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	99 / 9	6
0.00	r	3		pine lousewort	Pedicularis semibarbata	99 / 9	13
0.00	b	4		changeable phacelia	Phacelia mutabilis	30 / 9	8
0.00	l	5		sugar pine	Pinus lambertiana	50 / 9	17
0.00	l			(spotted coralroot, Corallorhiza maculata)
0.01	b	6		Parish's snowberry	Symphoricarpos rotundifolius var. parishii	50 / 9	12
0.01	l	7	~	dead pinegrove groundsmoke	Gayophytum oligospermum	99 / 5
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	50 / 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
0.03	l			(western columbine, Aquilegia formosa; tall mannagrass, Glyceria elata)
0.03	r			(white catch-fly, Silene verecunda ssp. platyota)
0.08				Trail turns left to cross south fork of Tahquitz Creek
0.08	l			(wax currant, Ribes cereum var. cereum; brittle bladder fern, Cystopteris fragilis)
0.08	l	11		Idaho bentgrass	Agrostis idahoensis	5 / 1	7
0.08	b	12		fragile sheath sedge	Carex fracta	10 / 1	11
0.08	b	13		larger mountain monkeyflower	Mimulus tilingii	20 / 1	9
0.08				Cross Creek
0.08	r			(bigleaf lupine, Lupinus polyphyllus var. burkei; musk monkeyflower, Mimulus moschatus; small white violet, Viola macloskeyi)
0.08	l	14		ranger's buttons	Sphenosciadium capitellatum	1 / 1	7
0.08	r			(swamp sedge, Carex senta)
0.09	l	15		wax currant	Ribes cereum var. cereum	20 / 9	15
0.09	r	16	~	San Gabriel beardtongue	Penstemon labrosus	10 / 3	10
0.10	r	17		Ross' sedge	Carex rossii	5 / 3
0.13				Trail turns left at drainage
0.13	r			(mountain pink currant, Ribes nevadense)
0.21	r			(little prince's pine, Chimaphila menziesii)
0.22	r	18		western wallflower	Erysimum capitatum ssp. capitatum	40 / 4	23
0.22				Cross drainage
0.23	r	19	~	Cascade onion	Allium cratericola	99 / 9
0.23	r	20		southern mountain-monardella	Monardella australis	10 / 3	11
0.23	r			definite San Gabriel beardtongue	Penstemon labrosus	/
0.27	b	21		limber pine	Pinus flexilis	30 / 9	9
0.28	r	22		little prince's pine	Chimaphila menziesii	8 / 2	5
0.29	r			Check for different small Carex
0.29	b	23		lodgepole pine	Pinus contorta ssp. murrayana	10 / 5	9
0.29				Cross drainage
0.29	r	24		Suksdorf's monkeyflower	Mimulus suksdorfii	50 / 1
0.29	r	25		San Jacinto buckwheat	Eriogonum apiculatum	20 / 3
0.30	b	26		naked buckwheat	Eriogonum nudum var. pauciflorum	99 / 9	7
0.30	e	27		Brewer's monkeyflower	Mimulus breweri	50 / 1
0.32	r			(pussy paws, Calyptridium monospermum)
0.33	l			(green-leaf manzanita, Arctostaphylos patula)
0.33				Trail turns right at ridge
0.34	r	28		Sierra Nevada lotus	Lotus nevadensis var. nevadensis	2 / 2	9
0.34	r	29		broad-seeded rock-cress	Arabis platysperma	5 / 2
0.38				Cross small drainage
0.40				Cross small drainage
0.43	r	30		San Jacinto lupine	Lupinus hyacinthinus	20 / 9	7
0.47				Cross ridge with view rock to left
0.50	b	31		pussy paws	Calyptridium monospermum	20 / 1	8
0.50	l	32		western needlegrass	Achnatherum occidentale ssp. occidentale	5 / 2	2
0.53	r			Sierra mousetail, Ivesia santolinoides
0.56	l	33		mountain mugwort	Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. incompta	30 / 3	1
0.56	r			(squirreltail, Elymus elymoides)
0.56	r	34	sp	different grass	Poaceae sp.	/
0.57				Cross small drainage
0.60				Trail curves right at ridge
0.62				Trail curves left at drainage
0.63	r	35		green-leaf manzanita	Arctostaphylos patula	30 / 9	17
0.64	r	36		Watson's spike-moss	Selaginella watsonii	3 / 1	5
0.71				Cross small drainage
0.76				Trail turns left and then curves right
0.77		37		forest goosefoot	Chenopodium atrovirens	5 / 1
0.78	r			Jct. use trail to Red Tahquitz; elevation 8320' (2536 m)
0.80	l			(Saddle and view rock beyond)
0.81	l			(mountain whitethorn, Ceanothus cordulatus)
0.82				First of many minor local high points
0.84				Cross small drainage
0.89				Cross small drainage
0.90				Cross small drainage
1.14	r			Land of big boulders
1.19	l			(rose sage, Salvia pachyphylla; San Bernardino rubber rabbitbrush, Chrysothamnus nauseosus ssp. bernardinus; Wright's buckwheat, Eriogonum wrightii var. subscaposum; goldenrod, Solidago californica; granite prickly phlox, Leptodactylon pungens; Martin's paintbrush, Castilleja applegatei ssp. martinii)
1.20	r			First glimpse of top of rock wall that we'll round later
1.20				Cross small saddle
1.21	l	38		pinedrops	Pterospora andromedea	1 / 1	11
1.21				Cross small drainage
1.32	r			(~10 plants of San Jacinto prickly phlox, Leptodactylon jaegeri)
1.33	r	39		pinewoods rock-cress	"Arabis holboellii"	10 / 3	8
1.35				Minor local high point at saddle at head of Andreas Canyon; elevation 8360' (2548 m)
1.41				View down Andreas Canyon and first view of desert as trail curves right
1.46	r	40		canyon live oak	Quercus chrysolepis	99 / 9	30
1.49	r	41		shaggy-haired alumroot	Heuchera hirsutissima	30 / 5	3
1.52	r	42		Grinnell's beardtongue	Penstemon grinnellii var. grinnellii	30 / 9	20
1.53				First view of Santa Rosa Mountains and Desert Divide
1.54	l	43		mountain whitethorn	Ceanothus cordulatus	30 / 9	20
1.55	r	44		California-aster	Lessingia filaginifolia var. filaginifolia	20 / 3	60
1.59				Enter lush area due to extra water draining from rocks above
1.59	r	45		Parish's campion	Silene parishii	10 / 5	7
1.59	r			(curl-leaf mountain-mahogany, Cercocarpus ledifolius)
1.60	b	46		bracken	Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens	50 / 4	16
1.60	r			First full view of Red Tahquitz
1.61	r	47		California coffeeberry	Rhamnus californica	20 / 9	5
1.61	r	48		San Bernardino rubber rabbitbrush	Chrysothamnus nauseosus ssp. bernardinus	50 / 9	20
1.62	r	49		curl-leaf mountain-mahogany	Cercocarpus ledifolius	/
1.62	r	50		pink-bracted manzanita	Arctostaphylos pringlei ssp. drupacea	20 / 5	6
1.63	r	51		California fuchsia	Epilobium canum	50 / 9	21
1.63	r	52		goldenrod	Solidago californica	50 / 9	44
1.66	r			(beautiful hulsea, Hulsea vestita ssp. callicarpha)
1.67				Switchback left; elevation 8320' (2536 m)
1.69	r	53		San Jacinto Mtns. bedstraw	Galium angustifolium ssp. jacinticum	99 / 7	6
1.69	l	54		short-flowered monardella	Monardella nana ssp. tenuiflora	/
1.70	l			(California cliff-brake, Pellaea mucronata var. californica; prickly hawkweed, Hieracium horridum)
1.72	l	55		California cliff-brake	Pellaea mucronata var. californica	20 / 7	3
1.73	l	56		Martin's paintbrush	Castilleja applegatei ssp. martinii	10 / 3	18
1.74	l	57	?	Trisetum sp.?
1.75	l	58		woodland spurge (gone in 2011)	Euphorbia palmeri	3 / 2	5
1.77	r	59		hybrid manzanita	Arctostaphylos patula X A. pringlei ssp. drupacea	1 / 1	4
1.78	l	60		Wright's buckwheat	Eriogonum wrightii var. subscaposum	30 / 9	18
1.79				Switchback right near saddle
1.81	r	61		slender wheatgrass	Elymus trachycaulus	10 / 2	5
1.82	r	62		golden yarrow	Eriophyllum confertiflorum var. confertiflorum	99 / 9	64
1.82	r			(slender everlasting, Gnaphalium canescens ssp. thermale)
1.85	r	63		beautiful hulsea	Hulsea vestita ssp. callicarpha	10 / 2	8
1.86	r	64		prickly hawkweed	Hieracium horridum	1 / 1
1.86	l	65	~	Parish's goldenbush	Ericameria parishii var. parishii	10 / 3	4
1.87	r		?	(like sonchus)
1.87	r	66		bluish spike-moss	Selaginella asprella	5 / 2
1.95	r			Unusual bird's foot fern with three kinds of leaves
1.98	r	67		Sierra gooseberry	Ribes roezlii var. roezlii	10 / 4
2.05	l			First live plant of woodland spurge, Euphorbia palmeri, in 2011
2.08	l			(rose sage, Salvia pachyphylla)
2.09	r	68		sticky cinquefoil	Potentilla glandulosa ssp. reflexa	20 / 2
2.14	r	69		granite prickly phlox	Leptodactylon pungens	30 / 9
2.15	b	70		rose sage	Salvia pachyphylla	40 / 9
2.15	r	71		Parish's needlegrass	Achnatherum parishii	20 / 5
2.15	r			(canyon dudleya, Dudleya cymosa ssp. pumila; dusky onion, Allium campanulatum)
2.20	r	72		Parish's bedstraw	Galium parishii	30 / 9
2.21	r	73		rock goldenbush	Ericameria cuneata var. cuneata	20 / 9
2.24	r	74		*downy brome	Bromus tectorum	99 / 9
2.27	r	75		rock buckwheat	Eriogonum saxatile	10 / 2
2.27	r	76		slender everlasting	Gnaphalium canescens ssp. thermale	3 / 3
2.28	r	77		canyon dudleya	Dudleya cymosa ssp. pumila	5 / 2
2.28	r		?	(Poa secunda?)
2.29	r	78		chaparral whitethorn	Ceanothus leucodermis	5 / 5
2.31	r	79		California bee plant	Scrophularia californica ssp. floribunda	10 / 3
		80		purple nightshade	Solanum xanti	/
2.34				Switchback right on ridge
2.35	r	81		bush monkeyflower	Mimulus aurantiacus	5 / 2
2.43	r	82		Wright's buckwheat	Eriogonum wrightii var. membranaceum	20 / 3
2.52				Saddle below Red Tahquitz; elevation 7840' (2390 m)
2.53	l	83		blue elderberry	Sambucus mexicana	10 / 9
2.53	l	84		Fremont's goosefoot	Chenopodium fremontii	20 / 1
2.54	r	85	~	California brickellbush	Brickellia californica	10 / 3
2.54	r	86	sp	white-bark raspberry?	Rubus leucodermis?	5 / 2
2.56	r	87	sp	penstemon	Penstemon sp.	/
2.65				Saddle #2 below Red Tahquitz
2.67	r	88	sp	California thistle?	Cirsium occidentale var. californicum?	1 / 1
2.67	b	89		bristly bird's beak	Cordylanthus rigidus ssp. setigerus	50 / 9
2.74	r	90	sp	Mojave lomatium?	Lomatium mohavense?	/
2.75				Cross Saddle #3 (below 7900' peak) to west side of Desert Divide; elevation ~7750' (2362 m)
2.76				Switchback right
2.80				Switchback left
2.88				Local high point; elevation ~7600' (2316 m)
2.88				End current trail guide

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Updated 26 June 2011.