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Near Alpine and Bon Tempe reservoirs, between Mt. Tamalpais and Fairfax. Mixed forest of Pseudotsuga menziesii, Quercus agrifolia and Q. kelloggii with grass understory. Growing on soil and litter in ecotone to sunny area dominated by Pteridium aquilinum.

Near Alpine and Bon Tempe reservoirs, between Mt. Tamalpais and Fairfax. Mixed forest of Pseudotsuga menziesii, Quercus agrifolia and Q. kelloggii with grass understory. Growing on Umbellularia trunk in full shade.

Near Alpine and Bon Tempe reservoirs, between Mt. Tamalpais and Fairfax. Mixed forest of Pseudotsuga menziesii, Quercus agrifolia and Q. kelloggii with grass understory. Growing on soil bank.

Near Alpine and Bon Tempe reservoirs, between Mt. Tamalpais and Fairfax. Mixed forest of Pseudotsuga menziesii, Quercus agrifolia and Q. kelloggii with grass understory. Growing on Pseudotsuga log in full shade.

Near Alpine and Bon Tempe reservoirs, between Mt. Tamalpais and Fairfax. Mixed forest of Pseudotsuga menziesii, Quercus agrifolia and Q. kelloggii with grass understory. Growing on Quercus agrifolia trunk in full shade.

Near Alpine and Bon Tempe reservoirs, between Mt. Tamalpais and Fairfax. Mixed forest of Sequoia sempervirens and Pseudotsuga menziesii with Umbellularia, Arbutus and Lithocarpus. Growing on soil and rocks along bank of intermittent streamlet.

UC Davis Quail Ridge Reserve, ca. 2 miles west of Monticello Dam on Lake Berryessa. Ecotone of Foothill woodland and chamise chaparral. Growing on soil with annual grasses in shade.

UC Davis Quail Ridge Reserve, ca. 2 miles west of Monticello Dam on Lake Berryessa. Quercus douglasii woodland along ridgeline. Filtered light, growing on compacted soil in road.

About a quarter mile west of Oso Flaco Lake. In coastal foredunes dominated by Ammophila arenarium with Camissonia cheiranthifolia and Lupinus chamissonis. Growing on hummock in shade of Ammophila.

Near Alpine and Bon Tempe reservoirs, between Mt. Tamalpais and Fairfax. Rocky soil bank along intermittent streamlet through Sequoia, Pseudotsuga and Arbutus forest. Dense shade.

Near Alpine and Bon Tempe reservoirs, between Mt. Tamalpais and Fairfax. Mixed forest of Pseudotsuga menziesii, Quercus agrifolia and Q. kelloggii with grass understory. Growing on Quercus agrifolia limb in full shade.

UC Davis Quail Ridge Reserve, ca. 2 miles west of Monticello Dam on Lake Berryessa. Fairly open Quercus douglasii woodland with occasional Pinus sabiniana and Q. wislizeni, understory of annual grasses, steep northwest facing slope. Growing on soil and ro

UC Davis Quail Ridge Reserve, ca. 2 miles west of Monticello Dam on Lake Berryessa. Northwest facing slope with woodland of Quercus wislizeni, Q. douglasii, Q. kelloggii and Pinus sabiniana. Understory of Festuca. Growing on soil bank in filtered light.

San Simeon Crk Rd., at highest creek crossing. Riparian corridor dom by Umbellularia and Quercus agrifolia. Serpentine.

Santa Rosa Crk Rd, about 1 mi west of creek crossing. S facing roadcut with coastal scrub.

Santa Rosa Crk Rd, about 2-3 mi west of creek crossing. Large S facing serpentine outcrop along road, vegetated only by Brickelia californica, Sellaginella and Dudleya

UC Davis Quail Ridge Reserve, ca. 2 miles west of Monticello Dam on Lake Berryessa. Mixed oak woodland just below research station. Growing on Quercus kelloggii in full shade.

Mill Creek Campground, Humboldt Redwoods State Park. Coastal Redwood forest with Pseudotsuga and Alnus. Well developed shrub layer and groundcover of herbs and ferns.

Squaw Hill region, southeast of Corning, between New York avenue and the Sacaramento River, and a couple miles south of the Woodson Bridge

Mountain meadow east of junction of Hwy 96 and Hwy 299.

Near Alpine and Bon Tempe reservoirs, between Mt. Tamalpais and Fairfax. Mixed forest of Sequoia sempervirens and Pseudotsuga menziesii with Umbellularia, Arbutus and Lithocarpus. Growing on base of Umbellularia, full shade.

Near Alpine and Bon Tempe reservoirs, between Mt. Tamalpais and Fairfax. Open grassland in mosaic of grassland, Sequoia & Pseudotsuga forest and Quercus woodland. Growing on sedimentary rock outcrop in full sun.

Near Alpine and Bon Tempe reservoirs, between Mt. Tamalpais and Fairfax. Mixed forest of Sequoia sempervirens and Pseudotsuga menziesii with Umbellularia, Arbutus and Lithocarpus. Growing on base of Arbutus.

Near Alpine and Bon Tempe reservoirs, between Mt. Tamalpais and Fairfax. Mixed forest of Umbellularia, Arbutus Quercus kelloggii and Pseudotsuga menziesii. Growing on soil.

Near Alpine and Bon Tempe reservoirs, between Mt. Tamalpais and Fairfax. Mixed forest of Sequoia sempervirens and Pseudotsuga menziesii with Umbellularia, Arbutus and Lithocarpus. Growing on soil and rock along bank of intermittent streamlet, deep shade.

Near Alpine and Bon Tempe reservoirs, between Mt. Tamalpais and Fairfax. In sunny grassland patch within a mixed forest of Sequoia sempervirens and Pseudotsuga menziesii with Umbellularia, Arbutus and Lithocarpus.

Near Alpine and Bon Tempe reservoirs, between Mt. Tamalpais and Fairfax. Mixed forest of Sequoia sempervirens and Pseudotsuga menziesii with Umbellularia, Arbutus and Lithocarpus. Growing on rock along bank of intermittent streamlet, deep shade.

Near Alpine and Bon Tempe reservoirs, between Mt. Tamalpais and Fairfax. Mixed forest of Sequoia sempervirens and Pseudotsuga menziesii with Umbellularia, Arbutus and Lithocarpus. On soil along shore of lake at edge of canopy, full sun.

Channel Islands: Santa Catalina Island. Southern edge of large vehicle staging area 300m west of Echo Lake. Open Quercus pacifica chaparral with understory of annual grasses, Selaginella, Sanicula and Dodecatheon.

Channel Islands: Santa Catalina Island. Upper White's Landing watershed southwest of Echo Lake. Canyon with dense Quercus pacifica chaparral with Opuntia sp. and Rhus integrifolia. Sparse understory of Pholistoma.

Estrella Road, South of Hwy 46. Dry riparian corridor of Estrella creek through dry grassland.

Shiloh Regional Park, northeast of Santa Rosa. Bigleaf Maple Trail. Mixed evergreen forest dominated by Quercus spp., Pseudotsuga and Arbutus.

Sierra Madre Mountains, Los Padres National Forest, along Sierra Madre Road between Hwy 166 and Bates Canyon Road. Chaparral dominated by Adenostoma fasciculatum and Ceanothus leucodermis, with Arctostaphylos and Quercus wislizeni.

White Mountains, just north of Mt. Barcroft. Alpine vegetation of small bunchgrasses and cushion plants among granitic boulders.

Ed Levin County Park, in the hills west of Milpitas. Disturbed area along walking trail around pond.

Annadel State Park. Warren Richardson Trail. Ecotone of evergreen forest of Pseudotsuga, Quercus, Umbellularia and Arbutus with annual grassland.

White Mountains. Chiatovitch Creek, along north fork. Drainage through open subalpine woodland of Limber Pine with Cercocarpus, Artemisia, Lonicera and Leptodactylon.

Glendening Nature Preserve. Pine barrens dominated by Pinus virginiana with Blackjack Oak and Sassafrass.

Almaden Quicksilver County Park, at English Camp. Historic, overgrown mining area within Quercus agrifolia woodland with Q. kelloggii and Acer, understory of Heteromeles, Toxicodendron and Dryopteris. Growing beneath old, planted Olive, Cedrus and Hespero

White Mountains, west edge of Grandview Campground. Pinyon-Juniper woodland with Artemisia tridentata.

Redwood Regional Park, in the hills east of Oakland. Along West Ridge trail in Quercus agrifolia and Umbellularia californica woodland, with Pinus radiata common. Growing on trunk of Arbutus menziesii in filtered light.

Redwood Regional Park, in the hills east of Oakland. Near intersection of Tres Sedenas trail and Starflower trail. In densely shaded Sequoia sempervirens forest, growing on old Sequoia stump with Isothecium sp.

Redwood Regional Park, in the hills east of Oakland. Along Tres Sedenas trail in densely shaded Sequoia sempervirens forest, growing on soil banks with Porotrichum bigelovii.

Redwood Regional Park, in the hills east of Oakland. Along Tres Sedenas trail in densely shaded Sequoia sempervirens forest, growing on soil banks.

Redwood Regional Park, in the hills east of Oakland. Along Redwood Peak trail in Quercus agrifolia and Umbellularia forest, growing on soil and litter beneath shrubs.

Redwood Regional Park, in the hills east of Oakland. Along Tres Sedenas trail in densely shaded Sequoia sempervirens forest, growing on decomposing Sequoia log.

Redwood Regional Park, in the hills east of Oakland. Along Redwood Peak trail at crest of ridge just below Redwood Peak. Mixed canopy of Quercus agrifolia, Umbellularia californica, Pseudotsuga menziesii and Sequoia sempervirens. Growing on soil in full s

South of La Porte, along turnoff from La Porte Rd. to Sly Creek Dam. Mixed forest in draw with thick shrub layer. Pseudotsuga menziesii dominant, with Calocedrus decurrens, Arbutus menziesii, Pinus ponderosa and Cornus nuttallii. Deep shade.

Hwy 168 near Huntington Lake. Red fir, Jeffery pine forest.

Almaden Quicksilver County Park. Randol Trail. Mixed oak woodland of Quercus agrifolia, Q. douglasii and Umbellularia.