This population most likely still regenerating from French Fire (2014).
Plants on a steep E-facing roadcut near intersection of Minarets Road and USFS Rt. 7S15Y, near in the Shakeflat Creek Watershed, Sierra National Forest, cSNH, Madera County, California. ~5300-ft
leaves look different from mahala mat. C. prostratus . this one is however very prostrate.