United States, California, San Diego County, Southwestern Cuyamaca Mountains, Cleveland National Forest, west base of Viejas Mountain, break in slope along West Boundary Road, about 0.25 miles north of water tank and gate.
T15S R2E S23 NW 1/4
792-853 meters
2600 - 2800 ft.
Colluvial deposits of gabbro cobbles supporting a mosaic of low, grassy scrub.
On open clay soil.
Salvia apiana, Stipa sp., Eriogonum fasciculatum, and Aristida purpurea, surrounded by denser, taller chaparral of Adenostoma fasciculatum, Ceanothus greggii perplexans, Quercus berberidifolia, and Salvia mellifera.