Plant Guide to Seven Pines Trail, San Jacinto Mountains

Plant Guide to Seven Pines Trail, San Jacinto Mountains

This is a working list, about which we make no guarantees at all until we officially release it. Use at your own risk!

Introduction and Explanation of Plant Trail Guides
Introduction
Highlights of This Trail
Fieldwork Dates and Summary of List Changes With Time
Botanical Trip Reports
The Plant Guide
Comments On Specific Species
Introduction

This guide began as a guide to the 7 Pines / Marion Mountain Trail Loop in 2007, but on 15 September 2011 we changed it to be a guide to just the 7 Pines Trail, after doing extensive work on the trails separately.
The 7 Pines Trail is a 3.4 mile trail from the trailhead on the Azalea Pines Road just past the Girl Scout Camp to a junction with the PCT. The hike to the PCT and back is 6.8 miles roundtrip with a total elevation gain and loss of 2760 feet (2550 feet gain on the way up to the PCT and 210 feet gain on the way back).
Directions to Trailhead. From the U.S. Forest Service office near the center of Idyllwild, drive 5.0 miles to Azalea Trails Road, which is the turnoff for Marion Mountain / Stone Creek / Dark Canyon Campgrounds, and turn right, across the street from Camp Allendale. After 0.1 mile, turn left to stay on Azalea Trails Road. After another 0.7 miles, turn left again to stay on Azalea Trails Road. Drive another 3.4 miles to a saddle just above the Azalea Trails Girl Scout Camp, following the road left after the horse corrals at the Azalea Trails Girl Scout Camp, immediately before the usually-closed gate to the Camp.
Note that these left turns are somewhat confusingly signed; the first two are marked on the map below. It helps tremendously to expect these turns before you get to them.
The parking area is on the right. Azalea Trails Road is paved through Dark Canyon Campground, and is dirt above that.
The following map shows the access road, parking area, 7 Pines Trail, and nearby trails. The Azalea Trails Road is much more windy than indicated on the map, and a slow drive. Anticipate taking a minimum of 25 minutes from Idyllwild to get to the 7 Pines Trailhead.

The Pines in the name actually refers to conifers, since one of them is not even in the Pine Family:

Family Scientific Name Common Name
Cupressaceae Calocedrus decurrens incense-cedar
Pinaceae Abies concolor white fir
Pinaceae Pinus contorta ssp. murrayana lodgepole pine
Pinaceae Pinus coulteri Coulter pine
Pinaceae Pinus jeffreyi Jeffrey pine
Pinaceae Pinus lambertiana sugar pine
Pinaceae Pinus ponderosa ponderosa pine

This guide is different from our usual plant trail guides, in that it corresponds to the flora of an area rather than just a transect along the narrow corridor of the trail. The plants numbered below are not all on trail, and the number of plants reflects the number seen off-trail as well as on-trail, including an excursion to an 8000 foot knoll about 0.3 miles south of the trail.
See also Flora of 7 Pines Trail Area, which gives all the species in this guide in traditional family order.
This trail can be done as part of a 6.1 mile loop hike, with 2530 feet of elevation gain and 2550 feet of elevation loss, that requires a car shuttle between the Marion Mountain Trailhead and the Seven Pines Trailhead. The one-way car shuttle takes about 15 minutes. Part of the shuttle route is a dirt road that can be easily navigated by high-clearance normal passenger cars.
Highlights of This Trail

Some of the botanical highlights of this trail are:

A very large number of species for a high-elevation trail. This guide contains 155 species as of 19 September 2011, whereas a typical high-elevation guide contains ~100 species.
The 8000 foot off-trail knoll is the type locality of Potentilla rimicola, a RARE species found only at SnJt and the Sierra de San Pedro Mártir in Baja California.
The original name given to the plants at this particular location of this species was P. wheeleri var. rimicola, with the type specimen collected here by P.A. Munz and I.M. Johnston on 27 July 1924, with a duplicate specimen as well. The original paper assigning that name to these plants is Bull. S. Calif. Acad. Sci. 24: 18, 19. 1925.
Barbara Ertter realized that this was clearly a separate species from P. wheeleri var. wheeleri, due to its unique habitat, as well as a few morphological differences, when she was preparing the Jepson Manual treatment for Potentilla, and published the name of P. rimicola in Phytologia 71(5): 420 (1991 publ. 1992).
This trail is the only known location for three species at SnJt: Cryptantha affinis; Collinsia torreyi var. wrightii; and Listera convallarioides. In addition, this trail may contain a fourth such species, Pyrola minor, if that is the actual identification for a small number of plants seen only as leaves so far. In fact, all of these species except the Collinsia are not present on any other trail we've surveyed anywhere in southern California.

Number of Unique Taxa On This Trail

The following histogram gives the number of trails in our database that contain each taxon on this trail (not including the taxa seen only off-trail given at the end of the guide). We had 248 trails in our southern California database when this histogram was made; 13 of those trails, including this one, are in this area of San Jacinto Mountain. A number of "1" means the taxon has only been found on this trail among the trails in our database; numbers of "9" or smaller may indicate taxa found only in this area of San Jacinto Mountain.

Number of Trails
Containing A Taxon Number Of Taxa
On This Trail % of Taxa
On This Trail
1 3 2%
2 1 1%
3 3 2%
4 3 2%
5 2 1%

1-10 24 15%
11-20 22 14%
21-30 41 26%
31-40 22 14%
41-50 18 12%
51-60 13 8%
61-70 6 4%
71-80 2 1%
81-90 4 3%
91-100 3 2%
Total Taxa 155 100%

The following table gives the species seen on the fewest number of our surveyed San Jacinto Trails and Areas:

#SnJt Name
1 Cryptantha affinis
1 Collinsia torreyi var. wrightii
1 Listera convallarioides
1 ~Pyrola minor
1 *Amaranthus albus
2 Arceuthobium californicum
3 Phacelia austromontana
3 Epilobium lactiflorum
3 Oxypolis occidentalis
4 Potentilla rimicola
4 Thalictrum sparsiflorum
4 Poa bolanderi

Fieldwork Dates and Summary of List Changes With Time

The following table gives the dates the trail was walked and taxa recorded. After each visit, the table gives the total number of taxa on the list and the breakdown of the taxa without positive identification. See Explanation of Plant Trail Guides to understand the symbols below.

Visit Date Visit # # taxa # "?" # "sp" # "~" # "ssp"
7/20/2007 1 78 2 4 9 5
7/13/2010 2 136 0 1 5 1
8/10/2010 3 143 0 1 6 1
5/4/2011 4 144 0 1 6 1
9/16/2011 5 155 0 0 7 1

The numbers above all are just for the 7 Pines Trail area, not including the original Marion Mountain Trail portion. Beginning 7/13/10, the numbers include all taxa seen, including off-trail taxa. The work on 8/10/10 was just in the Listera drainage. The work on 5/4/11 was primarily to check for the present of Allium burlewii in the first mile or so of the trail. The work on 9/16/11 was just to mile 2.23, and was the first time the flora of the 8000 foot knoll was included.

Botanical Trip Reports

The Plant Guide

Version for printing, without lines and other text on this page: html (6 pages) or pdf Clickbook booklet (2 double-sided pages). (See printing instructions for an explanation of these options)
The mileages in the guide come from Topo!. The total mileage is almost surely slightly underestimated, probably by no more than 10%, due to the tight switchbacks on the trail that are not accurately measured by that program. The elevations come from the topo map, and should be fairly precise.
The guide below does not give most of the switchbacks and other such trail landmarks, since there were way too many of them to record.

Mile S # id? Common Name Latin Name #here #all
0.00 Begin trail at northern end of parking area, at saddle between Fuller Creek and North Fork, elevation 6300 feet (1920 m), The following plants are at or near the parking area, given in alphabetical order by scientific name.
1 white fir Abies concolor 99 / 9 85
2 western needlegrass Achnatherum occidentale 20 / 3 12
3 *tumble pigweed Amaranthus albus 4 / 1 19
4 pink-bracted manzanita Arctostaphylos pringlei ssp. drupacea 99 / 7 33
5 ~ Hall's brome Bromus orcuttianus var. hallii 20 / 3 8
6 *downy brome Bromus tectorum 20 / 2 70
7 incense-cedar Calocedrus decurrens 99 / 9 56
8 forest goosefoot Chenopodium atrovirens 30 / 5 30
9 San Bernardino rubber rabbitbrush Chrysothamnus nauseosus ssp. bernardinus 50 / 5 64
10 Nevin's bird's beak Cordylanthus nevinii 99 / 7 26
11 purple-root cryptantha Cryptantha micrantha 30 / 1 34
12 squirreltail Elymus elymoides 10 / 3 54
13 southern mountain woolly-star Eriastrum densifolium ssp. austromontanum 20 / 1 25
14 slender buckwheat Eriogonum gracile var. incultum 50 / 1 11
15 pineland buckwheat Eriogonum molestum 50 / 1 7
16 double check: naked buckwheat Eriogonum nudum var. pauciflorum 99 / 9 53
17 sulphur buckwheat Eriogonum umbellatum var. munzii 99 / 9 23
18 Wright's buckwheat Eriogonum wrightii var. membranaceum 99 / 5 29
19 San Jacinto Mtns. bedstraw Galium angustifolium ssp. jacinticum 99 / 9 25
20 pinegrove groundsmoke Gayophytum oligospermum 10 / 1 42
21 splendid gilia Gilia splendens ssp. splendens 99 / 5 21
22 slender everlasting Gnaphalium canescens ssp. thermale 20 / 1 26
23 western marsh cudweed Gnaphalium palustre 50 / 1 19
24 California-aster Lessingia filaginifolia var. filaginifolia 5 / 2 92
25 whisker-brush Linanthus ciliatus 5 / 1 14
26 Sierra Nevada lotus Lotus nevadensis var. nevadensis 40 / 5 47
27 short-flowered monardella Monardella nana ssp. tenuiflora 99 / 9 43
28 incense-cedar mistletoe Phoradendron libocedri 5 / 2 14
29 oak mistletoe Phoradendron villosum 99 / 7 26
30 Coulter pine Pinus coulteri 50 / 5 25
31 sugar pine Pinus lambertiana 99 / 9 61
32 ponderosa pine Pinus ponderosa 40 / 5 15
33 canyon live oak Quercus chrysolepis 99 / 9 73
34 California black oak Quercus kelloggii 30 / 3 30
35 goldenrod Solidago californica 30 / 2 95
The rest of the guide gives plants in order along the trail; plants off-trail are numbered just like plants on-trail
0.00 l Sign: "Seven Pines Trail; Deer Springs Trail 3.5 miles; Mt. San Jacinto 7.25 miles"
0.01 l Sign: "Fragile habitat; Creek Closure"
0.01 l Sign: "Wilderness Permit Required"
0.03 b 36 mountain California-fuchsia Epilobium canum ssp. latifolium 99 / 9 90
0.07 r 37 Parish's tauschia Tauschia parishii 20 / 2 22
0.11 l 38 Burlew's onion Allium burlewii 99 / 2 6
0.12 First of two close local high points on trail
0.12 r 39 mountain grape-soda lupine Lupinus excubitus var. austromontanus 5 / 1 27
0.12 l 40 beautiful hulsea Hulsea vestita ssp. callicarpha 40 / 3 31
0.12 41 ~ pinewoods rock-cress Arabis holboellii var. pinetorum 1 / 1 27
0.17 r 42 San Jacinto buckwheat Eriogonum apiculatum 50 / 3 38
0.20 43 sugar pine dwarf-mistletoe Arceuthobium californicum 99 / 3 2
0.23 Local high point; cross divide for a brief sojourn in canyon of North Fork before returning to Fuller Creek canyon
0.28 l first naked buckwheat, Eriogonum nudum var. pauciflorum, if the one at the trailhead isn't confirmed.
0.33 44 bracken Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens 99 / 9 63
0.36 r 45 snow-plant Sarcodes sanguinea 20 / 8 36
0.36 r 46 western azalea Rhododendron occidentale 50 / 3 40
0.36 Densest population of sugar pine dwarf-mistletoe, Arceuthobium californicum
0.39 l 47 pinedrops Pterospora andromedea 10 / 9 41
0.39 r 48 rock buckwheat Eriogonum saxatile 10 / 1 18
0.49 l 49 California coffeeberry Rhamnus californica 2 / 1 22
0.53 50 white catch-fly Silene verecunda ssp. platyota 99 / 9 59
0.53 l 51 white-veined wintergreen Pyrola picta 3 / 1 18
0.55 l 52 fir mistletoe Phoradendron pauciflorum 20 / 3 27
0.59 l 53 Laguna Mtns. jewel-flower Streptanthus bernardinus 8 / 3 7
0.60 l 54 mountain whitethorn Ceanothus cordulatus 99 / 9 61
0.60 l 55 Scouler's willow Salix scouleriana 10 / 4 51
0.60 l 56 deergrass Muhlenbergia rigens 1 / 1 52
0.61 b 57 Parish's campion Silene parishii⁺ 99 / 3 23
0.63 58 pine lousewort Pedicularis semibarbata 99 / 9 47
0.67 59 little prince's pine Chimaphila menziesii 5 / 2 25
0.72 Minor local high point; cross saddle for another brief sojourn in canyon of North Fork
0.74 l 60 Jeffrey pine Pinus jeffreyi 99 / 9 83
0.74 61 granite prickly phlox Leptodactylon pungens 15 / 2 34
0.75 Switchback left
0.78 r 62 green-leaf manzanita Arctostaphylos patula 20 / 3 47
0.81 r 63 spotted coralroot Corallorhiza maculata 30 / 5 23
0.81 Switchback left
0.84 Switchback right
0.85 Switchback left
0.94 r 64 beaked penstemon Penstemon rostriflorus 50 / 9 49
0.96 65 bush chinquapin Chrysolepis sempervirens 30 / 3 53
1.02 Local high point; elevation ~7100 feet (2164 m); cross small saddle and enter North Fork Canyon for rest of trip
1.04 l 66 rock goldenbush Ericameria cuneata var. cuneata 1 / 1 19
1.07 First of many switchbacks
1.12 67 San Jacinto lupine Lupinus hyacinthinus 30 / 5 57
1.26 b 68 mountain pink currant Ribes nevadense 99 / 7 50
1.26 69 thimbleberry Rubus parviflorus 50 / 5 32
1.26 70 western columbine Aquilegia formosa 50 / 7 54
1.26 Local low point; cross small side creek
1.27 l Local high point; sign: "Entering Mount San Jacinto State Park Wilderness"
1.30 Cross small side creek
Plants at and near first crossing of North Fork given in alphabetical order of scientific name:
1.32 l 71 ~ spike bentgrass Agrostis exarata 1 / 1 20
1.32 l 72 Idaho bentgrass Agrostis idahoensis 5 / 1 47
1.32 73 purple false-gilia Allophyllum divaricatum 99 / 9 26
1.32 r 74 fragile sheath sedge Carex fracta 50 / 7 53
1.32 b 75 giant red paintbrush Castilleja miniata ssp. miniata 15 / 2 38
1.32 76 green miner's lettuce Claytonia parviflora ssp. viridis 10 / 1 12
1.32 l 77 slender hairgrass Deschampsia elongata 5 / 1 40
1.32 l 78 glaucus willowherb Epilobium glaberrimum ssp. glaberrimum 5 / 2 30
1.32 79 Cleveland's horkelia Horkelia clevelandii 10 / 2 31
1.32 b 80 long-styled rush Juncus longistylis 20 / 1 20
1.32 l 81 lemon lily Lilium parryi 39 / 3 43
1.32 r 82 broad-leaved lotus Lotus crassifolius var. crassifolius 3 / 3 26
1.32 83 Brewer's monkeyflower Mimulus breweri 99 / 5 19
1.32 84 musk monkeyflower Mimulus moschatus 99 / 5 41
1.32 r 85 sticky cinquefoil Potentilla glandulosa ssp. reflexa 30 / 5 38
1.32 l 86 willow-leaved dock Rumex salicifolius var. salicifolius 5 / 1 22
1.32 l 87 pearlwort Sagina saginoides 35 / 2 28
1.32 l 88 ranger's buttons Sphenosciadium capitellatum 50 / 5 38
1.32 Cross North Fork of San Jacinto River; elevation 6880 feet (2097 m)
1.32 b 89 scarlet monkeyflower Mimulus cardinalis 10 / 2 37
1.33 l 90 Parish's lupine Lupinus latifolius var. parishii 10 / 2 29
1.33 l 91 brittle bladder fern Cystopteris fragilis 20 / 3 42
1.33 l 92 tall mannagrass Glyceria elata 50 / 2 35
1.33 l 93 abrupt-beak sedge Carex abrupta 10 / 2 22
1.35 First of many more switchbacks
1.40 b 94 changeable phacelia Phacelia mutabilis 99 / 9 43
1.40 b 95 Jepson's blue wildrye Elymus glaucus ssp. jepsonii 50 / 5 22
1.40 r 96 groundsmoke Gayophytum diffusum ssp. parviflorum 99 / 9 31
1.44 b 97 Sierra gooseberry Ribes roezlii var. roezlii 10 / 5 43
1.44 r 98 Grinnell's beardtongue Penstemon grinnellii var. grinnellii 9 / 1 41
1.46 99 leafy daisy Erigeron foliosus var. foliosus 30 / 3 76
1.47 r 100 plain mariposa lily Calochortus invenustus 99 / 9 35
1.47 l 101 western wallflower Erysimum capitatum ssp. capitatum 99 / 9 66
1.50 102 Martin's paintbrush Castilleja applegatei ssp. martinii 4 / 3 49
1.61 103 golden yarrow Eriophyllum confertiflorum var. confertiflorum 8 / 1 92
1.70 104 southern miner's lettuce Claytonia perfoliata ssp. mexicana 5 / 1 35
1.98 l 105 southern Sierra phacelia Phacelia austromontana 99 / 1 3
2.17 106 prickly cryptantha Cryptantha muricata 15 / 2 28
2.17 b 107 ~ slender wheatgrass Elymus trachycaulus 10 / 3 21
2.23 Jct. cross-country route to 8000 foot knoll. Additional species found there, in alphabetical order by scientific name:
108 Parish's bedstraw Galium parishii 1 / 1 29
109 prickly hawkweed Hieracium horridum 50 / 1 18
110 mountain spray Holodiscus microphyllus var. microphyllus 3 / 1 28
111 western polypody Polypodium hesperium 40 / 1 10
112 cliff cinquefoil Potentilla rimicola 74 / 1 4
113 Watson's spike-moss Selaginella watsonii 15 / 1 11
2.25 114 Fendler's meadow-rue Thalictrum fendleri var. fendleri 10 / 2 31
2.30 115 wax currant Ribes cereum var. cereum 1 / 1 56
2.30 116 pine violet Viola pinetorum ssp. pinetorum 50 / 5 6
2.30 117 Nevada cinquefoil Potentilla glandulosa ssp. nevadensis 5 / 3 26
2.30 118 mountain carpet clover Trifolium monanthum var. grantianum 99 / 2 38
2.30 119 hairy wood rush Luzula comosa 20 / 2 28
2.30 120 Bolander's blue grass Poa bolanderi 10 / 2 4
2.30 121 pine cryptantha Cryptantha simulans 20 / 1 10
2.30 122 Suksdorf's monkeyflower Mimulus suksdorfii 5 / 1 6
2.40 123 blue elderberry Sambucus mexicana 5 / 1 87
2.63 124 Wright's collinsia Collinsia torreyi var. wrightii 99 / 1 5
2.63 Cross North Fork of San Jacinto River; elevation ~8030 feet (2448 m)
2.63 r 125 arrowhead butterweed Senecio triangularis 99 / 4 7
2.63 b 126 larger mountain monkeyflower Mimulus tilingii 20 / 2 45
2.63 l 127 ssp willowherb Epilobium ciliatum 3 / 1 33
2.63 128 scented shooting star Dodecatheon redolens 99 / 2 8
2.63 129 thyme-leaved speedwell Veronica serpyllifolia ssp. humifusa 10 / 2 22
2.63 130 white-flowered willowherb Epilobium lactiflorum 10 / 1 3
2.63 131 California geranium Geranium californicum 3 / 1 27
2.63 l 132 ~ streambank lotus Lotus oblongifolius var. oblongifolius 10 / 1 26
2.63 l 133 long-anthered rush Juncus macrandrus 10 / 1 10
2.82 134 southern mountain-monardella Monardella australis 50 / 3 23
2.82 135 ~ Ross' sedge Carex rossii 1 / 1 21
2.83 l 136 Parish's snowberry Symphoricarpos rotundifolius var. parishii 99 / 3 55
2.83 l 137 California brome Bromus carinatus var. carinatus 20 / 9 55
2.86 r 138 California corn lily Veratrum californicum var. californicum 50 / 2 24
2.99 Cross side branch of moist drainage
3.05 139 subarctic lady-fern Athyrium filix-femina var. cyclosorum 10 / 1 20
3.05 140 few-flowering meadow-rue Thalictrum sparsiflorum 10 / 2 4
3.07 141 swamp sedge Carex senta 20 / 1 46
3.07 Cross main branch of moist drainage; species found in the wet area in alphabetical order by scientific name:
142 common cryptantha Cryptantha affinis 99 / 1 1
143 Southern California rock draba Draba corrugata var. saxosa 10 / 1 5
144 fireweed Epilobium angustifolium ssp. circumvagum 5 / 1 24
145 broad-lipped twayblade Listera convallarioides 99 / 1 1
146 primrose monkeyflower Mimulus primuloides ssp. primuloides 30 / 1 15
147 western cow-bane Oxypolis occidentalis 50 / 1 3
148 Parish's yampah Perideridia parishii 20 / 1 14
149 lodgepole pine Pinus contorta ssp. murrayana 7 / 1 35
150 white bog orchid Platanthera leucostachys 30 / 1 12
151 western bistort Polygonum bistortoides 40 / 1 10
152 Douglas' knotweed Polygonum douglasii ssp. douglasii 99 / 1 16
153 ~ lesser wintergreen Pyrola minor 10 / 1 1
154 mountain gooseberry Ribes montigenum 3 / 1 12
155 small white violet Viola macloskeyi 20 / 1 21
3.09 Cross dry third branch of moist drainage
3.16 l (Large field of ranger's buttons, Sphenosciadium capitellatum)
3.29 Cross North Fork for last time; elevation 8480 feet (2585 m)
3.44 T-Jct. with PCT; highest point on loop; elevation 8640 feet (2633 m); go right; sign "(up): Little Round Valley 2.5; San Jacinto Peak 3.2; ((down): Strawberry Trail 2.5; Suicide Rock Trail 3.8; Banning Highway 6.3; (back): 7 Pines Trail"

Comments On Specific Species

Silene parishii. Only 18 plants are in the vicinity of trail, with the rest at the 8000' knoll.
We thank Pam Pallette for her help with the 13 July 2010 fieldwork.

Family	Scientific Name	Common Name
Cupressaceae	Calocedrus decurrens	incense-cedar
Pinaceae	Abies concolor	white fir
Pinaceae	Pinus contorta ssp. murrayana	lodgepole pine
Pinaceae	Pinus coulteri	Coulter pine
Pinaceae	Pinus jeffreyi	Jeffrey pine
Pinaceae	Pinus lambertiana	sugar pine
Pinaceae	Pinus ponderosa	ponderosa pine

Number of Trails Containing A Taxon	Number Of Taxa On This Trail	% of Taxa On This Trail
1	3	2%
2	1	1%
3	3	2%
4	3	2%
5	2	1%

1-10	24	15%
11-20	22	14%
21-30	41	26%
31-40	22	14%
41-50	18	12%
51-60	13	8%
61-70	6	4%
71-80	2	1%
81-90	4	3%
91-100	3	2%
Total Taxa	155	100%

#SnJt	Name
1	Cryptantha affinis
1	Collinsia torreyi var. wrightii
1	Listera convallarioides
1	~Pyrola minor
1	*Amaranthus albus
2	Arceuthobium californicum
3	Phacelia austromontana
3	Epilobium lactiflorum
3	Oxypolis occidentalis
4	Potentilla rimicola
4	Thalictrum sparsiflorum
4	Poa bolanderi

Visit Date	Visit #	# taxa	# "?"	# "sp"	# "~"	# "ssp"
7/20/2007	1	78	2	4	9	5
7/13/2010	2	136	0	1	5	1
8/10/2010	3	143	0	1	6	1
5/4/2011	4	144	0	1	6	1
9/16/2011	5	155	0	0	7	1

Mile	S	#	id?	Common Name	Latin Name	#here	#all
0.00				Begin trail at northern end of parking area, at saddle between Fuller Creek and North Fork, elevation 6300 feet (1920 m), The following plants are at or near the parking area, given in alphabetical order by scientific name.
		1		white fir	Abies concolor	99 / 9	85
		2		western needlegrass	Achnatherum occidentale	20 / 3	12
		3		*tumble pigweed	Amaranthus albus	4 / 1	19
		4		pink-bracted manzanita	Arctostaphylos pringlei ssp. drupacea	99 / 7	33
		5	~	Hall's brome	Bromus orcuttianus var. hallii	20 / 3	8
		6		*downy brome	Bromus tectorum	20 / 2	70
		7		incense-cedar	Calocedrus decurrens	99 / 9	56
		8		forest goosefoot	Chenopodium atrovirens	30 / 5	30
		9		San Bernardino rubber rabbitbrush	Chrysothamnus nauseosus ssp. bernardinus	50 / 5	64
		10		Nevin's bird's beak	Cordylanthus nevinii	99 / 7	26
		11		purple-root cryptantha	Cryptantha micrantha	30 / 1	34
		12		squirreltail	Elymus elymoides	10 / 3	54
		13		southern mountain woolly-star	Eriastrum densifolium ssp. austromontanum	20 / 1	25
		14		slender buckwheat	Eriogonum gracile var. incultum	50 / 1	11
		15		pineland buckwheat	Eriogonum molestum	50 / 1	7
		16		double check: naked buckwheat	Eriogonum nudum var. pauciflorum	99 / 9	53
		17		sulphur buckwheat	Eriogonum umbellatum var. munzii	99 / 9	23
		18		Wright's buckwheat	Eriogonum wrightii var. membranaceum	99 / 5	29
		19		San Jacinto Mtns. bedstraw	Galium angustifolium ssp. jacinticum	99 / 9	25
		20		pinegrove groundsmoke	Gayophytum oligospermum	10 / 1	42
		21		splendid gilia	Gilia splendens ssp. splendens	99 / 5	21
		22		slender everlasting	Gnaphalium canescens ssp. thermale	20 / 1	26
		23		western marsh cudweed	Gnaphalium palustre	50 / 1	19
		24		California-aster	Lessingia filaginifolia var. filaginifolia	5 / 2	92
		25		whisker-brush	Linanthus ciliatus	5 / 1	14
		26		Sierra Nevada lotus	Lotus nevadensis var. nevadensis	40 / 5	47
		27		short-flowered monardella	Monardella nana ssp. tenuiflora	99 / 9	43
		28		incense-cedar mistletoe	Phoradendron libocedri	5 / 2	14
		29		oak mistletoe	Phoradendron villosum	99 / 7	26
		30		Coulter pine	Pinus coulteri	50 / 5	25
		31		sugar pine	Pinus lambertiana	99 / 9	61
		32		ponderosa pine	Pinus ponderosa	40 / 5	15
		33		canyon live oak	Quercus chrysolepis	99 / 9	73
		34		California black oak	Quercus kelloggii	30 / 3	30
		35		goldenrod	Solidago californica	30 / 2	95
				The rest of the guide gives plants in order along the trail; plants off-trail are numbered just like plants on-trail
0.00	l			Sign: "Seven Pines Trail; Deer Springs Trail 3.5 miles; Mt. San Jacinto 7.25 miles"
0.01	l			Sign: "Fragile habitat; Creek Closure"
0.01	l			Sign: "Wilderness Permit Required"
0.03	b	36		mountain California-fuchsia	Epilobium canum ssp. latifolium	99 / 9	90
0.07	r	37		Parish's tauschia	Tauschia parishii	20 / 2	22
0.11	l	38		Burlew's onion	Allium burlewii	99 / 2	6
0.12				First of two close local high points on trail
0.12	r	39		mountain grape-soda lupine	Lupinus excubitus var. austromontanus	5 / 1	27
0.12	l	40		beautiful hulsea	Hulsea vestita ssp. callicarpha	40 / 3	31
0.12		41	~	pinewoods rock-cress	Arabis holboellii var. pinetorum	1 / 1	27
0.17	r	42		San Jacinto buckwheat	Eriogonum apiculatum	50 / 3	38
0.20		43		sugar pine dwarf-mistletoe	Arceuthobium californicum	99 / 3	2
0.23				Local high point; cross divide for a brief sojourn in canyon of North Fork before returning to Fuller Creek canyon
0.28	l			first naked buckwheat, Eriogonum nudum var. pauciflorum, if the one at the trailhead isn't confirmed.
0.33		44		bracken	Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens	99 / 9	63
0.36	r	45		snow-plant	Sarcodes sanguinea	20 / 8	36
0.36	r	46		western azalea	Rhododendron occidentale	50 / 3	40
0.36				Densest population of sugar pine dwarf-mistletoe, Arceuthobium californicum
0.39	l	47		pinedrops	Pterospora andromedea	10 / 9	41
0.39	r	48		rock buckwheat	Eriogonum saxatile	10 / 1	18
0.49	l	49		California coffeeberry	Rhamnus californica	2 / 1	22
0.53		50		white catch-fly	Silene verecunda ssp. platyota	99 / 9	59
0.53	l	51		white-veined wintergreen	Pyrola picta	3 / 1	18
0.55	l	52		fir mistletoe	Phoradendron pauciflorum	20 / 3	27
0.59	l	53		Laguna Mtns. jewel-flower	Streptanthus bernardinus	8 / 3	7
0.60	l	54		mountain whitethorn	Ceanothus cordulatus	99 / 9	61
0.60	l	55		Scouler's willow	Salix scouleriana	10 / 4	51
0.60	l	56		deergrass	Muhlenbergia rigens	1 / 1	52
0.61	b	57		Parish's campion	Silene parishii⁺	99 / 3	23
0.63		58		pine lousewort	Pedicularis semibarbata	99 / 9	47
0.67		59		little prince's pine	Chimaphila menziesii	5 / 2	25
0.72				Minor local high point; cross saddle for another brief sojourn in canyon of North Fork
0.74	l	60		Jeffrey pine	Pinus jeffreyi	99 / 9	83
0.74		61		granite prickly phlox	Leptodactylon pungens	15 / 2	34
0.75				Switchback left
0.78	r	62		green-leaf manzanita	Arctostaphylos patula	20 / 3	47
0.81	r	63		spotted coralroot	Corallorhiza maculata	30 / 5	23
0.81				Switchback left
0.84				Switchback right
0.85				Switchback left
0.94	r	64		beaked penstemon	Penstemon rostriflorus	50 / 9	49
0.96		65		bush chinquapin	Chrysolepis sempervirens	30 / 3	53
1.02				Local high point; elevation ~7100 feet (2164 m); cross small saddle and enter North Fork Canyon for rest of trip
1.04	l	66		rock goldenbush	Ericameria cuneata var. cuneata	1 / 1	19
1.07				First of many switchbacks
1.12		67		San Jacinto lupine	Lupinus hyacinthinus	30 / 5	57
1.26	b	68		mountain pink currant	Ribes nevadense	99 / 7	50
1.26		69		thimbleberry	Rubus parviflorus	50 / 5	32
1.26		70		western columbine	Aquilegia formosa	50 / 7	54
1.26				Local low point; cross small side creek
1.27	l			Local high point; sign: "Entering Mount San Jacinto State Park Wilderness"
1.30				Cross small side creek
				Plants at and near first crossing of North Fork given in alphabetical order of scientific name:
1.32	l	71	~	spike bentgrass	Agrostis exarata	1 / 1	20
1.32	l	72		Idaho bentgrass	Agrostis idahoensis	5 / 1	47
1.32		73		purple false-gilia	Allophyllum divaricatum	99 / 9	26
1.32	r	74		fragile sheath sedge	Carex fracta	50 / 7	53
1.32	b	75		giant red paintbrush	Castilleja miniata ssp. miniata	15 / 2	38
1.32		76		green miner's lettuce	Claytonia parviflora ssp. viridis	10 / 1	12
1.32	l	77		slender hairgrass	Deschampsia elongata	5 / 1	40
1.32	l	78		glaucus willowherb	Epilobium glaberrimum ssp. glaberrimum	5 / 2	30
1.32		79		Cleveland's horkelia	Horkelia clevelandii	10 / 2	31
1.32	b	80		long-styled rush	Juncus longistylis	20 / 1	20
1.32	l	81		lemon lily	Lilium parryi	39 / 3	43
1.32	r	82		broad-leaved lotus	Lotus crassifolius var. crassifolius	3 / 3	26
1.32		83		Brewer's monkeyflower	Mimulus breweri	99 / 5	19
1.32		84		musk monkeyflower	Mimulus moschatus	99 / 5	41
1.32	r	85		sticky cinquefoil	Potentilla glandulosa ssp. reflexa	30 / 5	38
1.32	l	86		willow-leaved dock	Rumex salicifolius var. salicifolius	5 / 1	22
1.32	l	87		pearlwort	Sagina saginoides	35 / 2	28
1.32	l	88		ranger's buttons	Sphenosciadium capitellatum	50 / 5	38
1.32				Cross North Fork of San Jacinto River; elevation 6880 feet (2097 m)
1.32	b	89		scarlet monkeyflower	Mimulus cardinalis	10 / 2	37
1.33	l	90		Parish's lupine	Lupinus latifolius var. parishii	10 / 2	29
1.33	l	91		brittle bladder fern	Cystopteris fragilis	20 / 3	42
1.33	l	92		tall mannagrass	Glyceria elata	50 / 2	35
1.33	l	93		abrupt-beak sedge	Carex abrupta	10 / 2	22
1.35				First of many more switchbacks
1.40	b	94		changeable phacelia	Phacelia mutabilis	99 / 9	43
1.40	b	95		Jepson's blue wildrye	Elymus glaucus ssp. jepsonii	50 / 5	22
1.40	r	96		groundsmoke	Gayophytum diffusum ssp. parviflorum	99 / 9	31
1.44	b	97		Sierra gooseberry	Ribes roezlii var. roezlii	10 / 5	43
1.44	r	98		Grinnell's beardtongue	Penstemon grinnellii var. grinnellii	9 / 1	41
1.46		99		leafy daisy	Erigeron foliosus var. foliosus	30 / 3	76
1.47	r	100		plain mariposa lily	Calochortus invenustus	99 / 9	35
1.47	l	101		western wallflower	Erysimum capitatum ssp. capitatum	99 / 9	66
1.50		102		Martin's paintbrush	Castilleja applegatei ssp. martinii	4 / 3	49
1.61		103		golden yarrow	Eriophyllum confertiflorum var. confertiflorum	8 / 1	92
1.70		104		southern miner's lettuce	Claytonia perfoliata ssp. mexicana	5 / 1	35
1.98	l	105		southern Sierra phacelia	Phacelia austromontana	99 / 1	3
2.17		106		prickly cryptantha	Cryptantha muricata	15 / 2	28
2.17	b	107	~	slender wheatgrass	Elymus trachycaulus	10 / 3	21
2.23				Jct. cross-country route to 8000 foot knoll. Additional species found there, in alphabetical order by scientific name:
		108		Parish's bedstraw	Galium parishii	1 / 1	29
		109		prickly hawkweed	Hieracium horridum	50 / 1	18
		110		mountain spray	Holodiscus microphyllus var. microphyllus	3 / 1	28
		111		western polypody	Polypodium hesperium	40 / 1	10
		112		cliff cinquefoil	Potentilla rimicola	74 / 1	4
		113		Watson's spike-moss	Selaginella watsonii	15 / 1	11
2.25		114		Fendler's meadow-rue	Thalictrum fendleri var. fendleri	10 / 2	31
2.30		115		wax currant	Ribes cereum var. cereum	1 / 1	56
2.30		116		pine violet	Viola pinetorum ssp. pinetorum	50 / 5	6
2.30		117		Nevada cinquefoil	Potentilla glandulosa ssp. nevadensis	5 / 3	26
2.30		118		mountain carpet clover	Trifolium monanthum var. grantianum	99 / 2	38
2.30		119		hairy wood rush	Luzula comosa	20 / 2	28
2.30		120		Bolander's blue grass	Poa bolanderi	10 / 2	4
2.30		121		pine cryptantha	Cryptantha simulans	20 / 1	10
2.30		122		Suksdorf's monkeyflower	Mimulus suksdorfii	5 / 1	6
2.40		123		blue elderberry	Sambucus mexicana	5 / 1	87
2.63		124		Wright's collinsia	Collinsia torreyi var. wrightii	99 / 1	5
2.63				Cross North Fork of San Jacinto River; elevation ~8030 feet (2448 m)
2.63	r	125		arrowhead butterweed	Senecio triangularis	99 / 4	7
2.63	b	126		larger mountain monkeyflower	Mimulus tilingii	20 / 2	45
2.63	l	127	ssp	willowherb	Epilobium ciliatum	3 / 1	33
2.63		128		scented shooting star	Dodecatheon redolens	99 / 2	8
2.63		129		thyme-leaved speedwell	Veronica serpyllifolia ssp. humifusa	10 / 2	22
2.63		130		white-flowered willowherb	Epilobium lactiflorum	10 / 1	3
2.63		131		California geranium	Geranium californicum	3 / 1	27
2.63	l	132	~	streambank lotus	Lotus oblongifolius var. oblongifolius	10 / 1	26
2.63	l	133		long-anthered rush	Juncus macrandrus	10 / 1	10
2.82		134		southern mountain-monardella	Monardella australis	50 / 3	23
2.82		135	~	Ross' sedge	Carex rossii	1 / 1	21
2.83	l	136		Parish's snowberry	Symphoricarpos rotundifolius var. parishii	99 / 3	55
2.83	l	137		California brome	Bromus carinatus var. carinatus	20 / 9	55
2.86	r	138		California corn lily	Veratrum californicum var. californicum	50 / 2	24
2.99				Cross side branch of moist drainage
3.05		139		subarctic lady-fern	Athyrium filix-femina var. cyclosorum	10 / 1	20
3.05		140		few-flowering meadow-rue	Thalictrum sparsiflorum	10 / 2	4
3.07		141		swamp sedge	Carex senta	20 / 1	46
3.07				Cross main branch of moist drainage; species found in the wet area in alphabetical order by scientific name:
		142		common cryptantha	Cryptantha affinis	99 / 1	1
		143		Southern California rock draba	Draba corrugata var. saxosa	10 / 1	5
		144		fireweed	Epilobium angustifolium ssp. circumvagum	5 / 1	24
		145		broad-lipped twayblade	Listera convallarioides	99 / 1	1
		146		primrose monkeyflower	Mimulus primuloides ssp. primuloides	30 / 1	15
		147		western cow-bane	Oxypolis occidentalis	50 / 1	3
		148		Parish's yampah	Perideridia parishii	20 / 1	14
		149		lodgepole pine	Pinus contorta ssp. murrayana	7 / 1	35
		150		white bog orchid	Platanthera leucostachys	30 / 1	12
		151		western bistort	Polygonum bistortoides	40 / 1	10
		152		Douglas' knotweed	Polygonum douglasii ssp. douglasii	99 / 1	16
		153	~	lesser wintergreen	Pyrola minor	10 / 1	1
		154		mountain gooseberry	Ribes montigenum	3 / 1	12
		155		small white violet	Viola macloskeyi	20 / 1	21
3.09				Cross dry third branch of moist drainage
3.16	l			(Large field of ranger's buttons, Sphenosciadium capitellatum)
3.29				Cross North Fork for last time; elevation 8480 feet (2585 m)
3.44				T-Jct. with PCT; highest point on loop; elevation 8640 feet (2633 m); go right; sign "(up): Little Round Valley 2.5; San Jacinto Peak 3.2; ((down): Strawberry Trail 2.5; Suicide Rock Trail 3.8; Banning Highway 6.3; (back): 7 Pines Trail"

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