2005 The Regents of the University of California
CalPhotos
Succession of second growth Ponderosa pine (SI 175) to Timberland Chaparral stand of Arctostaphylos viscida with fire. Along road between Sweetland and Birchville., T 17 N R 8 E Sec 18 Quad name: Smartsville. Quad number: 50. Reference to map: 49.
2005 The Regents of the University of California
CalPhotos
Looking west from point on Nevada City- N. San Juan Highway. Ponderosa pine site supporting mosaic type of Pinus ponderosa, Quercus kelloggii and Arctostaphylos viscida as a result of repeated fires., T 17 N R 8 E Sec 29 Quad name: Smartsville. Quad number: 50. Reference to map: 58.
According to FNA: 'Androsace septentrionalis is broadly distributed and ruderal, occurring from low elevations at high latitudes to the alpine tundra in the Rocky Mountains. It is the most common species of Androsace across western North America and is variable in morphology, depending on elevation, exposure, and light. This plasticity has resulted in a plethora of infraspecific names. Most infraspecific taxa show little geographic coherence, and variants representing all the infraspecific taxa can be found throughout the range of this species, sometimes mixed within single populations.'
small, slender, much branching plants on steep hillside outcrops of volcanic welded tuff along upper canyon rim with Echeveria, Wedelia, Cosmos, Euphorbia, Desmodium and Bouvardia