Plant Guide to Pacific Crest Trail North of SR74, San Jacinto Mountains - Garner Valley Area

MileS#id?Common NameLatin Name#here#all
0.00Begin trail on north side of parking lot, elevation 4925 feet (1500 m). Check for creeping wild rye, Leymus triticoides, in first part of trail. The first 25 species are found in the first 0.01 miles of trail, and are listed in alphabetical order
0.001bur-ragweedAmbrosia acanthicarpa50 / 6
0.002*downy bromeBromus tectorum99 / 9
0.003strigose suncupCamissonia strigulosa30 / 3
0.004~San Bernardino suncupCamissoniopsis confusa99 / 9
0.005rattlesnake weedChamaesyce albomarginata40 / 7
0.006California-asterCorethrogyne filaginifolia30 / 7
0.007sapphire woolly-starEriastrum sapphirinum40 / 5
0.008Davidson's buckwheatEriogonum davidsonii99 / 9
0.009slender buckwheatEriogonum gracile var. incultum / 1
0.0010*redstem filareeErodium cicutarium99 / 9
0.0011*shortpod mustardHirschfeldia incana30 / 2
0.0012*foxtail barleyHordeum murinum40 / 3
0.0013goldfieldsLasthenia gracilis10 / 3
0.0014wild pepper-grassLepidium virginicum ssp. menziesii20 / 4
0.0015sticky lessingiaLessingia glandulifera var. glandulifera50 / 5
0.0016*pineapple weedMatricaria discoidea40 / 2
0.0017thread plantNemacladus longiflorus var. longiflorusV /
0.0018combseedPectocarya penicillata10 / 1
0.0019Palmer's oakQuercus palmeri20 / 5
0.0020blue elderberrySambucus nigra ssp. caerulea2 / 2
0.0021*Mediterranean schismusSchismus barbatus20 / 2
0.0022*tumble-mustardSisymbrium altissimum99 / 3
0.0023desert globemallowSphaeralcea ambigua var. rugosa10 / 9
0.0024slender wreathplantStephanomeria exigua ssp. deanei20 / 9
0.0025*puncture-vineTribulus terrestris /
0.00The following six species are off-trail, visible from the first 0.01 mile of trail, do not have abundances given and are not numbered here (if found on trail later, they are numbered there):
0.00Mexican manzanitaArctostaphylos pungens /
0.00cupped-leaf ceanothusCeanothus perplexans /
0.00birch-leaf mountain-mahoganyCercocarpus betuloides var. betuloides /
0.00San Diego peaLathyrus vestitus var. alefeldii /
0.00purple nightshadeSolanum xanti /
0.00Mohave yuccaYucca schidigera /
The following species was found on or near the trail in the first six miles, but without a location recorded:
26~southern suncupCamissoniopsis bistorta /
Species are now in order along the trail
0.01l(cut-down dead pine, Pinus jeffreyi?)
0.01r(wild tarragon, Artemisia dracunculus)
0.01r27coastal giliaGilia diegensis99 / 9
0.01r28big sagebrushArtemisia tridentata30 / 9
0.01r29matchweedGutierrezia sarothrae99 / 9
0.01r(Munz's mariposa lily, Calochortus palmeri var. munzii)
0.01l30Wright's buckwheatEriogonum wrightii var. membranaceum30 / 9
0.01l(leafy daisy, Erigeron foliosus; red shanks, Adenostoma sparsifolium)
0.01r31sand cressCalyptridium monandrum50 / 9
0.01b32California thistleCirsium occidentale var. californicum20 / 9
0.01r33mountain red-root cryptanthaCryptantha micrantha var. lepida99 / 9
0.01r(golden daisy, Pentachaeta aurea; strigose lotus, Acmispon strigosus; muilla, Muilla maritima)
0.01b34Parish's needlegrassStipa parishii var. parishii99 / 9
0.01lCheck for Lupinus excubitus
0.01r35leafy daisyErigeron foliosus var. foliosus50 / 9
0.01l36goosefoot yellow violetViola purpurea ssp. quercetorum40 / 3
0.01r37cupped-leaf ceanothusCeanothus perplexans50 / 9
0.01r38western wallflowerErysimum capitatum var. capitatum40 / 4
0.01b39baby blue eyesNemophila menziesii50 / 5
0.01r40popcorn flowerCryptantha intermedia var. intermedia99 / 9
0.01r41sspminer's lettuceClaytonia parviflora99 / 5
0.02r42bristly bird's beakCordylanthus rigidus ssp. setigerus99 / 9
0.02l43chamiseAdenostoma fasciculatum99 / 9
0.02l44Mexican manzanitaArctostaphylos pungens30 / 9
0.02r(golden yarrow, Eriophyllum confertiflorum var. confertiflorum)
0.02r45volcanic giliaGilia ochroleuca ssp. exilis /
0.02b46southern honeysuckleLonicera subspicata var. denudata99 / 9
0.03r47golden daisyPentachaeta aurea50 / 3
0.03b48Lemmon's linanthusLeptosiphon lemmonii /
0.03b49annual phloxMicrosteris gracilis5 / 1
0.03r50June grassKoeleria macrantha20 / 5
0.03r51Munz's mariposa lilyCalochortus palmeri var. munzii2 / 2
0.03r52deergrassMuhlenbergia rigens50 / 9
0.03l53small-flowered fiddleneckAmsinckia retrorsa5 / 2
0.04r54California bromeBromus carinatus var. carinatus10 / 2
0.04l(southern mountain woolly-star, Eriastrum densifolium ssp. austromontanum)
0.04b55western lupineLupinus formosus30 / 5
0.04r56Mojave lomatiumLomatium mohavense20 / 9
0.05l57Fremont's goosefootChenopodium fremontii30 / 5
0.05l(common phacelia, Phacelia distans; Parry's nolina, Nolina parryi)
0.05lSign: "PCT; Live Oak Spring Trail 8 miles, Cedar Spring Trailhead 12 miles; Fobes Trailhead 15 miles; San Jacinto Peak 28 miles"
0.05l58mountain mugwortArtemisia ludoviciana ssp. incompta50 / 9
0.05b59blue larkspurDelphinium parryi ssp. parryi7 / 1
0.05r60squirreltailElymus elymoides99 / 9
0.06b61California evening-primroseOenothera californica ssp. californica5 / 1
0.07r62southern mountain woolly-starEriastrum densifolium ssp. austromontanum50 / 5
0.07r63blue wildryeElymus glaucus10 / 2
0.07l64wild tarragonArtemisia dracunculus3 / 1
0.0765coyote tobaccoNicotiana attenuata /
0.07l(shepherd's purse, Capsella bursa-pastoris)
0.07lSign with PCT Map and Memorial
0.07r(California bee plant, Scrophularia californica)
0.07r66purple nightshadeSolanum xanti99 / 5
0.07r67San Diego peaLathyrus vestitus var. alefeldii10 / 2
0.08r(scarlet bugler, Penstemon centranthifolius)
0.09l68foothill needlegrassStipa lepida60 / 1
0.10r(oak mistletoe, Phoradendron serotinum ssp. tomentosum)
0.10l69muillaMuilla maritima25 / 3
0.10r70hoary asterDieteria asteroides20 / 8
0.10l71woolly yellow chaenactisChaenactis glabriuscula var. lanosa15 / 1
0.10l72Patagonia plantainPlantago patagonica5 / 1
0.11l73scarlet buglerPenstemon centranthifolius10 / 5
0.11b74red shanksAdenostoma sparsifolium99 / 9
0.11b75golden yarrowEriophyllum confertiflorum var. confertiflorum99 / 9
0.12l76California elegant rock-cressBoechera californica50 / 9
0.12l77spear-leaved mountain dandelionAgoseris retrorsa10 / 5
0.13r78phlox-leaved bedstrawGalium andrewsii ssp. andrewsii30 / 9
0.18l(southern tauschia, Tauschia arguta)
0.19l79Parry pinyon pinePinus quadrifolia20 / 5
0.19r(young prickly-pear buried by trail cuttings, probably Opuntia polyacantha var. erinacea)
0.19r80fragrant everlastingPseudognaphalium beneolens20 / 5
0.19r(imbricate phacelia, Phacelia imbricata ssp. patula)
0.19r81purple three-awnAristida purpurea20 / 5
0.19r82Jones' prickly-nut cryptanthaCryptantha muricata var. jonesii99 / 9
0.23l83Mojave prickly-pearOpuntia polyacantha var. erinacea50 / 9
0.26r84southern tauschiaTauschia arguta50 / 9
0.31r85Mohave yuccaYucca schidigera3 / 2
0.31r86California buckwheatEriogonum fasciculatum var. polifolium30 / 5
0.33r87pink-bracted manzanitaArctostaphylos pringlei ssp. drupacea99 / 9
0.33r88birch-leaf mountain-mahoganyCercocarpus betuloides var. betuloides99 / 9
0.3589desert prickly-pearOpuntia phaeacantha20 / 9
0.36r90narrowleaf goldenbushEricameria linearifolia50 / 9
0.37Switchback left
0.38r91three-lobed oxythecaSidotheca trilobata20 / 1
0.42b92chaparral yuccaHesperoyucca whipplei30 / 9
0.42r93Parish's bluecurlsTrichostema parishii20 / 9
0.44l94dead in 2015; live one later on trail; showy penstemonPenstemon spectabilis var. spectabilis3 / 3
0.4795California chicoryRafinesquia californica1 / 1
0.4896annual malacothrixMalacothrix clevelandii1 / 1
0.4997western tansy-mustardDescurainia pinnata10 / 1
0.49Local high point on the trail, elevation 5045 feet (1538 m); trail now descends into side drainages of Penrod Creek
0.49r98~small fescueFestuca microstachys10 / 1
0.50b99Veatch's blazing starMentzelia veatchiana40 / 2
0.51r100~dead in 2015: giant four o'clockMirabilis multiflora var. pubescens1 / 1
0.52b101whorledleaf penstemonKeckiella ternata var. ternata20 / 9
0.53Trail touches ridge briefly
0.59l102check if on-trail or not; southern jewel-flowerStreptanthus campestris10 / 3
0.60r103Torrey's scrub oakQuercus acutidens20 / 9
0.60l104perennial rock-cressBoechera perennans40 / 9
r105Definite location at mile 0.84; approximate first location is near here; Purpus' wing-nut cryptanthaCryptantha pterocarya var. purpusii20 / 3
0.64r106ashy silk tasselGarrya flavescens50 / 9
0.65l107Jeffrey pinePinus jeffreyi30 / 5
0.72Switchback right
0.78Trail turns left 90° at drainage
0.78r108bush senecioSenecio flaccidus var. douglasii2 / 1
0.79r109California bee plantScrophularia californica4 / 2
0.84r110silver puffsUropappus lindleyi5 / 5
0.86r111interior live oakQuercus wislizeni var. frutescens50 / 9
0.89Switchback right
0.92b112flannelbushFremontodendron californicum6 / 1
0.92r113basketbushRhus aromatica3 / 3
bnot numbered since it may be the same as species at the trailhead; narrow-leaved miner's lettuceClaytonia parviflora ssp. parviflora99 / 1
0.93l114sticky false-giliaAllophyllum glutinosum20 / 1
0.93l115branching phaceliaPhacelia ramosissima50 / 2
0.93l116blue dicksDichelostemma capitatum ssp. capitatum99 / 7
0.96Arborescent interior live oak, Quercus wislizeni, and arborescent Torrey's scrub oak, Q. acutidens
117need to locate: Nevada cryptanthaCryptantha nevadensis var. nevadensis /
1.00b118*herb sophiaDescurainia sophia5 / 2
1.00r119southern Chinese housesCollinsia concolor36 / 3
1.01r120narrowleaf bedstrawGalium angustifolium ssp. angustifolium10 / 3
1.01r121naked buckwheatEriogonum nudum var. pauciflorum10 / 2
1.01l122beaked penstemonPenstemon rostriflorus20 / 4
1.02l123little monardellaMonardella nana40 / 9
1.02l124goldenrodSolidago velutina ssp. californica30 / 4
1.03l125beautiful hulseaHulsea vestita ssp. callicarpha2 / 1
1.04r126coast live oakQuercus agrifolia var. agrifolia1 / 1
1.04r(Parish's chaenactis, Chaenactis parishii)
1.04Cross dry drainage
1.06r(desert dudleya, Dudleya saxosa ssp. aloides)
1.09rCone from Coulter pine, Pinus coulteri, with no nearby tree
1.11r127golden-bowl mariposaCalochortus concolor /
1.13r128Martin's paintbrushCastilleja applegatei ssp. martinii10 / 4
1.13r129one-sided bluegrassPoa secunda ssp. secunda10 / 3
1.14130desert needlegrassStipa speciosa50 / 9
1.15Trail turns right 90°
1.23Trail turns left at dry drainage; local low point, elevation 4900 feet (1494 m)
1.23r131white-margined oxythecaSidotheca emarginata20 / 3
1.23r132mountain grape-soda lupineLupinus excubitus var. austromontanus3 / 1
1.23r133Parish's chaenactisChaenactis parishii30 / 7
1.23b134California milkweedAsclepias californica2 / 2
1.24r135Parry's green-gentianFrasera parryi15 / 4
1.30Trail is lined with desert needlegrass, Stipa speciosa, in a sea of even-aged chamise
136need to locate: silky lotusAcmispon heermannii var. heermannii /
1.41l137hollyleaf redberryRhamnus ilicifolia25 / 9
1.43r138Parry's nolinaNolina parryi5 / 5
1.44Switchback left at minor drainage
1.47r139Eastwood manzanitaArctostaphylos glandulosa4 / 2
1.49r140dead in 2015: chaparral bush mallowMalacothamnus fasciculatus1 / 1
1.64r141Columbia cutleafHymenopappus filifolius var. lugens40 / 3
1.71Trail turns left at small drainage
1.73r142beady lipfernCheilanthes covillei20 / 5
1.73Trail turns left at drainage
1.73r143woolly Indian paintbrushCastilleja foliolosa20 / 5
1.74r144southern California silver-lotusAcmispon argophyllus var. argophyllus5 / 5
1.74r145bird's-foot fernPellaea mucronata var. mucronata30 / 9
1.74r146desert dudleyaDudleya saxosa ssp. aloides20 / 9
1.74l147Wallace's woolly daisyEriophyllum wallacei var. wallacei99 / 9
1.74r148bluish spike-mossSelaginella asprella2 / 2
1.74r149California filagoLogfia filaginoides20 / 2
1.82Cross small drainage
1.85Cross small drainage
1.87Cross small drainage
1.87r(white sage, Salvia apiana)
1.90rFormer location of a single Acton encelia, Encelia actoni , now dead.11
1.90rCheck if this Gilia is the same species as earlier
1.92r150chiaSalvia columbariae1 / 1
1.95r151coast-range melicMelica imperfecta20 / 7
1.97r152wide-leaved rock goldenbushEricameria cuneata var. spathulata50 / 9
2.03b153slender sunflowerHelianthus gracilentus20 / 1
2.07r(red brome, Bromus madritensis ssp. rubens)
2.07Cross drainage
154Need to locate and on-trail or off-trail: Parry's collinsiaCollinsia parryi /
2.12r(threadstem, Pterostegia drymarioides)
2.13r155oak mistletoePhoradendron serotinum ssp. tomentosum1 / 1
2.13r(hairy bush monkeyflower, Mimulus aurantiacus var. pubescens)
2.19r156hairy bush monkeyflowerMimulus aurantiacus var. pubescens20 / 9
2.20l157purple owl's-cloverCastilleja exserta ssp. exserta1 / 1
2.22158desert baccharisBaccharis sergiloides10 / 2
2.23r159white everlastingPseudognaphalium microcephalum20 / 9
2.25160sugar bushRhus ovata1 / 1
2.26l(hollyleaf cherry, Prunus ilicifolia ssp. ilicifolia)
2.26Cross drainage
2.27161southern giliaSaltugilia australis2 / 1
2.28rTrails parallels beautiful rock drainage with prickly-pear cactus as a dominant plant!
2.28~(dwarf athysanus, Athysanus pusillus; side-oats grama, Bouteloua curtipendula; pygmy-weed, Crassula connata; ~goldback fern, ~Pentagramma triangularis ssp. triangularis; California popcorn flower, Plagiobothrys collinus var. fulvescens; slender popcorn flower, Plagiobothrys tenellus; bulbous blue grass, Poa bulbosa ssp. vivipara; Parish's campion, Silene parishii)
2.28l162threadstemPterostegia drymarioides2 / 1
2.29l163fringe-podThysanocarpus curvipes3 / 1
2.37Cross side drainage
r164pygmy-weedCrassula connata10 / 1
b165Need to locate: wild canterbury bellsPhacelia minor10 / 1
2.42r(pink-bracted manzanita, Arctostaphylos pringlei growing in a rock)
2.43Three quick switchbacks at drainage
2.43r(check for different clover, Trifolium sp.)
2.43l166hollyleaf cherryPrunus ilicifolia ssp. ilicifolia5 / 3
2.45b167cotton-thornTetradymia comosa8 / 1
2.48l(Second farthest tree is Coulter pine, Pinus coulteri)
2.48Local high point on the trail, elevation 5160 feet (1573 m)
2.51l(On flat rocks just beyond easy visibility from trail: mountain California-fuchsia, Epilobium canum ssp. latifolium; rock ivesia, Ivesia saxosa)
2.56Trail now parallels drainage coming in from right
2.57l(rock ivesia, Ivesia saxosa)
2.57Cross main side drainage
2.59r168California brickellbushBrickellia californica2 / 2
2.59Cross smaller side drainage
2.61r(closest rock ivesia, Ivesia saxosa; 4 plants at eye level)
2.62r(white-flowering currant, Ribes indecorum)
2.64l169short-lobed phaceliaPhacelia brachyloba /
2.64l170false monkeyflowerMimulus pilosus /
2.69Switchback left at major side drainage to Penrod Creek; local low point, elevation 5140 feet (1567 m)
2.69r171California everlastingPseudognaphalium californicum /
2.69r172Goodings muhlyMuhlenbergia emersleyi10 / 1
2.69b173spring drabaDraba verna99 / 2
2.69?(green miner's lettuce, Claytonia parviflora ssp. viridis; like annual sandwort,Minuartia pusilla?; small-head field clover, Trifolium microcephalum; tomcat clover, Trifolium willdenovii; Engelmann's hedgehog cactus, Echinocereus engelmannii; woodland star, Lithophragma affine)
2.71b174thick-leaved yerba santaEriodictyon crassifolium var. crassifolium10 / 3
2.71Switchback right
2.94Local high point on trail, elevation 5200 feet (1585 m)
2.97Cross small drainage
3.01175Acton enceliaEncelia actoni1 / 1
3.02Trail turns left 90°
3.07Trail turns left 90°
3.13Switchback right
3.13r176dead in 2015: pancake prickly-pearOpuntia chlorotica1 / 1
3.16177Brewer's monkeyflowerMimulus breweri / 2
3.16178Fremont's monkeyflowerMimulus fremontii var. fremontii / 2
3.16179whispering bellsEmmenanthe penduliflora var. penduliflora /
3.18r180Parish's campionSilene parishii1 / 1
3.22Switchback left
3.29Switchback right
3.31b181mountain California-fuchsiaEpilobium canum ssp. latifolium10 / 2
3.31c182*Bermuda grassCynodon dactylon1 / 1
3.36r183side-oats gramaBouteloua curtipendula5 / 1
3.36l184*rattail fescueFestuca myuros20 / 1
3.36l(yarrow, Achillea millefolium; arroyo willow, Salix lasiolepis; velvet ash, Fraxinus velutina)
3.36Cross Penrod Creek; local low point, elevation 5030 feet (1533 m)
3.36l~(~slender wheatgrass, ~Elymus trachycaulus ssp. trachycaulus; common monkeyflower, Mimulus guttatus; ripgut brome, Bromus diandrus; Mexican rush, Juncus mexicanus; ~lesser paintbrush, ~Castilleja minor ssp. spiralis)
3.36l185water chickweedMontia fontana10 / 1
3.36b186willow-leaved dockRumex californicus5 / 1
3.36r187spsow thistleSonchus sp.1 / 1
3.36rsp(sedge, Carex sp.; purple clarkia, Clarkia purpurea ssp. quadrivulnera; clover, Trifolium sp.)
3.36l188spreading fleabaneErigeron divergens3 / 1
3.36l189bajada lupineLupinus concinnus5 / 1
3.36l(Cleveland's horkelia, Horkelia clevelandii var. clevelandii; check for dwarf lupine, Lupinus bicolor)
r190Need to locate: Coulter's snapdragonAntirrhinum coulterianum / 2
191Need to locate: white bluecupGithopsis diffusa ssp. candida /
3.38Trail turns right 90°
l192Need to locate and on-trail or off-trail: California groundselSenecio californicus1 / 1
3.40193Palomar monkeyflowerMimulus diffusus /
3.41194~*smooth cat's earHypochaeris glabra /
3.41r195velvet ashFraxinus velutina1 / 1
3.42Cross small drainage
196Need to precisely locate, and on or off-trail: mountain carpet cloverTrifolium monanthum ssp. grantianum /
rNeed to precisely locate this off-trail plant: San Bernardino Mountain onionAllium monticola /
3.51Cross small drainage
197Need to locate: *common dandelionTaraxacum officinale /
3.56198dense false-giliaAllophyllum gilioides ssp. violaceum /
3.58b199yarrowAchillea millefolium10 / 1
3.58b200Mexican rushJuncus mexicanus30 / 2
3.58lPCT marker
201Need to locate: blue-eyed grassSisyrinchium bellum /
3.67r(An amazing rock cliff filled with rock ivesia, Ivesia saxicola.)
3.67r202sspsticky cinquefoilDrymocallis glandulosa1 / 1
3.67Cross small drainage
3.68r203spshort grass31
204Need to locate: tower mustardTurritis glabra1 / 1
205dwarf lupineLupinus bicolor50 / 1
3.71b206brackenPteridium aquilinum var. pubescens20 / 1
3.71l207American vetchVicia americana ssp. americana /
208Need to locate: goldenstarBloomeria crocea /
3.74Cross sandy drainage of Penrod Creek branch
3.88lPCT sign in a forest of interior live oak, Q. wislizeni, many with single trunks
3.90Leave forest
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Updated 30 May 2018.