United States, California, Butte, Northern High Sierra Nevada. Along Encino Grande (Ponderosa Way) 1.0 road km west of the top of Bloomer Hill; 0.7 air km west-northwest of the top of Bloomer Hill. T21N R04E S25 NE1/4 of NE1/4 USGS Quadrangle: Berry Creek 1:24,000
39.653056 -121.471389 NAD 1983
T21N R04E S25 NE1/4 of NE1/4; 39§ 39m 11s N; 121§ 28m 17s W
820 meters (2690ft)
Rocky west-facing opening (maybe due to logging or fire), surrounded by Ponderosa pine dominated mixed conifer forest but few pines coming in; scattered shrubs (Cercis occidentalis, Ceanothus lemmonii, Rhamnus tomentella); lots of Vulpia myuros, Leontodon saxitilis, Cynosurus echinatus, Brodiaea sierrae, Madia elegans, Danthonia californica, Brachypodium distachyon, Lomatium marginatum, Eriophyllum lanatum, Avena.