United States, California, Fresno, Darwin Crk. ca. 10,650' w. of junction of Darwin Bench & Muir Trails ca. 700' above ne. corner Evolution Valley. Crk. cascades 1200' down steep, glaciated, granite, s-sw facing slope from Bench to Valley West end 13,00+' Mendel-Darwin ridge directly ne.
Lodgepole For. in Evol. Val. & up this slope. Subalp. For. above, mostly reduced to scattered Krumholtz on Bench. Rich plant list along crk.; Ledum, Phyllodoce, Vaccinium etc. This Juncus under Lodgepole in a now dry melt drain.