Plant Guide to PCT south of fobes saddle, San Jacinto Mountains

Plant Guide to PCT south of fobes saddle, San Jacinto Mountains

The Plant Guide

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The mileages in the guide come from Topo! using the trail shown in the map above. The total mileage is almost surely slightly underestimated, probably by no more than 10%, due to the tight switchbacks on the trail that are not accurately measured by that program. The elevations come from the topo map, and should be fairly precise.
The guide below does not yet give the switchbacks, since there was only time to record the plants themselves on 6/29/07.

Mile S # id? Common Name Latin Name #here
0.00 r 1 canyon live oak Quercus chrysolepis 99 / 9
0.00 l 2 interior live oak Quercus wislizeni var. frutescens 99 / 9
0.00 l 3 ? unk grass 1 / 1
0.00 l 4 southern mountain woolly-star Eriastrum densifolium ssp. austromontanum 20 / 3
0.00 l 5 San Jacinto buckwheat Eriogonum apiculatum 99 / 9
0.00 r 6 *downy brome Bromus tectorum 99 / 9
r 7 California-aster Corethrogyne filaginifolia 5 / 2
r 8 southern jewel-flower Streptanthus campestris 3 / 2
r 9 mountain mugwort Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. incompta 99 / 9
0.00 r 10 Fremont's goosefoot Chenopodium fremontii 99 / 9
0.00 l 11 Wright's buckwheat Eriogonum wrightii var. subscaposum 99 / 9
0.00 l 12 California false-indigo Amorpha californica var. californica 50 / 9
0.00 r PCT post
0.00 l 13 forest goosefoot Chenopodium atrovirens 10 / 1
0.00 r 14 mountain red-root cryptantha Cryptantha micrantha var. lepida 99 / 9
0.02 b 15 beautiful hulsea Hulsea vestita ssp. callicarpha 10 / 3
0.02 l 16 oak mistletoe Phoradendron serotinum ssp. tomentosum 3 / 3
0.02 r 17 desert sandwort Eremogone macradenia var. macradenia 50 / 9
0.02 r 18 pink-bracted manzanita Arctostaphylos pringlei ssp. drupacea 2 / 2
0.02 r 19 California black oak Quercus kelloggii 99 / 9
0.02 r 20 basketbush Rhus aromatica 2 / 2
0.02 l 21 Laguna manzanita Arctostaphylos glandulosa ssp. adamsii 99 / 5
0.02 r 22 Coulter pine Pinus coulteri 10 / 3
0.02 r 23 leafy daisy Erigeron foliosus var. foliosus 50 / 9
0.02 r 24 scarlet bugler Penstemon centranthifolius 2 / 2
0.02 r 25 coastal gilia Gilia diegensis 50 / 9
0.02 r 26 slender wheatgrass Elymus trachycaulus ssp. trachycaulus 30 / 9
0.02 r 27 Parish's snowberry Symphoricarpos rotundifolius var. parishii 99 / 9
0.02 r 28 California brome Bromus carinatus var. carinatus 50 / 9
0.02 r 29 white catch-fly Silene verecunda 50 / 9
0.03 r Check for Solidago
0.04 r 30 San Jacinto Mtns. bedstraw Galium angustifolium ssp. jacinticum /
0.04 r 31 naked buckwheat Eriogonum nudum var. pauciflorum 99 / 9
0.04 r 32 incense-cedar Calocedrus decurrens 83 / 9
0.04 l 33 western wallflower Erysimum capitatum var. capitatum 50 / 9
0.05 l 34 sp groundsmoke Gayophytum diffusum ssp. parviflorum 99 / 9
r 35 sulphur buckwheat Eriogonum umbellatum var. munzii 99 / 9
r 36 pine cryptantha Cryptantha simulans /
l 37 mountain blazing star Mentzelia montana 99 / 9
r 38 squirreltail Elymus elymoides 99 / 9
l 39 Palmer's ceanothus Ceanothus palmeri 50 / 9
r 40 granite prickly phlox Linanthus pungens 2 / 2
r 41 June grass Koeleria macrantha 20 / 9
r 42 cupped-leaf ceanothus Ceanothus perplexans 1 / 1
r 43 Wright's buckwheat Eriogonum wrightii var. membranaceum 50 / 9
r 44 southern California silver-lotus Acmispon argophyllus var. argophyllus 2 / 1
r 45 short-flowered monardella Monardella nana 30 / 9
r PCT post
0.14 l 46 twiggy wreath plant Stephanomeria virgata 20 / 9
l 47 San Gabriel beardtongue Penstemon labrosus 99 / 9
r 48 slender buckwheat Eriogonum gracile var. incultum 99 / 5
r 49 popcorn flower Cryptantha intermedia var. intermedia 10 / 3
50 San Jacinto lupine Lupinus hyacinthinus 50 / 9
51 blue wildrye Elymus glaucus 99 / 9
52 Parish' Jacumba milk-vetch Astragalus douglasii var. parishii 1 / 1
53 birch-leaf mountain-mahogany Cercocarpus betuloides var. betuloides 10 / 2
r white fir, Abies concolor, in distance
54 golden yarrow Eriophyllum confertiflorum var. confertiflorum 40 / 9
55 goldenrod Solidago velutina ssp. californica 50 / 9
0.32 56 spear-leaved mountain dandelion Agoseris retrorsa 10 / 3
57 beaked penstemon Penstemon rostriflorus 10 / 2
58 Parish's tauschia Tauschia parishii 2 / 2
Check for Boechera
59 Hall's brome Bromus hallii 30 / 9
60 shaggy-haired alumroot Heuchera hirsutissima 2 / 2
61 slender wild cabbage Caulanthus major /
62 plain mariposa lily Calochortus invenustus 20 / 9
63 Martin's paintbrush Castilleja applegatei ssp. martinii 10 / 5
64 white fir Abies concolor 99 / 9
0.46 65 sp blue larkspur Delphinium parryi ssp. parryi 10 / 2
66 Sierra gooseberry Ribes roezlii var. roezlii 99 / 9
0.49 67 cliff sword fern Polystichum imbricans ssp. curtum 5 / 2
68 yarrow Achillea millefolium /
69 purple false-gilia Allophyllum divaricatum 10 / 2
70 mountain rock-cress Boechera retrofracta X 10 / 3
71 Douglas' knotweed Polygonum douglasii 10 / 1
72 whorledleaf penstemon Keckiella ternata var. ternata 30 / 3
73 western morning-glory Calystegia occidentalis ssp. fulcrata 50 / 9
74 purple nightshade Solanum xanti 99 / 9
75 large-flowered collomia Collomia grandiflora 10 / 2
76 California bee plant Scrophularia californica /
77 Davidson's phacelia Phacelia davidsonii 20 / 3
78 sticky cinquefoil Drymocallis glandulosa 20 / 2
79 mountain California-fuchsia Epilobium canum ssp. latifolium 30 / 3
80 mountain pink currant Ribes nevadense /
81 Scouler's willow Salix scouleriana 1 / 1
0.76 Switchback right
0.80 82 forest sedge Carex multicaulis 2 / 2
1.00 Join ridge
83 chaparral whitethorn Ceanothus leucodermis 99 / 9
84 Showy penstemon Penstemon spectabilis var. spectabilis 10 / 5
85 California thistle Cirsium occidentale var. californicum 20 / 5
86 southern mountain phlox Phlox austromontana 30 / 5
87 slender sunflower Helianthus gracilentus 10 / 1
88 ~ Parish's bluecurls Trichostema parishii 1 / 1
89 matchweed Gutierrezia sarothrae 3 / 1
90 giant four o'clock Mirabilis multiflora var. pubescens 5 / 1
91 imbricate phacelia Phacelia imbricata var. patula 10 / 2
92 narrowleaf monardella Monardella linoides ssp. linoides 2 / 2
93 splendid gilia Saltugilia splendens ssp. splendens 20 / 3
94 San Diego pea Lathyrus vestitus var. alefeldii 2 / 2
95 southern honeysuckle Lonicera subspicata var. denudata 10 / 2
96 mountain grape-soda lupine Lupinus excubitus var. austromontanus 13 / 5
97 coast-range melic Melica imperfecta 20 / 5
98 western tansy-mustard Descurainia pinnata 2 / 1
99 hollyleaf redberry Rhamnus ilicifolia 1 / 1
100 Lewis' flax Linum lewisii var. lewisii 2 / 2
101 sticky-leaved rabbitbrush Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus ssp. viscidiflorus /
102 California buckwheat Eriogonum fasciculatum var. polifolium 2 / 1
103 branching phacelia Phacelia ramosissima /
104 ~ California elegant rock-cress Boechera californica 10 / 2
1.22 105 Jones' prickly-nut cryptantha Cryptantha muricata var. jonesii 10 / 3
1.24 Switchback left, right, left
106 threadleaf common rabbitbrush Ericameria nauseosa var. oreophila 99 / 5
PCT post
Switchback right
Saddle
107 bristly bird's beak Cordylanthus rigidus ssp. setiger 5 / 1
108 California coffeeberry Frangula californica 2 / 2
109 blue elderberry Sambucus nigra ssp. caerulea /
1.49 110 rock ivesia Ivesia saxosa 22 / 3
111 mountain whitethorn Ceanothus cordulatus 20 / 5
112 rock goldenbush Ericameria cuneata var. cuneata /
113 wild tarragon Artemisia dracunculus 50 / 7
114 stinking gourd Cucurbita foetidissima /
115 American vetch Vicia americana ssp. americana /
116 ashy silk tassel Garrya flavescens 1 / 1
r 117 California penstemon Penstemon californicus 20 / 1
118 Mojave prickly-pear Opuntia polyacantha var. erinacea /
119 sp desert prickly-pear Opuntia phaeacantha 1 / 1
120 Parish's needlegrass Stipa parishii var. parishii /
121 Letterman's needlegrass Stipa lettermanii 5 / 1
122 fir mistletoe Phoradendron bolleanum 1 / 1
123 Utah service-berry Amelanchier utahensis 1 / 1

Comments On Specific Species

Salix lasiolepis. The determination came from the leaves on this specimen, and the glabrous ovaries seen on a nearby specimen along Tahquitz Creek.

Mile	S	#	id?	Common Name	Latin Name	#here
0.00	r	1		canyon live oak	Quercus chrysolepis	99 / 9
0.00	l	2		interior live oak	Quercus wislizeni var. frutescens	99 / 9
0.00	l	3	?	unk grass		1 / 1
0.00	l	4		southern mountain woolly-star	Eriastrum densifolium ssp. austromontanum	20 / 3
0.00	l	5		San Jacinto buckwheat	Eriogonum apiculatum	99 / 9
0.00	r	6		*downy brome	Bromus tectorum	99 / 9
	r	7		California-aster	Corethrogyne filaginifolia	5 / 2
	r	8		southern jewel-flower	Streptanthus campestris	3 / 2
	r	9		mountain mugwort	Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. incompta	99 / 9
0.00	r	10		Fremont's goosefoot	Chenopodium fremontii	99 / 9
0.00	l	11		Wright's buckwheat	Eriogonum wrightii var. subscaposum	99 / 9
0.00	l	12		California false-indigo	Amorpha californica var. californica	50 / 9
0.00	r			PCT post
0.00	l	13		forest goosefoot	Chenopodium atrovirens	10 / 1
0.00	r	14		mountain red-root cryptantha	Cryptantha micrantha var. lepida	99 / 9
0.02	b	15		beautiful hulsea	Hulsea vestita ssp. callicarpha	10 / 3
0.02	l	16		oak mistletoe	Phoradendron serotinum ssp. tomentosum	3 / 3
0.02	r	17		desert sandwort	Eremogone macradenia var. macradenia	50 / 9
0.02	r	18		pink-bracted manzanita	Arctostaphylos pringlei ssp. drupacea	2 / 2
0.02	r	19		California black oak	Quercus kelloggii	99 / 9
0.02	r	20		basketbush	Rhus aromatica	2 / 2
0.02	l	21		Laguna manzanita	Arctostaphylos glandulosa ssp. adamsii	99 / 5
0.02	r	22		Coulter pine	Pinus coulteri	10 / 3
0.02	r	23		leafy daisy	Erigeron foliosus var. foliosus	50 / 9
0.02	r	24		scarlet bugler	Penstemon centranthifolius	2 / 2
0.02	r	25		coastal gilia	Gilia diegensis	50 / 9
0.02	r	26		slender wheatgrass	Elymus trachycaulus ssp. trachycaulus	30 / 9
0.02	r	27		Parish's snowberry	Symphoricarpos rotundifolius var. parishii	99 / 9
0.02	r	28		California brome	Bromus carinatus var. carinatus	50 / 9
0.02	r	29		white catch-fly	Silene verecunda	50 / 9
0.03	r			Check for Solidago
0.04	r	30		San Jacinto Mtns. bedstraw	Galium angustifolium ssp. jacinticum	/
0.04	r	31		naked buckwheat	Eriogonum nudum var. pauciflorum	99 / 9
0.04	r	32		incense-cedar	Calocedrus decurrens	83 / 9
0.04	l	33		western wallflower	Erysimum capitatum var. capitatum	50 / 9
0.05	l	34	sp	groundsmoke	Gayophytum diffusum ssp. parviflorum	99 / 9
	r	35		sulphur buckwheat	Eriogonum umbellatum var. munzii	99 / 9
	r	36		pine cryptantha	Cryptantha simulans	/
	l	37		mountain blazing star	Mentzelia montana	99 / 9
	r	38		squirreltail	Elymus elymoides	99 / 9
	l	39		Palmer's ceanothus	Ceanothus palmeri	50 / 9
	r	40		granite prickly phlox	Linanthus pungens	2 / 2
	r	41		June grass	Koeleria macrantha	20 / 9
	r	42		cupped-leaf ceanothus	Ceanothus perplexans	1 / 1
	r	43		Wright's buckwheat	Eriogonum wrightii var. membranaceum	50 / 9
	r	44		southern California silver-lotus	Acmispon argophyllus var. argophyllus	2 / 1
	r	45		short-flowered monardella	Monardella nana	30 / 9
	r			PCT post
0.14	l	46		twiggy wreath plant	Stephanomeria virgata	20 / 9
	l	47		San Gabriel beardtongue	Penstemon labrosus	99 / 9
	r	48		slender buckwheat	Eriogonum gracile var. incultum	99 / 5
	r	49		popcorn flower	Cryptantha intermedia var. intermedia	10 / 3
		50		San Jacinto lupine	Lupinus hyacinthinus	50 / 9
		51		blue wildrye	Elymus glaucus	99 / 9
		52		Parish' Jacumba milk-vetch	Astragalus douglasii var. parishii	1 / 1
		53		birch-leaf mountain-mahogany	Cercocarpus betuloides var. betuloides	10 / 2
	r			white fir, Abies concolor, in distance
		54		golden yarrow	Eriophyllum confertiflorum var. confertiflorum	40 / 9
		55		goldenrod	Solidago velutina ssp. californica	50 / 9
0.32		56		spear-leaved mountain dandelion	Agoseris retrorsa	10 / 3
		57		beaked penstemon	Penstemon rostriflorus	10 / 2
		58		Parish's tauschia	Tauschia parishii	2 / 2
				Check for Boechera
		59		Hall's brome	Bromus hallii	30 / 9
		60		shaggy-haired alumroot	Heuchera hirsutissima	2 / 2
		61		slender wild cabbage	Caulanthus major	/
		62		plain mariposa lily	Calochortus invenustus	20 / 9
		63		Martin's paintbrush	Castilleja applegatei ssp. martinii	10 / 5
		64		white fir	Abies concolor	99 / 9
0.46		65	sp	blue larkspur	Delphinium parryi ssp. parryi	10 / 2
		66		Sierra gooseberry	Ribes roezlii var. roezlii	99 / 9
0.49		67		cliff sword fern	Polystichum imbricans ssp. curtum	5 / 2
		68		yarrow	Achillea millefolium	/
		69		purple false-gilia	Allophyllum divaricatum	10 / 2
		70		mountain rock-cress	Boechera retrofracta X	10 / 3
		71		Douglas' knotweed	Polygonum douglasii	10 / 1
		72		whorledleaf penstemon	Keckiella ternata var. ternata	30 / 3
		73		western morning-glory	Calystegia occidentalis ssp. fulcrata	50 / 9
		74		purple nightshade	Solanum xanti	99 / 9
		75		large-flowered collomia	Collomia grandiflora	10 / 2
		76		California bee plant	Scrophularia californica	/
		77		Davidson's phacelia	Phacelia davidsonii	20 / 3
		78		sticky cinquefoil	Drymocallis glandulosa	20 / 2
		79		mountain California-fuchsia	Epilobium canum ssp. latifolium	30 / 3
		80		mountain pink currant	Ribes nevadense	/
		81		Scouler's willow	Salix scouleriana	1 / 1
0.76				Switchback right
0.80		82		forest sedge	Carex multicaulis	2 / 2
1.00				Join ridge
		83		chaparral whitethorn	Ceanothus leucodermis	99 / 9
		84		Showy penstemon	Penstemon spectabilis var. spectabilis	10 / 5
		85		California thistle	Cirsium occidentale var. californicum	20 / 5
		86		southern mountain phlox	Phlox austromontana	30 / 5
		87		slender sunflower	Helianthus gracilentus	10 / 1
		88	~	Parish's bluecurls	Trichostema parishii	1 / 1
		89		matchweed	Gutierrezia sarothrae	3 / 1
		90		giant four o'clock	Mirabilis multiflora var. pubescens	5 / 1
		91		imbricate phacelia	Phacelia imbricata var. patula	10 / 2
		92		narrowleaf monardella	Monardella linoides ssp. linoides	2 / 2
		93		splendid gilia	Saltugilia splendens ssp. splendens	20 / 3
		94		San Diego pea	Lathyrus vestitus var. alefeldii	2 / 2
		95		southern honeysuckle	Lonicera subspicata var. denudata	10 / 2
		96		mountain grape-soda lupine	Lupinus excubitus var. austromontanus	13 / 5
		97		coast-range melic	Melica imperfecta	20 / 5
		98		western tansy-mustard	Descurainia pinnata	2 / 1
		99		hollyleaf redberry	Rhamnus ilicifolia	1 / 1
		100		Lewis' flax	Linum lewisii var. lewisii	2 / 2
		101		sticky-leaved rabbitbrush	Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus ssp. viscidiflorus	/
		102		California buckwheat	Eriogonum fasciculatum var. polifolium	2 / 1
		103		branching phacelia	Phacelia ramosissima	/
		104	~	California elegant rock-cress	Boechera californica	10 / 2
1.22		105		Jones' prickly-nut cryptantha	Cryptantha muricata var. jonesii	10 / 3
1.24				Switchback left, right, left
		106		threadleaf common rabbitbrush	Ericameria nauseosa var. oreophila	99 / 5
				PCT post
				Switchback right
				Saddle
		107		bristly bird's beak	Cordylanthus rigidus ssp. setiger	5 / 1
		108		California coffeeberry	Frangula californica	2 / 2
		109		blue elderberry	Sambucus nigra ssp. caerulea	/
1.49		110		rock ivesia	Ivesia saxosa	22 / 3
		111		mountain whitethorn	Ceanothus cordulatus	20 / 5
		112		rock goldenbush	Ericameria cuneata var. cuneata	/
		113		wild tarragon	Artemisia dracunculus	50 / 7
		114		stinking gourd	Cucurbita foetidissima	/
		115		American vetch	Vicia americana ssp. americana	/
		116		ashy silk tassel	Garrya flavescens	1 / 1
	r	117		California penstemon	Penstemon californicus	20 / 1
		118		Mojave prickly-pear	Opuntia polyacantha var. erinacea	/
		119	sp	desert prickly-pear	Opuntia phaeacantha	1 / 1
		120		Parish's needlegrass	Stipa parishii var. parishii	/
		121		Letterman's needlegrass	Stipa lettermanii	5 / 1
		122		fir mistletoe	Phoradendron bolleanum	1 / 1
		123		Utah service-berry	Amelanchier utahensis	1 / 1

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