Plant Guide to Devils Slide Trail, San Jacinto Mountains

Plant Guide to Devils Slide 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

The Devils Slide Trail begins in Humber Park two miles above the town of Idyllwild at the end of Fern Valley Road. A free wilderness permit is required for day use, and the number of permits is limited on summer weekend days and holidays. The permit is not available at the trailhead, and there are often rangers at the trailhead or along the trail checking permits on heavy use days. We have personally run into rangers checking permits on several different days. The permit can be picked up at the Forest Service office at 54270 Pinecrest, which is just east of SR243 in downtown Idyllwild.
The Devils Slide Trail ends at Saddle Junction, and there are four trails you can take from that point to continue. Guides to three of those trails are here.
Highlights of This Trail

The botanical highlights of this trail are:

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. We had 116 trails in our database when this histogram was made; 16 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 "16" 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 3%
2 1 1%
3 10 9%
4 3 3%
5 3 3%

1-5 20 19%
6-10 31 29%
11-15 23 21%
16-20 10 9%
21-25 12 11%
26-30 2 2%
31-35 2 2%
36-40 1 1%
41-45 0 0%
46-50 2 2%
51-55 2 2%
56-60 0 0%
60-65 1 1%
66-70 1 1%
Total Taxa 107 100%

We found 3 additional species not in the above table, since they have not been fully identified yet. The unidentified ones are marked with ? or sp in the id? column in the guide, and have no entries in the #all column.
The taxa that are unique to this trail, or are found on only up to four other trail guides, are:

#all Scientific Name Common Name
1 Juncus tiehmii Tiehm's rush
1 Mimulus breweri Brewer's monkeyflower
1 Phacelia ramosissima var. ramosissima branching phacelia
2 Streptanthus bernardinus Laguna Mtns. jewel-flower
3 Carex multicaulis forest sedge
3 Claytonia parviflora ssp. viridis green miner's lettuce
3 Garrya fremontii Fremont silk tassel
3 Geranium californicum California geranium
3 Hieracium horridum prickly hawkweed
3 Hypericum anagalloides tinker's penny
3 Juncus macrandrus long-anthered rush
3 Luzula comosa hairy wood rush
3 Sagina saginoides pearlwort
4 Arctostaphylos patula X A. pringlei ssp. drupacea hybrid manzanita
4 Juncus phaeocephalus var. paniculatus spreading brown-headed rush
4 Lotus grandiflorus var. grandiflorus chaparral lotus
5 Boschniakia strobilacea California groundcone
5 Pyrola picta white-veined wintergreen
5 Smilacina stellata little false-solomon's-seal

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"
6/13/2002 1 42 27 2
6/20/2002 2 56 12 4 7 3
9/9/2002 3 57 7 2 7 2
9/13/2002 4 59 9 3 5 2
8/28/2003 5 71 3 2 5 1
9/2/2003 6 76 3 3 5 0
9/7/2003 7 78 3 3 6 0
10/3/2003 8 79 3 4 5 0
10/21/2003 9 80 3 3 7 0
4/10/2004 10 80 4 3 4 0
9/5/2004 11 82 4 4 4 1
10/1/2004 12 83 3 3 4 1
10/5/2004 13 83 3 3 4 1
7/7/2006 14 89 3 2 3 1
7/10/2006 15 100 2 1 2 0
7/19/2006 16 101 1 1 3 0
7/26/2006 17 103 1 1 4 0
8/2/2006 17 103 1 1 4 0
8/11/2006 18 108 1 1 4 0
8/16/2006 19 109 2 1 3 0
8/21/2006 20 109 2 1 3 0
9/29/2006 21 109 2 1 3 0
3/14/2007 23 109 2 1 5 0
10/10/2007 35 110 2 1 3 0

Since this trail gets traveled a lot as a gateway to the other trails from Saddle Junction, we have not listed every separate trip in the table above after #21.
The fieldwork on 7/7/06 was only to mile 0.94 since it got interrupted by a heavy downpour.

Botanical Trip Reports

10 April 2004
7 July 2006
10 July 2006
14 July 2006
19 July 2006
26 July 2006
2 August 2006
11 August 2006
16 August 2006
8 July 2007
The Plant Guide

See also:

Number Of Species In Bloom Vs. Time For Plants of the Devils Slide for a record of the number of species in bloom and finished blooming vs. time for late 2006 and early 2007.
Michael Charter's Monkeyflowers of the Devils Slide Trail for pictures of the Mimuli on this trail, along with a key to them for this trail.
Plants of the Devils Slide Wet Drainages to see pictures of the seven wet drainages on this trail and a list of the prominent species at each drainage.
Hybrids of Arctostaphylos patula and A. pringlei in the San Jacinto Mountains to see pictures and analysis of the two species on this trail and their hybrid.

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The mileages in the guide are not as good as in other field guides that have been fit to GPS data. The relative mileages here are probably correct to ~0.01-0.02 miles, but the absolute mileages could be in error by ~0.05 miles or so.
The problem is the poor conditions to receive GPS signals caused by dense tree cover and the restricted sky field of view caused by the mountain. For example, I GPS'd every species and every turn in the trail on 7/14/06, but that turned out to be almost useless. Typical errors noted in the field were ~60 feet, and several times the unit lost all satellites. This unfortunately seems typical for GPS tracks here; I compared against previous ones I've made, and they all have significant systematic errors in places. I.e., the problem isn't just the ~0.01 mile claimed accuracy of individual points; there is a bias in the position reconstruction that can be larger than the claimed accuracy.
See Explanation of Plant Trail Guides for an explanation of the column headers.

Mile S # id? FAM Common Name Latin Name #here #all
0.00 Beginning of trail in southeast corner of parking lot, to right of sign with introductory information; 6440 feet (1960 m) elevation.
0.00 l 1 RHA mountain whitethorn Ceanothus cordulatus 99 / 9 25
0.00 l 2 CUP incense-cedar Calocedrus decurrens 15 / 7 21
0.00 Trail turns left 90°
0.00 r 3 FAG California black oak Quercus kelloggii 15 / 7 18
0.00 l (ERI snow-plant, Sarcodes sanguinea)
0.00 l 4 FAG canyon live oak Quercus chrysolepis 99 / 9 36
0.00 b 5 PIN ponderosa pine Pinus ponderosa⁺ 10 / 5 7
0.00 r 6 PIN white fir Abies concolor 99 / 9 34
0.00 l 7 PIN sugar pine Pinus lambertiana 99 / 9 23
0.01 r Sign: San Jacinto Wilderness, San Bernardino National Forest
0.01 r (VIS incense-cedar mistletoe, Phoradendron libocedri)
0.01 l (PIN ponderosa pine, Pinus ponderosa)
0.01 l Sign: "Be prepared for hazardous conditions beyond this point. Permit required beyond this point. Bikes are not permitted within the San Jacinto Wilderness or on the PCT"
0.03 b 8 FAB Sierra Nevada lotus Lotus nevadensis var. nevadensis 40 / 2 12
0.05 l 9 FAB chaparral lotus Lotus grandiflorus var. grandiflorus 20 / 2 4
0.05 l 10 ASC Indian milkweed Asclepias eriocarpa 10 / 2 21
0.07 r Huge boulder ~20 feet tall next to a huge dead white fir, showing how its trunk is made of wood spiraled around.
0.10 l "Trip report" post (gone in 2006)
0.15 l (ERI pink-bracted manzanita, Arctostaphylos pringlei ssp. drupacea)
0.15 Switchback right, #1.
0.17 b 11 AST California-aster Lessingia filaginifolia var. filaginifolia⁺ 50 / 4 62
0.18 l 12 POL Davidson's buckwheat Eriogonum davidsonii 2 / 2 21
0.18 l (RUB slender bedstraw, Galium angustifolium ssp. gracillimum)
0.25 Switchback left, #2. Old trail continued down straight ahead.
0.26 l 13 ERI white-veined wintergreen Pyrola picta 1 / 1 5
0.26 l 14 ORC spotted coralroot Corallorhiza maculata 1 / 1 9
0.27 r 15 CYP forest sedge Carex multicaulis 10 / 3 3
0.27 r 16 POL naked buckwheat Eriogonum nudum var. pauciflorum 30 / 3 10
0.29 r (POL splendid gilia, Gilia splendens ssp. splendens)
0.31 17 VIS fir mistletoe Phoradendron pauciflorum 99 / 9 14
0.32 l 18 CAP southern honeysuckle Lonicera subspicata var. denudata 5 / 5 47
0.34 r 19 FAG interior live oak (at northwest side of 10' boulder) Quercus wislizeni var. frutescens⁺ 4 / 1 15
0.37 r 20 FAB mountain grape-soda lupine Lupinus excubitus var. austromontanus 5 / 1 9
0.37 r 21 POL San Jacinto buckwheat Eriogonum apiculatum⁺ 1 / 1 9
0.38 r 22 AST golden yarrow Eriophyllum confertiflorum var. confertiflorum 10 / 1 66
0.39 r 23 AST twiggy wreath plant Stephanomeria virgata 2 / 2 7
0.41 b 24 Coulter pine Pinus coulteri 2 / 1 16
0.42 l (VIS oak mistletoe, Phoradendron villosum)
0.47 r pine died in August, 2006.
0.47 r (SCR beaked penstemon, Penstemon rostriflorus)
0.47 r (ONA California-fuchsia, Epilobium canum)
0.51 l 25 ERI pink-bracted manzanita Arctostaphylos pringlei ssp. drupacea 10 / 5 9
0.57 l (AST San Bernardino rubber rabbitbrush, Chrysothamnus nauseosus ssp. bernardinus)
0.59 l 26 SCR Grinnell's beardtongue Penstemon grinnellii var. grinnellii 30 / 6 24
0.64 l 27 SCR beaked penstemon Penstemon rostriflorus 50 / 9 16
0.72 (ERI pinedrops, Pterospora andromedea, hidden in Ceanothus dead ahead, just before taking switchback)
0.72 Switchback right, #3; elevation 6900 feet (2100 m). Old trail continued up straight ahead.
0.77 Switchback left, #4. A "mirror-image" switchback of the old trail is immediately next to this switchback.
0.80 r 28 BRA Laguna Mtns. jewel-flower Streptanthus bernardinus 2 / 1 2
0.81 l 29 FAG bush chinquapin Chrysolepis sempervirens 5 / 5 18
0.82 r 30 SCR pine lousewort (in area shielded by sugar pine roots of big tree with two small trees) Pedicularis semibarbata 2 / 1 17
0.88 l (a leafless white-veined wintergreen, Pyrola picta)
0.88 r rosettes with dense stellate hairs are probably Streptanthus bernardinus
0.88 l ~ (ERI little prince's pine, Chimaphila menziesii)
0.89 b 31 ONA California fuchsia Epilobium canum⁺ 30 / 4 22
0.94 r 32 POA Idaho bentgrass Agrostis idahoensis 40 / 3 11
0.95 r 33 ROS sticky cinquefoil Potentilla glandulosa ssp. reflexa 30 / 2 12
0.95 r 34 ONA glaucus willowherb Epilobium glaberrimum ssp. glaberrimum 30 / 2 6
0.95 r 35 CYP fragile sheath sedge Carex fracta 30 / 9 14
0.95 b (POA Fendler's blue grass, Poa fendleriana ssp. longiligula)
0.95 l (POA deergrass, Muhlenbergia rigens; FAB streambank lotus, Lotus oblongifolius var. oblongifolius)
0.95 r 36 SCR common monkeyflower Mimulus guttatus 20 / 2 18
0.95 r 37 JUN long-leaved rush Juncus macrophyllus 2 / 1 7
0.95 r 38 SCR floriferous monkeyflower Mimulus floribundus 50 / 2 10
0.95 b 39 SCR false monkeyflower Mimulus pilosus 10 / 1 8
0.95 r 40 JUN Tiehm's rush Juncus tiehmii 10 / 1 1
0.95 r 41 JUN spreading brown-headed rush Juncus phaeocephalus var. paniculatus 30 / 3 4
0.95 The two taxa above make an interesting pair here: Carex fracta is a rush-like Carex (from the inflorescence), and Juncus phaeocephalus is a sedge-like Juncus (from the leaves)!
0.96 r 42 ONA pinegrove groundsmoke Gayophytum oligospermum 30 / 3 10
0.96 b 43 ERI western azalea Rhododendron occidentale 40 / 4 10
0.96 b 44 SAL Scouler's willow Salix scouleriana⁺ 12 / 5 13
0.96 r (RHA baby California coffeeberry, Rhamnus californica⁺)
0.96 r 45 AST western marsh cudweed Gnaphalium palustre 1 / 1 6
0.96 r 46 CAR white catch-fly Silene verecunda ssp. platyota 1 / 1 17
0.97 r 47 GRO mountain pink currant Ribes nevadense 15 / 4 13
0.97 r 48 FAB Parish's lupine Lupinus latifolius var. parishii 1 / 1 9
0.97 r (JUN hairy wood rush, Luzula comosa)
0.97 Cross first small wet drainage (only one from Jolley Spring); elevation 7120 feet (2170 m)
0.97 r 49 POA slender hairgrass Deschampsia elongata 3 / 2 10
0.97 r (SCR California bee plant, Scrophularia californica ssp. floribunda)
0.97 r 50 FAB broad-leaved lotus Lotus crassifolius var. crassifolius 7 / 2 12
0.97 r 51 SCR California bee plant Scrophularia californica ssp. floribunda 10 / 2 21
0.98 l 52 CAP Parish's snowberry Symphoricarpos rotundifolius var. parishii 20 / 5 19
0.99 r 53 POL splendid gilia Gilia splendens ssp. splendens 20 / 2 9
1.07 r Tree struck by lightning, which exited along its exposed root (add link to pix)
1.10 l (ERI green-leaf manzanita, Arctostaphylos patula, in front of ERI pink-bracted manzanita, Arctostaphylos pringlei ssp. drupacea)
1.10 Trail begins to curve right at ridge.
1.11 l 54 ERI hybrid manzanita Arctostaphylos patula X A. pringlei ssp. drupacea⁺ 2 / 2 4
1.12 l (PIN Jeffrey pine, Pinus jeffreyi)
1.15 r 55 POA Fendler's blue grass Poa fendleriana ssp. longiligula 1 / 1 6
1.16 l 56 ERI pinedrops Pterospora andromedea 5 / 5 15
1.21 l Dead tree with rocks 10 feet off ground at top. How did the rocks get there? Try to explain it, then check our answer.
1.21 l (GRO Sierra gooseberry, Ribes roezlii var. roezlii, just below trail.)
1.21 r 57 RUB Parish's bedstraw Galium parishii 2 / 2 14
1.27 l 58 AST goldenrod Solidago californica 10 / 1 51
1.28 l (ROS thimbleberry, Rubus parviflorus)
1.28 Note impressive rocks on other side of drainage.
1.28 r 59 ROS Cleveland's horkelia Horkelia clevelandii⁺ 20 / 2 10
1.28 b 60 SCR scarlet monkeyflower Mimulus cardinalis 20 / 2 20
1.28 r (SAL arroyo willow, Salix lasiolepis)
1.28 Cross small moist drainage #2 (first of four crossings of Powderbox Spring drainage); elevation 7320 feet (2230 m)
1.28 b 61 RAN western columbine Aquilegia formosa 10 / 3 13
1.28 l 62 SCR giant red paintbrush Castilleja miniata ssp. miniata 10 / 3 11
1.28 r 63 CHE Fremont's goosefoot Chenopodium fremontii 20 / 2 13
1.28 r 64 San Bernardino rubber rabbitbrush Chrysothamnus nauseosus ssp. bernardinus⁺ 10 / 7 30
1.28 r 65 GAR Fremont silk tassel Garrya fremontii 30 / 4 3
1.29 l 66 RUB slender bedstraw Galium angustifolium ssp. gracillimum 5 / 3 6
1.29 l (mature California coffeeberry, Rhamnus californica⁺)
1.29 r 67 SCR Martin's paintbrush Castilleja applegatei ssp. martinii 6 / 3 20
1.29 r 68 POL granite prickly phlox Leptodactylon pungens 10 / 4 15
1.30 l 69 RHA California coffeeberry Rhamnus californica⁺ 30 / 5 6
1.35 l 70 AST *prickly lettuce Lactuca serriola⁺ 1 / 1 46
1.36 r (DEN bracken, Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens)
1.39 r 71 CHE forest goosefoot Chenopodium atrovirens 20 / 5 7
1.39 l 72 HYD branching phacelia Phacelia ramosissima var. ramosissima 10 / 3 1
1.39 Cross small wet drainage #3 (first of two of drainage containing Middle Spring; second is above Middle Spring); elevation 7380 feet (2250 m)
1.39 r 73 DRY baby brittle bladder fern Cystopteris fragilis 4 / 3 6
1.39 r 74 POR green miner's lettuce Claytonia parviflora ssp. viridis 4 / 2 3
1.41 r 75 GRO Sierra gooseberry Ribes roezlii var. roezlii 15 / 4 14
1.44 l 76 ERI little prince's pine Chimaphila menziesii 6 / 4 8
1.45 Wet seep on trail not shown on topo map
1.45 l 77 DEN bracken Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens 20 / 3 21
1.45 l 78 PIN Jeffrey pine Pinus jeffreyi⁺ 30 / 9 35
1.45 r 79 ROS thimbleberry Rubus parviflorus 6 / 3 8
1.48 Second location of hybrid manzanita, Arctostaphylos patula X A. pringlei ssp. drupacea
1.48 Trail turns 90 degrees right.
1.49 r Second location of little prince's pine, Chimaphila menziesii
1.49 r 80 SCR Brewer's monkeyflower Mimulus breweri 50 / 2 1
1.50 Cross dry bouldery drainage
1.53 Switchback right, #5; elevation 7500 feet (2290 m).
1.55 Cross last dry bouldery drainage again at higher elevation.
1.55 r (CAP blue elderberry, Sambucus mexicana)
1.56 l 81 ? unk baby per or shrub with alt leaves just after tree with exposed roots ? 1 / 1
1.57 r (white fir, Abies concolor, tree that fell over when it had a good-sized trunk, grew a new erect trunk which was lost, and now has two side branches competing to be the new main trunk)
1.59 r View of Tahquitz Peak Lookout
1.60 r View of Lily Rock, Palomar Mountain Range, San Diego County coastline, Santa Margarita Mountains and closer ranges.
1.66 Cross wet drainage #4, a large one ~80 feet above Middle Spring, second of the two crossings of this drainage; elevation 7600 feet (2315 m)
1.67 r 82 CAP blue elderberry Sambucus mexicana 20 / 4 54
1.69 Cross separate branch of same drainage
1.69 l DRY mature brittle bladder fern Cystopteris fragilis /
1.75 Trail turns left 50 degrees; tall rock walls on right.
1.76 r Third location of little prince's pine, Chimaphila menziesii
1.79 l (PTE California cliff-brake, Pellaea mucronata var. californica)
1.79 l 83 ERI green-leaf manzanita Arctostaphylos patula 30 / 9 22
1.80 l 84 SOL coyote tobacco Nicotiana attenuata⁺ 3 / 1 3
1.83 Enter Powderbox Spring drainage with lots of western azalea, probably the best display on the trail.
1.83 b 85 BRA western wallflower Erysimum capitatum ssp. capitatum 10 / 2 30
1.83 Cross wet drainage #5, second of the four crossings of Powderbox Spring drainage; elevation 7680 feet (2340 m)
1.83 r (SCR San Jacinto Mts. Keckiella, Keckiella rothrockii var. jacintensis)
1.89 Switchback left, #6. (A blocked-off old trail continues down straight ahead.)
1.92 l 86 GRO wax currant Ribes cereum var. cereum 10 / 4 22
1.94 Switchback right, #7, near drainage from Powderbox Spring again.
1.98 Switchback left, #8, with a massive rock fortress above the switchback.
1.98 r (at ~25 feet beyond switchback, growing in the boulders on the left at head level and above, is POL western polypody, Polypodium hesperium and POL San Jacinto prickly phlox, Leptodactylon jaegeri; ~25 feet farther to south is PHI little-leaf mock orange, Philadelphus microphyllus, at trail level.)
1.98 l 87 ~ AST *bull thistle Cirsium vulgare⁺ 1 / 1 22
1.99 r 88 CAR Parish's campion Silene parishii 10 / 2 9
2.01 l Sign: "Soil in the area is fragile. Please stay on the trail."
2.03 r 89 SCR musk monkeyflower Mimulus moschatus 10 / 1 6
2.03 r 90 SCR San Jacinto Mts. keckiella Keckiella rothrockii var. jacintensis 10 / 3 13
2.03 r 91 JUN hairy wood rush Luzula comosa 3 / 1 3
2.03 Cross wet drainage #6, a small one immediately above Powderbox Spring; third of the four crossings of this drainage; elevation 7840 feet (2390 m); curve left
2.03 r (CAR swamp sedge, Carex senta; GER California geranium, Geranium californicum)
2.03 r 92 HYD changeable phacelia Phacelia mutabilis 10 / 1 11
2.04 b Best spot for Cleveland's horkelia Horkelia clevelandii /
2.04 r 93 SCR larger mountain monkeyflower Mimulus tilingii 5 / 1 12
2.04 b 94 sp LAM hedge-nettle Stachys sp. (not albens) 3 / 1
2.05 r 95 ? popcorn flower? Cryptantha sp.?⁺ 3 / 1
2.05 r 96 POA Jepson's blue wildrye Elymus glaucus ssp. jepsonii 5 / 2 15
2.05 l View of Diamond Valley Reservoir, shaped like an hourglass.
2.10 Trails turns 90 degrees right at ridge
2.13 r (ORO California groundcone, Boschniakia strobilacea)
2.16 Switchback right, #9.
2.21 l (Second location of Laguna Mtns. jewel-flower, Streptanthus bernardinus)
2.21 l 97 LAM southern mountain-monardella Monardella australis 2 / 2 13
2.21 r Trail gradually bends left. Note the window formed by the boulders on right
2.21 r 98 ORO California groundcone Boschniakia strobilacea 10 / 1 5
2.22 l Fourth location of little prince's pine, Chimaphila menziesii
2.24 l 99 AST prickly hawkweed Hieracium horridum 10 / 1 3
2.24 l 100 BRA perennial rock-cress Arabis perennans⁺ 10 / 1 9
2.24 l (POL western polypody, Polypodium hesperium, just above head level hidden behind boulder between white fir and canyon live oak)
2.24 l 101 SEL Watson's spike-moss Selaginella watsonii 5 / 1 6
2.24 l 102 POA California squirreltail Elymus elymoides ssp. californicus 1 / 1 15
2.25 l 103 POL rock buckwheat Eriogonum saxatile 2 / 1 14
2.32 r (API wide-leaved Parish's yampah, Perideridia parishii ssp. latifolia)
2.32 Enter seep area
2.32 l 104 JUN long-anthered rush Juncus macrandrus 10 / 1 3
2.32 b 105 GER California geranium Geranium californicum 5 / 1 3
2.32 l 106 ~ LIL little false-solomon's-seal Smilacina stellata 1 / 1 5
2.32 l 107 FAB streambank lotus Lotus oblongifolius var. oblongifolius 40 / 1 6
2.32 l 108 CAR pearlwort Sagina saginoides 20 / 1 3
2.32 l 109 HYP tinker's penny Hypericum anagalloides 10 / 1 3
2.32 Cross shallow drainage at head of Powderbox Spring drainage; last of the four crossings of this drainage; elevation 8010 feet (2440 m)
2.33 Switchback left, #10. (Jct. with a blocked-off old trail to right; a path straight ahead leads to the hanging "picture window" rock seen from here).
2.41 r (SCR San Gabriel beardtongue, Penstemon labrosus)
2.42 r 110 POR pussy paws Calyptridium monospermum 3 / 1 9
2.49 End Devils Slide Trail at Saddle Junction, 8075 feet (2460 m) elevation, a jct. with 4 other trails.

Comments On Specific Species

Pinus ponderosa, P. jeffreyi. These two similar yellow pines are easily discriminated on this trail by the length of the cones and elevation. P. ponderosa has small cones 6.5 to 9.5 cm (2.5 to 3.7 inches) long; P. jeffreyi cones are nearly twice as long, 12.0 to 17.2 cm (4.7 to 6.8 inches).
P. ponderosa is found at the trailhead up to mile 0.25 below an elevation of 6660 feet; most of the specimens in this area are at elevations below this trail. P. jeffreyi is found only on the upper part of the trail, beginning at mile 1.10 at an elevation of 7200 feet; most of the specimens in this area are in Tahquitz Valley above this trail.
See Pinus jeffreyi and P. ponderosa for a map of the distribution of these species on this trail, discussions of the unreliable commonly-used discriminants of these species, and pictures of the cones.
Lessingia filaginifolia var. filaginifolia. These plants key out to Corethrogyne filaginifolia var. glomerata in Munz. Also, some of these plants are unusual in having two-lipped corollas. The usual ligule is spreading, but the other ligule is erect, forming a cylinder around the disk flowers!
Quercus wislizeni var. frutescens. As far as we know, this is the highest elevation specimen of this species, at ~6500 feet. Munz gives an upper elevation of 5000 feet, and the Jepson Manual gives 2000 m = 6500 feet.
Chrysothamnus nauseosus ssp. bernardinus. The first occurrence of this species on trail in 2002 was no longer present in 2003, and has been removed from the guide. It was approximately at the location of the first off-trail specimen at mile 0.53.
Epilobium canum. These plants, like many of the ones we see at high elevations of the San Gabriel Mountains, seem to be hybrids between the two subspecies. See Comments on the Jepson Manual and A Flora of Southern California by Munz: Epilobium canum.
Rhamnus californica. If one takes the taxa in the Jepson Manual seriously, there would be three on this trail:

Rhamnus californica ssp. californica, with nearly glabrous leaves;
Rhamnus tomentella ssp. cuspidata, with leaves silvery below with dense stellate hairs between the veins, "dentate to dentate-serrate", with a tip "abruptly narrowed to a point"; and
Rhamnus tomentella ssp. tomentella, with leaves silvery below with dense stellate hairs between the veins, entire, oblong, with a nearly rounded tip

Clearly, it is crazy to declare that there are three taxa on this trail, and we treat these all as R. californica, without subspecies.
Salix scouleriana. These were keyed out using blooms in April 2004, four plants from the drainage at mile 0.95 and one plant from the drainage at mile 1.23. All plants were males, and are only consistent with a S. scouleriana id from the JM staminate key.
The plants at mile 0.95 show a lot of similarity to Salix lasiolepis. The leaf margins are not uniformly turned down, which is more akin to S. lasiolepis than to the other S. scouleriana on the trail at higher elevation. Many of the leaves, especially on the young whips at the base of the taller trunks, are dead ringers for S. lasiolepis leaves, being elliptic/symmetric and thus very un-Scouler-like.
The plants at higher elevation all have leaves with uniformly-turned down margins, and are clearly all S. scouleriana, with the exception of the single off-trail location of S. lasiolepis at mile 1.28.
Arctostaphylos patula X A. pringlei ssp. drupacea. These specimens caused me great grief for their determination until I finally figured out and proved that these were hybrids of these two species. See Hybrids of Arctostaphylos patula and A. pringlei in the San Jacinto Mountains.
Dead tree with rocks 10 feet off ground near top of tree. Presumably, the ground level has not changed since the tree was alive, since the trunk/root junction is still at ground level. The area has the usual steep slope, so it is highly likely that the slope is the same as it always was, except for the trail construction.
Possible explanations:

Trail workers threw the rocks there while constructing or maintaining the trail.
In small rockslides, some rocks hit the trail, which is 3 feet above the base of this tree, and manage to bounce 7 feet into the air to land in the tree stump.
The rocks fell when there was ~ten feet of snow, making that height the "ground" level during the rock fall. The only slight problem with this hypothesis is that nearly all the rocks in the area are also covered with ~ten feet of snow.

Nick Nixon informs us that this tree is known as the Wishing Tree, and that he knows hikers that make a point of bringing a rock or two to throw at the tree. If the rock catches in the tree, those hikers believe their wish will be granted.
Tom picked up a rock, and lodged it in the tree with his first toss. (;-)
Horkelia clevelandii. The first occurrence on the trail is a single specimen that usually hides under a rock or another plant. The second occurrence at mile 2.04 has bunches of the plants.
Lactuca serriola, Cirsium vulgare. These non-native plants are probably waifs brought in by hikers or horses, and are weeded out when seen.
Eriogonum apiculatum, Nicotiana attenuata, Cryptantha sp.?. These plants were only seen in one year, 2003, with only a single specimen of each, and are possibly waifs brought in by hikers or horses.
Arabis perennans. The plants here have white to pinkish-purple flowers, despite the floras only giving purple to pinkish for the petals. This species is very similar to A. holboellii var. pinetorum, with only one clear difference, which is the separation used in the key in both Munz and the Jepson Manual:
- pedicels spreading at base and recurved ...A. perennans
- pedicels deflexed at base and straight... A. holboellii
All plants observed in 2004 and 2005 had pedicels that emerged from the stem at precisely 90° and then curved downward.
The floras give only two other distinctions:

Pedicels gen glabrous (A.p.) vs. pedicels glabrous to pubescent (A.h.), but since this is a "gen" criterion it is impossible to rule out either species with any observation. The pedicels on these plants range from having only a few hairs at most to being pubescent.
Basal lvs 4-20 mm wide (A.p.) vs. lvs 3-6 mm wide (A.h.) (although the Jepson Manual pix don't show much difference in width, and Munz doesn't give a leaf width for A.h.)

I've seen both species along the Fish Creek Trail in the San Bernardino Mountains. The species differ most noticeably there in their cauline lvs, with A.h. having obvious auriculate lobes at their base, and A.p. having much less noticeable auricles, if any. The plants here look precisely like the A.p. at Fish Creek.
It is interesting that one of the Hall vouchers from his 1902 Flora called A.p. has been annotated to be A.h., and his other voucher is just Arabis sp..
Species that did not bloom in 2003:

Common Name Latin Name
Perennial species that were old enough to bloom, but did not bloom
Indian milkweed Asclepias eriocarpa

Species with all plants too young to bloom in 2003, probably due to the 2001-2002 drought
golden yarrow Eriophyllum confertiflorum var. confertiflorum
California beeplant Scrophularia californica ssp. floribunda
larger mountain monkeyflower Mimulus tilingii
hedge-nettle Stachys sp.
Unk. with leaf like geranium. ?
little false-solomon's-seal Smilacina stellata

We thank Nick Nixon for finding the Pinus coulteri on the trail; Michael Charters for finding the Corallorhiza maculata, taking the picture to help identify the Streptanthus bernardinus, and determining that the Sagina was a perennial, not an annual; an anonymous reader for finding the Cystopteris fragilis; and Jim Adams for sighting the Muhlenbergia rigens off-trail while he was running the trail.

Number of Trails Containing A Taxon	Number Of Taxa On This Trail	% of Taxa On This Trail
1	3	3%
2	1	1%
3	10	9%
4	3	3%
5	3	3%

1-5	20	19%
6-10	31	29%
11-15	23	21%
16-20	10	9%
21-25	12	11%
26-30	2	2%
31-35	2	2%
36-40	1	1%
41-45	0	0%
46-50	2	2%
51-55	2	2%
56-60	0	0%
60-65	1	1%
66-70	1	1%
Total Taxa	107	100%

#all	Scientific Name	Common Name
1	Juncus tiehmii	Tiehm's rush
1	Mimulus breweri	Brewer's monkeyflower
1	Phacelia ramosissima var. ramosissima	branching phacelia
2	Streptanthus bernardinus	Laguna Mtns. jewel-flower
3	Carex multicaulis	forest sedge
3	Claytonia parviflora ssp. viridis	green miner's lettuce
3	Garrya fremontii	Fremont silk tassel
3	Geranium californicum	California geranium
3	Hieracium horridum	prickly hawkweed
3	Hypericum anagalloides	tinker's penny
3	Juncus macrandrus	long-anthered rush
3	Luzula comosa	hairy wood rush
3	Sagina saginoides	pearlwort
4	Arctostaphylos patula X A. pringlei ssp. drupacea	hybrid manzanita
4	Juncus phaeocephalus var. paniculatus	spreading brown-headed rush
4	Lotus grandiflorus var. grandiflorus	chaparral lotus
5	Boschniakia strobilacea	California groundcone
5	Pyrola picta	white-veined wintergreen
5	Smilacina stellata	little false-solomon's-seal

Visit Date	Visit #	# taxa	# "?"	# "sp"	# "~"	# "ssp"
6/13/2002	1	42	27			2
6/20/2002	2	56	12	4	7	3
9/9/2002	3	57	7	2	7	2
9/13/2002	4	59	9	3	5	2
8/28/2003	5	71	3	2	5	1
9/2/2003	6	76	3	3	5	0
9/7/2003	7	78	3	3	6	0
10/3/2003	8	79	3	4	5	0
10/21/2003	9	80	3	3	7	0
4/10/2004	10	80	4	3	4	0
9/5/2004	11	82	4	4	4	1
10/1/2004	12	83	3	3	4	1
10/5/2004	13	83	3	3	4	1
7/7/2006	14	89	3	2	3	1
7/10/2006	15	100	2	1	2	0
7/19/2006	16	101	1	1	3	0
7/26/2006	17	103	1	1	4	0
8/2/2006	17	103	1	1	4	0
8/11/2006	18	108	1	1	4	0
8/16/2006	19	109	2	1	3	0
8/21/2006	20	109	2	1	3	0
9/29/2006	21	109	2	1	3	0
3/14/2007	23	109	2	1	5	0
10/10/2007	35	110	2	1	3	0

Mile	S	#	id?	FAM	Common Name	Latin Name	#here	#all
0.00				Beginning of trail in southeast corner of parking lot, to right of sign with introductory information; 6440 feet (1960 m) elevation.
0.00	l	1		RHA	mountain whitethorn	Ceanothus cordulatus	99 / 9	25
0.00	l	2		CUP	incense-cedar	Calocedrus decurrens	15 / 7	21
0.00				Trail turns left 90°
0.00	r	3		FAG	California black oak	Quercus kelloggii	15 / 7	18
0.00	l			(ERI snow-plant, Sarcodes sanguinea)
0.00	l	4		FAG	canyon live oak	Quercus chrysolepis	99 / 9	36
0.00	b	5		PIN	ponderosa pine	Pinus ponderosa⁺	10 / 5	7
0.00	r	6		PIN	white fir	Abies concolor	99 / 9	34
0.00	l	7		PIN	sugar pine	Pinus lambertiana	99 / 9	23
0.01	r			Sign: San Jacinto Wilderness, San Bernardino National Forest
0.01	r			(VIS incense-cedar mistletoe, Phoradendron libocedri)
0.01	l			(PIN ponderosa pine, Pinus ponderosa)
0.01	l			Sign: "Be prepared for hazardous conditions beyond this point. Permit required beyond this point. Bikes are not permitted within the San Jacinto Wilderness or on the PCT"
0.03	b	8		FAB	Sierra Nevada lotus	Lotus nevadensis var. nevadensis	40 / 2	12
0.05	l	9		FAB	chaparral lotus	Lotus grandiflorus var. grandiflorus	20 / 2	4
0.05	l	10		ASC	Indian milkweed	Asclepias eriocarpa	10 / 2	21
0.07	r			Huge boulder ~20 feet tall next to a huge dead white fir, showing how its trunk is made of wood spiraled around.
0.10	l			"Trip report" post (gone in 2006)
0.15	l			(ERI pink-bracted manzanita, Arctostaphylos pringlei ssp. drupacea)
0.15				Switchback right, #1.
0.17	b	11		AST	California-aster	Lessingia filaginifolia var. filaginifolia⁺	50 / 4	62
0.18	l	12		POL	Davidson's buckwheat	Eriogonum davidsonii	2 / 2	21
0.18	l			(RUB slender bedstraw, Galium angustifolium ssp. gracillimum)
0.25				Switchback left, #2. Old trail continued down straight ahead.
0.26	l	13		ERI	white-veined wintergreen	Pyrola picta	1 / 1	5
0.26	l	14		ORC	spotted coralroot	Corallorhiza maculata	1 / 1	9
0.27	r	15		CYP	forest sedge	Carex multicaulis	10 / 3	3
0.27	r	16		POL	naked buckwheat	Eriogonum nudum var. pauciflorum	30 / 3	10
0.29	r			(POL splendid gilia, Gilia splendens ssp. splendens)
0.31		17		VIS	fir mistletoe	Phoradendron pauciflorum	99 / 9	14
0.32	l	18		CAP	southern honeysuckle	Lonicera subspicata var. denudata	5 / 5	47
0.34	r	19		FAG	interior live oak (at northwest side of 10' boulder)	Quercus wislizeni var. frutescens⁺	4 / 1	15
0.37	r	20		FAB	mountain grape-soda lupine	Lupinus excubitus var. austromontanus	5 / 1	9
0.37	r	21		POL	San Jacinto buckwheat	Eriogonum apiculatum⁺	1 / 1	9
0.38	r	22		AST	golden yarrow	Eriophyllum confertiflorum var. confertiflorum	10 / 1	66
0.39	r	23		AST	twiggy wreath plant	Stephanomeria virgata	2 / 2	7
0.41	b	24			Coulter pine	Pinus coulteri	2 / 1	16
0.42	l			(VIS oak mistletoe, Phoradendron villosum)
0.47	r			pine died in August, 2006.
0.47	r			(SCR beaked penstemon, Penstemon rostriflorus)
0.47	r			(ONA California-fuchsia, Epilobium canum)
0.51	l	25		ERI	pink-bracted manzanita	Arctostaphylos pringlei ssp. drupacea	10 / 5	9
0.57	l			(AST San Bernardino rubber rabbitbrush, Chrysothamnus nauseosus ssp. bernardinus)
0.59	l	26		SCR	Grinnell's beardtongue	Penstemon grinnellii var. grinnellii	30 / 6	24
0.64	l	27		SCR	beaked penstemon	Penstemon rostriflorus	50 / 9	16
0.72				(ERI pinedrops, Pterospora andromedea, hidden in Ceanothus dead ahead, just before taking switchback)
0.72				Switchback right, #3; elevation 6900 feet (2100 m). Old trail continued up straight ahead.
0.77				Switchback left, #4. A "mirror-image" switchback of the old trail is immediately next to this switchback.
0.80	r	28		BRA	Laguna Mtns. jewel-flower	Streptanthus bernardinus	2 / 1	2
0.81	l	29		FAG	bush chinquapin	Chrysolepis sempervirens	5 / 5	18
0.82	r	30		SCR	pine lousewort (in area shielded by sugar pine roots of big tree with two small trees)	Pedicularis semibarbata	2 / 1	17
0.88	l			(a leafless white-veined wintergreen, Pyrola picta)
0.88	r			rosettes with dense stellate hairs are probably Streptanthus bernardinus
0.88	l		~	(ERI little prince's pine, Chimaphila menziesii)
0.89	b	31		ONA	California fuchsia	Epilobium canum⁺	30 / 4	22
0.94	r	32		POA	Idaho bentgrass	Agrostis idahoensis	40 / 3	11
0.95	r	33		ROS	sticky cinquefoil	Potentilla glandulosa ssp. reflexa	30 / 2	12
0.95	r	34		ONA	glaucus willowherb	Epilobium glaberrimum ssp. glaberrimum	30 / 2	6
0.95	r	35		CYP	fragile sheath sedge	Carex fracta	30 / 9	14
0.95	b			(POA Fendler's blue grass, Poa fendleriana ssp. longiligula)
0.95	l			(POA deergrass, Muhlenbergia rigens; FAB streambank lotus, Lotus oblongifolius var. oblongifolius)
0.95	r	36		SCR	common monkeyflower	Mimulus guttatus	20 / 2	18
0.95	r	37		JUN	long-leaved rush	Juncus macrophyllus	2 / 1	7
0.95	r	38		SCR	floriferous monkeyflower	Mimulus floribundus	50 / 2	10
0.95	b	39		SCR	false monkeyflower	Mimulus pilosus	10 / 1	8
0.95	r	40		JUN	Tiehm's rush	Juncus tiehmii	10 / 1	1
0.95	r	41		JUN	spreading brown-headed rush	Juncus phaeocephalus var. paniculatus	30 / 3	4
0.95				The two taxa above make an interesting pair here: Carex fracta is a rush-like Carex (from the inflorescence), and Juncus phaeocephalus is a sedge-like Juncus (from the leaves)!
0.96	r	42		ONA	pinegrove groundsmoke	Gayophytum oligospermum	30 / 3	10
0.96	b	43		ERI	western azalea	Rhododendron occidentale	40 / 4	10
0.96	b	44		SAL	Scouler's willow	Salix scouleriana⁺	12 / 5	13
0.96	r			(RHA baby California coffeeberry, Rhamnus californica⁺)
0.96	r	45		AST	western marsh cudweed	Gnaphalium palustre	1 / 1	6
0.96	r	46		CAR	white catch-fly	Silene verecunda ssp. platyota	1 / 1	17
0.97	r	47		GRO	mountain pink currant	Ribes nevadense	15 / 4	13
0.97	r	48		FAB	Parish's lupine	Lupinus latifolius var. parishii	1 / 1	9
0.97	r			(JUN hairy wood rush, Luzula comosa)
0.97				Cross first small wet drainage (only one from Jolley Spring); elevation 7120 feet (2170 m)
0.97	r	49		POA	slender hairgrass	Deschampsia elongata	3 / 2	10
0.97	r			(SCR California bee plant, Scrophularia californica ssp. floribunda)
0.97	r	50		FAB	broad-leaved lotus	Lotus crassifolius var. crassifolius	7 / 2	12
0.97	r	51		SCR	California bee plant	Scrophularia californica ssp. floribunda	10 / 2	21
0.98	l	52		CAP	Parish's snowberry	Symphoricarpos rotundifolius var. parishii	20 / 5	19
0.99	r	53		POL	splendid gilia	Gilia splendens ssp. splendens	20 / 2	9
1.07	r			Tree struck by lightning, which exited along its exposed root (add link to pix)
1.10	l			(ERI green-leaf manzanita, Arctostaphylos patula, in front of ERI pink-bracted manzanita, Arctostaphylos pringlei ssp. drupacea)
1.10				Trail begins to curve right at ridge.
1.11	l	54		ERI	hybrid manzanita	Arctostaphylos patula X A. pringlei ssp. drupacea⁺	2 / 2	4
1.12	l			(PIN Jeffrey pine, Pinus jeffreyi)
1.15	r	55		POA	Fendler's blue grass	Poa fendleriana ssp. longiligula	1 / 1	6
1.16	l	56		ERI	pinedrops	Pterospora andromedea	5 / 5	15
1.21	l			Dead tree with rocks 10 feet off ground at top. How did the rocks get there? Try to explain it, then check our answer.
1.21	l			(GRO Sierra gooseberry, Ribes roezlii var. roezlii, just below trail.)
1.21	r	57		RUB	Parish's bedstraw	Galium parishii	2 / 2	14
1.27	l	58		AST	goldenrod	Solidago californica	10 / 1	51
1.28	l			(ROS thimbleberry, Rubus parviflorus)
1.28				Note impressive rocks on other side of drainage.
1.28	r	59		ROS	Cleveland's horkelia	Horkelia clevelandii⁺	20 / 2	10
1.28	b	60		SCR	scarlet monkeyflower	Mimulus cardinalis	20 / 2	20
1.28	r			(SAL arroyo willow, Salix lasiolepis)
1.28				Cross small moist drainage #2 (first of four crossings of Powderbox Spring drainage); elevation 7320 feet (2230 m)
1.28	b	61		RAN	western columbine	Aquilegia formosa	10 / 3	13
1.28	l	62		SCR	giant red paintbrush	Castilleja miniata ssp. miniata	10 / 3	11
1.28	r	63		CHE	Fremont's goosefoot	Chenopodium fremontii	20 / 2	13
1.28	r	64			San Bernardino rubber rabbitbrush	Chrysothamnus nauseosus ssp. bernardinus⁺	10 / 7	30
1.28	r	65		GAR	Fremont silk tassel	Garrya fremontii	30 / 4	3
1.29	l	66		RUB	slender bedstraw	Galium angustifolium ssp. gracillimum	5 / 3	6
1.29	l			(mature California coffeeberry, Rhamnus californica⁺)
1.29	r	67		SCR	Martin's paintbrush	Castilleja applegatei ssp. martinii	6 / 3	20
1.29	r	68		POL	granite prickly phlox	Leptodactylon pungens	10 / 4	15
1.30	l	69		RHA	California coffeeberry	Rhamnus californica⁺	30 / 5	6
1.35	l	70		AST	*prickly lettuce	Lactuca serriola⁺	1 / 1	46
1.36	r			(DEN bracken, Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens)
1.39	r	71		CHE	forest goosefoot	Chenopodium atrovirens	20 / 5	7
1.39	l	72		HYD	branching phacelia	Phacelia ramosissima var. ramosissima	10 / 3	1
1.39				Cross small wet drainage #3 (first of two of drainage containing Middle Spring; second is above Middle Spring); elevation 7380 feet (2250 m)
1.39	r	73		DRY	baby brittle bladder fern	Cystopteris fragilis	4 / 3	6
1.39	r	74		POR	green miner's lettuce	Claytonia parviflora ssp. viridis	4 / 2	3
1.41	r	75		GRO	Sierra gooseberry	Ribes roezlii var. roezlii	15 / 4	14
1.44	l	76		ERI	little prince's pine	Chimaphila menziesii	6 / 4	8
1.45				Wet seep on trail not shown on topo map
1.45	l	77		DEN	bracken	Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens	20 / 3	21
1.45	l	78		PIN	Jeffrey pine	Pinus jeffreyi⁺	30 / 9	35
1.45	r	79		ROS	thimbleberry	Rubus parviflorus	6 / 3	8
1.48				Second location of hybrid manzanita, Arctostaphylos patula X A. pringlei ssp. drupacea
1.48				Trail turns 90 degrees right.
1.49	r			Second location of little prince's pine, Chimaphila menziesii
1.49	r	80		SCR	Brewer's monkeyflower	Mimulus breweri	50 / 2	1
1.50				Cross dry bouldery drainage
1.53				Switchback right, #5; elevation 7500 feet (2290 m).
1.55				Cross last dry bouldery drainage again at higher elevation.
1.55	r			(CAP blue elderberry, Sambucus mexicana)
1.56	l	81	?		unk baby per or shrub with alt leaves just after tree with exposed roots	?	1 / 1
1.57	r			(white fir, Abies concolor, tree that fell over when it had a good-sized trunk, grew a new erect trunk which was lost, and now has two side branches competing to be the new main trunk)
1.59	r			View of Tahquitz Peak Lookout
1.60	r			View of Lily Rock, Palomar Mountain Range, San Diego County coastline, Santa Margarita Mountains and closer ranges.
1.66				Cross wet drainage #4, a large one ~80 feet above Middle Spring, second of the two crossings of this drainage; elevation 7600 feet (2315 m)
1.67	r	82		CAP	blue elderberry	Sambucus mexicana	20 / 4	54
1.69				Cross separate branch of same drainage
1.69	l			DRY	mature brittle bladder fern	Cystopteris fragilis	/
1.75				Trail turns left 50 degrees; tall rock walls on right.
1.76	r			Third location of little prince's pine, Chimaphila menziesii
1.79	l			(PTE California cliff-brake, Pellaea mucronata var. californica)
1.79	l	83		ERI	green-leaf manzanita	Arctostaphylos patula	30 / 9	22
1.80	l	84		SOL	coyote tobacco	Nicotiana attenuata⁺	3 / 1	3
1.83				Enter Powderbox Spring drainage with lots of western azalea, probably the best display on the trail.
1.83	b	85		BRA	western wallflower	Erysimum capitatum ssp. capitatum	10 / 2	30
1.83				Cross wet drainage #5, second of the four crossings of Powderbox Spring drainage; elevation 7680 feet (2340 m)
1.83	r			(SCR San Jacinto Mts. Keckiella, Keckiella rothrockii var. jacintensis)
1.89				Switchback left, #6. (A blocked-off old trail continues down straight ahead.)
1.92	l	86		GRO	wax currant	Ribes cereum var. cereum	10 / 4	22
1.94				Switchback right, #7, near drainage from Powderbox Spring again.
1.98				Switchback left, #8, with a massive rock fortress above the switchback.
1.98	r			(at ~25 feet beyond switchback, growing in the boulders on the left at head level and above, is POL western polypody, Polypodium hesperium and POL San Jacinto prickly phlox, Leptodactylon jaegeri; ~25 feet farther to south is PHI little-leaf mock orange, Philadelphus microphyllus, at trail level.)
1.98	l	87	~	AST	*bull thistle	Cirsium vulgare⁺	1 / 1	22
1.99	r	88		CAR	Parish's campion	Silene parishii	10 / 2	9
2.01	l			Sign: "Soil in the area is fragile. Please stay on the trail."
2.03	r	89		SCR	musk monkeyflower	Mimulus moschatus	10 / 1	6
2.03	r	90		SCR	San Jacinto Mts. keckiella	Keckiella rothrockii var. jacintensis	10 / 3	13
2.03	r	91		JUN	hairy wood rush	Luzula comosa	3 / 1	3
2.03				Cross wet drainage #6, a small one immediately above Powderbox Spring; third of the four crossings of this drainage; elevation 7840 feet (2390 m); curve left
2.03	r			(CAR swamp sedge, Carex senta; GER California geranium, Geranium californicum)
2.03	r	92		HYD	changeable phacelia	Phacelia mutabilis	10 / 1	11
2.04	b				Best spot for Cleveland's horkelia	Horkelia clevelandii	/
2.04	r	93		SCR	larger mountain monkeyflower	Mimulus tilingii	5 / 1	12
2.04	b	94	sp	LAM	hedge-nettle	Stachys sp. (not albens)	3 / 1
2.05	r	95	?		popcorn flower?	Cryptantha sp.?⁺	3 / 1
2.05	r	96		POA	Jepson's blue wildrye	Elymus glaucus ssp. jepsonii	5 / 2	15
2.05	l			View of Diamond Valley Reservoir, shaped like an hourglass.
2.10				Trails turns 90 degrees right at ridge
2.13	r			(ORO California groundcone, Boschniakia strobilacea)
2.16				Switchback right, #9.
2.21	l			(Second location of Laguna Mtns. jewel-flower, Streptanthus bernardinus)
2.21	l	97		LAM	southern mountain-monardella	Monardella australis	2 / 2	13
2.21	r			Trail gradually bends left. Note the window formed by the boulders on right
2.21	r	98		ORO	California groundcone	Boschniakia strobilacea	10 / 1	5
2.22	l			Fourth location of little prince's pine, Chimaphila menziesii
2.24	l	99		AST	prickly hawkweed	Hieracium horridum	10 / 1	3
2.24	l	100		BRA	perennial rock-cress	Arabis perennans⁺	10 / 1	9
2.24	l			(POL western polypody, Polypodium hesperium, just above head level hidden behind boulder between white fir and canyon live oak)
2.24	l	101		SEL	Watson's spike-moss	Selaginella watsonii	5 / 1	6
2.24	l	102		POA	California squirreltail	Elymus elymoides ssp. californicus	1 / 1	15
2.25	l	103		POL	rock buckwheat	Eriogonum saxatile	2 / 1	14
2.32	r			(API wide-leaved Parish's yampah, Perideridia parishii ssp. latifolia)
2.32				Enter seep area
2.32	l	104		JUN	long-anthered rush	Juncus macrandrus	10 / 1	3
2.32	b	105		GER	California geranium	Geranium californicum	5 / 1	3
2.32	l	106	~	LIL	little false-solomon's-seal	Smilacina stellata	1 / 1	5
2.32	l	107		FAB	streambank lotus	Lotus oblongifolius var. oblongifolius	40 / 1	6
2.32	l	108		CAR	pearlwort	Sagina saginoides	20 / 1	3
2.32	l	109		HYP	tinker's penny	Hypericum anagalloides	10 / 1	3
2.32				Cross shallow drainage at head of Powderbox Spring drainage; last of the four crossings of this drainage; elevation 8010 feet (2440 m)
2.33				Switchback left, #10. (Jct. with a blocked-off old trail to right; a path straight ahead leads to the hanging "picture window" rock seen from here).
2.41	r			(SCR San Gabriel beardtongue, Penstemon labrosus)
2.42	r	110		POR	pussy paws	Calyptridium monospermum	3 / 1	9
2.49				End Devils Slide Trail at Saddle Junction, 8075 feet (2460 m) elevation, a jct. with 4 other trails.

Common Name	Latin Name
Perennial species that were old enough to bloom, but did not bloom
Indian milkweed	Asclepias eriocarpa

Species with all plants too young to bloom in 2003, probably due to the 2001-2002 drought
golden yarrow	Eriophyllum confertiflorum var. confertiflorum
California beeplant	Scrophularia californica ssp. floribunda
larger mountain monkeyflower	Mimulus tilingii
hedge-nettle	Stachys sp.
Unk. with leaf like geranium.	?
little false-solomon's-seal	Smilacina stellata

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