United States, California, Plumas, Northern High Sierra Nevada. Meadow at north end of Rock Island Ridge 1.1 km southeast of Soapstone Hill; west side of intersection of Road 23N18 and its D spur.; Soapstone Hill 7.5'
39.8238889 -121.2941667 WGS84
T23N R6E S27 NW1/4 of NE1/4
1593 meters (5225ft)
Large meadow gently sloping to northwest; open meadow areas dominated by Danthonia californica and/or Helenium bigelovii, with lots of Perideridia parishii ssp. latifolia, Triteleia hyacinthina, and also sedge-dominated areas (especially Carex angustifolia); the meadow surrounded by forest of white fir, red fir, sugar pine, incense cedar; parts of the meadow with large thickets of ALnus incana ssp. tenuifolia and Frangula purshiana ssp. annonifolia. In open meadow.