In Sabah it is also found on soils derived from ultrabasic rock.

The greatest diversity of species is found in areas with soils derived from sandstones and granites.

The fine grains weather rapidly due to their large surface area making soils derived from loess very rich.

These volcanic areas are characterised by basalt bedrock and dark soils derived from its weathering.

It is likely to be found in dry, gravelly soil derived from volcanic rocks, within a few feet of sagebrush.

It grows in dry, rocky, and open woodland terrain on soils derived from granite.

It is generally confined to soils derived from limestone.

Even in the soil species, there are special habitats, such as soils derived from serpentine which have an earthworm fauna of their own.

The soils, derived from Kaibab limestone, are silty, clayey, or rocky.

On the top is a thin layer of red soil derived from the decay of the basalts.