The stand is located in the BLM Moccasin Point parcel in the Rattlesnake Creek drainage south of Hwy 120 just west of Big Oak Flat. It is a riparian woodland. Salix laevigata and Alnus rubra occur in the drainage near the water and Quercus chrysolepis occurs on the banks. The canopy is discontinuous and Rubus discolor is dense in sections.