United States, Colorado, Montezuma, Upper Dolores River drainage and adjacent areas; McElmo Canyon area, ca 13.5 air mi W of Cortez, at the Sand Canyon and East Fork Canyon Trailhead.
T36N R18W S27
1676 meters
5500 ft.
Pinyon-juniper, Purshia, and Cercocarpus on rimrock pavement with cryptogamic soil between rocks; south facing slopes.