Plant Guide to PCT: Saddle Junction to Wellman Divide, San Jacinto Mountains

Mile	S	#	id?	Common Name	Latin Name	#here	#all
0.00				Begin trail heading north at Saddle Junction, elevation 8075 feet (2460 m); trail is in deep sand for 0.07 mile
0.00	b	1		Jeffrey pine	Pinus jeffreyi	99 / 9	21
0.01	b	2		white fir	Abies concolor	99 / 9	20
0.01	r			Sign on tree: "Round Valley; San Jacinto Peak (both straight ahead)"
0.01	l			PCT post
0.02	b	3		Parish's snowberry	Symphoricarpos rotundifolius var. parishii	99 / 9	10
0.02	r	4		pussy paws	Calyptridium monospermum	2 / 1	7
0.02	r	5		San Gabriel beardtongue	Penstemon labrosus	5 / 1	7
0.03	l	6		wax currant	Ribes cereum var. cereum	10 / 5	11
0.03	b	7		green-leaf manzanita	Arctostaphylos patula	99 / 9	12
0.05	b	8		bitter cherry	Prunus emarginata	99 / 9	6
0.06	b	9		mountain whitethorn	Ceanothus cordulatus	99 / 9	15
0.08	r	10		changeable phacelia	Phacelia mutabilis	20 / 4	5
0.08	b	11		bracken	Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens	99 / 9	11
0.08				Trails turns left 90°.
0.08	l			(slender wheatgrass, Elymus trachycaulus+)
0.08	l	12		pinegrove groundsmoke	Gayophytum oligospermum	20 / 3	8
0.13	l	13		Grinnell's beardtongue	Penstemon grinnellii var. grinnellii	3 / 2	16
0.13	r	14		California groundcone	Boschniakia strobilacea	20 / 4	4
0.14	b	15		bush chinquapin	Chrysolepis sempervirens	99 / 9	9
0.14	l			PCT post
0.14				Trails turns right 90°.
0.14				Trail covered with deep sand for 0.05 mi.
0.16	r	16		pinedrops	Pterospora andromedea	3 / 2	7
0.20	r			(sugar pine, Pinus lambertiana)
0.23				Switchback left.
0.27				Switchback right.
0.30	r	17		sugar pine	Pinus lambertiana	99 / 9	12
0.30				Trail curves left 90° at ridge.
0.31	r	18		canyon live oak	Quercus chrysolepis	3 / 3	22
0.32				Switchback left.
0.33	r	19		San Bernardino rubber rabbitbrush	Chrysothamnus nauseosus ssp. bernardinus	50 / 9	15
0.36				Switchback right.
0.42				Switchback left.
0.45				Switchback right.
0.46	r	20		Fremont silk tassel	Garrya fremontii	20 / 9	2
0.53	l	21		short-flowered monardella	Monardella nana ssp. tenuiflora	10 / 1	2
0.54	l	22		Sierra gooseberry	Ribes roezlii var. roezlii	1 / 1	9
0.56				Trail curves left 45°
0.63				Switchback left.
0.64				Switchback right.
0.67	r	23		San Jacinto Mts. keckiella	Keckiella rothrockii var. jacintensis	99 / 9	4
0.67	r	24		Martin's paintbrush	Castilleja applegatei ssp. martinii	1 / 1	16
0.69				Switchback left.
0.82	r	25		California fuchsia	Epilobium canum+	50 / 5	14
0.82				Switchback right.
0.85				Switchback left.
0.88				Switchback right.
0.88	r	26		goldenrod	Solidago californica	10 / 1	37
0.89				Switchback left.
0.94				Switchback right.
0.99				Switchback left.
1.02				Switchback right.
1.04	l			Dead tree "holding up" a boulder with a chin.
1.06				Trail makes a small jag to right and back
1.07				Switchback left.
1.11	b	27		fragile sheath sedge	Carex fracta	30 / 5	7
1.11	r	28		spreading brown-headed rush	Juncus phaeocephalus var. paniculatus	40 / 4	2
1.11	r	29	~	Idaho bentgrass	Agrostis idahoensis	99 / 3	3
1.11	l	30		meadow goosefoot	Chenopodium pratericola	20 / 2	2
1.12				Switchback right.
1.14				Switchback left.
1.16	r	31	~	prickly hawkweed	Hieracium horridum	2 / 1	3
1.16	r	32		mountain spray	Holodiscus microphyllus var. microphyllus	2 / 1	9
1.17	r	33		granite prickly phlox	Leptodactylon pungens	2 / 1	7
1.18				Trail begins zigzags
1.18				Switchback right
1.18	l	34		Parish's campion	Silene parishii	1 / 1	6
1.22	l	35		limber pine	Pinus flexilis	50 / 9	7
1.22	r	36		little-leaf mock orange	Philadelphus microphyllus	1 / 1	2
1.22				Switchback left.
1.23	l	37		lodgepole pine	Pinus contorta ssp. murrayana	50 / 9	7
1.24	l			Trail turns right 90° then left 90°
1.26				Trail turns right 90°, then left 90°.
1.28	l			PCT post; then trail zig-zags.
1.32				Cross near top of drainage to right and trail turns right 90°
1.44				Switchback left.
1.46				Trail curves right; local high point on trail at elevation ~8960 feet (2730 m); trail now descends.
1.49	r		~	(little prince's pine, Chimaphila menziesii)
1.50				Cross near top of drainage to right; local low point.
1.54				Local high point on trail; then small up and down quickly.
1.60				Trail makes broad curve left at ridgeline.
1.62	l			(pine lousewort, Pedicularis semibarbata)
1.64	b	38		San Jacinto lupine	Lupinus hyacinthinus	20 / 5	3
1.71				Local low point on trail at elevation ~8880 feet (2705 m); trail resumes its ascent.
1.74	l	39		western wallflower	Erysimum capitatum ssp. capitatum	20 / 2	19
1.75	l	40		pine lousewort	Pedicularis semibarbata	3 / 2	12
1.82	r			PCT post.
1.84	r			(spotted coralroot, Corallorhiza maculata)
1.87				Cross very small drainage to right
1.89	r			PCT post.
1.90	l			Jct. trail to Strawberry Junction at elevation ~8970 feet (2735 m). Sign: "(left) 1 mi Strawberry Cienega; (left) 2.3 mi Deer Springs Trail; (right) Wellmans Jct 1.3 mi; (right) Round Valley 2.3 mi; (right) San Jacinto Peak 3.5 mi; (back) 1.8 mi Saddle Junction; (back) 4.3 mi Humber Park; (back) 7.3 mi Idyllwild". Stay right and continue to Wellmans Jct.
1.91	l			Sign: "Entering Mt. San Jacinto State Park Wilderness..."
2.11				Leave dense shade; enter chinquapin-dominated area with scattered trees
2.13	b	41	~	southern mountain-monardella	Monardella australis	20 / 3	9
2.19				Enter Wellman Cienega
2.19	b	42		ranger's buttons	Sphenosciadium capitellatum	10 / 2	6
2.19	b	43		Nevada cinquefoil	Potentilla glandulosa ssp. nevadensis	/	1
2.19	l	44	sp	mystery sedge	Carex sp.	/
2.19	b	45		California corn lily	Veratrum californicum var. californicum	/	3
2.19	l	46		larger mountain monkeyflower	Mimulus tilingii	/	6
2.19	l	47	sp	small clover	Trifolium sp.	/
2.19	r	48		yarrow	Achillea millefolium	/	14
2.19	l	49	ssp	willowherb	Epilobium ciliatum ssp. ciliatum	/	22
2.19	r	50	sp	sedge	Carex sp.	/
2.21	l	51	sp	bluegrass	Poa sp.	/
2.21	l	52		groundsmoke	Gayophytum diffusum ssp. parviflorum	/	10
2.21	l	53	ssp	rush blue grass	Poa secunda ssp. juncifolia	/	2
2.21	l	54	sp	lupine	Lupinus sp.	/
2.21	l	55	~	slender hairgrass	Deschampsia elongata	/	2
2.21	b	56		Cleveland's horkelia	Horkelia clevelandii	/	5
2.23	b	57	?	knotweed? with dense cylindric terminal and axillary infl	Polygonum?	/
2.24	r	58		California brome	Bromus carinatus var. carinatus	/	25
2.24	c	59	~	mat muhly	Muhlenbergia richardsonis	/	3
2.25	r	60	sp	elymus or elytrigia
2.29	l	61		Fremont's goosefoot	Chenopodium fremontii	/	12
2.29	r	62	~	swamp sedge	Carex senta	/	6
2.30	r			(mountain timothy, Phleum alpinum)
2.30	l	63		few-flowered clover	Trifolium monanthum var. grantianum	/	2
2.30	r	64		Anderson's oreastrum-aster	Aster alpigenus var. andersonii	/	1
2.30	r	65		wide-leaved Parish's yampah	Perideridia parishii ssp. latifolia	/	2
2.30	b	66		Richardson's geranium	Geranium richardsonii	/	6
2.30	r	67	ssp	Idaho blue-eyed grass	Sisyrinchium idahoense	/
2.33				Leave first portion of meadow

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Updated 27 August 2006.