Auburn State Recreation Area. The stand is located just south of the Olmstead Loop Trail, south of the Knickerbocker Canyon (just after the trail comes out of the canyon). The stand is surrounded on most sides by Ponderosa and foothill pines and has pine seedlings in it. The stand may just be a clearing that is reverting back to forest. But the stand is distinguished from adjacent annual grassland (dominated by exotics) by having higher cover of native grasses and forbs.