Habitat: in hemlock/hardwood forest, top of bluffs, SW facing exposed xeric outcrop; thin soil over sandstone
Locality: Lake Katharine State Nature Preserve, Pine Ridge Trail
Habitat: Spruce-fir forest on uppermost slopes, mixed mesophytic forest communities on lower slopes and valleys; Rock Type = Sandstone; soil around spruce and fir
Locality: Great Smoky Mountain National Park, vicinity of Clingman's Dome
Habitat: sandstone gorge and cliff area, upland mixed hardwood forest, scattered hemlock/hardwood coves; thin soil over boulders
Locality: Hemlock Cliffs natural area, Hoosier National Forest, Exit 86, I-64 and Indiana 37, N 2.7 mi to road W to union chapel church, 4.3 mi to Forest Rd. 1134 at end of FR 1134