Plant Guide to Tamarack Valley Trail, San Jacinto Mountains

Mile	S	#	id?	Common Name	Latin Name	#here	#all
0.00	l			Begin guide at jct. Round Valley and Wellman Divide; elevation 9040 feet (2755 m). Sign: "[south] Wellman Divide 1 mi; San Jacinto Peak 3.3 mi; Saddle Junction 4.3 mi; Humber Park 6.8 mi; [northwest] Tamarack Valley 0.5 mi; [east] Long Valley 2.
0.00	r	1		lodgepole pine	Pinus contorta ssp. murrayana	99 / 9	16
0.00	b			(white fir, Abies concolor)
0.00	b	2		wild tarragon	Artemisia dracunculus	50 / 9	33
0.00	r	3	sp	sedge	Carex like C. fracta	10 / 3
0.00	r			(mountain gooseberry, Ribes montigenum)
0.01	r	4		San Jacinto Mts. keckiella	Keckiella rothrockii var. jacintensis	30 / 9	13
0.01	l			(Parish's snowberry, Symphoricarpos rotundifolius var. parishii)
0.02		5		white fir	Abies concolor	50 / 9	33
0.02		6		mountain gooseberry	Ribes montigenum	5 / 1	4
0.02	r	7		Parish's snowberry	Symphoricarpos rotundifolius var. parishii	50 / 9	19
0.02	l	8		Jeffrey pine	Pinus jeffreyi	30 / 9	35
0.04	l			(mountain whitethorn, Ceanothus cordulatus)
0.08	l		sp	(mystery sedge, Carex sp.)
0.10	r	9		goldenrod	Solidago californica	10 / 1	50
0.11	l			Jct. campsite trail
0.12	l			(Scouler's willow, Salix scouleriana; bush chinquapin, Chrysolepis sempervirens)
0.12				Cross small dry creek
0.13	r			(in distance: California corn lily, Veratrum californicum var. californicum)
0.13	r			Jct. campsite trail
0.14	r			(little-leaf mock orange, Philadelphus microphyllus)
0.18	l			(green-leaf manzanita, Arctostaphylos patula)
0.20	l	10	sp	mystery sedge	Carex sp.	10 / 3
0.20	r			(bitter cherry, Prunus emarginata)
0.23	l			Jct. campsite trail
0.26	r			Jct. campsite trail
0.27	l			(San Bernardino rubber rabbitbrush, Chrysothamnus nauseosus ssp. bernardinus)
0.28	l	11		pine lousewort	Pedicularis semibarbata	3 / 3	17
0.32	l	12		San Bernardino rubber rabbitbrush	Chrysothamnus nauseosus ssp. bernardinus	10 / 2	29
0.33	b	13		San Jacinto lupine	Lupinus hyacinthinus	20 / 5	14
0.33	l	14	~	San Gabriel beardtongue	Penstemon labrosus	20 / 3	13
0.33	l	15	sp	popcorn flower	Cryptantha sp.	2 / 1
0.34	l			Jct. use trail; cross ridge and enter Tamarack Valley
0.35	r	16	sp	groundsmoke	Gayophytum sp.	10 / 1
0.38	l			Jct. campsite trail
0.38	b	17	sp	rockcress or wallflower	Arabis sp. or Erysimum capitatum	10 / 2
0.45	l	18		yarrow	Achillea millefolium	10 / 1	22
0.48	r	19		western columbine	Aquilegia formosa	1 / 1	12
0.48	l			Check for San Jacinto buckwheat, Eriogonum apiculatum
0.49	r			Jct. campsite trail
0.49	r			(Fendler's meadow-rue, Thalictrum fendleri var. fendleri)
0.50				Cross Tamarack Valley Creek
0.50	l	20		slender hairgrass	Deschampsia elongata	10 / 1	10
0.50	l	21		larger mountain monkeyflower	Mimulus tilingii	10 / 1	12
0.50	l		sp	(purslane speedwell?, Veronica peregrina ssp. xalapensis?; clover, Trifolium sp.)
0.50	b			(ranger's buttons, Sphenosciadium capitellatum)
0.50	r			pearlwort	Sagina saginoides	/
0.50	r		ssp	(bracken, Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens; willowherb, Epilobium ciliatum; wax currant, Ribes cereum var. cereum; Nevada cinquefoil, Potentilla glandulosa ssp. nevadensis)
0.52	l			Jct. campsite trail
0.52	l			Sign: "Tamarack Valley, Elevation 9120 feet"; elevation is actually 9000 feet (2743 m); 9120 feet is a bit below the location upstream of the old trail
0.53	l			Jct. campsite trail
0.55	r			Jct. campsite trail
0.56	l		~	(plain mariposa lily, Calochortus invenustus)
0.60	l			(closer wax currant, Ribes cereum var. cereum)
0.64				End trail at signed campsite "quartz"; elevation 9000 feet (2743 m)

Mile: 0.00 includes all mileages from 0.000 to 0.009; etc.
S: 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; 10/9 means 10 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.

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Updated 24 August 2007.