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| | | | Begin plant guide at the new trailhead for the Laurel Canyon Trail, between Ranger Station and the parking lot, elevation 220 feet.
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0.00 | l | | | Signpost: "1 Willow (left); Laurel (straight)".
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0.00 | b | 1 | | *shortpod mustard | Hirschfeldia incana | 99 / 9 | 36
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0.00 | l | | | (mule fat, Baccharis salicifolia)
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0.00 | l | | | (coyote bush, Baccharis pilularis)
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0.00 | l | 2 | | dove weed | Eremocarpus setigerus | 99 / 9 | 12
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0.00 | | 3 | | *ripgut brome | Bromus diandrus | 99 / 9 | 34
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0.00 | | 4 | | *red brome | Bromus madritensis ssp. rubens | 99 / 9 | 34
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0.00 | | 5 | | *slender wild oats | Avena barbata | 99 / 9 | 19
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0.00 | r | 6 | | south coast branching phacelia | Phacelia ramosissima var. austrolitoralis | 50 / 9 | 1
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0.01 | r | 7 | ? | unk dead large branching annual
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0.02 | b | 8 | | bush monkeyflower | Mimulus aurantiacus | 30 / 9 | 29
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0.02 | l | 9 | | California brickellbush | Brickellia californica | 30 / 3 | 21
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| r | | | Look for signpost "B" (lichen; sandstone plant community).
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0.02 | | | | Trail goes through "gap" in large boulder.
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0.02 | l | 10 | | laurel sumac | Malosma laurina | 50 / 9 | 27
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0.02 | r | 11 | | western ragweed | Ambrosia psilostachya | / | 25
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0.02 | b | 12 | | horseweed | Conyza canadensis | 30 / 9 | 22
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0.03 | r | 13 | | black sage | Salvia mellifera | / | 27
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0.03 | l | | | (white sage, Salvia apiana)
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0.03 | l | 14 | | California buckwheat | Eriogonum fasciculatum var. foliolosum | / | 37
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0.04 | b | 15 | | coyote bush | Baccharis pilularis | 20 / 3 | 18
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0.04 | r | 16 | | *tocalote | Centaurea melitensis | 99 / 9 | 31
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0.05 | r | 17 | | coast prickly-pear | Opuntia littoralis+ | 20 / 9 | 8
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0.06 | | | | Trail curves left.
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0.06 | l | 18 | | bicolored everlasting | Gnaphalium bicolor | 20 / 9 | 19
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0.06 | l | 19 | | California sagebrush | Artemisia californica | 30 / 9 | 31
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0.06 | r | 20 | | California everlasting | Gnaphalium californicum | / | 23
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0.07 | r | 21 | | San Diego wreathplant | Stephanomeria diegensis | 99 / 9 | 9
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0.07 | | | | Trail steps up on boulder surface.
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0.07 | l | 22 | | pine goldenbush | Ericameria pinifolia | 5 / 3 | 4
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0.07 | l | 23 | | lemonade berry | Rhus integrifolia | 30 / 9 | 10
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0.07 | l | 24 | ~ | leafy daisy | Erigeron foliosus var. foliosus | / | 29
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0.08 | r | 25 | | *narrowleaf filago | Filago gallica | 99 / 9 | 28
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0.08 | | | | Trail turns left 45°.
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0.08 | b | 26 | | coastal goldenbush | Isocoma menziesii+ | 20 / 9 | 5
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| | | | The following 12 species were found prior to the Isocoma on 4/13/03, but without precise locations.
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| l | 27 | | *windmill pink | Silene gallica | 99 / 9 | 20
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| l | 28 | | *goldentop | Lamarckia aurea | / | 10
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| l | 29 | | California plantain | Plantago erecta | 10 / 1 | 8
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| r | 30 | ? | California chicory | Rafinesquia californica+ | 2 / 2 | 14
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| l | 31 | | San Diego birdsfoot lotus | Lotus hamatus | 5 / 1 | 7
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| l | 32 | | Bishop's lotus | Lotus strigosus | 5 / 1 | 18
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| l | 33 | | blue dicks | Dichelostemma capitatum ssp. capitatum | / | 28
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| | 34 | | small-seeded spurge | Chamaesyce polycarpa | 5 / 1 | 8
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| | 35 | | *California burclover | Medicago polymorpha | / | 25
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| | 36 | | *redstem filaree | Erodium cicutarium | 99 / 9 | 30
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| | 37 | | *soft chess | Bromus hordeaceus | 99 / 9 | 25
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| l | 38 | | deerweed | Lotus scoparius var. scoparius | / | 17
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0.09 | l | 39 | ? | purple false-brome? | Brachypodium distachyon? | 5 / 1 |
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0.10 | r | 40 | ? | salt grass or bermuda grass999
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0.10 | r | 41 | | *scarlet pimpernel | Anagallis arvensis | / | 16
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0.11 | r | 42 | | *black mustard | Brassica nigra | 99 / 9 | 5
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0.12 | l | 43 | ? | willow-leaved dock | Rumex salicifolius var. denticulatus+ | 5 / 1 | 1
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0.13 | l | | | Post "C" (Succession: Transition from annual grassland (from cattle grazing) to coastal sage scrub).
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| | 44 | | *sourclover | Melilotus indicus | 99 / 9 | 11
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| | 45 | | dwarf lupine | Lupinus bicolor | / | 17
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| | 46 | | *smooth cat's ear | Hypochaeris glabra | / | 21
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| | 47 | | *sow thistle | Sonchus oleraceus | / | 20
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| r | 48 | | arroyo lupine | Lupinus succulentus | 2 / 2 | 3
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| l | 49 | | purple owl's clover | Castilleja exserta ssp. exserta | / | 7
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| l | 50 | | lanceleaf dudleya | Dudleya lanceolata | / | 16
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0.15 | r | 51 | | purple needlegrass | Nassella pulchra | / | 9
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0.16 | r | 52 | | telegraph weed | Heterotheca grandiflora | / | 21
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0.16 | r | 53 | | coast live oak | Quercus agrifolia var. agrifolia+ | 30 / 9 | 29
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| | 54 | | *sand spurrey | Spergularia bocconei | 5 / 1 | 4
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| | 55 | | *pineapple weed | Chamomilla suaveolens | / | 13
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| | 56 | | *hairy rattail fescue | Vulpia myuros var. hirsuta | / | 9
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| | 57 | | collar lupine | Lupinus truncatus | / | 15
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| l | 58 | | blue-eyed grass | Sisyrinchium bellum | / | 11
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0.19 | r | 59 | | white sage | Salvia apiana | / | 27
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0.19 | | | | Local high point on trail, elevation ~250 feet.
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0.21 | l | 60 | | hollyleaf redberry | Rhamnus ilicifolia | 20 / 9 | 29
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| | 61 | | wild-cucumber | Marah macrocarpus var. macrocarpus | / | 33
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0.21 | l | 62 | | *Italian thistle | Carduus pycnocephalus | / | 8
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0.21 | l | 63 | | Torrey oak X Engelmann oak | Quercus engelmannii X Q. Xacutidens+ | 20 / 9 | 2
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| l | 64 | | Carolina geranium | Geranium carolinianum | 20 / 4 | 3
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| | 65 | | white everlasting | Gnaphalium canescens ssp. microcephalum | 10 / 9 | 29
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0.22 | l | | | (California wild rose, Rosa californica)
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| r | 66 | | (Peruvian pepper tree, Schinus molle)
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| | 67 | | *common chickweed | Stellaria media | / | 15
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| | 68 | | giant wild rye | Leymus condensatus | 5 / 5 | 22
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| | 69 | ssp | *foxtail barley | Hordeum murinum | / | 2
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| r | 70 | | California goosefoot | Chenopodium californicum | 3 / 3 | 1
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0.23 | l | | | coast live oak | Quercus agrifolia var. agrifolia+ | / |
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0.24 | l | 71 | | mule fat | Baccharis salicifolia | 30 / 5 | 27
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0.26 | | | | Local low point on trail, elevation ~240 feet.
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0.27 | r | 72 | | mugwort | Artemisia douglasiana | 20 / 3 | 22
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0.27 | r | 73 | | cocklebur | Xanthium strumarium | 10 / 1 | 10
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0.28 | r | 74 | | *smilo grass | Piptatherum miliaceum | 30 / 5 | 14
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0.29 | l | | | Sign: "Boundary of Ecological Reserve"
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| r | 75 | | *prickly lettuce | Lactuca serriola | 20 / 9 | 21
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0.31 | r | | | Short wooden fence, with sign: "Property of California Department of Fish and Game" and "no bicycles" symbol. Signpost "D" here?
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0.42 | r | 76 | | *high mallow | Malva sylvestris | 5 / 2 | 2
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| l | 77 | ssp | western vervain | Verbena lasiostachys | / | 2
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| r | 78 | | creeping wild rye | Leymus triticoides | 1 / 1 | 5
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| r | 79 | | fiesta flower | Pholistoma auritum var. auritum | 9 / 1 | 9
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| r | 80 | | common fiddleneck | Amsinckia menziesii var. intermedia | 20 / 3 | 8
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| r | 81 | ? | silver puffs | Uropappus lindleyi+ | 30 / 9 | 16
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| | 82 | | *cheeseweed | Malva parviflora | / | 11
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| l | 83 | | sticky cinquefoil | Potentilla glandulosa ssp. glandulosa | / | 6
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0.43 | l | 84 | | chaparral bush mallow | Malacothamnus fasciculatus | 99 / 9 | 8
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0.44 | b | 85 | | yarrow | Achillea millefolium | 10 / 1 | 9
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0.45 | l | | | Signpost: "E" (Sandstone outcrops; Topanga Formation, ferns, succulents)
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0.47 | r | | | (arroyo willow, Salix lasiolepis)
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0.47 | r | 86 | | *poison hemlock | Conium maculatum | 5 / 1 | 5
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0.48 | r | 87 | | blue elderberry | Sambucus mexicana | / | 33
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| r | | | Look for signpost "F" (Vista of fences and grasslands from grazing, and "Ghost Rock" sandstone outcropping)
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0.52 | r | 88 | | sacred datura | Datura wrightii | 5 / 1 | 13
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0.56 | l | 89 | | *horehound | Marrubium vulgare | 20 / 5 | 18
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| l | 90 | | fuchsia-flowered gooseberry | Ribes speciosum | 5 / 5 | 4
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| r | 91 | | *spring vetch | Vicia sativa ssp. sativa | 1 / 1 | 1
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| l | 92 | | California poppy | Eschscholzia californica | / | 20
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0.60 | | | | Cross minor drainage.
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| l | | | Look for signpost "G" (Sycamores and snags)
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0.64 | l | | | (western sycamore, Platanus racemosa)
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| l | | ~ | (big leaf mistletoe, Phoradendron macrophyllum)
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| r | 93 | | Parry's phacelia | Phacelia parryi | 10 / 3 | 4
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0.74 | r | | | coast prickly-pear | Opuntia littoralis+ | / |
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0.74 | l | | | Signpost: "H" (coastal sage scrub)
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| r | 94 | | white star-lily | Zigadenus fremontii | 5 / 3 | 2
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| l | | | (caterpillar phacelia, Phacelia cicutaria var. hispida)
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| l | | | (ladies fingers, Dudleya edulis)
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| l | | | (wild celery, Apiastrum angustifolium)
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| l | | | (Bigelow's spike-moss, Selaginella bigelovii)
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| l | | | (pygmy-weed, Crassula connata)
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| l | | | (southern miner's lettuce, Claytonia perfoliata ssp. mexicana)
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| l | | ~ | (California mustard, Guillenia lasiophylla)
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| l | 95 | | narrowleaf bedstraw | Galium angustifolium ssp. angustifolium | 30 / 9 | 37
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| l | 96 | | graceful bedstraw | Galium porrigens var. porrigens | 1 / 1 | 2
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| l | 97 | | nodding needlegrass | Nassella cernua | / | 7
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| r | 98 | | foothill needlegrass | Nassella lepida | / | 13
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| l | 99 | | south coast morning-glory | Calystegia macrostegia ssp. intermedia | 5 / 5 | 12
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0.81 | b | 100 | | *English plantain | Plantago lanceolata | 5 / 1 | 14
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0.81 | l | 101 | | goldback fern | Pentagramma triangularis ssp. triangularis | 10 / 1 | 11
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0.81 | l | 102 | | coffee fern | Pellaea andromedifolia | 4 / 4 | 16
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0.82 | | | | Trail now is next to and parallels drainage on right
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| r | 103 | | cattail | Typha sp. | / |
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| r | 104 | | (red willow, Salix laevigata)
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0.82 | l | | | Signpost: "I" (Poison Oak - Do Not Touch!)
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| l | 105 | | eucrypta | Eucrypta chrysanthemifolia var. chrysanthemifolia | 5 / 2 | 14
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0.82 | l | 106 | ~ | willowherb | Epilobium ciliatum ssp. ciliatum | 5 / 1 | 15
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0.82 | l | 107 | | heartleaf penstemon | Keckiella cordifolia | 30 / 5 | 18
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| l | 108 | | poison oak | Toxicodendron diversilobum | / | 28
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0.83 | l | 109 | | Pacific sanicle | Sanicula crassicaulis | / | 11
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| l | 110 | | American vetch | Vicia americana var. americana | 3 / 3 | 4
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0.83 | r | 111 | | California blackberry | Rubus ursinus | / | 11
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| l | 112 | | creeping snowberry | Symphoricarpos mollis | / | 5
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| l | 113 | sp | one of the balloon clovers
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0.83 | b | 114 | | California wild rose | Rosa californica | / | 9
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0.84 | l | | | Signpost: "J" (Under The Oaks)
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0.87 | r | | | Signpost: "K" at tall California sagebrush, Artemisia californica (Stream Crossing)
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0.87 | l | 115 | | western sycamore | Platanus racemosa | / | 17
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| r | 116 | | goldenrod | Solidago californica | 5 / 1 | 24
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0.87 | l | 117 | | California false-indigo | Amorpha californica var. californica | 1 / 1 | 3
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0.87 | l | 118 | sp | umbrella sedge | Cyperus sp. | 2 / 1 |
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0.87 | | | | Cross stream, elevation ~330 feet; trail begins first significant ascent
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0.88 | r | 119 | | small-flowered melica | Melica imperfecta | / | 25
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| l | 120 | ssp | California bee plant | Scrophularia californica | 5 / 3 | 2
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0.91 | r | 121 | | toyon | Heteromeles arbutifolia | 10 / 9 | 34
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0.93 | l | | | Signpost: "L" (Animal Scat)
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| r | 122 | ssp | whispering bells | Emmenanthe penduliflora | 1 / 1 | 2
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0.98 | | | | Cross stream
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0.98 | l | 123 | sp | *Mediterranean beard grass | Polypogon maritimus | 10 / 1 | 2
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0.98 | b | 124 | | *common plantain | Plantago major | 10 / 1 | 3
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0.98 | r | 125 | | *Bermuda grass | Cynodon dactylon | 1 / 1 | 15
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1.00 | l | 126 | | soap plant | Chlorogalum pomeridianum var. pomeridianum | / | 12
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1.01 | | | | Cross stream
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1.01 | l | 127 | | *bull thistle | Cirsium vulgare | / | 10
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1.06 | r | 128 | ssp | blue wildrye | Elymus glaucus | 5 / 1 | 4
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| l | 129 | | golden yarrow | Eriophyllum confertiflorum var. confertiflorum | / | 38
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| | 130 | | California encelia | Encelia californica | 9 / 9 | 11
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1.12 | l | | | (bracken, Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens)
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1.15 | | | | Cross minor drainage.
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| r | 131 | | giant needlegrass | Achnatherum coronatum | 2 / 2 | 17
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1.18 | l | | | Signpost: "M" at lemonade berry, Rhus integrifolia (Slope Effects: vegetation difference between north-facing vs. south-facing slopes); elevation ~500 feet. Trail becomes very steep.
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1.23 | | | | Cross minor drainage.
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| r | 132 | | California-aster | Lessingia filaginifolia var. filaginifolia | / | 36
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| l | | | Look for signpost "N" (Waterfall Area)
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1.28 | r | 133 | | coastal lotus | Lotus salsuginosus var. salsuginosus | 2 / 1 | 2
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1.28 | | | | Cross major stream with dry waterfalls below.
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1.29 | l | 134 | | Torrey's scrub oak | Quercus Xacutidens+ | / | 9
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1.31 | l | | | (California wood fern, Dryopteris arguta)
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| r | 135 | | *rose clover | Trifolium hirtum | / | 5
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| l | 136 | | San Diego pea | Lathyrus vestitus var. alefeldii | 3 / 3 | 13
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| l | 137 | | California brome | Bromus carinatus var. carinatus | 30 / 3 | 10
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| l | 138 | ? | agrostis sp.?
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1.37 | b | 139 | | long-leaf bush lupine | Lupinus longifolius | 30 / 3 | 1
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| l | 140 | | California maidenhair fern | Adiantum jordanii | 30 / 3 | 6
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1.38 | l | 141 | | California wood fern | Dryopteris arguta | 5 / 1 | 9
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| l | 142 | | common rush | Juncus patens | 1 / 1 | 1
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1.40 | l | 143 | | California buttercup | Ranunculus californicus | 50 / 4 | 4
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1.43 | r | | | Signpost: "O" (Oak Woodlands: Recovery From Fire and Grazing)
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1.45 | b | 144 | ? | clarkia? | Clarkia sp.? | 20 / 1 |
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| l | 145 | ? | *bur chervil | Anthriscus caucalis | 5 / 3 | 6
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| l | 146 | sp | hedge-nettle | Stachys sp.+ | / |
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| r | 147 | sp | unk short lupine, 6 long-hairy lflets, 12 x 5 mm, 18 mm single corolla.
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| r | 148 | | tomcat clover | Trifolium willdenovii | / | 8
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| r | 149 | | Chinese houses | Collinsia heterophylla | 5 / 1 | 10
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| r | 150 | | goldenstar | Bloomeria crocea | 99 / 9 | 8
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1.59 | r | | | Zigzag Gate with stepover. Sign on other side: (no bicycles).
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1.61 | | | | T-jct with Laurel Spur Road, elevation ~620 feet; turn left. Signpost: "10; Laurel Spur (left); Upper Laurel Canyon (right); Lower Laurel Canyon (back the way you came)".
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1.65 | | | | Cross drainage.
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1.66 | l | 151 | | *nit grass | Gastridium ventricosum | / | 15
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1.67 | r | | | Jct. path; road curves left 90°.
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1.68 | b | 152 | | slender tarweed | Hemizonia fasciculata | 99 / 9 | 9
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| r | 153 | | *artichoke thistle | Cynara cardunculus | / | 4
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1.69 | r | | | Signpost: "P" (Habitat Mosaic)
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1.72 | | | | Switchback left.
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1.79 | | | | Trail turns right 90°
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1.95 | | | | Trail curves right 45°
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1.98 | | | | Trail curves left 45°
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1.99 | | | | Local high point on trail, elevation ~815 feet.
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2.01 | | | | Local low point on trail, elevation ~800 feet.
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2.07 | | | | Trail curves left 45°
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| | | | The following 8 species were found prior to the Willow Canyon Road jct on 4/13/03, but without precise locations.
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| | 154 | | *perennial veldt grass | Ehrharta calycina | 5 / 2 | 1
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| r | 155 | | woodland star | Lithophragma affine | 5 / 1 | 3
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| r | 156 | | threadstem | Pterostegia drymarioides | / | 13
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| l | 157 | | white nightshade | Solanum douglasii | 1 / 1 | 11
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| l | 158 | | southern suncup | Camissonia bistorta | / | 8
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| r | 159 | | rough-seeded blue toad-flax | Linaria canadensis var. texana | 10 / 2 | 5
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| r | 160 | | Catalina mariposa lily | Calochortus catalinae | 30 / 3 | 1
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| l | 161 | | Parish's purple nightshade | Solanum parishii | 1 / 1 | 11
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2.11 | | | | T-jct with Willow Canyon Road; highest point on route, elevation ~815 feet; go left. Signpost: "2 (Boomer Spur (45° right); Laurel (back the way you came)".
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| l | | | Look for signpost "Q" (Tollroad overlook).
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2.15 | l | | | Nice view of San Gabriel Mountains and San Bernardino Mountains.
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| | | | Look for signpost "R" (Abandoned Stock Tank)
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2.30 | | | | Road curves right around a ridge.
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| l | 162 | | *wild oats | Avena fatua | / | 13
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| r | 163 | | coast Indian paintbrush | Castilleja affinis ssp. affinis | 20 / 2 | 4
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2.34 | r | | | Signpost: "T" (Emerald Canyon Overlook)
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2.56 | l | | | Sign: "Boundary Ecological Reserve".
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| l | | | Look for signpost "U" (Laurel Canyon Overlook)
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2.69 | r | 164 | | California fuchsia | Epilobium canum | 10 / 1 | 11
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2.79 | l | | | Sign: "Ecological Reserve. No trespassing"; elevation ~650 feet.
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2.84 | l | 165 | | *Russian thistle | Salsola tragus | 20 / 2 | 22
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3.15 | r | | | Signpost "V" (Prickly Pear Cactus)
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3.42 | | | | Cross drainage, elevation ~290 feet.
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| | | | The following species were found after mile 2.35 and before the end of the trail, but do not yet have precise locations.
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| r | 166 | | southern Indian pink | Silene laciniata ssp. major | 10 / 1 | 11
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| l | 167 | | *crown daisy | Chrysanthemum coronarium | 20 / 1 | 4
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| r | 168 | | *fennel | Foeniculum vulgare | 5 / 1 | 11
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| l | 169 | ~ | red maids | Calandrinia ciliata | 3 / 1 | 8
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| l | 170 | | *stickwort | Spergula arvensis ssp. arvensis | 5 / 1 | 1
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| r | 171 | | splendid mariposa lily | Calochortus splendens | 30 / 2 | 10
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| l | 172 | | popcorn flower | Cryptantha intermedia | 10 / 1 | 18
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| r | 173 | | *purple wild radish | Raphanus sativus | 10 / 1 | 9
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| l | | | (eupatory, Ageratina adenophora)
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| l | 174 | | *Oriental mustard | Sisymbrium orientale | 10 / 1 | 7
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3.55 | | | | End Laurel Canyon Loop Trail back at the trailhead, elevation ~220 feet.
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