercus agrifolia woodland with understory of ferns, Lonicera and Symphoricarpos.

Joseph Grant Park, at McCreery Lake. Mesic Quercus agrifolia and Q. lobata woodland with Umbellularia. Understory of Symphoricarpos and Toxicodendron.

Mount Mitchell State Park. First pullout downhill from Ranger Station. Mixed forest dominated by Betula, with Acer and Picea common.

Trail along south rim of Cirque de Salazie from G̨te de Belouve to G̨te de Piton Niege. Erica dominated heath of 3-4m tall shrubs. Stoebe, Cordalyne, Cyathea and arborescent Blechnum occasional. Understory dominated by mosses, especially Dicranoloma, wi

Along road from Hwy 1 to Sierra San Pedro Martir Natl. Park. Coastal scrub dominated by Salvia, Eriogonum and Simmondsia.

Channel Islands: Santa Catalina Island. Trans-Catalina Trail south of Avalon, several hundred meters above interstection with Renton Mine Rd. North facing slope with chaparral dominated by Quercus pacifica. Rhus integrifolia and Heteromeles arbutifolia co

Cirque de Cilaos. GRR1-GRR2 Trail ascending cirque wall toward Piton Neige from road 241D between towns of Cilaos and Bras-Sec. Deeply shaded rocky ravine through cloud forest. Usnea, Hymenophyllaceae and pleurocarpous mosses abundant in understory.

Por Venir, a small village ca. 35 air kilometers west-southwest of Iquitos. Lowland Amazonian rainforest. White sand forest.

Trail to Piton Pl. des Foug̬res. Along the trail 100‰ÛÒ200 m from trailhead. Low statured forest of Cyathea and sclerophyllous shrubs and small trees with an understory dominated by ferns.

Foothills of the Inyo Mts. along Waucoba Road south of intersection with Hwy 168. Large quartzite rock walls above desert scrub. Ribes, Ephedra, Ericameria common along rock face.

Blue Oak Ranch Reserve, edge of meadow east of the barn. Large stand of Quercus agrifolia along drainage at ecotone between Oak woodland and annual grassland.

Mount Hamilton Road (Hwy 130) between San Antonio Valley and Isabel Creek. Large sedementary rock wall in foothill woodland of Pinus sabiniana, Ceanothus cuneatus, Arctostaphylos, Eriodictyon, Cercocarpus, Aesculus and Juniperus.

Channel Islands: San Nicolas Island. Mesa between airfield and Nicktown. Edge of escarpment in Leptosyne scrub with Opuntia. Liverworts common.

Cerro San Luis (Madonna Mtn.), a dacite hill along outskirts of San Luis Obispo. M Trail. Steep slope with coastal scrub dominated by Salvia mellifera, with Artemisia californica.

Channel Islands: San Nicolas Island. Mesa between airfield and Nicktown. Grassland with Leptosyne and Isocoma with Trifolium and Pterostegia.

Stanislaus National Forest, along Forest Road 4N12 east of Bumblebee. Montane meadow in montane mixed coniferous forest dominated by Jeffery Pine and White Fir.

Channel Islands: San Nicolas Island. Mesa between Shannon Road and Nicktown, along escarpment. Tall Leptosyne scrub with understory of grasses.

Channel Islands: San Nicolas Island. Mesa between Shannon Road and Nicktown, along escarpment. Low Leptosyne scrub with Acmispon, Isocoma, Medicago and grasses.

Channel Islands: San Nicolas Island. Mesa between Shannon Road and Nicktown, along escarpment. Low Leptosyne scrub with Achillea, Isocoma and Medicago.

Trailhead to Lower Carpenter Valley, N fork Prosser Creek. Open forest of Abies concolor and Pinus contorta with open understory of Ribes cereum, Symphoricarpos and Monardella.

White Mountains. Indian Creek, at stream crossing. Riparian corridor through Pinyon Pine woodland. Salix, Betula and Rosa forming dense thickets.

Channel Islands: San Nicolas Island. Mesa between airfield and Nicktown. In canyon with lush north facing wall with Leptosyne, Dichelostemma, Sanicula, Dudleya and Pentagramma.

Hollister Hills State Vehicular Recreation Area, in Azalea Canyon. Narrow canyon with Quercus chrysolepis and Arbutus, in stand of Torreya with Heteromeles, Garrya and Holodiscus.

Located at Tulare Hill Ecological Preserve.