Site located in lands recently acquired from the BLM. It is in a drainage that feeds southwest into Marion Canyon. A fireline road runs northeast and northwest of plot. Evidence of a fire in plot, date unknown. Evidence of an even more recent fire uphill from plot. Plot is in a stand of Salvia mellifera with interspersed Adenostoma fasciculatum and Dendromecon rigida. There is chamise on the edges. Small animal burrows approx. 5 in. diameter.