In the city of Chico's Drake Mitigation property, ca. 150 meters north of the creek/wash adjacent to the housing development. The stand is a grassland dominated by Taeniatherum and Lolium w/ Dichelostemma multiflorum, Lupinus bicolor, and Hypochaeris at the ground surface. The stand is on northwest-facing gentle slopes. The type follows the crown of a low hill to some extent. Azimuth of plot's long axis = 310 deg.