United States, California, Santa Cruz, Middle Ridge Fire Rd. 1/2 m. north Gazos Road.
Fresno State College Herbarium, Big Basin Redwood State Park, Santa Cruz Co., Calif.
Tall thin stem grass in shaded woodland of Redwood, Madrone and Douglas Fir. Ground cover mostly dry needles and leaves. Very little herb growth. Retorsely pilose sheath shows slight intergrade with B. emarginatus Nees. The wide spaced florets are definitely B. carinatus.