Plant Guide to Baldy Notch to Mt. Baldy Trail This is a working list, about which I make no guarantees at all until I officially release it. Use at your own risk!
Introduction and Explanation of Plant Trail Guides
Introduction
Highlights of This Trail
Fieldwork Dates and Summary of List Changes With Time
Botanical Trip Reports
The Plant Guide
Comments On Specific Species
Introduction This is not yet a real plant guide to the trail, since the plants are not in order along the trail. This is a species list compiled from memory from a single fast-paced hike in thunderstormy weather.
Highlights of This Trail The botanical highlights of this trail are:
Number of Unique Taxa On This Trail
The following histogram gives the number of trails in my database that contain each taxon on this trail. I had 78 trails in my database when this histogram was made; only this trail is in this area of the San Gabriel Mountains, although I have 7 trails in the Mt. Baden-Powell and Blue Ridge Summit area to the north. A number of "1" means the taxon has only been found on this trail among the trails in our database; numbers of "8" or smaller may indicate taxa found only in this area and the area to the north.
Number of Trails
Containing A TaxonNumber Of Taxa
On This Trail% of Taxa
On This Trail1 1 4% 2 1 4% 3 3 11% 4 0 0% 5 4 14% 1-5 9 32% 6-10 9 32% 11-15 6 21% 16-20 4 14% Total Taxa 28 100%
Fieldwork Dates and Summary of List Changes With Time The following table gives the dates the trail was walked and taxa recorded. After each visit, the table gives the total number of taxa on the list and the breakdown of the taxa without positive identification. See Explanation of Plant Trail Guides to understand the symbols below.
Visit Date Visit # # taxa # "?" # "sp" # "~" # "ssp" 8/14/2004 1 28 0 0 0 0 On 8/14/04, the initial list was made only from memory, so is definitely incomplete.
Botanical Trip Reports
The Plant Guide Version for printing, without lines and other text on this page (1 page)
Family Common Name Latin Name #here #all Apiaceae woolly mountain-parsley Oreonana vestita 20 / 9 3 Asteraceae leafy common rabbitbrush Chrysothamnus nauseosus ssp. consimilis 99 / 9 1 Ericaceae green-leaf manzanita Arctostaphylos patula 99 / 9 11 Fagaceae bush chinquapin Chrysolepis sempervirens 99 / 9 9 Hydrophyllaceae smoothleaf yerba santa Eriodictyon trichocalyx var. trichocalyx 99 / 9 7 Loasaceae giant blazing star Mentzelia laevicaulis 5 / 3 5 Onagraceae mountain California-fuchsia Epilobium canum ssp. latifolium 99 / 9 5 Papaveraceae prickly poppy Argemone munita 5 / 2 5 Polygonaceae Davidson's buckwheat Eriogonum davidsonii 10 / 3 17 Polygonaceae rock buckwheat Eriogonum saxatile 99 / 9 8 Polygonaceae alpine sulfur-flowered buckwheat Eriogonum umbellatum var. minus / 3 Polygonaceae Wright's buckwheat Eriogonum wrightii var. subscaposum 99 / 9 12 Rhamnaceae mountain whitethorn Ceanothus cordulatus 1 / 1 14 Rosaceae curl-leaf mountain-mahogany Cercocarpus ledifolius var. intermontanus 99 / 9 9 Rosaceae mountain spray Holodiscus microphyllus var. microphyllus 99 / 9 7 Rosaceae western choke-cherry Prunus virginiana var. demissa 30 / 3 7 Rubiaceae Parish's bedstraw Galium parishii 10 / 9 5 Scrophulariaceae Nevin's bird's beak Cordylanthus nevinii 20 / 9 6 Scrophulariaceae Grinnell's beardtongue Penstemon grinnellii var. grinnellii 5 / 5 14 Scrophulariaceae beaked penstemon Penstemon rostriflorus 1 / 1 11 Cupressaceae Sierra juniper Juniperus occidentalis var. australis 1 / 1 2 Pinaceae white fir Abies concolor 30 / 5 19 Pinaceae lodgepole pine Pinus contorta ssp. murrayana 99 / 9 7 Pinaceae limber pine Pinus flexilis / 6 Pinaceae Jeffrey pine Pinus jeffreyi 99 / 9 20 Pinaceae sugar pine Pinus lambertiana 30 / 5 11 Cyperaceae Ross' sedge Carex rossii 10 / 3 3 Poaceae *downy brome Bromus tectorum 99 / 9 20
Comments On Specific Species
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Updated 15 August 2004.