Plant Guide to Hermit Trail

Mile	#	id?	(*)Common Name	Scientific Name	#Plants
0.00			Begin guide at the signed trailhead. The first 20 species are given in alphabetical order by scientific name.
0.00	1		desert needlegrass	Achnatherum speciosum	99
0.00	2		*tumble pigweed	Amaranthus albus	99
0.00	3	~	Powell's amaranth	Amaranthus powellii	3
0.00	4		purple three-awn	Aristida purpurea	6
0.00	5		fourwing saltbush	Atriplex canescens	1
0.00	6		side-oats grama	Bouteloua curtipendula	99
0.00	7		blue grama	Bouteloua gracilis	99
0.00	8		California brickellbush	Brickellia californica	50
0.00	9		thyme-leafed spurge	Chamaesyce serpyllifolia ssp. serpyllifolia	99
0.00	10		*redstem filaree	Erodium cicutarium	99
0.00	11		Apache plume	Fallugia paradoxa	1
0.00	12		matchweed	Gutierrezia sarothrae	99
0.00	13		prairie sunflower	Helianthus petiolaris	30
0.00	14		Utah juniper	Juniperus osteosperma	99
0.00	15		Fremont barberry	Mahonia fremontii	2
0.00	16		desert prickly-pear	Opuntia phaeacantha	10
0.00	17		common purslane	Portulaca oleracea	99
0.00	18		cliffrose	Purshia stansburiana	99
0.00	19		sand dropseed	Sporobolus cryptandrus	99
0.00	20		banana yucca	Yucca baccata	10
			Species are now given in trail order
0.02	21		big sagebrush	Artemisia tridentata	99
0.02	22		fetid goosefoot	Chenopodium graveolens	99
0.02	23		western tansymustard	Descurainia pinnata	50
0.02	24	~	thickleaf beardtongue	Penstemon pachyphyllus var. congestus	50
0.02	25		mutton grass	Poa fendleriana	99
0.02	26		narrow-leaf four o'clock	Mirabilis linearis	10
0.02	27		*ripgut brome	Bromus diandrus	2
0.03	28		silver wormwood	Artemisia ludoviciana	40
0.03	29		husk tomato	Physalis pubescens	10
0.04	30		Fremont's goosefoot	Chenopodium fremontii	1
0.04	31		Mojave prickly-pear	Opuntia erinacea	2
0.04	32		common pepper-grass	Lepidium densiflorum	1
0.04	33		littleleaf globe mallow	Sphaeralcea parvifolia	10
0.04	34		Arizona hymenoxys	Tetraneuris acaulis var. arizonica	30
0.04	35		Torrey's milkvetch	Astragalus calycosus	10
0.04	36		greenstem paperflower	Psilostrophe sparsiflora	50
0.05			Switchback right
0.05	37	sp	tidy fleabane	Erigeron concinnus	15
0.06	38		Whipple cholla	Opuntia whipplei	8
0.08	39		green ephedra	Ephedra viridis	50
0.08	40		freckled milk-vetch	Astragalus lentiginosus var. palans	5
0.09			Switchback left
0.09	41		Kaibab century plant	Agave utahensis var. kaibabensis	2
0.10	42		Simpson's buckwheat	Eriogonum microthecum var. simpsonii	40
0.10	43	sp	Eaton's fleabane	Erigeron eatonii	x
0.13			Switchback right
0.15	44		rock spiraea	Petrophyton caespitosum	50
0.15	45		Drummond's false pennyroyal	Hedeoma drummondii	20
0.16	46		Grand Canyon rock-daisy	Perityle congesta	99
0.16	47	sp	rose heath	Chaetopappa ericoides	20
0.16	48		Wright's bedstraw	Galium wrightii	15
0.16	49			unk grass like Alopecarus or Setaria	x
0.17	50		fern bush	Chamaebatiaria millefolium	2
0.17	51		wholeleaf Indian paintbrush	Castilleja integra	1
0.18	52		Indian ricegrass	Achnatherum hymenoides	99
0.19	53		*downy brome	Bromus tectorum	15
0.20	54		hairy goldenaster	Heterotheca villosa	50
0.20	55		spiny greasebush	Glossopetalon spinescens var. aridum	5
0.21	56		needle & thread grass	Hesperostipa comata	15
0.22	57	sp	Eastwood's sandwort	Arenaria eastwoodiae	3
0.22	58		perennial rock-cress	Arabis perennans	5
0.22	59		Cooper’s rubberweed	Hymenoxys cooperi	10
0.23	60		Arizona thistle	Cirsium arizonicum	30
0.24	61		snowberry	Symphoricarpos oreophilus	99
0.24	62		squirreltail	Elymus elymoides	10
0.24	63		Utah service-berry	Amelanchier utahensis	50
0.24	64		wax currant	Ribes cereum var. cereum	1
0.24	65		little-leaved mountain-mahogany	Cercocarpus intricatus	15
0.26	66		redroot buckwheat	Eriogonum racemosum	40
0.26	67		southern mountain phlox	Phlox austromontana	99
0.26	68		Basin butterweed	Packera multilobata	30
0.26	69		Grand Canyon Goldenweed	Ericameria arizonica	1
0.26	70		capitate cryptantha	Cryptantha capitata	20
0.27	71		claret cup	Echinocereus triglochidiatus	3
0.27			Switchback left
0.32	72		Grand Canyon glowweed	Hesperodoria scopulorum	1
0.34	73		Knowlton hop hornbeam	Ostrya knowltonii	3
0.36	74		desert gooseberry	Ribes velutinum	3
0.36	75		pallid hoptree	Ptelea trifoliata ssp. pallida var. pallida	2
0.37	76		mid bladderpod	Lesquerella intermedia	4
0.38	77		Wright's thelypody	Thelypodium wrightii	40
0.40	78		true mountain-mahogany	Cercocarpus montanus	1
0.47	79		pinyon pine dwarf-mistletoe	Arceuthobium divaricatum	40
0.49	80		turpentine broom	Thamnosma montana	20
0.61	81		threadleaf common rabbitbrush	Ericameria nauseosa var. oreophila	79
0.68	82		brownfoot	Acourtia wrightii	1
0.72	83		wallflower	Erysimum capitatum var. purshii	2
0.72	84	sp	Palmer's penstemon	Penstemon palmeri	5
0.75	85		cliff brake	Pellaea truncata	5
0.75	86		spike-moss	Selaginella mutica	6
0.80			Begin series of switchbacks
0.89	87		Utah fendlerbush	Fendlerella utahensis	2
0.91	88		*red brome	Bromus rubens	5
0.94	89		shrub live oak	Quercus turbinella	10
0.99	90		Macoun's cudweed	Pseudognaphalium macounii	13
1.04	91		pancake prickly-pear	Opuntia chlorotica	3
1.07	92		Munz's bedstraw	Galium munzii ssp. ambivalens	5
1.07	93		Fendler's lipfern	Cheilanthes fendleri	50
1.09	94	sp		unk grass like hilaria	1
1.19	95		black brush	Coleogyne ramosissima	20
1.20	96		black grama	Bouteloua eriopoda	30
1.22	97		black sagebrush	Artemisia nova	1
1.23			Junction Waldron Trail
1.34	98		juniper mistletoe	Phoradendron juniperinum	99
1.41	99		hoary-aster	Machaeranthera canescens	2
			Additional species on the Waldron Trail in first 0.43 miles
	100		Columbia cutleaf	Hymenopappus filifolius var. lugens	15
	101		Nuttall tarweed	Machaeranthera grindelioides	20
	102		Arizona bladderpod	Lesquerella arizonica	5
	103	~	gooseberryleaf globemallow	Sphaeralcea grossulariifolia	2
	104		fragrant evening-primrose	Oenothera caespitosa	2
	105		bush peavine	Lathyrus brachycalyx ssp. zionis	3
	106		narrow-leaved wire-lettuce	Stephanomeria minor var. minor	8
	107		Wright's deervetch	Lotus wrightii	10
	108		Gambel oak	Quercus gambelii	2
	109		Patagonia plantain	Plantago patagonica	5
	110		threadstem sandmat	Chamaesyce revoluta	2
	111		Grand Canyon campion	Silene rectiramea	15
	112		trailing fleabane	Erigeron flagellaris	20
	113	sp		unk opp lvs twisty leaves orange flower	1
	114		James' galleta	Pleuraphis jamesii	1