United States, California, Nevada, Northern High Sierra Nevada. Below the Nevada County Animal Shelter, east slope of American Ranch Hill about, 80 m east of McCourtney Road, about 5.6 km southwest of Grass Valley. T15N R08E S05 SW1/4 of SE1/4 USGS Quadrangle: Grass Valley 1:24,000
39.175 -121.110833 NAD 1983
T15N R08E S05 SW1/4 of SE1/4; 39§ 10m 30s N; 121§ 6m 39s W
685 meters (2247ft)
McNab cypress grove on rocky gabbro-derived soil and sometimes dense areas of chaparral/woodland (McNab cypress, blue oak, interior live oak, Brewer oak, white-leaf manzanita). These plants are shrubs or small trees to 15-20 dm tall.