Plant Guide to Willow Creek Trail, San Jacinto Mountains

Mile	S	#	id?	Common Name	Latin Name	#here	#all
0.00				Begin trail at Saddle Junction
0.00	r	1		Jeffrey pine	Pinus jeffreyi	99 / 9	15
0.00	r	2		white fir	Abies concolor	99 / 9	15
0.01	l			Sign: "Skunk Cabbage; Willow Creek; Long Valley" with an arrow pointing ahead.
0.01	l	3		Sierra Nevada lotus	Lotus nevadensis var. nevadensis	99 / 9	3
0.01	l	4		one-seeded pussypaws	Calyptridium monospermum	50 / 3	3
0.01	l	5	~	pinegrove gayophytum	Gayophytum oligospermum	/	12
0.02		6		fir mistletoe	Phoradendron pauciflorum	99 / 9	7
0.02	l			(Parish's snowberry, Symphoricarpos rotundifolius var. parishii)
0.04	l	7		Parish's snowberry	Symphoricarpos rotundifolius var. parishii	50 / 9	7
0.04				Trail turns left 90°
0.05	l	8		changeable phacelia	Phacelia mutabilis	50 / 9	5
0.06	l			(musk monkeyflower, Mimulus moschatus)
0.06	b	9		California brome	Bromus carinatus var. carinatus	/	10
0.06	r			(Scouler's willow, Salix scouleriana)
0.06	r	10		fragile sheath sedge	Carex fracta	/	4
0.06				Check for another Carex
0.06	r	11		western wallflower	Erysimum capitatum ssp. capitatum	50 / 9	12
0.07				Cross dry drainage.
0.07	l	11		bracken	Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens	/	7
0.07	r	12	sp	currant	Ribes sp.	/
0.10	l	13	sp	false-gilia	Allophyllum sp.	1 / 1
0.10	r	14		fringed brome	Bromus ciliatus	/
0.10	r	15		San Jacinto lupine	Lupinus hyacinthinus	50 / 9	2
0.11	l	16		white catch-fly	Silene verecunda ssp. platyota	50 / 9	7
0.11	l	17		pine lousewort	Pedicularis semibarbata	20 / 4
0.14	l	18		blue wildrye	Elymus glaucus ssp. glaucus	50 / 9	14
0.15	l	19		Elmer's needlegrass	Achnatherum occidentale ssp. pubescens	1 / 1	1
0.16	l	20		Cleveland's horkelia	Horkelia clevelandii	5 / 1
0.17	l			(plain mariposa lily, Calochortus invenustus)
0.17	l	21	~	pine violet	Viola pinetorum ssp. pinetorum	2 / 1	1
0.17	l	22		spotted coralroot	Corallorhiza maculata	30 / 9	1
0.19	l			(mountain mugwort, Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. incompta)
0.23		21		santolina pincushion	Chaenactis santolinoides	5 / 3	6
0.24	l	22		mountain mugwort	Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. incompta	50 / 3	4
0.29	l	23	?	unk grass - 1
0.33	l	24	sp	penstemon	Penstemon sp.	/
0.33	r	25		little false-solomon's-seal	Smilacina stellata	10 / 1	3
0.33	l	26	?	unk grass - 2
0.34	l	27		ranger's buttons	Sphenosciadium capitellatum	20 / 2	3
0.36	l	28	sp	sticky cinquefoil	Potentilla glandulosa ssp. reflexa	/	8
0.36	l	29		yarrow	Achillea millefolium	20 / 2	9
0.36	l			(lemon lily, Lilium parryi)
0.36	l	30		willowherb	Epilobium ciliatum ssp. ciliatum	50 / 9
0.36	l	31	~	Kentucky blue grass	Poa pratensis ssp. agassizensis	/	2
0.36	l	32		western bistort	Polygonum bistortoides	2 / 1
0.36	l	33		Fremont's goosefoot	Chenopodium fremontii	99 / 5
0.36	l	34	ssp	Parish's yampah	Perideridia parishii ssp. parishii	5 / 1	1
0.36	l	35	~	cows clover	Trifolium wormskioldii	10 / 1	4
0.36		36		vari-nerved sedge	Carex heteroneura var. heteroneura	/	1
0.37	l	37		lemon lily	Lilium parryi	10 / 1
0.38	l	38		musk monkeyflower	Mimulus moschatus	/
0.41				Cross small drainage
0.42	r	39		larger mountain monkeyflower	Mimulus tilingii	/
0.42	r	40	sp	spreading brown-headed rush?	Juncus phaeocephalus var. paniculatus?	/
0.42	b	41	~	thyme-leaved speedwell	Veronica serpyllifolia ssp. humifusa	/
0.42				Cross drainage with a low depression to the left.
0.43	b	42		rigid hedge-nettle	Stachys ajugoides var. rigida	/
0.43	r	43		floriferous monkeyflower	Mimulus floribundus	/
0.43	l	44		slender hairgrass	Deschampsia elongata	/
0.43	b	45		spike bentgrass	Agrostis exarata	/
0.43		46	sp	flat leaf carex	Carex sp.	/
0.43	r	47		swamp sedge	Carex senta	/
0.43	r	48		goldenrod	Solidago californica	/	22
0.46				Skunk Cabbage Jct.: jct. trail to Tahquitz Valley; guide very incomplete past this point
		49		California buckwheat	Eriogonum fasciculatum var. polifolium	/	10
1.19		50		Martin's paintbrush	Castilleja applegatei ssp. martinii	/	13
1.59				Willow Creek
		51		bush chinquapin	Chrysolepis sempervirens	/	5
2.07				Jct trail to Laws

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Updated 25 July 2006.