Plant Guide to PCT from Throop Peak Junction to Mt. Baden-Powell Junction

Mile	S	#	id?	Common Name	Scientific Name	#Pls
0.00				Begin guide at junction with Dawson Saddle Trail, elevation 8860 feet, heading east
0.00	b	1		wax currant	Ribes cereum var. cereum	60
0.00	r	2		Jeffrey pine	Pinus jeffreyi	20
0.00	b	3		limber pine	Pinus flexilis	40
0.00	b	4		lodgepole pine	Pinus contorta ssp. murrayana	99
0.00	b	5		bush chinquapin	Chrysolepis sempervirens	99
0.00	r	6		white fir	Abies concolor	20
0.01	b	7		San Bernardino beardtongue	Penstemon caesius	99
0.01	b	8		silky lupine	Lupinus elatus	99
0.01	r	9		squirreltail	Elymus elymoides	99
0.02	l	10		pussy paws	Calyptridium monospermum	99
0.02	l	11		alpine sulfur-flowered buckwheat	Eriogonum umbellatum var. minus	99
0.02	l	12		pinegrove groundsmoke	Gayophytum oligospermum	50
0.02	l	13		white catch-fly	Silene verecunda	99
0.02	b	14		California needlegrass	Stipa occidentalis var. californica	40
0.03				Trail curves right 90°
0.03	l	15		mountain spray	Holodiscus discolor var. microphyllus	70
0.05	r	16		Ross' sedge	Carex rossii	3
0.08	l	17		Grinnell's beardtongue	Penstemon grinnellii var. grinnellii	99
0.08	r	18		green-leaf manzanita	Arctostaphylos patula	30
0.08	r	19		santolina pincushion	Chaenactis santolinoides	3
0.08		20		San Bernardino rubber rabbitbrush	Ericameria nauseosa var. bernardina	10
0.08	r	21		leafy daisy	Erigeron foliosus var. foliosus	10
0.09		22		threadleaf common rabbitbrush	Ericameria nauseosa var. oreophila	99
0.09	r	23		rock buckwheat	Eriogonum saxatile	99
0.09	r	24		curl-leaf mountain-mahogany	Cercocarpus ledifolius	20
0.09				Switchback left
0.10				Switchback right
0.11	r	25		pine lousewort	Pedicularis semibarbata	30
0.19				The following four species are off-trail to right; their first occurrence on trail is also noted later in the guide with “^” in the # field if they are also present on trail
	r	26		red-rayed hulsea	Hulsea heterochroma	20
	r	27		Davidson's buckwheat	Eriogonum davidsonii	99
	r	28		Fremont's goosefoot	Chenopodium fremontii	25
	r	29		Yosemite rockcress	Boechera repanda	30
0.21	r	^		red-rayed hulsea	Hulsea heterochroma
0.25				Switchback left
0.27		30		broad-seeded rock-cress	Boechera platysperma	10
0.28		31		beaked penstemon	Penstemon rostriflorus	50
0.28				Switchback right
0.33	r	^		Yosemite rockcress	Boechera repanda
0.35	r	32		Sierra gooseberry	Ribes roezlii var. roezlii	2
0.37				Trail zigzags left then right
0.42	r	33		mountain whitethorn	Ceanothus cordulatus	20
0.44	b	34		woolly mountain-parsley	Oreonana vestita	12
0.45	r	35		San Gabriel Mountain gilia	Gilia ochroleuca ssp. vivida	20
0.46		^		Davidson's buckwheat	Eriogonum davidsonii
0.46	r	36		mountain California-fuchsia	Epilobium canum ssp. latifolium	99
0.47	r	^		leafy daisy	Erigeron foliosus var. foliosus
0.47	b	37		urn-flowered alumroot	Heuchera elegans	30
0.47	l	38		clasping-leaved caulanthus	Caulanthus amplexicaulis	20
0.47		39		*downy brome	Bromus tectorum	99
0.48				Low point on trail, elevation 8520 feet
0.49		40		one-sided bluegrass	Poa secunda ssp. secunda	20
0.61	b	^		Fremont's goosefoot	Chenopodium fremontii
0.63	r	41		Burlew's onion	Allium burlewii	10
0.64		42		prickly-nut cryptantha	Cryptantha muricata var. denticulata	10
0.70	r	43		blue elderberry	Sambucus nigra ssp. caerulea	1
0.82		44		Martin's paintbrush	Castilleja applegatei ssp. martinii	1
0.85	r	45		Davidson's lotus	Acmispon nevadensis var. davidsonii	10
0.89				Trail leaves ridge and curves left around 8997 foot Mt. Burnham
1.07				Cross head of small drainage
1.14				Switchback right
1.18				Switchback left
1.24				Switchback right
1.26				Switchback left
1.27		46		Southern California draba	Draba corrugata	2
1.40				Trail is back on ridge, now on east side of Mt. Burnham, local high point, 8920 feet
1.56	r	47		spineless horsebrush	Tetradymia canescens	30
1.59	r	48		Wright's buckwheat	Eriogonum wrightii var. subscaposum	25
1.64				Local low point at saddle east of Mt. Burnham, west of small knoll
1.71				Trail leaves ridge and goes on south side of ridge
1.73		49		southern Sierra phacelia	Phacelia austromontana	20
1.75	l	50		California groundcone	Kopsiopsis strobilacea	10
1.77				Switchback left
1.80		51		*tumble-mustard	Sisymbrium altissimum	2
1.81				Switchback right; trail on ridge again
1.87				Trail leaves ridge and curves left around 9088 foot knoll
1.94				Trail is directly north of 9088 foot knoll
2.02				Trail back on ridge on east side of 9088 foot knoll
2.24				Trail leaves ridge and goes on north side of Mt. Baden-Powell ridge
2.50				Jct. Mt. Baden-Powell Trail; elevation ~9260 feet

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Updated 19 August 2015