Plant Guide to Waterfall Trail, Eaton Canyon, San Gabriel Mountains

Mile	s	#	id?	Common Name	Latin Name	#here	#all
0.00				Begin guide in the bed of the wash, directly under the middle of the Toll Road Bridge, on the west (left) side of the stream, elevation 1200 feet.
0.00	l	1		mule fat	Baccharis salicifolia	5 / 5	28
0.00	r	2		*smilo grass	Piptatherum miliaceum	50 / 9	16
0.00	b	3		*common beggar-ticks	Bidens pilosa var. pilosa	99 / 9	2
0.00	l	4		*redstem filaree	Erodium cicutarium	10 / 2	32
0.00	r	5		*eupatory	Ageratina adenophora	99 / 9	6
0.00	r	6		white alder	Alnus rhombifolia	20 / 9	9
0.00	r	7		Hooker's evening-primrose	Oenothera elata ssp. hirsutissima	20 / 5	4
0.00	r	8		mugwort	Artemisia douglasiana	20 / 5	23
0.00	l	9		*greater periwinkle	Vinca major	1 / 1	6
0.00	r	10		*shortpod mustard	Hirschfeldia incana	20 / 9	38
0.00	r	11		*giant reed	Arundo donax	20 / 3	7
0.00	r	12		arroyo willow	Salix lasiolepis	4 / 2	26
0.00	b			Check for a different willow.
0.00	l	13		narrowleaf bedstraw	Galium angustifolium ssp. angustifolium	10 / 9	39
0.00	r	14		giant needlegrass	Achnatherum coronatum	20 / 9	18
0.01	l	15		California-aster	Lessingia filaginifolia var. filaginifolia	30 / 5	38
0.01	l	16		California buckwheat	Eriogonum fasciculatum var. foliolosum	20 / 5	38
0.01	l	17		branching phacelia	Phacelia ramosissima var. latifolia	30 / 9	23
0.01	l	18		long-stemmed buckwheat	Eriogonum elongatum var. elongatum	5 / 2	17
0.01	l	19		California brickellbush	Brickellia californica	10 / 5	23
0.01	l	20	ssp	deerweed	Lotus scoparius var. scoparius	10 / 9	19
0.01	l			Old metal structure - support for a gatepost?
0.01	l			(sweet alyssum, Lobularia maritima)
0.02	r	21		*tree tobacco	Nicotiana glauca	10 / 9	15
0.02	l	22		coast live oak	Quercus agrifolia var. agrifolia	10 / 9	31
0.03	l	23		*sow thistle	Sonchus oleraceus	1 / 1	21
0.03	l			Vandalized old building; cross stream to right side
0.04	r	24		canyon live oak	Quercus chrysolepis	10 / 9	19
0.04	l			(California blackberry, Rubus ursinus)
0.07				Trail turns left 90° and crosses stream to left side
0.09	l	25		short-leaved cliff-aster	Malacothrix saxatilis var. tenuifolia	20 / 9	9
0.12	r	26		laurel sumac	Malosma laurina	5 / 2	29
0.13	l	27		golden yarrow	Eriophyllum confertiflorum var. confertiflorum	10 / 5	40
0.13	l	28		coffee fern	Pellaea andromedifolia	5 / 2	17
0.13	l	29		common bedstraw	Galium aparine	20 / 5	20
0.13	l			(fountain grass, Pennisetum setaceum)
0.14	r			(ladder brake, Pteris vittata)
0.14				(sugar bush, Rhus ovata)
0.15	l	30		California coffeeberry	Rhamnus californica ssp. californica	2 / 2	12
0.15	l	31		chicory-leaved stephanomeria	Stephanomeria cichoriacea	5 / 1	5
0.15				Cross stream to right side
0.16	r	32		California bay	Umbellularia californica	2 / 1	9
0.17	r	33		bigleaf maple	Acer macrophyllum	1 / 1	6
0.17	l			(common fig, Ficus carica)
0.17	r	34		poison oak	Toxicodendron diversilobum	10 / 3	29
0.17	l	35		*common chickweed	Stellaria media	99 / 9	16
0.18	r	36		*horehound	Marrubium vulgare	1 / 1	20
0.19	r	37	?	small-flowered melica?	Melica imperfecta?	10 / 3
0.20	l	38	?	unk thistle	?	3 / 3
0.20	l	39		horseweed	Conyza canadensis	5 / 1	24
0.21				Cross stream to left side
0.22	l	40		*Spanish broom	Spartium junceum	1 / 1	7
0.24	l	41	~	wild sweetpea	Lathyrus vestitus var. vestitus	1 / 1	7
0.26	r	42		white nightshade	Solanum douglasii	5 / 5	12
0.26	l			Jct. high alternate path.
0.27	l	43		southern miner's lettuce	Claytonia perfoliata ssp. mexicana	20 / 3	14
0.27	l	44		golden currant	Ribes aureum var. gracillimum	1 / 1	2
0.28	l	45		white everlasting	Gnaphalium canescens ssp. microcephalum	5 / 5	30
0.28	l	46		bush monkeyflower	Mimulus aurantiacus	2 / 2	31
0.29	r			Jct. short trail to right side of stream; continue straight.
0.29	l	47		black sage	Salvia mellifera	1 / 1	29
0.31	l			Jct. other end of high alternate path.
0.31	r	48		birch-leaf mountain-mahogany	Cercocarpus betuloides var. betuloides	1 / 1	14
0.33	l	49		California blackberry	Rubus ursinus	5 / 1	12
0.33				Cross stream to right side
0.37	r	50	~	eucrypta	Eucrypta chrysanthemifolia var. chrysanthemifolia	10 / 1	15
0.38	l			Jct. path
0.39	r	51		lemonade berry	Rhus integrifolia	1 / 1	11
0.39	r	52		California lace fern	Aspidotis californica	3 / 1	4
0.40	r	53		hillside gooseberry	Ribes californicum var. hesperium	1 / 1	4
0.41	l	54		*Jerusalem oak	Chenopodium botrys	10 / 1	3
0.42	r			Large entranched side canyon.
0.46	r	55	sp	Canterbury bells?	Phacelia minor?	10 / 1
0.46	r	56		California suncup	Camissonia californica	10 / 1	13
0.46	r	57		*red brome	Bromus madritensis ssp. rubens	10 / 1	35
0.46	r	58		chia	Salvia columbariae	10 / 1	17
0.46	r	59	sp	popcorn flower	Cryptantha sp.	3 / 1
0.46	r			Check for a different annual phacelia.
0.46	r	60		*windmill pink	Silene gallica	10 / 1	21
0.47	r	61		collar lupine	Lupinus truncatus	3 / 1	16
0.47	r	62		threadstem	Pterostegia drymarioides	1 / 1	14
0.48	r	63	sp	bittercress	Cardamine sp.	3 / 1
0.51				Cross stream to left side
0.52				Y-jct; go left, up.
0.53	r	64		creek senecio	Senecio flaccidus var. douglasii	1 / 1	9
0.53	l	65	~	Vasey's prickly pear	Opuntia Xvaseyi	1 / 1	15
0.54	b	66		chaparral yucca	Yucca whipplei	3 / 1	20
0.55	l	67	~	hollyleaf redberry	Rhamnus ilicifolia	1 / 1	31
0.59				Y-jct; stay left (right branch crosses the stream)
0.60				Cross stream to right side
0.62				Cross stream to left side
0.67	r	68	?	smooth cat's ear?	Hypochaeris glabra?	10 / 1
0.67	r	69	~	arched elegant rock-cress	Arabis sparsiflora var. arcuata	5 / 3	6
0.70				Cross stream to right side
0.73				Cross stream to left side
0.76	r	70	~	round-leaved boykinia	Boykinia rotundifolia	2 / 1	2
0.76	r			(Venus-hair fern, Adiantum capillus-veneris)
0.76				End guide at waterfall, elevation ~1340 feet.

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Updated 27 February 2004.