Plant Guide to Pacific Crest Trail South of SR74, San Jacinto Mountains

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

Introduction and Explanation of Plant Trail Guides
Introduction
Highlights of This Trail
Fieldwork Dates and Summary of List Changes With Time
Botanical Trip Reports
The Plant Guide
Comments On Specific Species
Introduction

The guide has been updated from the fieldwork on 14 May 2009 and 11 May 2015, but nothing else on this page has been updated.
This is a guide to the section of the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) south of SR74 at the extreme eastern edge of Garner / Pine Valley. The trailhead is one mile east of the intersection of SR371 (from Anza) and SR74 at "Paradise Corner", and 0.4 miles west of the Santa Rosa Summit, the eastern edge of Garner / Pine Valley. There is a parking area on the north side of the road, which is signed in both directions along SR74 at a distance of 1000 feet from the turnoff to the parking area.
After parking, cross SR74 and go through the gate in the fence to the signed trail south.
This guide is the result of just two trips in November 2008, and hence is especially incomplete for annuals and perennials not visible at that time of year. Many tentative identifications were made from plants without parts needed for definitive determinations.
See topo map of the trail to mile 5 and its elevation profile.
Highlights of This Trail

Some of the highlights of the trail are:

Seeing cotton-thorn, Tetradymia comosa, in two places along the trail. This is a rare plant in the San Jacinto Mountains, and possibly elsewhere, too. See Plant Species of San Jacinto Mountain: Tetradymia comosa, cotton-thorn.
This is the only species of Tetradymia in the Peninsula Range except for a single location of T. canescens near Monument Peak in the Laguna Mountains. T. canescens is in SnGb and SnBr, and also north to B.C., Montana, Utah. T. comosa is a much more restricted species, only from n L.A. county to n. Baja and "occasional in DMoj".
Seeing the fantastic view from the knickpoint of the erosion from the Salton Sea, along the escarpments at the margins of Coyote Creek. It was fabulous standing on the knickpoint itself, looking straight down a tributary of Horse Canyon, which is the odd name for the middle part of Coyote Creek.
We could see into the Borrego Desert itself, with the white rocks bordering Collins Valley very prominent, and the Vallecito Mountains beyond the Borrego Springs area on the horizon.
Fig. 1 shows a photograph from the trail as it rounds Lookout Mountain, along with a Google Earth view from above the trail to better show the landmarks.

Fig. 1. Left: Photograph from the trail as it rounds Lookout Mountain, with features labeled. Right: Google Earth view from 2200 feet above the trail, with features labeled. Sunset Mountain is a prominent peak in the Vallecito Mountains. Click on the pictures for larger versions.

See also View of the knickpoint from the other side from the point where the trail first touches the knickpoint. For more information about the evolution of this knickpoint from landslides due to erosion progressing up stream from the Salton Trough, see Quaternary landscape evolution in the San Jacinto fault zone, Dorsey and Roering 2006.
We also had great views of Vandeventer Flat, and the Santa Rosa Mountains.
Seeing the panorama of Garner Valley, the Desert Divide, and the SnJt high country, from a ridge on the west of Lookout Mountain.
Seeing what the country and plants looked like on the east end of Burnt Valley.

The trail itself traverses a number of distinct terrains, each with its own suite of plant species:

First is the very head of Garner Valley, a flat sandy area with no trees or large shrubs.
Second is the north-facing chaparral of Lookout Mountain, with typical north-facing chaparral.
Third is the south-facing chaparral of Lookout Mountain, with typical south-facing chaparral.
Fourth is a flat remnant terrain, presumably of the Bautista Formation, in Burnt Valley between two branches of Hamilton Creek. The plants here were completely different, including Opuntia parryi, Encelia actoni, Penstemon centranthifolius, Datura wrightii, and Stephanomeria virgata, instead of the S. exigua deanei found in the rest of the trail.

There are almost no bedrock outcroppings at all here. Most of the time we were in the alluvium of the Bautista Formation, or in recent sediments. As a result, we found only a few of the rock dwellers.
It was also interesting being at the junction of four drainages: the headwaters of the San Jacinto River, Palm Canyon, Santa Margarita River, and Coyote Creek. See map showing the drainages. There are two spots at Lookout Mountain where one can stand at the headwaters of three drainages.
Number of Unique Taxa On This Trail

This section not updated from the 11/22/08 fieldwork.
The following histogram gives the number of trails in our database that contain each taxon on this trail. We had 132 trails in our database when this histogram was made; 4 of those trails, including this one, are in this area of San Jacinto Mountain. A number of "1" means the taxon has only been found on this trail among the trails in our database; numbers of "4" or smaller may indicate taxa found only in this area of San Jacinto Mountain.

Number of Trails
Containing A Taxon Number Of Taxa
On This Trail % of Taxa
On This Trail
1 1 1%
2 2 2%
3 3 3%
4 3 3%
5 4 4%

1-5 13 13%
6-10 16 16%
11-15 19 20%
16-20 9 9%
21-25 9 9%
26-30 5 5%
31-35 9 9%
36-40 4 4%
41-45 2 2%
46-50 2 2%
51-55 3 3%
56-60 2 2%
60-65 0 0%
66-70 4 4%
Total Taxa 97 100%

We found 16 additional species not in the above table, since they have not been identified yet. The unidentified ones are marked with ? or sp in the id? column in the guide, and have no entry in the #all column.
Fieldwork Dates and Summary of List Changes With Time

The following table gives the dates the trail was walked and taxa recorded. After each visit, the table gives the total number of taxa on the list and the breakdown of the taxa without positive identification. See Explanation of Plant Trail Guides to understand the symbols below.

Visit Date Visit # # taxa # "?" # "sp" # "~" # "ssp"
11/11/2008 1 113 5 13 18 3
11/22/2008 2 118 6 13 19 3

The fieldwork on 11/11/2008 was to mile 1.99, and on 11/22/08 to mile 4.13.
Botanical Trip Reports

The Plant Guide

This checklist is in the Jepson Manual 2012 Second Edition system.
See also Plant Checklist in Family Order.
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Mile S # id? Common Name Latin Name #here #all
0.00 Begin trail guide at SR74, elevation 4919 feet (1499 m). The following species are found in the immediate vicinity of the trail outside the fence, and are listed in alphabetical order.
0.00 1 bur-ragweed Ambrosia acanthicarpa 5 / 1 55
0.00 2 big sagebrush Artemisia tridentata 20 / 3 50
0.00 3 *downy brome Bromus tectorum 99 / 9 122
0.00 4 strigose suncup Camissonia strigulosa 20 / 2 27
0.00 5 rattlesnake weed Chamaesyce albomarginata 50 / 9 32
0.00 6 ~ pit-seed goosefoot Chenopodium berlandieri 5 / 1 12
0.00 7 Fremont's goosefoot Chenopodium fremontii 20 / 4 68
0.00 8 popcorn flower Cryptantha intermedia var. intermedia 99 / 9 67
0.00 9 Davidson's buckwheat Eriogonum davidsonii 99 / 9 72
0.00 10 *redstem filaree Erodium cicutarium 99 / 9 171
0.00 11 *shortpod mustard Hirschfeldia incana 50 / 3 88
0.00 12 *foxtail barley Hordeum murinum 99 / 3 36
0.00 13 wild pepper-grass Lepidium virginicum ssp. menziesii 30 / 5 26
0.00 14 California-aster Corethrogyne filaginifolia 50 / 9 122
0.00 15 sticky lessingia Lessingia glandulifera var. glandulifera 99 / 5 19
0.00 16 Patagonia plantain Plantago patagonica 50 / 3 17
0.00 17 *knotweed Polygonum aviculare ssp. depressum 10 / 1 37
0.00 18 Palmer's oak Quercus palmeri 10 / 2 4
0.00 19 *Russian thistle Salsola tragus 5 / 1 50
0.00 20 blue elderberry Sambucus nigra ssp. caerulea 1 / 1 117
0.00 21 *tumble-mustard Sisymbrium altissimum 40 / 9 47
0.00 22 desert globemallow Sphaeralcea ambigua var. rugosa 50 / 9 24
0.00 Pass through gate
0.00 l Sign: "PCT; Table Mountain Road 4.5 mi; Terwilliger Valley 10 mi; Coyote Canyon Road 11 mi; Indian Flat Campground 31 mi"
0.00 r 23 combseed Pectocarya penicillata 30 / 1 17
0.00 24 *puncture-vine Tribulus terrestris 5 / 1 12
0.00 b (Jeffrey pine, Pinus jeffreyi)
0.00 l (hoary aster, Machaeranthera asteroides; oak mistletoe, Phoradendron villosum)
0.00 r 25 sapphire woolly-star Eriastrum sapphirinum 30 / 3 22
0.00 b 26 coastal gilia Gilia diegensis 99 / 9 21
0.00 b 27 *rattail fescue Festuca myuros 99 / 1 67
0.00 l 28 slender wreathplant Stephanomeria exigua ssp. deanei 30 / 9 27
0.00 l 29 creeping wild rye Elymus triticoides 30 / 2 16
0.00 r 30 golden daisy Pentachaeta aurea 2 / 1 10
0.00 l (matchweed, Gutierrezia sarothrae)
0.00 l 31 San Bernardino suncup Camissoniopsis confusa 10 / 5 17
0.00 r 32 oak mistletoe Phoradendron serotinum ssp. tomentosum 10 / 3 47
0.00 b (California evening-primrose, Oenothera californica ssp. californica)
0.00 r (cotton-thorn, Tetradymia comosa)
0.01 r 33 California suncup Eulobus californicus 99 / 5 124
0.01 l 34 matchweed Gutierrezia sarothrae 99 / 9 95
0.01 l (imbricate phacelia, Phacelia imbricata ssp. patula)
0.01 r 35 woolly yellow chaenactis Chaenactis glabriuscula var. lanosa 50 / 9 5
0.02 l 36 Wright's buckwheat Eriogonum wrightii var. membranaceum 30 / 3 47
0.03 Begin to cross wide drainage of upper Garner Valley Creek
0.04 l 37 western lupine Lupinus formosus 10 / 1 7
0.04 l 38 white mugwort Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. albula 50 / 5 25
0.04 b 39 purple owl's-clover Castilleja exserta ssp. exserta 99 / 3 23
0.05 l 40 baby blue eyes Nemophila menziesii 99 / 3 4
0.05 l 41 small-flowered fiddleneck Amsinckia retrorsa 2 / 2 19
0.05 r (Mexican manzanita, Arctostaphylos pungens)
0.05 l (California brome, Bromus carinatus; phlox-leaved bedstraw, Galium andrewsii ssp. andrewsii; southern honeysuckle, Lonicera subspicata var. denudata)
0.06 r 42 showy bajada lupine Lupinus concinnus ssp. optatus 10 / 9 5
0.06 l (chaparral bush mallow, Malacothamnus fasciculatus; golden yarrow, Eriophyllum confertiflorum var. confertiflorum)
0.06 r 43 Jones' prickly-nut cryptantha Cryptantha muricata var. jonesii 99 / 5 20
0.07 r (threadleaf common rabbitbrush, Ericameria nauseosa var. oreophila)
0.08 r (cupped-leaf ceanothus, Ceanothus greggii var. perplexans)
0.09 l (spear-leaved mountain dandelion, Agoseris retrorsa; red shanks, Adenostoma sparsifolium)
0.09 l 44 California buckwheat Eriogonum fasciculatum var. polifolium 50 / 9 131
0.09 r 45 blue dicks Dichelostemma capitatum ssp. capitatum 50 / 9 87
0.09 r 46 southern honeysuckle Lonicera subspicata var. denudata 99 / 9 84
0.09 l (goosefoot yellow violet, Viola purpurea ssp. quercetorum; California broomrape, Orobanche californica ssp. feudgei)
0.09 r (coast live oak, Quercus agrifolia var. agrifolia)
0.10 l 47 birch-leaf mountain-mahogany Cercocarpus betuloides var. betuloides 50 / 9 72
0.10 b 48 mountain red-root cryptantha Cryptantha micrantha var. lepida 99 / 5 33
0.10 r 49 interior live oak Quercus wislizeni var. frutescens 20 / 5 45
0.10 l (closer Mexican manzanita, Arctostaphylos pungens; strigose lotus, Lotus strigosus; wild-cucumber, Marah macrocarpus var. macrocarpus; coast-range melic, Melica imperfecta; giant four o'clock, Mirabilis multiflora var. pubescens; muilla, Muilla maritima; scarlet bugler, Penstemon centranthifolius)
0.11 b 50 bristly bird's beak Cordylanthus rigidus ssp. setiger 50 / 9 68
0.12 l (desert prickly-pear, Opuntia phaeacantha)
0.13 r (ashy silk tassel, Garrya flavescens)
0.13 r 51 narrowleaf bedstraw Galium angustifolium ssp. angustifolium 30 / 9 101
0.13 r 52 cupped-leaf ceanothus Ceanothus perplexans 40 / 9 33
0.13 r 53 scarlet bugler Penstemon centranthifolius 20 / 5 48
0.13 l 54 leafy daisy Erigeron foliosus var. foliosus 20 / 3 117
0.13 r 55 Parish's needlegrass Stipa parishii var. parishii 50 / 9 68
0.13 b 56 purple nightshade Solanum xanti 99 / 9 35
0.14 r 57 desert scrub oak Quercus cornelius-mulleri 50 / 9 28
0.14 l 58 San Diego pea Lathyrus vestitus var. alefeldii 5 / 3 44
0.14 r 59 southern Chinese houses Collinsia concolor 99 / 9 23
0.14 l sp (baby pine tree, Pinus sp.)
0.14 r 60 Mohave yucca Yucca schidigera 10 / 9 64
0.14 l 61 basketbush Rhus aromatica 5 / 2 57
0.14 r 62 showy penstemon Penstemon spectabilis var. spectabilis 1 / 1 33
0.16 r 63 wild-cucumber Marah macrocarpa 10 / 5 77
0.16 l 64 sand cress Calyptridium monandrum 99 / 9 56
0.16 Trail turns right 90°; now on north side of Lookout Mountain
0.16 r 65 branching phacelia Phacelia ramosissima 20 / 5 3
0.16 b 66 scattered blazing star Mentzelia dispersa 99 / 5 10
0.16 b 67 ashy silk tassel Garrya flavescens 20 / 9 32
0.17 l (pink-bracted manzanita, Arctostaphylos pringlei ssp. drupacea)
0.18 l 68 whorledleaf penstemon Keckiella ternata var. ternata 40 / 9 38
0.18 b 69 Mojave prickly-pear Opuntia polyacantha var. erinacea 20 / 9 14
0.18 l 70 narrow-leaved miner's lettuce Claytonia parviflora ssp. parviflora 99 / 9 44
0.18 l 71 coast-range melic Melica imperfecta 99 / 9 85
0.18 l 72 perennial rock-cress Boechera perennans 18 / 9 33
0.18 l 73 June grass Koeleria macrantha 1 / 1 30
0.18 b 74 western wallflower Erysimum capitatum var. capitatum 20 / 5 116
0.18 l 75 hollyleaf cherry Prunus ilicifolia ssp. ilicifolia 5 / 5 42
0.19 r 76 California bee plant Scrophularia californica 10 / 3 45
0.19 l (annual malacothrix, Malacothrix clevelandii; narrowleaf goldenbush, Ericameria linearifolia)
0.19 l 77 Martin's paintbrush Castilleja applegatei ssp. martinii 1 / 1 79
0.20 b 78 Purpus' wing-nut cryptantha Cryptantha pterocarya var. purpusii 99 / 9 4
0.20 r 79 sticky false-gilia Allophyllum glutinosum 50 / 5 18
0.20 r 80 squirreltail Elymus elymoides 20 / 2 117
0.20 l 81 southern tauschia Tauschia arguta 30 / 9 27
0.20 l 82 golden yarrow Eriophyllum confertiflorum var. confertiflorum 99 / 9 141
0.20 l 83 pink-bracted manzanita Arctostaphylos pringlei ssp. drupacea 5 / 2 44
0.21 l 84 California elegant rock-cress Boechera californica 64 / 9 28
0.22 l 85 red shanks Adenostoma sparsifolium 99 / 9 20
0.23 b 86 chamise Adenostoma fasciculatum 99 / 9 76
0.24 l 87 desert prickly-pear Opuntia phaeacantha 10 / 9 48
0.30 l 88 annual malacothrix Malacothrix clevelandii 20 / 4 9
0.30 r 89 western tansy-mustard Descurainia pinnata 99 / 9 82
0.32 l 90 giant four o'clock Mirabilis multiflora var. pubescens 20 / 5 22
0.32 l 91 common phacelia Phacelia distans 50 / 9 107
0.37 b 92 Veatch's blazing star Mentzelia veatchiana 30 / 3 11
0.37 l (bigberry manzanita, Arctostaphylos glauca)
0.43 Local high point on trail at east-west ridge near a saddle; elevation 5040 feet (1536 m); cross to southwest side of Lookout Mountain
0.43 l 93 *pineapple weed Matricaria discoidea 5 / 1 39
0.43 r 94 *red brome Bromus madritensis ssp. rubens 99 / 5 154
0.44 l 95 sp mariposa lily Calochortus sp. 3 / 2 2
0.44 l 96 Parish's bluecurls Trichostema parishii 3 / 3 22
0.45 r 97 Parry's nolina Nolina parryi 10 / 9 28
0.45 r 98 three-lobed oxytheca Sidotheca trilobata 20 / 5 12
0.45 l 99 California chicory Rafinesquia californica 10 / 5 41
0.46 b 100 Hall's caulanthus Caulanthus hallii 99 / 9 13
0.48 l 101 spear-leaved mountain dandelion Agoseris retrorsa 1 / 1 51
0.49 b 102 southern gilia Saltugilia australis 99 / 9 8
0.52 r 103 California thistle Cirsium occidentale var. californicum 6 / 2 51
0.53 l 104 beady lipfern Cheilanthes covillei 10 / 2 59
0.53 b 105 silver puffs Uropappus lindleyi 50 / 9 66
0.53 r (hollyleaf redberry, Rhamnus ilicifolia)
0.54 l 106 goldback fern Pentagramma triangularis ssp. triangularis 1 / 1 42
0.54 r (dead chaparral yucca, Yucca whipplei, in 2009)
0.54 l 107 cotton-thorn Tetradymia comosa 5 / 1 4
0.56 l 108 narrowleaf goldenbush Ericameria linearifolia 20 / 9 40
0.56 r 109 hollyleaf redberry Rhamnus ilicifolia 10 / 5 86
0.56 l 110 fairy bowties, threadstem Pterostegia drymarioides 1 / 1 83
0.58 r 111 bigberry manzanita Arctostaphylos glauca 40 / 9 34
0.59 r 112 purple head Acourtia microcephala 7 / 1 31
0.61 l 113 sugar bush Rhus ovata 7 / 4 68
0.63 l 114 chaparral yucca Hesperoyucca whipplei 30 / 9 99
0.64 l 115 whispering bells Emmenanthe penduliflora var. penduliflora 99 / 9 73
0.64 b 116 *ripgut brome Bromus diandrus 99 / 9 103
0.65 Cross drainage
0.66 b (Parry pinyon pine, Pinus quadrifolia)
0.67 Switchback left
0.69 l 117 Payson's wild cabbage Caulanthus simulans 99 / 9 12
0.71 l 118 muilla Muilla maritima 20 / 5 28
0.73 r 119 *herb sophia Descurainia sophia 1 / 1 6
0.77 l 120 blue larkspur Delphinium parryi ssp. parryi 20 / 5 33
0.77 121 slender buckwheat Eriogonum gracile var. incultum 2 / 1 28
0.78 l ~30 baby plants in 5/2015 of California elegant rock-cress, Arabis sparsiflora var. californica
0.78 l 122 short-winged deerweed Acmispon glaber var. brevialatus 99 / 9 76
0.80 b 123 desert needlegrass Stipa speciosa 99 / 9 60
0.80 l 124 strigose lotus Acmispon strigosus 30 / 3 121
0.80 Cross old road, now very overgrown
0.81 l 125 wild canterbury bells Phacelia minor 99 / 9 48
0.82 r (prickly lettuce, Lactuca serriola)
0.83 b 126 giant needlegrass Stipa coronata 30 / 9 45
0.91 Cross bigger old overgrown road; elevation 5000 feet (1524 m)
0.93 r (Coulter's snapdragon, Antirrhinum coulterianum)
0.96 l 127 bird's-foot fern Pellaea mucronata var. mucronata 10 / 5 81
0.99 l 128 Coulter's snapdragon Antirrhinum coulterianum 99 / 9 25
1.02 l 129 chia Salvia columbariae 99 / 9 122
1.05 r 130 *Mediterranean schismus Schismus barbatus 99 / 9 126
1.07 begin large patch of California suncup, Camissonia californica
1.08 l (wide-throated yellow monkeyflower, Mimulus brevipes)
1.10 r 131 white sage Salvia apiana 30 / 7 101
1.10 r (woolly Indian paintbrush, Castilleja foliolosa)
1.12 Cross first branch of Hamilton Creek
1.12 b 132 little monardella Monardella nana 25 / 2 8
1.13 l 133 woolly Indian paintbrush Castilleja foliolosa 5 / 3 29
1.22 Enter large patch of bigberry manzanita, Arctostaphylos glauca
1.23 l 134 Parish's chaenactis Chaenactis parishii 1 / 1 4
1.23 Cross small drainage
1.26 Switchback left at ridge
1.26 r 135 cane cholla Cylindropuntia californica var. parkeri 30 / 9 19
1.28 b 136 Parry pinyon pine Pinus quadrifolia 10 / 5 5
1.29 l (Acton encelia, Encelia actoni)
1.31 b 137 Acton encelia Encelia actoni 30 / 5 34
1.31 b 138 southern California silver-lotus Acmispon argophyllus var. argophyllus 20 / 5 35
1.33 b 139 thick-leaved yerba santa Eriodictyon crassifolium 10 / 1 3
1.35 l 140 mountain grape-soda lupine Lupinus excubitus var. austromontanus 13 / 2 58
1.35 l 141 phlox-leaved bedstraw Galium andrewsii ssp. andrewsii 10 / 3 23
1.35 r 142 narrowleaf monardella Monardella linoides ssp. linoides 5 / 1 14
1.39 Cross small drainage
1.52 Cross second branch of Hamilton Creek; elevation 4880 feet (1487 m); enter flat area
1.52 r 143 sacred datura Datura wrightii 5 / 2 61
1.54 l 144 one-sided bluegrass Poa secunda ssp. secunda 10 / 1 66
1.57 r 145 ~ Powell's amaranth Amaranthus powellii 10 / 1 2
1.62 l 146 Wallace's woolly daisy Eriophyllum wallacei var. wallacei 50 / 3 14
1.63 l 147 purple three-awn Aristida purpurea 10 / 1 61
1.71 r 148 hoary aster Dieteria asteroides 1 / 1 4
1.73 l 149 Fremont pincushion Chaenactis fremontii 1 / 1 46
1.73 Cross very small drainage
1.79 l 150 San Jacinto beardtongue Penstemon clevelandii var. connatus 1 / 1 8
1.79 Switchback left at small ridge; elevation 4800 feet (1463 m)
1.88 Viewpoint on lip of drainage to Coyote Creek (L); trail now parallels third branch of Hamilton Creek (R)
1.91 b 151 southern mountain woolly-star Eriastrum densifolium ssp. austromontanum 30 / 2 41
1.97 l 152 twiggy wreath plant Stephanomeria virgata 10 / 3 26
1.97 Second viewpoint in drainage to Coyote Creek
2.05 Third viewpoint in drainage to Coyote Creek; next 4 viewpoints not noted in guide
2.09 l 153 southern jewel-flower Streptanthus campestris 30 / 2 12
2.13 l 154 green miner's lettuce Claytonia parviflora ssp. viridis 99 / 1 18
2.24 l Check for different Mariposa lily, Calochortus sp.
2.25 r 155 fringe-pod Thysanocarpus curvipes 10 / 1 38
2.26 r (nodding needlegrass, Stipa cernua)
2.26 l 156 wire-lettuce Stephanomeria pauciflora 7 / 1 113
2.27 l 157 ~ Bigelow's linanthus Linanthus bigelovii 30 / 1 8
2.46 l 158 chick lupine Lupinus microcarpus var. densiflorus 13 / 1 2
2.61 Eighth and last viewpoint in drainage to Coyote Creek
2.63 r 159 ~ papillate dodder Cuscuta californica var. papillosa 5 / 2 24
2.66 r (a number of California broomrape, Orobanche californica ssp. feudgei)
2.72 l Jct. 4WD trail to 4721 foot peak shown on topo map, but there is no evidence of it now here or at its western junction at mile 2.98
3.11 r 160 beavertail cactus Opuntia basilaris var. basilaris 10 / 9 118
3.15 Begin descent into Alkali Wash; elevation 4800 feet (1463 m)
3.17 l 161 ~ meally white pincushion Chaenactis artemisiifolia / 29
3.24 Switchback right
3.28 Switchback left
3.35 Switchback right
3.43 Switchback left
3.48 Switchback right
3.54 Cross drainage of Alkali Wash; elevation ~4540 feet (1384 m)
3.60 r Dense patch of blue larkspur, Delphinium parryi ssp. parryi
3.74 Cross second branch of Alkali Wash; elevation 4600 feet (1402 m)
4.04 r 162 granite prickly phlox Linanthus pungens 1 / 1 68
4.04 Cross third branch of Alkali Wash; elevation 4680 feet (1426 m)
4.19 Switchback right on slope of Table Mountain; elevation 4760 feet (1451 m)
4.19 End plant trail guide
4.63 Jct. Table Mountain Road; elevation ~4900 feet (1494 m)

Species seen only off-trail in the above guide are repeated here:
0.00 163 Jeffrey pine Pinus jeffreyi / 128
0.00 164 California evening-primrose Oenothera californica ssp. californica / 7
0.01 165 imbricate phacelia Phacelia imbricata var. patula / 39
0.05 166 California brome Bromus carinatus / 1
0.05 167 Mexican manzanita Arctostaphylos pungens / 19
0.06 168 chaparral bush mallow Malacothamnus fasciculatus / 20
0.07 169 threadleaf common rabbitbrush Ericameria nauseosa var. oreophila / 33
0.09 170 goosefoot yellow violet Viola purpurea ssp. quercetorum / 19
0.09 171 California broomrape Orobanche californica ssp. feudgei / 6
0.09 172 coast live oak Quercus agrifolia var. agrifolia / 51
0.82 173 *prickly lettuce Lactuca serriola / 72
1.08 174 wide-throated yellow monkeyflower Mimulus brevipes / 23
2.26 175 nodding needlegrass Stipa cernua / 21

Comments On Specific Species

Pinus quadrifolia. We were surprised to come across very few Pinus quadrifolia, or in fact any trees at all, in the first 2 miles of this trail. The needle count on the four specimens we did encounter was as follows:

# needles Plant #
1 2 3 4 1-4
3 1 2 6 2 11
4 2 2 3 1 8
5 1 2 - 5 8

See Needle Count on PCT North of SR74 and Pinus monophylla X P. quadrifolia: Addendum: Pinus juarezensis x P. monophylla for more information.
Quercus cornelius-mulleri. Plants at mile 2.5 are fairly clear Quercus cornelius-mulleri, but the plants at the beginning of the trail are ambiguous between Q. acutidens and Q. cornelius-mulleri. Since it is far from clear that there are two separate species here, we are just calling them all Q. cornelius-mulleri.
We thank Brendon Crill for help with the 22 November 2008 fieldwork, and Bill Sullivan for help with the 14 May 2009 fieldwork.

Number of Trails Containing A Taxon	Number Of Taxa On This Trail	% of Taxa On This Trail
1	1	1%
2	2	2%
3	3	3%
4	3	3%
5	4	4%

1-5	13	13%
6-10	16	16%
11-15	19	20%
16-20	9	9%
21-25	9	9%
26-30	5	5%
31-35	9	9%
36-40	4	4%
41-45	2	2%
46-50	2	2%
51-55	3	3%
56-60	2	2%
60-65	0	0%
66-70	4	4%
Total Taxa	97	100%

Visit Date	Visit #	# taxa	# "?"	# "sp"	# "~"	# "ssp"
11/11/2008	1	113	5	13	18	3
11/22/2008	2	118	6	13	19	3

Mile	S	#	id?	Common Name	Latin Name	#here	#all
0.00				Begin trail guide at SR74, elevation 4919 feet (1499 m). The following species are found in the immediate vicinity of the trail outside the fence, and are listed in alphabetical order.
0.00		1		bur-ragweed	Ambrosia acanthicarpa	5 / 1	55
0.00		2		big sagebrush	Artemisia tridentata	20 / 3	50
0.00		3		*downy brome	Bromus tectorum	99 / 9	122
0.00		4		strigose suncup	Camissonia strigulosa	20 / 2	27
0.00		5		rattlesnake weed	Chamaesyce albomarginata	50 / 9	32
0.00		6	~	pit-seed goosefoot	Chenopodium berlandieri	5 / 1	12
0.00		7		Fremont's goosefoot	Chenopodium fremontii	20 / 4	68
0.00		8		popcorn flower	Cryptantha intermedia var. intermedia	99 / 9	67
0.00		9		Davidson's buckwheat	Eriogonum davidsonii	99 / 9	72
0.00		10		*redstem filaree	Erodium cicutarium	99 / 9	171
0.00		11		*shortpod mustard	Hirschfeldia incana	50 / 3	88
0.00		12		*foxtail barley	Hordeum murinum	99 / 3	36
0.00		13		wild pepper-grass	Lepidium virginicum ssp. menziesii	30 / 5	26
0.00		14		California-aster	Corethrogyne filaginifolia	50 / 9	122
0.00		15		sticky lessingia	Lessingia glandulifera var. glandulifera	99 / 5	19
0.00		16		Patagonia plantain	Plantago patagonica	50 / 3	17
0.00		17		*knotweed	Polygonum aviculare ssp. depressum	10 / 1	37
0.00		18		Palmer's oak	Quercus palmeri	10 / 2	4
0.00		19		*Russian thistle	Salsola tragus	5 / 1	50
0.00		20		blue elderberry	Sambucus nigra ssp. caerulea	1 / 1	117
0.00		21		*tumble-mustard	Sisymbrium altissimum	40 / 9	47
0.00		22		desert globemallow	Sphaeralcea ambigua var. rugosa	50 / 9	24
0.00				Pass through gate
0.00	l			Sign: "PCT; Table Mountain Road 4.5 mi; Terwilliger Valley 10 mi; Coyote Canyon Road 11 mi; Indian Flat Campground 31 mi"
0.00	r	23		combseed	Pectocarya penicillata	30 / 1	17
0.00		24		*puncture-vine	Tribulus terrestris	5 / 1	12
0.00	b			(Jeffrey pine, Pinus jeffreyi)
0.00	l			(hoary aster, Machaeranthera asteroides; oak mistletoe, Phoradendron villosum)
0.00	r	25		sapphire woolly-star	Eriastrum sapphirinum	30 / 3	22
0.00	b	26		coastal gilia	Gilia diegensis	99 / 9	21
0.00	b	27		*rattail fescue	Festuca myuros	99 / 1	67
0.00	l	28		slender wreathplant	Stephanomeria exigua ssp. deanei	30 / 9	27
0.00	l	29		creeping wild rye	Elymus triticoides	30 / 2	16
0.00	r	30		golden daisy	Pentachaeta aurea	2 / 1	10
0.00	l			(matchweed, Gutierrezia sarothrae)
0.00	l	31		San Bernardino suncup	Camissoniopsis confusa	10 / 5	17
0.00	r	32		oak mistletoe	Phoradendron serotinum ssp. tomentosum	10 / 3	47
0.00	b			(California evening-primrose, Oenothera californica ssp. californica)
0.00	r			(cotton-thorn, Tetradymia comosa)
0.01	r	33		California suncup	Eulobus californicus	99 / 5	124
0.01	l	34		matchweed	Gutierrezia sarothrae	99 / 9	95
0.01	l			(imbricate phacelia, Phacelia imbricata ssp. patula)
0.01	r	35		woolly yellow chaenactis	Chaenactis glabriuscula var. lanosa	50 / 9	5
0.02	l	36		Wright's buckwheat	Eriogonum wrightii var. membranaceum	30 / 3	47
0.03				Begin to cross wide drainage of upper Garner Valley Creek
0.04	l	37		western lupine	Lupinus formosus	10 / 1	7
0.04	l	38		white mugwort	Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. albula	50 / 5	25
0.04	b	39		purple owl's-clover	Castilleja exserta ssp. exserta	99 / 3	23
0.05	l	40		baby blue eyes	Nemophila menziesii	99 / 3	4
0.05	l	41		small-flowered fiddleneck	Amsinckia retrorsa	2 / 2	19
0.05	r			(Mexican manzanita, Arctostaphylos pungens)
0.05	l			(California brome, Bromus carinatus; phlox-leaved bedstraw, Galium andrewsii ssp. andrewsii; southern honeysuckle, Lonicera subspicata var. denudata)
0.06	r	42		showy bajada lupine	Lupinus concinnus ssp. optatus	10 / 9	5
0.06	l			(chaparral bush mallow, Malacothamnus fasciculatus; golden yarrow, Eriophyllum confertiflorum var. confertiflorum)
0.06	r	43		Jones' prickly-nut cryptantha	Cryptantha muricata var. jonesii	99 / 5	20
0.07	r			(threadleaf common rabbitbrush, Ericameria nauseosa var. oreophila)
0.08	r			(cupped-leaf ceanothus, Ceanothus greggii var. perplexans)
0.09	l			(spear-leaved mountain dandelion, Agoseris retrorsa; red shanks, Adenostoma sparsifolium)
0.09	l	44		California buckwheat	Eriogonum fasciculatum var. polifolium	50 / 9	131
0.09	r	45		blue dicks	Dichelostemma capitatum ssp. capitatum	50 / 9	87
0.09	r	46		southern honeysuckle	Lonicera subspicata var. denudata	99 / 9	84
0.09	l			(goosefoot yellow violet, Viola purpurea ssp. quercetorum; California broomrape, Orobanche californica ssp. feudgei)
0.09	r			(coast live oak, Quercus agrifolia var. agrifolia)
0.10	l	47		birch-leaf mountain-mahogany	Cercocarpus betuloides var. betuloides	50 / 9	72
0.10	b	48		mountain red-root cryptantha	Cryptantha micrantha var. lepida	99 / 5	33
0.10	r	49		interior live oak	Quercus wislizeni var. frutescens	20 / 5	45
0.10	l			(closer Mexican manzanita, Arctostaphylos pungens; strigose lotus, Lotus strigosus; wild-cucumber, Marah macrocarpus var. macrocarpus; coast-range melic, Melica imperfecta; giant four o'clock, Mirabilis multiflora var. pubescens; muilla, Muilla maritima; scarlet bugler, Penstemon centranthifolius)
0.11	b	50		bristly bird's beak	Cordylanthus rigidus ssp. setiger	50 / 9	68
0.12	l			(desert prickly-pear, Opuntia phaeacantha)
0.13	r			(ashy silk tassel, Garrya flavescens)
0.13	r	51		narrowleaf bedstraw	Galium angustifolium ssp. angustifolium	30 / 9	101
0.13	r	52		cupped-leaf ceanothus	Ceanothus perplexans	40 / 9	33
0.13	r	53		scarlet bugler	Penstemon centranthifolius	20 / 5	48
0.13	l	54		leafy daisy	Erigeron foliosus var. foliosus	20 / 3	117
0.13	r	55		Parish's needlegrass	Stipa parishii var. parishii	50 / 9	68
0.13	b	56		purple nightshade	Solanum xanti	99 / 9	35
0.14	r	57		desert scrub oak	Quercus cornelius-mulleri	50 / 9	28
0.14	l	58		San Diego pea	Lathyrus vestitus var. alefeldii	5 / 3	44
0.14	r	59		southern Chinese houses	Collinsia concolor	99 / 9	23
0.14	l		sp	(baby pine tree, Pinus sp.)
0.14	r	60		Mohave yucca	Yucca schidigera	10 / 9	64
0.14	l	61		basketbush	Rhus aromatica	5 / 2	57
0.14	r	62		showy penstemon	Penstemon spectabilis var. spectabilis	1 / 1	33
0.16	r	63		wild-cucumber	Marah macrocarpa	10 / 5	77
0.16	l	64		sand cress	Calyptridium monandrum	99 / 9	56
0.16				Trail turns right 90°; now on north side of Lookout Mountain
0.16	r	65		branching phacelia	Phacelia ramosissima	20 / 5	3
0.16	b	66		scattered blazing star	Mentzelia dispersa	99 / 5	10
0.16	b	67		ashy silk tassel	Garrya flavescens	20 / 9	32
0.17	l			(pink-bracted manzanita, Arctostaphylos pringlei ssp. drupacea)
0.18	l	68		whorledleaf penstemon	Keckiella ternata var. ternata	40 / 9	38
0.18	b	69		Mojave prickly-pear	Opuntia polyacantha var. erinacea	20 / 9	14
0.18	l	70		narrow-leaved miner's lettuce	Claytonia parviflora ssp. parviflora	99 / 9	44
0.18	l	71		coast-range melic	Melica imperfecta	99 / 9	85
0.18	l	72		perennial rock-cress	Boechera perennans	18 / 9	33
0.18	l	73		June grass	Koeleria macrantha	1 / 1	30
0.18	b	74		western wallflower	Erysimum capitatum var. capitatum	20 / 5	116
0.18	l	75		hollyleaf cherry	Prunus ilicifolia ssp. ilicifolia	5 / 5	42
0.19	r	76		California bee plant	Scrophularia californica	10 / 3	45
0.19	l			(annual malacothrix, Malacothrix clevelandii; narrowleaf goldenbush, Ericameria linearifolia)
0.19	l	77		Martin's paintbrush	Castilleja applegatei ssp. martinii	1 / 1	79
0.20	b	78		Purpus' wing-nut cryptantha	Cryptantha pterocarya var. purpusii	99 / 9	4
0.20	r	79		sticky false-gilia	Allophyllum glutinosum	50 / 5	18
0.20	r	80		squirreltail	Elymus elymoides	20 / 2	117
0.20	l	81		southern tauschia	Tauschia arguta	30 / 9	27
0.20	l	82		golden yarrow	Eriophyllum confertiflorum var. confertiflorum	99 / 9	141
0.20	l	83		pink-bracted manzanita	Arctostaphylos pringlei ssp. drupacea	5 / 2	44
0.21	l	84		California elegant rock-cress	Boechera californica	64 / 9	28
0.22	l	85		red shanks	Adenostoma sparsifolium	99 / 9	20
0.23	b	86		chamise	Adenostoma fasciculatum	99 / 9	76
0.24	l	87		desert prickly-pear	Opuntia phaeacantha	10 / 9	48
0.30	l	88		annual malacothrix	Malacothrix clevelandii	20 / 4	9
0.30	r	89		western tansy-mustard	Descurainia pinnata	99 / 9	82
0.32	l	90		giant four o'clock	Mirabilis multiflora var. pubescens	20 / 5	22
0.32	l	91		common phacelia	Phacelia distans	50 / 9	107
0.37	b	92		Veatch's blazing star	Mentzelia veatchiana	30 / 3	11
0.37	l			(bigberry manzanita, Arctostaphylos glauca)
0.43				Local high point on trail at east-west ridge near a saddle; elevation 5040 feet (1536 m); cross to southwest side of Lookout Mountain
0.43	l	93		*pineapple weed	Matricaria discoidea	5 / 1	39
0.43	r	94		*red brome	Bromus madritensis ssp. rubens	99 / 5	154
0.44	l	95	sp	mariposa lily	Calochortus sp.	3 / 2	2
0.44	l	96		Parish's bluecurls	Trichostema parishii	3 / 3	22
0.45	r	97		Parry's nolina	Nolina parryi	10 / 9	28
0.45	r	98		three-lobed oxytheca	Sidotheca trilobata	20 / 5	12
0.45	l	99		California chicory	Rafinesquia californica	10 / 5	41
0.46	b	100		Hall's caulanthus	Caulanthus hallii	99 / 9	13
0.48	l	101		spear-leaved mountain dandelion	Agoseris retrorsa	1 / 1	51
0.49	b	102		southern gilia	Saltugilia australis	99 / 9	8
0.52	r	103		California thistle	Cirsium occidentale var. californicum	6 / 2	51
0.53	l	104		beady lipfern	Cheilanthes covillei	10 / 2	59
0.53	b	105		silver puffs	Uropappus lindleyi	50 / 9	66
0.53	r			(hollyleaf redberry, Rhamnus ilicifolia)
0.54	l	106		goldback fern	Pentagramma triangularis ssp. triangularis	1 / 1	42
0.54	r			(dead chaparral yucca, Yucca whipplei, in 2009)
0.54	l	107		cotton-thorn	Tetradymia comosa	5 / 1	4
0.56	l	108		narrowleaf goldenbush	Ericameria linearifolia	20 / 9	40
0.56	r	109		hollyleaf redberry	Rhamnus ilicifolia	10 / 5	86
0.56	l	110		fairy bowties, threadstem	Pterostegia drymarioides	1 / 1	83
0.58	r	111		bigberry manzanita	Arctostaphylos glauca	40 / 9	34
0.59	r	112		purple head	Acourtia microcephala	7 / 1	31
0.61	l	113		sugar bush	Rhus ovata	7 / 4	68
0.63	l	114		chaparral yucca	Hesperoyucca whipplei	30 / 9	99
0.64	l	115		whispering bells	Emmenanthe penduliflora var. penduliflora	99 / 9	73
0.64	b	116		*ripgut brome	Bromus diandrus	99 / 9	103
0.65				Cross drainage
0.66	b			(Parry pinyon pine, Pinus quadrifolia)
0.67				Switchback left
0.69	l	117		Payson's wild cabbage	Caulanthus simulans	99 / 9	12
0.71	l	118		muilla	Muilla maritima	20 / 5	28
0.73	r	119		*herb sophia	Descurainia sophia	1 / 1	6
0.77	l	120		blue larkspur	Delphinium parryi ssp. parryi	20 / 5	33
0.77		121		slender buckwheat	Eriogonum gracile var. incultum	2 / 1	28
0.78	l			~30 baby plants in 5/2015 of California elegant rock-cress, Arabis sparsiflora var. californica
0.78	l	122		short-winged deerweed	Acmispon glaber var. brevialatus	99 / 9	76
0.80	b	123		desert needlegrass	Stipa speciosa	99 / 9	60
0.80	l	124		strigose lotus	Acmispon strigosus	30 / 3	121
0.80				Cross old road, now very overgrown
0.81	l	125		wild canterbury bells	Phacelia minor	99 / 9	48
0.82	r			(prickly lettuce, Lactuca serriola)
0.83	b	126		giant needlegrass	Stipa coronata	30 / 9	45
0.91				Cross bigger old overgrown road; elevation 5000 feet (1524 m)
0.93	r			(Coulter's snapdragon, Antirrhinum coulterianum)
0.96	l	127		bird's-foot fern	Pellaea mucronata var. mucronata	10 / 5	81
0.99	l	128		Coulter's snapdragon	Antirrhinum coulterianum	99 / 9	25
1.02	l	129		chia	Salvia columbariae	99 / 9	122
1.05	r	130		*Mediterranean schismus	Schismus barbatus	99 / 9	126
1.07				begin large patch of California suncup, Camissonia californica
1.08	l			(wide-throated yellow monkeyflower, Mimulus brevipes)
1.10	r	131		white sage	Salvia apiana	30 / 7	101
1.10	r			(woolly Indian paintbrush, Castilleja foliolosa)
1.12				Cross first branch of Hamilton Creek
1.12	b	132		little monardella	Monardella nana	25 / 2	8
1.13	l	133		woolly Indian paintbrush	Castilleja foliolosa	5 / 3	29
1.22				Enter large patch of bigberry manzanita, Arctostaphylos glauca
1.23	l	134		Parish's chaenactis	Chaenactis parishii	1 / 1	4
1.23				Cross small drainage
1.26				Switchback left at ridge
1.26	r	135		cane cholla	Cylindropuntia californica var. parkeri	30 / 9	19
1.28	b	136		Parry pinyon pine	Pinus quadrifolia	10 / 5	5
1.29	l			(Acton encelia, Encelia actoni)
1.31	b	137		Acton encelia	Encelia actoni	30 / 5	34
1.31	b	138		southern California silver-lotus	Acmispon argophyllus var. argophyllus	20 / 5	35
1.33	b	139		thick-leaved yerba santa	Eriodictyon crassifolium	10 / 1	3
1.35	l	140		mountain grape-soda lupine	Lupinus excubitus var. austromontanus	13 / 2	58
1.35	l	141		phlox-leaved bedstraw	Galium andrewsii ssp. andrewsii	10 / 3	23
1.35	r	142		narrowleaf monardella	Monardella linoides ssp. linoides	5 / 1	14
1.39				Cross small drainage
1.52				Cross second branch of Hamilton Creek; elevation 4880 feet (1487 m); enter flat area
1.52	r	143		sacred datura	Datura wrightii	5 / 2	61
1.54	l	144		one-sided bluegrass	Poa secunda ssp. secunda	10 / 1	66
1.57	r	145	~	Powell's amaranth	Amaranthus powellii	10 / 1	2
1.62	l	146		Wallace's woolly daisy	Eriophyllum wallacei var. wallacei	50 / 3	14
1.63	l	147		purple three-awn	Aristida purpurea	10 / 1	61
1.71	r	148		hoary aster	Dieteria asteroides	1 / 1	4
1.73	l	149		Fremont pincushion	Chaenactis fremontii	1 / 1	46
1.73				Cross very small drainage
1.79	l	150		San Jacinto beardtongue	Penstemon clevelandii var. connatus	1 / 1	8
1.79				Switchback left at small ridge; elevation 4800 feet (1463 m)
1.88				Viewpoint on lip of drainage to Coyote Creek (L); trail now parallels third branch of Hamilton Creek (R)
1.91	b	151		southern mountain woolly-star	Eriastrum densifolium ssp. austromontanum	30 / 2	41
1.97	l	152		twiggy wreath plant	Stephanomeria virgata	10 / 3	26
1.97				Second viewpoint in drainage to Coyote Creek
2.05				Third viewpoint in drainage to Coyote Creek; next 4 viewpoints not noted in guide
2.09	l	153		southern jewel-flower	Streptanthus campestris	30 / 2	12
2.13	l	154		green miner's lettuce	Claytonia parviflora ssp. viridis	99 / 1	18
2.24	l			Check for different Mariposa lily, Calochortus sp.
2.25	r	155		fringe-pod	Thysanocarpus curvipes	10 / 1	38
2.26	r			(nodding needlegrass, Stipa cernua)
2.26	l	156		wire-lettuce	Stephanomeria pauciflora	7 / 1	113
2.27	l	157	~	Bigelow's linanthus	Linanthus bigelovii	30 / 1	8
2.46	l	158		chick lupine	Lupinus microcarpus var. densiflorus	13 / 1	2
2.61				Eighth and last viewpoint in drainage to Coyote Creek
2.63	r	159	~	papillate dodder	Cuscuta californica var. papillosa	5 / 2	24
2.66	r			(a number of California broomrape, Orobanche californica ssp. feudgei)
2.72	l			Jct. 4WD trail to 4721 foot peak shown on topo map, but there is no evidence of it now here or at its western junction at mile 2.98
3.11	r	160		beavertail cactus	Opuntia basilaris var. basilaris	10 / 9	118
3.15				Begin descent into Alkali Wash; elevation 4800 feet (1463 m)
3.17	l	161	~	meally white pincushion	Chaenactis artemisiifolia	/	29
3.24				Switchback right
3.28				Switchback left
3.35				Switchback right
3.43				Switchback left
3.48				Switchback right
3.54				Cross drainage of Alkali Wash; elevation ~4540 feet (1384 m)
3.60	r			Dense patch of blue larkspur, Delphinium parryi ssp. parryi
3.74				Cross second branch of Alkali Wash; elevation 4600 feet (1402 m)
4.04	r	162		granite prickly phlox	Linanthus pungens	1 / 1	68
4.04				Cross third branch of Alkali Wash; elevation 4680 feet (1426 m)
4.19				Switchback right on slope of Table Mountain; elevation 4760 feet (1451 m)
4.19				End plant trail guide
4.63				Jct. Table Mountain Road; elevation ~4900 feet (1494 m)

				Species seen only off-trail in the above guide are repeated here:
0.00		163		Jeffrey pine	Pinus jeffreyi	/	128
0.00		164		California evening-primrose	Oenothera californica ssp. californica	/	7
0.01		165		imbricate phacelia	Phacelia imbricata var. patula	/	39
0.05		166		California brome	Bromus carinatus	/	1
0.05		167		Mexican manzanita	Arctostaphylos pungens	/	19
0.06		168		chaparral bush mallow	Malacothamnus fasciculatus	/	20
0.07		169		threadleaf common rabbitbrush	Ericameria nauseosa var. oreophila	/	33
0.09		170		goosefoot yellow violet	Viola purpurea ssp. quercetorum	/	19
0.09		171		California broomrape	Orobanche californica ssp. feudgei	/	6
0.09		172		coast live oak	Quercus agrifolia var. agrifolia	/	51
0.82		173		*prickly lettuce	Lactuca serriola	/	72
1.08		174		wide-throated yellow monkeyflower	Mimulus brevipes	/	23
2.26		175		nodding needlegrass	Stipa cernua	/	21

# needles	Plant #
1	2	3	4		1-4
3	1	2	6	2		11
4	2	2	3	1		8
5	1	2	-	5		8

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Fig. 1. Left: Photograph from the trail as it rounds Lookout Mountain, with features labeled. Right: Google Earth view from 2200 feet above the trail, with features labeled. Sunset Mountain is a prominent peak in the Vallecito Mountains. Click on the pictures for larger versions.