Anza-Borrego: Plant Guide To Alcoholic Pass Trail

miles#idFAMCommon NameLatin Name#here#all
0.00   Begin guide at sign "Alcoholic Pass"; elevation 930 feet (283 m)
0.00r1 FOUocotilloFouquieria splendens ssp. splendens99 / 911
0.00l2 ASTburroweedAmbrosia dumosa99 / 913
0.00r3 CACGander's chollaOpuntia ganderi99 / 910
0.00r4 FABindigo bushPsorothamnus schottii40 / 912
0.00r5spCUSdodderCuscuta sp.1 / 1 
0.01r6 ZYGcreosote bushLarrea tridentata99 / 911
0.01l7 ASTcheesebushHymenoclea salsola var. salsola50 / 910
0.02r8 CACteddy-bear chollaOpuntia bigelovii99 / 98
0.02l9 ASTbrittlebushEncelia farinosa30 / 914
0.04 10 POAbig galletaPleuraphis rigida50 / 99
0.05r11 LAMdesert lavenderHyptis emoryi50 / 99
0.06l12~ONACalifornia suncupCamissonia californica99 / 924
0.08l13 CACbeavertail cactusOpuntia basilaris var. basilaris4 / 415
0.09l14? unk shrub with little spines like prunus?1 / 1 
0.09r15 ZYGCalifornia fagoniaFagonia laevis20 / 97
0.09l16spPOAunk per grassAristida purpurea?20 / 9 
0.12r17spEUPper spurgeChamaesyce sp.99 / 9 
0.14r18~MALapricot mallowSphaeralcea ambigua1 / 1 
0.16   Leave wash and go onto steep slope
0.17l19 LAMchiaSalvia columbariae5 / 228
0.17l20spASTpincushion?Chaenactis sp.?30 / 5 
0.17r21spPOLannual EriogonumEriogonum sp.1 / 1 
0.17   Switchback left
0.17r22~ONABooth's desert primroseCamissonia boothii ssp. condensata3 / 23
0.17r23~POLdevil's spineflowerChorizanthe rigida1 / 14
0.19b24? sprawling annual?20 / 9 
0.23l25 BORPalmer's coldeniaTiquilia palmeri2 / 13
0.24r26~PLAdesert plantainPlantago ovata50 / 99
0.24r27~FABbajada lupineLupinus concinnus5 / 214
0.29r28 KRAwhite rhatanyKrameria grayi+40 / 95
0.64   End steep climb at minor local high point; elevation 1500 feet (457 m)
0.70r29~GER*redstem filareeErodium cicutarium99 / 963
 l  CAC (California barrel cactus, Ferocactus cylindraceus)
0.76b30 ASTsweetbushBebbia juncea var. aspera20 / 916
0.80   Sign in sheet "Summit Register"; elevation 1560 feet (475 m); trail is flat now
0.91   Start downhill; view of Clark Valley; elevation 1560 feet (475 m)
0.93l31 CACCalifornia barrel cactusFerocactus cylindraceus+1 / 19
0.98r32 PTEwoolly lipfernCheilanthes parryi10 / 36
0.98r33~HYDcommon phaceliaPhacelia distans30 / 513
1.00r34 SIMjojobaSimmondsia chinensis20 / 98
1.01l ~EPH (Nevada ephedra, Ephedra nevadensis)
1.02r35 ASTarrow-weedPluchea sericea3 / 16
1.03b36 LAMVasey's sageSalvia vaseyi10 / 36
1.07r37 ASTwire-lettuceStephanomeria pauciflora var. pauciflora2 / 114
1.09l38 FABcatclawAcacia greggii10 / 911
1.26l  Some 7' tall Vasey's sage, S. vaseyi
1.41r39 FABsmoke treePsorothamnus spinosus5 / 27
1.60r  CAC (Engelmann's hedgehog cactus, Echinocereus engelmannii)
1.60r  CAC (fish-hook cactus, Mammillaria dioica)
1.62   Elevation 1400 feet (427 m)
1.90l  Positive identification of Krameria grayi from fruit
2.14l40 ASTCalifornia trixisTrixis californica var. californica1 / 19
2.18r41 CACpencil chollaOpuntia ramosissima3 / 17
2.42   Elevation 1200 feet (366 m)
2.93r42 VISdesert mistletoePhoradendron californicum1 / 17
3.24r43 CACEngelmann's hedgehog cactusEchinocereus engelmannii1 / 111
3.30   Elevation 1000 feet (305 m)
3.59   End trail at Rockhouse Canyon Dirt Road; elevation 960 feet (293 m)
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Last update: 29 December 2007.