Plant Guide to Seven Pines / Marion Mountain Trail Loop, San Jacinto Mountains

MileS#id?Common NameLatin 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)
0.00b1spannual buckwheatEriogonum molestum or davidsonii20 / 2 
0.00b2 Sierra Nevada lotusLotus nevadensis var. nevadensis30 / 310
0.00b3 southern mountain woolly-starEriastrum densifolium ssp. austromontanum10 / 114
0.00l4 *downy bromeBromus tectorum20 / 230
0.00l  Sign: "Seven Pines Trail; Deer Springs Trail 3.5 miles; Mt. San Jacinto 9.25 miles"
0.00l5sspsquirreltailElymus elymoides30 / 511
0.00b6?unk annual like Gilia?20 / 2 
0.00b7 pink-bracted manzanitaArctostaphylos pringlei ssp. drupacea30 / 57
0.00l8~purple-root cryptanthaCryptantha micrantha1 / 19
0.00b  (incense-cedar, Calocedrus decurrens; incense-cedar mistletoe, Phoradendron libocedri)
0.00l  (white fir, Abies concolor; Coulter pine, Pinus coulteri)
0.00r  (canyon live oak, Quercus chrysolepis; oak mistletoe, Phoradendron villosum)
0.00 9 ponderosa pinePinus ponderosa20 / 95
0.00r10 Wright's buckwheatEriogonum wrightii var. membranaceum40 / 97
0.00l11 canyon live oakQuercus chrysolepis50 / 931
0.01l  Sign: "Fragile habitat; Creek Closure"
0.01l12 short-flowered monardellaMonardella nana ssp. tenuiflora+40 / 95
0.01l  Sign: "Wilderness Permit Required"
0.01l13 sugar pinePinus lambertiana99 / 918
0.02l14 sulphur buckwheatEriogonum umbellatum var. munzii30 / 911
0.02l15 San Bernardino rubber rabbitbrushChrysothamnus nauseosus ssp. bernardinus50 / 921
0.03l16 Coulter pinePinus coulteri20 / 914
0.03b17 California fuchsiaEpilobium canum99 / 922
    The first specimen of the following species on trail was not recorded:
  18 white firAbies concolor99 / 925
0.05b19 oak mistletoePhoradendron villosum10 / 910
0.07r20 Parish's tauschiaTauschia parishii2 / 16
0.09l21 San Jacinto Mtns. bedstrawGalium angustifolium ssp. jacinticum30 / 93
0.12   First of two close local high points on trail
0.23   Local high point; cross divide for a brief sojourn in canyon of North Fork before returning to Fuller Creek canyon
0.36r  (western azalea, Rhododendron occidentale; snow-plant, Sarcodes sanguinea)
0.37r22 California black oakQuercus kelloggii3 / 316
0.37r23 sugar pine dwarf-mistletoeArceuthobium californicum1 / 11
0.39l24 pinedropsPterospora andromedea10 / 912
0.39r25 rock buckwheatEriogonum saxatile1 / 114
0.43l26 snow-plantSarcodes sanguinea2 / 211
0.60l ~(mountain whitethorn, Ceanothus cordulatus; ~Scouler's willow, ~Salix scouleriana)
0.60r27~beaked penstemonPenstemon rostriflorus50 / 916
0.72   Local high point; cross saddle for another brief sojourn in canyon of North Fork
0.74l28 Jeffrey pinePinus jeffreyi99 / 927
0.75   Switchback left
0.78r  (green-leaf manzanita, Arctostaphylos patula)
0.81r29 spotted coralrootCorallorhiza maculata3 / 18
0.81   Switchback left
0.84   Switchback right
0.85   Switchback left
1.02   Local high point; elevation ~7100 feet (2164 m); cross small saddle and enter North Fork Canyon for rest of trip
1.03r30 mountain whitethornCeanothus cordulatus99 / 921
1.04l  (rock goldenbush, Ericameria cuneata var. cuneata)
1.07   Switchback right
1.09   Switchback left; no more switchbacks noted since there are so many
1.26r31 mountain pink currantRibes nevadense30 / 910
1.26   Local low point; cross small creek
1.27l  Local high point; sign: "Entering Mount San Jacinto State Park Wilderness"
1.27r  (~fragile sheath sedge, ~Carex fracta; thimbleberry, Rubus parviflorus)
1.30r32 western azaleaRhododendron occidentale30 / 97
1.30l33 brackenPteridium aquilinum var. pubescens50 / 917
1.30r34 thimbleberryRubus parviflorus30 / 95
1.32   Cross North Fork of San Jacinto River; elevation 6880 feet (2097 m)
1.32r35 Scouler's willowSalix scouleriana10 / 99
1.34l36 fragile sheath sedgeCarex fracta50 / 912
1.34l37 scarlet monkeyflowerMimulus cardinalis10 / 219
1.34l  (ranger's buttons, Sphenosciadium capitellatum)
1.34   Cross North Fork again
1.34l ?(arrowhead butterweed, Senecio triangularis; lemon lily, Lilium parryi; western columbine, Aquilegia formosa; small cespitose grass, ?; broad-leaved lotus, Lotus crassifolius var. crassifolius; ~tall mannagrass, ~Glyceria elata; Parish's lupine, Lupinus latifolius var. parishii; unk species with old 2 foot dense infl; glaucus willowherb, Epilobium glaberrimum ssp. glaberrimum)
1.36r  (naked buckwheat, Eriogonum nudum var. pauciflorum)
1.36l  (incense-cedar, Calocedrus decurrens)
1.41l38 incense-cedarCalocedrus decurrens20 / 519
1.42r39sspsticky cinquefoilPotentilla glandulosa20 / 7 
1.42b40sspblue wildryeElymus glaucus20 / 78
1.42b41 goldenrodSolidago californica20 / 945
1.47l42spgroundsmokeGayophytum sp.20 / 2 
1.47l43 Sierra gooseberryRibes roezlii var. roezlii30 / 914
1.47r  (Grinnell's beardtongue, Penstemon grinnellii var. grinnellii)
1.50r44 plain mariposa lilyCalochortus invenustus5 / 313
1.51r45 Grinnell's beardtonguePenstemon grinnellii var. grinnellii30 / 421
1.54l46 naked buckwheatEriogonum nudum var. pauciflorum40 / 98
1.71   Trail turns right at saddle
1.80r47 little prince's pineChimaphila menziesii3 / 16
1.86r48 pine lousewortPedicularis semibarbata30 / 914
1.94 49 changeable phaceliaPhacelia mutabilis20 / 99
2.06l50 green-leaf manzanitaArctostaphylos patula+30 / 918
2.13b51~slender wheatgrassElymus trachycaulus10 / 36
2.23l  (bush chinquapin, Chrysolepis sempervirens)
2.26r52spIdaho bentgrassAgrostis idahoensis+10 / 38
2.26r  (Fendler's meadow-rue, )Thalictrum fendleri var. fendleri /  
2.26r53 white catch-flySilene verecunda ssp. platyota10 / 315
2.27l54 Parish's lupineLupinus latifolius var. parishii10 / 28
2.27r  (musk monkeyflower, Mimulus moschatus)
2.28r55 Fendler's meadow-rueThalictrum fendleri var. fendleri5 / 28
2.37b56 beautiful hulseaHulsea vestita ssp. callicarpha5 / 29
2.39r  (blue elderberry, Sambucus mexicana)
2.46b57 bush chinquapinChrysolepis sempervirens30 / 913
2.53l  (wax currant, Ribes cereum var. cereum)
2.56l58 western wallflowerErysimum capitatum ssp. capitatum20 / 324
2.57r59~forest goosefootChenopodium atrovirens /  
2.61r60 ranger's buttonsSphenosciadium capitellatum20 / 58
2.61   Cross North Fork of San Jacinto River; elevation ~8030 feet (2448 m)
2.61r61 arrowhead butterweedSenecio triangularis30 / 51
2.61r62 western columbineAquilegia formosa5 / 29
2.61b63 larger mountain monkeyflowerMimulus tilingii20 / 110
2.61l64sspwillowherbEpilobium ciliatum2 / 1 
2.61r65 glaucus willowherbEpilobium glaberrimum ssp. glaberrimum2 / 16
2.61l66~streambank lotusLotus oblongifolius var. oblongifolius10 / 16
2.61l67sspspreading brown-headed rushJuncus phaeocephalus var. paniculatus10 / 14
2.81l68 Parish's snowberrySymphoricarpos rotundifolius var. parishii30 / 913
2.81l69 California bromeBromus carinatus var. carinatus20 / 929
2.82l70 wax currantRibes cereum var. cereum2 / 216
2.85r  (California corn lily, Veratrum californicum var. californicum)
2.92   Cross side branch of moist drainage
2.98l71 San Jacinto lupineLupinus hyacinthinus20 / 58
2.98r ~(subarctic lady-fern, Athyrium filix-femina var. cyclosorum)
3.02b72 Martin's paintbrushCastilleja applegatei ssp. martinii2 / 119
3.03r73 California corn lilyVeratrum californicum var. californicum5 / 36
3.03   Cross main branch of moist drainage
3.04l  (lodgepole pine, Pinus contorta ssp. murrayana)
3.05   Cross dry third branch of moist drainage
3.06r74spcloverTrifolium sp.3 / 1 
3.06r  (scented shooting star, Dodecatheon redolens)
3.09r75 lodgepole pinePinus contorta ssp. murrayana20 / 910
3.10l  (Large field of ranger's buttons, Sphenosciadium capitellatum)
3.24r76 swamp sedgeCarex senta2 / 19
3.24r  (closest subarctic lady-fern, Athyrium filix-femina var. cyclosorum)
3.24l77~brittle bladder fernCystopteris fragilis2 / 15
3.24   Cross North Fork for last time; elevation 8480 feet (2585 m)
3.24r78~tall mannagrassGlyceria elata10 / 12
3.36   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"
3.37r  Jct. Marion Mountain Trail; go right on it
3.63l  (bitter cherry, Prunus emarginata)
3.69b79 broad-leaved lotusLotus crassifolius var. crassifolius20 / 310
3.69r  (western polypody, Polypodium hesperium)
3.69b80 bitter cherryPrunus emarginata20 / 310
3.73r81 Cleveland's horkeliaHorkelia clevelandii5 / 18
4.00r82 Watson's spike-mossSelaginella watsonii10 / 26
4.00r83 giant red paintbrushCastilleja miniata ssp. miniata1 / 110
4.19l  (white-veined wintergreen, Pyrola picta)
4.34l  Big patch of thimbleberry, Rubus parviflorus
4.36l84 blue elderberrySambucus mexicana1 / 154
4.49   Check for Phoradendron on Jeffrey pine or white fir
4.70l  Sign: Wilderness Boundary
  85~bristly bird's beakCordylanthus rigidus ssp. setigerus30 / 535
5.14l86~slender wreathplantStephanomeria exigua ssp. deanei1 / 117
5.68l87 slender everlastingGnaphalium canescens ssp. thermale10 / 28
5.74r  Jct. Campground Trail; stay left; Sign: (left) to Stone Creek Campground 2 mi; (xx?) 1 mi"
5.84l  Check for Gilia
6.11   Trailhead parking for Marion Mountain Trail; elevation 6320 feet (1926 m)
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Updated 25 July 2007.