Plant Guide to Round Valley Trail, San Jacinto Mountains

Plant Guide to Round Valley Trail, San Jacinto Mountains

Mile S # id? Common Name Latin Name #here #all
0.00 l Begin guide at sign at southwest of Ranger Station: "Round Valley Trail; Wilderness Permit Required", 0.22 miles from Tram Station; elevation ~8390 feet (2557 m). The very first part of the trail was rerouted a bit to the north as of 2010; this guide is to the old routing.
0.00 b 1 wild tarragon Artemisia dracunculus 50 / 9 28
0.00 r 2 San Jacinto buckwheat Eriogonum apiculatum 5 / 1 8
0.00 l (San Bernardino rubber rabbitbrush, Chrysothamnus nauseosus ssp. bernardinus)
0.00 r 3 groundsmoke Gayophytum diffusum ssp. parviflorum 20 / 4 24
0.02 l 4 San Gabriel beardtongue Penstemon labrosus⁺ 10 / 2 12
0.04 r 5 San Bernardino rubber rabbitbrush Chrysothamnus nauseosus ssp. bernardinus 50 / 9 24
0.04 b 6 white fir Abies concolor 99 / 9 28
0.05 r 7 Jeffrey pine Pinus jeffreyi 50 / 9 29
0.07 r (sugar pine, Pinus lambertiana)
0.08 l 8 Parish's snowberry Symphoricarpos rotundifolius var. parishii 99 / 9 15
0.08 r 9 green-leaf manzanita Arctostaphylos patula 5 / 2 20
0.08 r (granite prickly phlox, Leptodactylon pungens)
0.09 l 10 San Jacinto Mts. keckiella Keckiella rothrockii var. jacintensis 50 / 9 8
0.09 l (Parish's bedstraw, Galium parishii)
0.09 r (southern mountain-monardella, Monardella australis)
0.10 l 11 Nevin's bird's beak Cordylanthus nevinii 10 / 1 21
0.10 l (little-leaf mock orange, Philadelphus microphyllus; mountain California-fuchsia, Epilobium canum ssp. latifolium)
0.12 l Jct. Long Valley to Willow Creek Trail; Sign: "[left] Willow Creek 3.7 mi; Skunk Cabbage Meadow 5 mi; Idyllwild 10.5 mi; [ahead] Long Valley; Round Valley 2 mi; Saddle Junction 5.5 mi; [back] Tramway 0.3 mi"
0.12 l (Fremont's goosefoot, Chenopodium fremontii)
0.12 r 12 sugar pine Pinus lambertiana 50 / 9 20
0.13 r (curl-leaf mountain-mahogany, Cercocarpus ledifolius)
0.13 l 13 goldenrod Solidago californica 5 / 1 47
0.14 b 14 Fendler's blue grass Poa fendleriana ssp. longiligula 5 / 1 12
0.15 l 15 Parish's bedstraw Galium parishii 1 / 1 9
0.15 l 16 Fremont's goosefoot Chenopodium fremontii 5 / 1 31
0.15 Trail begins series of minor high and low points, staying close to 8400 feet (2560 m)
0.15 l (western needlegrass, Achnatherum occidentale ssp. occidentale; Cleveland's horkelia, Horkelia clevelandii; Brewer's monkeyflower, Mimulus breweri; false monkeyflower, Mimulus pilosus; Suksdorf's monkeyflower, Mimulus suksdorfii)
0.15 r (pinewoods rock-cress, Arabis holboellii var. pinetorum)
0.25 l (Scouler's willow, Salix scouleriana)
0.25 l 17 Nevada cinquefoil Potentilla glandulosa ssp. nevadensis 5 / 2 2
0.25 l (yarrow, Achillea millefolium; western columbine, Aquilegia formosa; Idaho bentgrass, Agrostis idahoensis; abrupt-beak sedge, Carex abrupta; fragile sheath sedge, Carex fracta; giant red paintbrush, Castilleja miniata ssp. miniata; slender hairgrass, Deschampsia elongata; western wallflower, Erysimum capitatum ssp. capitatum; spreading brown-headed rush, Juncus phaeocephalus var. paniculatus; floriferous monkeyflower, Mimulus floribundus; primrose monkeyflower, Mimulus primuloides ssp. primuloides; larger mountain monkeyflower, Mimulus tilingii; mat muhly, Muhlenbergia richardsonis; pine lousewort, Pedicularis semibarbata; young mountain pink currant, Ribes nevadense; thimbleberry, Rubus parviflorus; willow-leaved dock, Rumex salicifolius var. salicifolius; pearlwort, Sagina saginoides; ranger's buttons, Sphenosciadium capitellatum; mountain carpet clover, Trifolium monanthum
0.28 l (brittle bladder fern, Cystopteris fragilis; mountain pink currant, Ribes nevadense; snow-plant, Sarcodes sanguinea)
0.33 r Jct. use trail to "Beach / Shangri-La"
0.33 Trail turns left 90°, then right
0.33 l (yellow form of San Gabriel beardtongue, Penstemon labrosus)
0.33 b (lodgepole pine, Pinus contorta ssp. murrayana)
0.35 l (vari-nerved sedge, Carex heteroneura var. heteroneura; tall mannagrass, Glyceria elata)
0.37 r (canyon live oak, Quercus chrysolepis)
0.37 l 18 bush chinquapin Chrysolepis sempervirens 50 / 9 15
0.39 l (western polypody, Polypodium hesperium)
0.41 l 19 lodgepole pine Pinus contorta ssp. murrayana 99 / 9 12
0.41 r 20 southern mountain-monardella Monardella australis 10 / 3 13
0.41 l 21 musk monkeyflower Mimulus moschatus 30 / 2 31
0.41 l (white catch-fly, Silene verecunda ssp. platyota)
0.41 l 22 Scouler's willow Salix scouleriana 10 / 3 10
0.42 l (San Jacinto lupine, Lupinus hyacinthinus)
0.47 (former) tight squeeze through rock walls and tree trunk has been opened up
0.48 r (mountain whitethorn, Ceanothus cordulatus)
0.48 l 23 wax currant Ribes cereum var. cereum 2 / 2 44
0.49 l 24 western marsh cudweed Gnaphalium palustre 10 / 1 11
0.49 l 25 willow-leaved dock Rumex salicifolius var. salicifolius 10 / 2 3
0.50 26 bitter cherry Prunus emarginata 10 / 1 11
0.51 r (Parish's campion, Silene parishii; western azalea, Rhododendron occidentale)
0.53 l (Check for thyme-leaved speedwell, Veronica serpyllifolia ssp. humifusa, possibly observed once here)
0.54 r (beautiful hulsea, Hulsea vestita ssp. callicarpha)
0.54 r Jct. use trail to Tamarack Campground
0.55 r 27 thimbleberry Rubus parviflorus 5 / 1 7
0.55 Trail turns left to cross Long Valley Creek
0.55 r Sign: "Round Valley (ahead)"
0.55 l 28 western columbine Aquilegia formosa 1 / 1 45
0.55 r 29 mountain pink currant Ribes nevadense 20 / 9 12
0.55 r 30 ranger's buttons Sphenosciadium capitellatum 20 / 9 10
0.55 Cross Long Valley Creek in middle of a switchback left; elevation ~8475 feet (2583 m)
0.59 First of a number of tight switchbacks; trail now climbs significantly
0.61 b 31 Parish's campion Silene parishii 5 / 3 17
0.63 b 32 Martin's paintbrush Castilleja applegatei ssp. martinii 1 / 1 42
0.64 r 33 San Jacinto lupine Lupinus hyacinthinus 99 / 9 11
0.65 l (pinedrops, Pterospora andromedea)
0.68 l 34 pine lousewort Pedicularis semibarbata 20 / 4 15
0.73 Minor local high point
0.82 r 35 mountain gooseberry Ribes montigenum 40 / 9 2
0.96 r 36 limber pine Pinus flexilis 20 / 9 11
0.97 Begin switchbacks on slope separating Long Valley from Round and Tamarack Valleys
0.98 r (Two waterfalls)
0.99 r (California corn lily, Veratrum californicum var. californicum)
1.03 b (bracken, Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens)
1.06 Trail is less steep for a while now
1.07 l 37 bracken Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens 5 / 2 19
1.07 r (changeable phacelia, Phacelia mutabilis)
1.07 r (Small meadowy area at Round Valley Creek with thyme-leaved speedwell, Veronica serpyllifolia ssp. humifusa. Farther off-trail: purple false-gilia, Allophyllum divaricatum; rosy everlasting, pussytoes, Antennaria rosea; plain mariposa lily, Calochortus invenustus; toad lily, Montia chamissoi; Sierra nemophila, Nemophila spatulata; Douglas' knotweed, Polygonum douglasii ssp. douglasii)
1.08 l 38 western wallflower Erysimum capitatum ssp. capitatum 10 / 2 26
1.08 r 39 changeable phacelia Phacelia mutabilis 10 / 4 11
1.09 l 40 fragile sheath sedge Carex fracta 99 / 9 45
1.10 b 41 white catch-fly Silene verecunda ssp. platyota 5 / 2 16
1.10 l 42 pussy paws Calyptridium monospermum 10 / 2 13
1.19 r Eric's spot along Creek
1.22 r (spotted coralroot, Corallorhiza maculata)
1.37 l (Ross' sedge, Carex rossii)
1.49 l Jct. Round Valley to Willow Creek trail; elevation 8960 feet (2731 m); Sign: "[left] Willow Creek Trail 3.8 mi; [back] Long Valley 1.7 mi; [ahead] Round Valley 0.3 mi"
1.51 b 43 Ross' sedge Carex rossii 5 / 1 17
1.51 r (mountain sweet-cicely, Osmorhiza chilensis)
1.59 r (Begin Round Valley Meadow)
1.71 r 44 mountain sweet-cicely Osmorhiza chilensis 10 / 1 11
1.72 l 45 California corn lily Veratrum californicum var. californicum 10 / 1 7
1.72 b 46 California geranium Geranium californicum 5 / 1 3
1.72 l 47 mountain carpet clover Trifolium monanthum var. grantianum 10 / 2 28
1.72 l 48 western bistort Polygonum bistortoides 5 / 1 2
1.72 l 49 Kentucky blue grass Poa pratensis ssp. agassizensis 5 / 1 27
1.72 l 50 larger mountain monkeyflower Mimulus tilingii 5 / 1 11
1.72 l 51 vari-nerved sedge Carex heteroneura var. heteroneura 2 / 1 7
1.72 l 52 tall mannagrass Glyceria elata 5 / 1 3
1.72 l 53 toad lily Montia chamissoi 2 / 1 1
1.72 l 54 slender buttercup Ranunculus alismifolius var. alismellus 5 / 1 2
1.73 l (hairy wood rush, Luzula comosa; white bog orchid, Platanthera leucostachys; small white violet, Viola macloskeyi)
1.80 l Trail to outhouse (toilet)
1.86 l Trail to his and her outhouses
1.87 r Nice long log for a rest stop
1.89 Jct. trails to Wellman Divide (l) and Tamarack Valley (r); go left; elevation 9040 feet (2755 m). Sign: "[left] Wellman Divide 1 mi; San Jacinto Peak 3.3 mi; Saddle Junction 4.3 mi; Humber Park 6.8 mi; [right] Tamarack Valley 0.5 mi; [back] Long Valley 2.0 mi; Willow Creek 4.0 mi; Saddle Junction 5.5 mi"
1.89 r Tapped spring with available water
1.90 r 55 floriferous monkeyflower Mimulus floribundus 10 / 1 15
2.07 r 56 forest goosefoot Chenopodium atrovirens 10 / 1 7
2.81 Wellman Divide; elevation ~9720 feet (2963 m); Sign: "[right] San Jacinto Peak 2.3 mi; [back] Round Valley 1.0 mi; Long Valley 3.0 mi"
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Updated 9 September 2010.

Mile	S	#	Common Name	Latin Name	#here	#all
0.00	l		Begin guide at sign at southwest of Ranger Station: "Round Valley Trail; Wilderness Permit Required", 0.22 miles from Tram Station; elevation ~8390 feet (2557 m). The very first part of the trail was rerouted a bit to the north as of 2010; this guide is to the old routing.
0.00	b	1	wild tarragon	Artemisia dracunculus	50 / 9	28
0.00	r	2	San Jacinto buckwheat	Eriogonum apiculatum	5 / 1	8
0.00	l		(San Bernardino rubber rabbitbrush, Chrysothamnus nauseosus ssp. bernardinus)
0.00	r	3	groundsmoke	Gayophytum diffusum ssp. parviflorum	20 / 4	24
0.02	l	4	San Gabriel beardtongue	Penstemon labrosus⁺	10 / 2	12
0.04	r	5	San Bernardino rubber rabbitbrush	Chrysothamnus nauseosus ssp. bernardinus	50 / 9	24
0.04	b	6	white fir	Abies concolor	99 / 9	28
0.05	r	7	Jeffrey pine	Pinus jeffreyi	50 / 9	29
0.07	r		(sugar pine, Pinus lambertiana)
0.08	l	8	Parish's snowberry	Symphoricarpos rotundifolius var. parishii	99 / 9	15
0.08	r	9	green-leaf manzanita	Arctostaphylos patula	5 / 2	20
0.08	r		(granite prickly phlox, Leptodactylon pungens)
0.09	l	10	San Jacinto Mts. keckiella	Keckiella rothrockii var. jacintensis	50 / 9	8
0.09	l		(Parish's bedstraw, Galium parishii)
0.09	r		(southern mountain-monardella, Monardella australis)
0.10	l	11	Nevin's bird's beak	Cordylanthus nevinii	10 / 1	21
0.10	l		(little-leaf mock orange, Philadelphus microphyllus; mountain California-fuchsia, Epilobium canum ssp. latifolium)
0.12	l		Jct. Long Valley to Willow Creek Trail; Sign: "[left] Willow Creek 3.7 mi; Skunk Cabbage Meadow 5 mi; Idyllwild 10.5 mi; [ahead] Long Valley; Round Valley 2 mi; Saddle Junction 5.5 mi; [back] Tramway 0.3 mi"
0.12	l		(Fremont's goosefoot, Chenopodium fremontii)
0.12	r	12	sugar pine	Pinus lambertiana	50 / 9	20
0.13	r		(curl-leaf mountain-mahogany, Cercocarpus ledifolius)
0.13	l	13	goldenrod	Solidago californica	5 / 1	47
0.14	b	14	Fendler's blue grass	Poa fendleriana ssp. longiligula	5 / 1	12
0.15	l	15	Parish's bedstraw	Galium parishii	1 / 1	9
0.15	l	16	Fremont's goosefoot	Chenopodium fremontii	5 / 1	31
0.15			Trail begins series of minor high and low points, staying close to 8400 feet (2560 m)
0.15	l		(western needlegrass, Achnatherum occidentale ssp. occidentale; Cleveland's horkelia, Horkelia clevelandii; Brewer's monkeyflower, Mimulus breweri; false monkeyflower, Mimulus pilosus; Suksdorf's monkeyflower, Mimulus suksdorfii)
0.15	r		(pinewoods rock-cress, Arabis holboellii var. pinetorum)
0.25	l		(Scouler's willow, Salix scouleriana)
0.25	l	17	Nevada cinquefoil	Potentilla glandulosa ssp. nevadensis	5 / 2	2
0.25	l		(yarrow, Achillea millefolium; western columbine, Aquilegia formosa; Idaho bentgrass, Agrostis idahoensis; abrupt-beak sedge, Carex abrupta; fragile sheath sedge, Carex fracta; giant red paintbrush, Castilleja miniata ssp. miniata; slender hairgrass, Deschampsia elongata; western wallflower, Erysimum capitatum ssp. capitatum; spreading brown-headed rush, Juncus phaeocephalus var. paniculatus; floriferous monkeyflower, Mimulus floribundus; primrose monkeyflower, Mimulus primuloides ssp. primuloides; larger mountain monkeyflower, Mimulus tilingii; mat muhly, Muhlenbergia richardsonis; pine lousewort, Pedicularis semibarbata; young mountain pink currant, Ribes nevadense; thimbleberry, Rubus parviflorus; willow-leaved dock, Rumex salicifolius var. salicifolius; pearlwort, Sagina saginoides; ranger's buttons, Sphenosciadium capitellatum; mountain carpet clover, Trifolium monanthum
0.28	l		(brittle bladder fern, Cystopteris fragilis; mountain pink currant, Ribes nevadense; snow-plant, Sarcodes sanguinea)
0.33	r		Jct. use trail to "Beach / Shangri-La"
0.33			Trail turns left 90°, then right
0.33	l		(yellow form of San Gabriel beardtongue, Penstemon labrosus)
0.33	b		(lodgepole pine, Pinus contorta ssp. murrayana)
0.35	l		(vari-nerved sedge, Carex heteroneura var. heteroneura; tall mannagrass, Glyceria elata)
0.37	r		(canyon live oak, Quercus chrysolepis)
0.37	l	18	bush chinquapin	Chrysolepis sempervirens	50 / 9	15
0.39	l		(western polypody, Polypodium hesperium)
0.41	l	19	lodgepole pine	Pinus contorta ssp. murrayana	99 / 9	12
0.41	r	20	southern mountain-monardella	Monardella australis	10 / 3	13
0.41	l	21	musk monkeyflower	Mimulus moschatus	30 / 2	31
0.41	l		(white catch-fly, Silene verecunda ssp. platyota)
0.41	l	22	Scouler's willow	Salix scouleriana	10 / 3	10
0.42	l		(San Jacinto lupine, Lupinus hyacinthinus)
0.47			(former) tight squeeze through rock walls and tree trunk has been opened up
0.48	r		(mountain whitethorn, Ceanothus cordulatus)
0.48	l	23	wax currant	Ribes cereum var. cereum	2 / 2	44
0.49	l	24	western marsh cudweed	Gnaphalium palustre	10 / 1	11
0.49	l	25	willow-leaved dock	Rumex salicifolius var. salicifolius	10 / 2	3
0.50		26	bitter cherry	Prunus emarginata	10 / 1	11
0.51	r		(Parish's campion, Silene parishii; western azalea, Rhododendron occidentale)
0.53	l		(Check for thyme-leaved speedwell, Veronica serpyllifolia ssp. humifusa, possibly observed once here)
0.54	r		(beautiful hulsea, Hulsea vestita ssp. callicarpha)
0.54	r		Jct. use trail to Tamarack Campground
0.55	r	27	thimbleberry	Rubus parviflorus	5 / 1	7
0.55			Trail turns left to cross Long Valley Creek
0.55	r		Sign: "Round Valley (ahead)"
0.55	l	28	western columbine	Aquilegia formosa	1 / 1	45
0.55	r	29	mountain pink currant	Ribes nevadense	20 / 9	12
0.55	r	30	ranger's buttons	Sphenosciadium capitellatum	20 / 9	10
0.55			Cross Long Valley Creek in middle of a switchback left; elevation ~8475 feet (2583 m)
0.59			First of a number of tight switchbacks; trail now climbs significantly
0.61	b	31	Parish's campion	Silene parishii	5 / 3	17
0.63	b	32	Martin's paintbrush	Castilleja applegatei ssp. martinii	1 / 1	42
0.64	r	33	San Jacinto lupine	Lupinus hyacinthinus	99 / 9	11
0.65	l		(pinedrops, Pterospora andromedea)
0.68	l	34	pine lousewort	Pedicularis semibarbata	20 / 4	15
0.73			Minor local high point
0.82	r	35	mountain gooseberry	Ribes montigenum	40 / 9	2
0.96	r	36	limber pine	Pinus flexilis	20 / 9	11
0.97			Begin switchbacks on slope separating Long Valley from Round and Tamarack Valleys
0.98	r		(Two waterfalls)
0.99	r		(California corn lily, Veratrum californicum var. californicum)
1.03	b		(bracken, Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens)
1.06			Trail is less steep for a while now
1.07	l	37	bracken	Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens	5 / 2	19
1.07	r		(changeable phacelia, Phacelia mutabilis)
1.07	r		(Small meadowy area at Round Valley Creek with thyme-leaved speedwell, Veronica serpyllifolia ssp. humifusa. Farther off-trail: purple false-gilia, Allophyllum divaricatum; rosy everlasting, pussytoes, Antennaria rosea; plain mariposa lily, Calochortus invenustus; toad lily, Montia chamissoi; Sierra nemophila, Nemophila spatulata; Douglas' knotweed, Polygonum douglasii ssp. douglasii)
1.08	l	38	western wallflower	Erysimum capitatum ssp. capitatum	10 / 2	26
1.08	r	39	changeable phacelia	Phacelia mutabilis	10 / 4	11
1.09	l	40	fragile sheath sedge	Carex fracta	99 / 9	45
1.10	b	41	white catch-fly	Silene verecunda ssp. platyota	5 / 2	16
1.10	l	42	pussy paws	Calyptridium monospermum	10 / 2	13
1.19	r		Eric's spot along Creek
1.22	r		(spotted coralroot, Corallorhiza maculata)
1.37	l		(Ross' sedge, Carex rossii)
1.49	l		Jct. Round Valley to Willow Creek trail; elevation 8960 feet (2731 m); Sign: "[left] Willow Creek Trail 3.8 mi; [back] Long Valley 1.7 mi; [ahead] Round Valley 0.3 mi"
1.51	b	43	Ross' sedge	Carex rossii	5 / 1	17
1.51	r		(mountain sweet-cicely, Osmorhiza chilensis)
1.59	r		(Begin Round Valley Meadow)
1.71	r	44	mountain sweet-cicely	Osmorhiza chilensis	10 / 1	11
1.72	l	45	California corn lily	Veratrum californicum var. californicum	10 / 1	7
1.72	b	46	California geranium	Geranium californicum	5 / 1	3
1.72	l	47	mountain carpet clover	Trifolium monanthum var. grantianum	10 / 2	28
1.72	l	48	western bistort	Polygonum bistortoides	5 / 1	2
1.72	l	49	Kentucky blue grass	Poa pratensis ssp. agassizensis	5 / 1	27
1.72	l	50	larger mountain monkeyflower	Mimulus tilingii	5 / 1	11
1.72	l	51	vari-nerved sedge	Carex heteroneura var. heteroneura	2 / 1	7
1.72	l	52	tall mannagrass	Glyceria elata	5 / 1	3
1.72	l	53	toad lily	Montia chamissoi	2 / 1	1
1.72	l	54	slender buttercup	Ranunculus alismifolius var. alismellus	5 / 1	2
1.73	l		(hairy wood rush, Luzula comosa; white bog orchid, Platanthera leucostachys; small white violet, Viola macloskeyi)
1.80	l		Trail to outhouse (toilet)
1.86	l		Trail to his and her outhouses
1.87	r		Nice long log for a rest stop
1.89			Jct. trails to Wellman Divide (l) and Tamarack Valley (r); go left; elevation 9040 feet (2755 m). Sign: "[left] Wellman Divide 1 mi; San Jacinto Peak 3.3 mi; Saddle Junction 4.3 mi; Humber Park 6.8 mi; [right] Tamarack Valley 0.5 mi; [back] Long Valley 2.0 mi; Willow Creek 4.0 mi; Saddle Junction 5.5 mi"
1.89	r		Tapped spring with available water
1.90	r	55	floriferous monkeyflower	Mimulus floribundus	10 / 1	15
2.07	r	56	forest goosefoot	Chenopodium atrovirens	10 / 1	7
2.81			Wellman Divide; elevation ~9720 feet (2963 m); Sign: "[right] San Jacinto Peak 2.3 mi; [back] Round Valley 1.0 mi; Long Valley 3.0 mi"