Plant Guide to PCT From Little Tahquitz Trail to Zen Trail, San Jacinto Mountains

Mile	S	#	id?	Common Name	Latin Name	#here	#all
0.00				Begin guide at jct. with Little Tahquitz Trail, just south of Little Tahquitz Meadow; elevation ~8140 feet (2481 m)
0.00	r			Sign: "PCT (ahead); Tahquitz Valley (left); Tahquitz Peak (right)"
0.00	b	1		white fir	Abies concolor	99 / 9	24
0.00	r	2		San Jacinto Mts. keckiella	Keckiella rothrockii var. jacintensis	50 / 9	6
0.00	r	3		pine lousewort	Pedicularis semibarbata	99 / 9	13
0.00	r	4		changeable phacelia	Phacelia mutabilis	30 / 9	8
0.00	l	5		sugar pine	Pinus lambertiana	40 / 9	17
0.01	l			(spotted coralroot, Corallorhiza maculata)
0.01	b	6		Parish's snowberry	Symphoricarpos rotundifolius var. parishii	40 / 9	12
0.01	l	7	sp	dead annual ground smoke	Gayophytum sp.	20 / 2
0.01	l			(southern mountain-monardella, Monardella australis; Jeffrey pine, Pinus jeffreyi)
0.02	l	8		bush chinquapin	Chrysolepis sempervirens	50 / 9	12
0.02	l	9		Jeffrey pine	Pinus jeffreyi	30 / 9	26
0.03				Trail curves right at ridge
0.03	l			(ranger's buttons, Sphenosciadium capitellatum)
0.03	l	10		Scouler's willow	Salix scouleriana	1 / 1	8
0.04	l		~	(rough bentgrass, Agrostis scabra)
0.04	r			(white catch-fly, Silene verecunda ssp. platyota)
0.05				Trail turns left to cross south fork of Tahquitz Creek
0.05	l	11	~	Idaho bentgrass	Agrostis idahoensis	5 / 1	7
0.05	b	12		fragile sheath sedge	Carex fracta	10 / 1	11
0.05	b	13		larger mountain monkeyflower	Mimulus tilingii	20 / 1	9
0.05				Cross Creek
0.05	l	14		ranger's buttons	Sphenosciadium capitellatum	1 / 1	7
0.06	l	15		wax currant	Ribes cereum var. cereum	3 / 3	15
0.07	r	16	~	San Gabriel beardtongue	Penstemon labrosus	10 / 3	10
0.07	r	17	sp	mystery sedge	Carex sp.	5 / 3
0.09				Trail turns left at drainage
0.09	r			(mountain pink currant, Ribes nevadense)
0.14				Cross drainage
0.17	r	18		southern mountain-monardella	Monardella australis	10 / 3	11
0.17				definite San Gabriel beardtongue	Penstemon labrosus	/
0.18	b	19		limber pine	Pinus flexilis	30 / 9	9
0.20	b	20		western wallflower	Erysimum capitatum ssp. capitatum	30 / 3	23
0.20				Cross drainage
0.23	l			(green-leaf manzanita, Arctostaphylos patula)
0.24				Trail turns right at ridge
0.24	r	21		Sierra Nevada lotus	Lotus nevadensis var. nevadensis	1 / 1	9
0.27				Cross small drainage
0.29				Cross small drainage
0.36				Cross ridge with view rock to left
0.38	b	22		pussy paws	Calyptridium monospermum	20 / 1	8
0.38	l	23		western needlegrass	Achnatherum occidentale ssp. occidentale	5 / 2	2
0.43	l	24	ssp	silver wormwood	Artemisia ludoviciana	3 / 1	1
0.44				Cross small drainage
0.47				Trail curves right at ridge
0.49				Trail curves left at drainage
0.50	r	25		green-leaf manzanita	Arctostaphylos patula	30 / 9	17
0.50	r		ssp	(squirreltail, Elymus elymoides)
0.51	r	26		Watson's spike-moss	Selaginella watsonii	3 / 1	5
0.58				Cross small drainage
0.63				Trail turns left 90° and then curves right
0.63	r			Jct. use trail to Red Tahquitz
0.65	l			(Saddle and view rock beyond)
0.67				Minor local high point
				No landmarks recorded in this interval
0.90	r			First glimpse of Red Tahquitz - CHECK
0.93	r			Land of big boulders
0.99	b	27		San Jacinto lupine	Lupinus hyacinthinus	10 / 3	7
1.01	l	28		pinedrops	Pterospora andromedea	1 / 1	11
1.02				Cross small drainage
1.10	r			(~10 plants of San Jacinto prickly phlox, Leptodactylon jaegeri)
1.11	r	29		perennial rock-cress	Arabis perennans	10 / 3	8
1.14				Minor local high point
1.14	r			(San Bernardino rubber rabbitbrush, Chrysothamnus nauseosus ssp. bernardinus)
1.21				First desert view, and then view down Andreas Canyon
1.25	r	30		canyon live oak	Quercus chrysolepis	20 / 5	30
1.29	r	31		shaggy-haired alumroot	Heuchera hirsutissima	2 / 1	3
1.32	r	32		Grinnell's beardtongue	Penstemon grinnellii var. grinnellii	3 / 2	20
1.34				First view of Santa Rosa Mountains and Desert Divide
1.35	r			(Wright's buckwheat, Eriogonum wrightii var. subscaposum)
1.35	l	33		mountain whitethorn	Ceanothus cordulatus	10 / 2	20
1.35	r	34		California-aster	Lessingia filaginifolia var. filaginifolia	20 / 3	60
1.40				Enter lush area due to extra water draining from rocks above
1.40	r	35		Parish's campion	Silene parishii	10 / 3	7
1.40	r			(curl-leaf mountain-mahogany, Cercocarpus ledifolius var. intermontanus)
1.40	r			(granite prickly phlox, Leptodactylon pungens)
1.41	b	36		bracken	Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens	20 / 2	16
1.41	r			First full view of Red Tahquitz
1.41	r	37		San Bernardino rubber rabbitbrush	Chrysothamnus nauseosus ssp. bernardinus	10 / 3	20
1.42	r	38		pink-bracted manzanita	Arctostaphylos pringlei ssp. drupacea	10 / 3	6
1.43	r	39		naked buckwheat	Eriogonum nudum var. pauciflorum	10 / 3	7
1.43	r	40		California fuchsia	Epilobium canum	10 / 3	21
1.43	r	41		goldenrod	Solidago californica	10 / 3	44
1.44	r			(California coffeeberry, Rhamnus californica)
1.48	r			(beautiful hulsea, Hulsea vestita ssp. callicarpha)
1.48				Switchback left
1.52	l	42		California coffeeberry	Rhamnus californica	5 / 2	5
1.53	r	43	~	naked-stem bedstraw	Galium angustifolium ssp. nudicaule	30 / 5	6
1.58	l	44	ssp	California cliff-brake	Pellaea mucronata var. californica	3 / 2	3
1.58	l	45		Martin's paintbrush	Castilleja applegatei ssp. martinii	5 / 2	18
1.60	l		?	Trisetum sp.?
1.61	l	46		woodland spurge	Euphorbia palmeri	1 / 1	5
1.62	r	47		hybrid manzanita	Arctostaphylos patula X A. pringlei ssp. drupacea	1 / 1	4
1.64				Switchback right
1.67	r	48		slender wheatgrass	Elymus trachycaulus	3 / 1	5
1.68	r	49		golden yarrow	Eriophyllum confertiflorum var. confertiflorum	10 / 1	64
1.68	r			(slender everlasting, Gnaphalium canescens ssp. thermale)
1.68	r	50		Wright's buckwheat	Eriogonum wrightii var. subscaposum	5 / 2	18
1.68	r	51		beautiful hulsea	Hulsea vestita ssp. callicarpha	1 / 1	8
1.70	l	52	~	Parish's goldenbush	Ericameria parishii var. parishii	3 / 1	4
				End current trail guide
				Additional species found on use trail to Red Tahquitz
		53		rose sage	Salvia pachyphylla	/	3
		54		rock buckwheat	Eriogonum saxatile	/	13
		55		little prince's pine	Chimaphila menziesii	/	5
		56		lodgepole pine	Pinus contorta ssp. murrayana	/	9