Plant Guide to Wellman Divide to San Jacinto Peak, San Jacinto Mountains

Plant Guide to Wellman Divide to San Jacinto Peak, San Jacinto Mountains

Mile S # id? Common Name Latin Name #here #all
0.00 l Begin guide at Wellman Divide; elevation ~9720 feet (2963 m); Sign: "[ahead] San Jacinto Peak 2.3 mi; [right] Round Valley 1.0 mi; Long Valley 3.0 mi"; (bracken, Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens)
0.00 b 1 Parish's snowberry Symphoricarpos rotundifolius var. parishii 99 / 9 15
0.00 l 2 bush chinquapin Chrysolepis sempervirens 99 / 9 15
0.00 l (white fir, Abies concolor)
0.00 b 3 San Jacinto lupine Lupinus hyacinthinus 30 / 9 11
0.00 r 4 limber pine Pinus flexilis 30 / 9 11
0.01 b 5 lodgepole pine Pinus contorta ssp. murrayana 50 / 9 12
0.08 l (Jeffrey pine, Pinus jeffreyi)
0.09 b 6 San Jacinto Mts. keckiella Keckiella rothrockii var. jacintensis 50 / 9 8
0.09 r View of Tram Station
0.10 r 7 southern mountain-monardella Monardella australis 40 / 9 13
0.13 l 8 San Bernardino rubber rabbitbrush Chrysothamnus nauseosus ssp. bernardinus 30 / 9 24
0.14 r (wax currant, Ribes cereum var. cereum)
0.14 b (ranger's buttons, Sphenosciadium capitellatum)
0.15 r (Martin's paintbrush, Castilleja applegatei ssp. martinii)
0.28 l 9 white fir Abies concolor 2 / 2 28
0.28 l 10 ranger's buttons Sphenosciadium capitellatum 20 / 9 10
0.43 r (green-leaf manzanita, Arctostaphylos patula)
0.46 l 11 Parish's campion Silene parishii 3 / 2 9
0.62 b 12 sp sedge Carex sp. /
0.65 Switchback left
0.66 Switchback right
0.76 Elevation 10,000 feet (3048 m)
0.91 l Cross broad drainage (mountain spray, Holodiscus microphyllus var. microphyllus, in distance)
1.00 l (closer mountain spray, Holodiscus microphyllus var. microphyllus)
1.09 l (shaggy-haired alumroot, Heuchera hirsutissima, 40 feet above trail)
1.10 r 13 wax currant Ribes cereum var. cereum 5 / 5 18
1.18 Miller Peak is dead ahead to the north; Jean Peak is the prominent peak south of here
1.31 l 14 ~ brown sedge Carex subfusca 10 / 2 6
1.35 Switchback left near Miller Peak; elevation 10,400 feet (3170 m)
1.53 r 15 pine lousewort Pedicularis semibarbata 1 / 1 38
1.68 r 16 Parish's bedstraw Galium parishii 1 / 1 10
1.68 r 17 brittle bladder fern Cystopteris fragilis 1 / 1 31
1.73 r Jct. Deer Springs Trail (ahead) and trail to San Jacinto Peak (right); go right; elevation ~10,580 feet (3225 m); sign: "[left] Little Round Valley 1.3 mi; Deer Springs 8.0 mi; Banning Highway 9.5 mi; Idyllwild 10.0 mi; [right] Peak 0.3 mi; [back] Wellman Divide 1.8 mi; Round Valley 2.8 mi; Tram 4.3 mi; Humber Park 7.3 mi"
1.77 Switchback left
1.77 r 18 mountain gooseberry Ribes montigenum 10 / 2 3
1.86 Y-jct with cut switchback on left; stay right
1.89 Switchback left
1.90 Jct. other end of cut-switchback use trail
1.91 r Jct. path to warming rock-shelter hut
1.95 Small saddle
1.97 r 19 mountain California-fuchsia Epilobium canum ssp. latifolium 5 / 1 11
1.97 Trail is braided now, and soon disappears, so no "side" is given for the remaining species; scramble over the boulders to get to the peak
1.97 20 Watson's spike-moss Selaginella watsonii 10 / 1 6
1.98 21 shaggy-haired alumroot Heuchera hirsutissima 10 / 1 18
1.99 r 22 mountain spray Holodiscus microphyllus var. microphyllus 5 / 1 11
2.00 San Jacinto Peak, elevation 10,842 feet (3305 m)
2.00 n (about 20 feet below summit, in Snow Creek gully: Eschscholtz's buttercup, Ranunculus eschscholtzii var. oxynotus; alpine mountain-sorrel, Oxyria digyna)

Species found by Hall in 1902 within 100 feet elevation of summit not on guide:
western columbine Aquilegia formosa / 12
pussy paws Calyptridium monospermum / 10
Southern California rock draba Draba corrugata var. saxosa / 1
spike trisetum Trisetum spicatum / 2

Additional species vouchered above 10,000 feet (3048 m)
Parry's sand cress Calyptridium parryi var. parryi / 5
many-ribbed sedge Carex multicostata / 1
American parsley fern Cryptogramma acrostichoides / 0
prickly hawkweed Hieracium horridum / 4
beautiful hulsea Hulsea vestita ssp. callicarpha / 11
San Gabriel beardtongue Penstemon labrosus / 13
few-flowered clover Trifolium monanthum var. grantianum / 3

Mile: 0.00 includes all mileages from 0.000 to 0.009; etc.
Side: Side of trail on which the first occurrence is found: left, right, both, or center
#: On-Trail species are numbered in order of first occurrence on trail (touchable without leaving the trail). Off-trail species are in parentheses.
id?: Species without an entry in this column are positively identified. "?" means we are just guessing the identification; "sp" means the genera is probably known, but the species name is uncertain; "~" means we have 95% confidence that this is the determination, but have not yet positively identified it; "ssp" means the subspecies or variety needs to be determined.
#here gives the minimum number of on-trail plants of this species on this trail, with the number of locations on this trail following the /, using maximum values of 99/9. 1/1 means a single plant in a single location; 20/9 means 20 plants occurring in at least 9 locations, etc.
#all gives the number of plant trail guides, from all over southern California, that contain this taxon. http://tchester.org/sb/plants/guides/wellman_SnJt_peak.html
Updated 3 August 2010.

Mile	S	#	id?	Common Name	Latin Name	#here	#all
0.00	l			Begin guide at Wellman Divide; elevation ~9720 feet (2963 m); Sign: "[ahead] San Jacinto Peak 2.3 mi; [right] Round Valley 1.0 mi; Long Valley 3.0 mi"; (bracken, Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens)
0.00	b	1		Parish's snowberry	Symphoricarpos rotundifolius var. parishii	99 / 9	15
0.00	l	2		bush chinquapin	Chrysolepis sempervirens	99 / 9	15
0.00	l			(white fir, Abies concolor)
0.00	b	3		San Jacinto lupine	Lupinus hyacinthinus	30 / 9	11
0.00	r	4		limber pine	Pinus flexilis	30 / 9	11
0.01	b	5		lodgepole pine	Pinus contorta ssp. murrayana	50 / 9	12
0.08	l			(Jeffrey pine, Pinus jeffreyi)
0.09	b	6		San Jacinto Mts. keckiella	Keckiella rothrockii var. jacintensis	50 / 9	8
0.09	r			View of Tram Station
0.10	r	7		southern mountain-monardella	Monardella australis	40 / 9	13
0.13	l	8		San Bernardino rubber rabbitbrush	Chrysothamnus nauseosus ssp. bernardinus	30 / 9	24
0.14	r			(wax currant, Ribes cereum var. cereum)
0.14	b			(ranger's buttons, Sphenosciadium capitellatum)
0.15	r			(Martin's paintbrush, Castilleja applegatei ssp. martinii)
0.28	l	9		white fir	Abies concolor	2 / 2	28
0.28	l	10		ranger's buttons	Sphenosciadium capitellatum	20 / 9	10
0.43	r			(green-leaf manzanita, Arctostaphylos patula)
0.46	l	11		Parish's campion	Silene parishii	3 / 2	9
0.62	b	12	sp	sedge	Carex sp.	/
0.65				Switchback left
0.66				Switchback right
0.76				Elevation 10,000 feet (3048 m)
0.91	l			Cross broad drainage (mountain spray, Holodiscus microphyllus var. microphyllus, in distance)
1.00	l			(closer mountain spray, Holodiscus microphyllus var. microphyllus)
1.09	l			(shaggy-haired alumroot, Heuchera hirsutissima, 40 feet above trail)
1.10	r	13		wax currant	Ribes cereum var. cereum	5 / 5	18
1.18				Miller Peak is dead ahead to the north; Jean Peak is the prominent peak south of here
1.31	l	14	~	brown sedge	Carex subfusca	10 / 2	6
1.35				Switchback left near Miller Peak; elevation 10,400 feet (3170 m)
1.53	r	15		pine lousewort	Pedicularis semibarbata	1 / 1	38
1.68	r	16		Parish's bedstraw	Galium parishii	1 / 1	10
1.68	r	17		brittle bladder fern	Cystopteris fragilis	1 / 1	31
1.73	r			Jct. Deer Springs Trail (ahead) and trail to San Jacinto Peak (right); go right; elevation ~10,580 feet (3225 m); sign: "[left] Little Round Valley 1.3 mi; Deer Springs 8.0 mi; Banning Highway 9.5 mi; Idyllwild 10.0 mi; [right] Peak 0.3 mi; [back] Wellman Divide 1.8 mi; Round Valley 2.8 mi; Tram 4.3 mi; Humber Park 7.3 mi"
1.77				Switchback left
1.77	r	18		mountain gooseberry	Ribes montigenum	10 / 2	3
1.86				Y-jct with cut switchback on left; stay right
1.89				Switchback left
1.90				Jct. other end of cut-switchback use trail
1.91	r			Jct. path to warming rock-shelter hut
1.95				Small saddle
1.97	r	19		mountain California-fuchsia	Epilobium canum ssp. latifolium	5 / 1	11
1.97				Trail is braided now, and soon disappears, so no "side" is given for the remaining species; scramble over the boulders to get to the peak
1.97		20		Watson's spike-moss	Selaginella watsonii	10 / 1	6
1.98		21		shaggy-haired alumroot	Heuchera hirsutissima	10 / 1	18
1.99	r	22		mountain spray	Holodiscus microphyllus var. microphyllus	5 / 1	11
2.00				San Jacinto Peak, elevation 10,842 feet (3305 m)
2.00	n			(about 20 feet below summit, in Snow Creek gully: Eschscholtz's buttercup, Ranunculus eschscholtzii var. oxynotus; alpine mountain-sorrel, Oxyria digyna)

				Species found by Hall in 1902 within 100 feet elevation of summit not on guide:
				western columbine	Aquilegia formosa	/	12
				pussy paws	Calyptridium monospermum	/	10
				Southern California rock draba	Draba corrugata var. saxosa	/	1
				spike trisetum	Trisetum spicatum	/	2

				Additional species vouchered above 10,000 feet (3048 m)
				Parry's sand cress	Calyptridium parryi var. parryi	/	5
				many-ribbed sedge	Carex multicostata	/	1
				American parsley fern	Cryptogramma acrostichoides	/	0
				prickly hawkweed	Hieracium horridum	/	4
				beautiful hulsea	Hulsea vestita ssp. callicarpha	/	11
				San Gabriel beardtongue	Penstemon labrosus	/	13
				few-flowered clover	Trifolium monanthum var. grantianum	/	3