Approximately 650 m SW of junction of Taft-Buttonwillow Hwy/Syntex Rd. Approximately 410 m SSW of junction of Syntex and westward dirt road leading to F/K Hills. Very large continuous stand of Schismus. Evidence of recently burned shrub debris with no shrubs left, only litter. Small mammal burrows present. Extremely dry and dead stand. Stand was once Isomeris until it was burned. Low density Isomeris stand around 100 m SW of plot.