Plant Guide to Green Route Trail, Crystal Cove State Park

Plant Guide to Green Route Trail, Crystal Cove State Park

This is a working list, about which we make no guarantees at all until we 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
The Plant Guide
Comments On Specific Species
Introduction

This list is from only two trips, none of them in spring, and hence is quite incomplete for many species. The first trip was in a drought year, on 7/26/02, and the second was on 12/16/05.
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 our database that contain each taxon on this trail. We had 91 trails in our database when this histogram was made; 3 of those trails, including this one, are at Crystal Cove State Park or the Laguna Wilderness Park. A number of "1" means the taxon has only been found only on this list, among all the trails in our database; numbers of "3" or smaller may indicate taxa found only in this area.

Number of Trails
Containing A Taxon Number Of Taxa
On This Trail % of Taxa
On This Trail
1 5 5%
2 0 0%
3 2 2%
4 5 5%
5 6 6%

1-5 18 18%
6-10 12 12%
11-15 10 10%
16-20 9 9%
21-25 10 10%
26-30 9 9%
31-35 6 6%
36-40 7 7%
41-45 10 10%
46-50 3 3%
51-55 5 5%
Total Taxa 99 100%

We found 12 additional species not in the above table, since they have not been fully identified yet. The unidentified ones are marked with ?, sp, or ssp in the id? column in the guide, and have no entries in the #all column.
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"
7/26/2002 1 78 9 0 5 1
12/14/2005 2 111 4 6 13 5

The Plant Guide

Version for printing, without lines and other text on this page (6 pages)

Mile s # id? Common Name Latin Name #here #all
0.00 Trailhead for "no dogs" route, 0.20 miles east of visitor center; elevation 180 feet (55 m)
0.00 l 1 lemonade berry Rhus integrifolia 50 / 50 12
0.00 r ssp (four-wing saltbush, Atriplex canescens ssp. canescens)
0.00 r (blue elderberry, Sambucus mexicana)
0.00 l 2 telegraph weed Heterotheca grandiflora 30 / 30 37
0.00 b 3 *shortpod mustard Hirschfeldia incana 99 / 99 51
0.00 4 *Russian thistle Salsola tragus 50 / 50 25
0.00 l 5 *spotted spurge Chamaesyce maculata 3 / 3 3
0.00 Open gate across road
0.00 r 6 *tocalote Centaurea melitensis 99 / 99 45
0.00 b 7 coyote bush Baccharis pilularis 50 / 50 25
0.00 l Sign: "Authorized vehicles only"
0.00 l 8 *black mustard Brassica nigra 99 / 99 5
0.01 r Kiosk with four panels: "Artichoke Thistle; Rodents and Raptors; Undercover Birds; Snakes of Scrubland
0.01 r Sign: "Rules of the Road ...."
0.01 r Signpost "1" at conglomerate rock boulder
0.01 r 9 stinking gourd Cucurbita foetidissima 10 / 10 9
0.01 l 10 coastal goldenbush Isocoma menziesii var. vernonioides 50 / 50 5
0.01 l (California sagebrush, Artemisia californica)
0.01 r Sign: "No Name Ridge Trail. West Cut Across 1.3 miles; Park Boundary 2.2 miles; Deer Canyon Campground 3.0 miles"
0.01 Sign: "Rattlesnake Danger; Mountain Lion Danger" (gone 12/14/05)
0.01 r 11 *ripgut brome Bromus diandrus 20 / 20 52
0.01 l 12 cocklebur Xanthium strumarium 30 / 30 17
0.02 l (artichoke thistle, Cynara cardunculus)
0.08 l 13 *artichoke thistle Cynara cardunculus 40 / 40 4
0.09 l 14 California sagebrush Artemisia californica 50 / 50 47
0.09 l 15 *curly dock Rumex crispus 10 / 10 23
0.10 l 16 ssp southern California morning-glory Calystegia macrostegia 5 / 5
0.10 17 short-leaved cliff-aster Malacothrix saxatilis var. tenuifolia 99 / 99 12
0.11 l 18 California brickellbush Brickellia californica 20 / 20 28
0.11 l 19 California encelia Encelia californica 30 / 30 12
0.11 l 20 California buckwheat Eriogonum fasciculatum var. foliolosum 50 / 50 51
0.13 l 21 black sage Salvia mellifera 40 / 40 40
0.15 l 22 sp needlegrass Nassella sp 40 / 40
0.15 r 23 ? unk dead ann with a habit like Gutierrezia5050
0.15 r 24 ? unk dead ann like golden eardrops11
0.17 l 25 coast prickly-pear Opuntia littoralis 5 / 5 7
0.17 l 26 *scarlet pimpernel Anagallis arvensis 20 / 20 34
0.17 l 27 San Diego wreathplant Stephanomeria diegensis 99 / 99 24
0.17 l 28 ~ *red brome Bromus madritensis ssp. rubens 20 / 20 54
0.18 r 29 wild-cucumber Marah macrocarpus var. macrocarpus 1 / 1 45
0.18 r 30 blue elderberry Sambucus mexicana 15 / 15 48
0.21 r 31 toyon Heteromeles arbutifolia / 44
0.22 r 32 sp nightshade Solanum sp. /
0.22 r 33 climbing milkweed Sarcostemma cynanchoides ssp. hartwegii 5 / 5 5
0.29 Cross drainage and curve right
0.29 l Signpost "2" at layered rock
0.31 Switchback left.
0.37 l 34 *soft chess Bromus hordeaceus 20 / 20 40
0.44 Cross a very small drainage and curve right
0.44 l 35 chaparral bush mallow Malacothamnus fasciculatus 40 / 40 14
0.44 Signpost "3"
0.45 l 36 deerweed Lotus scoparius var. scoparius 30 / 30 29
0.45 l 37 woolly Indian paintbrush Castilleja foliolosa 2 / 2 5
0.47 Road curves left
0.47 l 38 narrowleaf bedstraw Galium angustifolium ssp. angustifolium 20 / 20 50
0.56 l 39 horseweed Conyza canadensis 50 / 50 42
0.57 l 40 sp Mariposa lily Calochortus sp. 3 / 3
0.57 l 41 lanceleaf dudleya Dudleya lanceolata 10 / 10 21
0.61 Road curves left
0.61 42 bush monkeyflower Mimulus aurantiacus 30 / 30 42
0.61 l 43 California everlasting Gnaphalium californicum 10 / 10 43
0.62 l 44 bicolored everlasting Gnaphalium bicolor 2 / 2 31
0.63 l 45 sp baby annual clover2020
0.65 r 46 ~ *Italian rye-grass Lolium multiflorum 10 / 10 19
0.66 l 47 *common cudweed Gnaphalium luteo-album 10 / 10 18
0.66 l 48 *little horseweed Conyza bonariensis 2 / 2 19
0.66 l 49 dove weed Eremocarpus setigerus 10 / 10 26
0.66 l 50 mule fat Baccharis salicifolia 5 / 5 39
0.66 l 51 ~ California-aster Lessingia filaginifolia var. filaginifolia⁺ / 52
0.69 r Y-jct. with shortcut road to Poles Road; stay left
0.70 l 52 ssp Great Valley gumweed Grindelia camporum 10 / 10
0.70 l 53 ~ goldenstar Bloomeria crocea 10 / 10 13
0.72 r 54 ~ sacred datura Datura wrightii⁺ 10 / 10 18
0.73 l 55 *prickly sow thistle Sonchus asper ssp. asper 5 / 5 31
0.74 l 56 *prickly lettuce Lactuca serriola 5 / 5 42
0.76 r white nightshade Solanum douglasii 50 / 50 16
0.76 r Jct. Poles Road; go right on it
0.78 l 57 *horehound Marrubium vulgare 10 / 10 33
0.78 r (fragrant everlasting, Gnaphalium canescens ssp. beneolens)
0.80 l Jct. Road; stay right; highest elevation on route, 545 feet (165 m)
0.80 58 western vervain Verbena lasiostachys var. scabrida / 3
0.82 r Jct. shortcut road, the other end of road at mile 0.69
0.84 r 59 laurel sumac Malosma laurina 2 / 2 42
0.86 r Jct. use trail
0.90 l 60 *tree tobacco Nicotiana glauca 3 / 3 19
1.15 l ~ (~nettle-leaved goosefoot, ~Chenopodium murale)
1.15 b Jct. El Moro Canyon Road / Trail; go right on it. You are now near the creek, but will diverge from it for a distance
1.15 l (poison hemlock, Conium maculatum)
1.19 l 61 *sow thistle Sonchus oleraceus 10 / 10 42
1.19 l 62 *poison hemlock Conium maculatum 99 / 99 5
1.21 l 63 ~ *nettle-leaved goosefoot Chenopodium murale 20 / 20 4
1.21 l 64 seaside heliotrope Heliotropium curassavicum 20 / 20 10
1.21 l 65 *bristly ox-tongue Picris echioides 2 / 2 12
1.22 l Jct. Road; continue forward
1.22 r 66 *milk thistle Silybum marianum 20 / 20 10
1.23 67 ~ *foxtail barley Hordeum murinum ssp. leporinum / 14
1.24 l 68 California wild rose Rosa californica 20 / 20 11
1.32 l 69 western ragweed Ambrosia psilostachya / 39
1.35 b 70 giant wild-rye Leymus condensatus 10 / 10 27
1.37 Minor local high point on road; road curves left
1.40 r (branching phacelia, Phacelia ramosissima)
1.42 l 71 ssp branching phacelia Phacelia ramosissima 99 / 99
1.42 72 virgin's bower Clematis ligusticifolia 40 / 40 9
1.42 r 73 arroyo willow Salix lasiolepis 5 / 5 36
1.43 r 74 ? bull or Italian thistle?
1.43 r 75 ? baby stinging nettle or bee plant
1.43 76 Cross side drainage. You are now near the creek again.
1.43 l 77 poison oak Toxicodendron diversilobum 3 / 3 43
1.44 r 78 climbing bedstraw Galium nuttallii ssp. nuttallii 2 / 2 31
1.44 r 79 mugwort Artemisia douglasiana 10 / 10 28
1.44 r 80 saltgrass Distichlis spicata 50 / 50 16
1.44 81 ssp California bee plant Scrophularia californica /
1.45 l 82 fuchsia-flowered gooseberry Ribes speciosum 5 / 5 7
1.46 r 83 *nit grass Gastridium ventricosum 10 / 10 27
1.50 b 84 *common plantain Plantago major 10 / 10 9
1.50 b 85 prairie rush Scirpus maritimus 10 / 10 1
1.50 Cross El Moro Creek for the first time
1.51 b 86 ~ *celery Apium graveolens 10 / 10 4
1.51 r 87 *coast goosefoot Chenopodium macrospermum var. halophilum 3 / 3 1
1.51 r 88 *rabbits-foot grass Polypogon monspeliensis 10 / 10 26
1.51 r 89 sneezeweed Helenium puberulum 5 / 5 1
1.52 r 90 black willow Salix gooddingii 1 / 1 6
1.55 r sp Small pond, probably dug out of creek for water for cattle, with these species: salt marsh fleabane, Pluchea odorata; annual tule, Scirpus cernuus; and Typha sp., possibly the T. latifolia on the CCSP Plant List
1.61 l 91 stinging nettle Urtica dioica ssp. holosericea 1 / 1 9
1.62 Small patch of California wild rose
1.66 r 92 ~ California goosefoot Chenopodium californicum 1 / 1 4
1.67 r 93 ~ cotton-batting plant Gnaphalium stramineum 1 / 1 20
1.67 r *Italian thistle Carduus pycnocephalus⁺ 10 / 10 21
1.81 l 94 bladderpod Isomeris arborea 3 / 3 8
1.91 r 95 *Mexican tea Chenopodium ambrosioides 5 / 5 5
1.91 r 96 ~ *white-stemmed filaree Erodium moschatum 5 / 5 21
2.02 r 97 *purple wild radish Raphanus sativus 5 / 5 11
2.02 r (castor bean, Ricinus communis)
Cross side drainage?
2.12 l 98 *castor bean Ricinus communis 2 / 2 15
2.12 Large patch of California wild rose
2.14 99 wild tarragon Artemisia dracunculus / 21
2.16 100 *nasturtium Tropaeolum majus / 4
2.16 101 creeping snowberry Symphoricarpos mollis / 7
2.16 r 102 *Kaffir Plum Harpephyllum caffrum 1 / 1 1
2.18 l Jct. road to "B.F.I."
2.19 103 *coastal wattle Acacia cyclops 1 / 1 1
2.21 Cross streambed; low point on route, elevation ~35 feet (10 m); road curves right 90°
2.21 104 *giant reed Arundo donax⁺ / 8
2.21 r 105 *bermuda grass Cynodon dactylon 10 / 10 33
2.21 l 106 sp cattail Typha sp. (T. latifolia?) 3 / 3
2.21 r ~ (water cress, Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum)
2.23 l Begin mobile home park; plant guide now lists only plants on right
2.23 107 red willow Salix laevigata 1 / 1 23
2.30 r 108 long-stemmed buckwheat Eriogonum elongatum var. elongatum 1 / 1 29
2.31 r 109 white everlasting Gnaphalium canescens ssp. microcephalum 10 / 10 37
2.36 End this portion of the mobile home park
2.36 r 110 *sourclover Melilotus indicus 1 / 1 25
2.37 r Signpost "14" at shale exposure
2.39 r Jct. road.
2.45 l Begin another portion of the mobile home park
2.63 Gate across end of El Moro Canyon Road / Trail; go right to parking lot
2.68 l 111 western sycamore Platanus racemosa 1 / 1 28
2.69 Parking Lot at Visitor Center

Comments On Specific Species

Lessingia filaginifolia var. filaginifolia. The first specimen on the trail did not have blooms, so the identification is tentative. A later specimen had blooms and confirmed this identification.
Datura wrightii. The first specimen on the trail did not have blooms, so the identification is tentative. A later specimen had blooms and confirmed this identification.
Carduus pycnocephalus. This specimen is not numbered since the earlier baby thistle may also be this species.
Arundo donax. We were very pleased to see that this species was eliminated in December 2005 from this location.

Number of Trails Containing A Taxon	Number Of Taxa On This Trail	% of Taxa On This Trail
1	5	5%
2	0	0%
3	2	2%
4	5	5%
5	6	6%

1-5	18	18%
6-10	12	12%
11-15	10	10%
16-20	9	9%
21-25	10	10%
26-30	9	9%
31-35	6	6%
36-40	7	7%
41-45	10	10%
46-50	3	3%
51-55	5	5%
Total Taxa	99	100%

Visit Date	Visit #	# taxa	# "?"	# "sp"	# "~"	# "ssp"
7/26/2002	1	78	9	0	5	1
12/14/2005	2	111	4	6	13	5

Mile	s	#	id?	Common Name	Latin Name	#here	#all
0.00				Trailhead for "no dogs" route, 0.20 miles east of visitor center; elevation 180 feet (55 m)
0.00	l	1		lemonade berry	Rhus integrifolia	50 / 50	12
0.00	r		ssp	(four-wing saltbush, Atriplex canescens ssp. canescens)
0.00	r			(blue elderberry, Sambucus mexicana)
0.00	l	2		telegraph weed	Heterotheca grandiflora	30 / 30	37
0.00	b	3		*shortpod mustard	Hirschfeldia incana	99 / 99	51
0.00		4		*Russian thistle	Salsola tragus	50 / 50	25
0.00	l	5		*spotted spurge	Chamaesyce maculata	3 / 3	3
0.00				Open gate across road
0.00	r	6		*tocalote	Centaurea melitensis	99 / 99	45
0.00	b	7		coyote bush	Baccharis pilularis	50 / 50	25
0.00	l			Sign: "Authorized vehicles only"
0.00	l	8		*black mustard	Brassica nigra	99 / 99	5
0.01	r			Kiosk with four panels: "Artichoke Thistle; Rodents and Raptors; Undercover Birds; Snakes of Scrubland
0.01	r			Sign: "Rules of the Road ...."
0.01	r			Signpost "1" at conglomerate rock boulder
0.01	r	9		stinking gourd	Cucurbita foetidissima	10 / 10	9
0.01	l	10		coastal goldenbush	Isocoma menziesii var. vernonioides	50 / 50	5
0.01	l			(California sagebrush, Artemisia californica)
0.01	r			Sign: "No Name Ridge Trail. West Cut Across 1.3 miles; Park Boundary 2.2 miles; Deer Canyon Campground 3.0 miles"
0.01				Sign: "Rattlesnake Danger; Mountain Lion Danger" (gone 12/14/05)
0.01	r	11		*ripgut brome	Bromus diandrus	20 / 20	52
0.01	l	12		cocklebur	Xanthium strumarium	30 / 30	17
0.02	l			(artichoke thistle, Cynara cardunculus)
0.08	l	13		*artichoke thistle	Cynara cardunculus	40 / 40	4
0.09	l	14		California sagebrush	Artemisia californica	50 / 50	47
0.09	l	15		*curly dock	Rumex crispus	10 / 10	23
0.10	l	16	ssp	southern California morning-glory	Calystegia macrostegia	5 / 5
0.10		17		short-leaved cliff-aster	Malacothrix saxatilis var. tenuifolia	99 / 99	12
0.11	l	18		California brickellbush	Brickellia californica	20 / 20	28
0.11	l	19		California encelia	Encelia californica	30 / 30	12
0.11	l	20		California buckwheat	Eriogonum fasciculatum var. foliolosum	50 / 50	51
0.13	l	21		black sage	Salvia mellifera	40 / 40	40
0.15	l	22	sp	needlegrass	Nassella sp	40 / 40
0.15	r	23	?	unk dead ann with a habit like Gutierrezia5050
0.15	r	24	?	unk dead ann like golden eardrops11
0.17	l	25		coast prickly-pear	Opuntia littoralis	5 / 5	7
0.17	l	26		*scarlet pimpernel	Anagallis arvensis	20 / 20	34
0.17	l	27		San Diego wreathplant	Stephanomeria diegensis	99 / 99	24
0.17	l	28	~	*red brome	Bromus madritensis ssp. rubens	20 / 20	54
0.18	r	29		wild-cucumber	Marah macrocarpus var. macrocarpus	1 / 1	45
0.18	r	30		blue elderberry	Sambucus mexicana	15 / 15	48
0.21	r	31		toyon	Heteromeles arbutifolia	/	44
0.22	r	32	sp	nightshade	Solanum sp.	/
0.22	r	33		climbing milkweed	Sarcostemma cynanchoides ssp. hartwegii	5 / 5	5
0.29				Cross drainage and curve right
0.29	l			Signpost "2" at layered rock
0.31				Switchback left.
0.37	l	34		*soft chess	Bromus hordeaceus	20 / 20	40
0.44				Cross a very small drainage and curve right
0.44	l	35		chaparral bush mallow	Malacothamnus fasciculatus	40 / 40	14
0.44				Signpost "3"
0.45	l	36		deerweed	Lotus scoparius var. scoparius	30 / 30	29
0.45	l	37		woolly Indian paintbrush	Castilleja foliolosa	2 / 2	5
0.47				Road curves left
0.47	l	38		narrowleaf bedstraw	Galium angustifolium ssp. angustifolium	20 / 20	50
0.56	l	39		horseweed	Conyza canadensis	50 / 50	42
0.57	l	40	sp	Mariposa lily	Calochortus sp.	3 / 3
0.57	l	41		lanceleaf dudleya	Dudleya lanceolata	10 / 10	21
0.61				Road curves left
0.61		42		bush monkeyflower	Mimulus aurantiacus	30 / 30	42
0.61	l	43		California everlasting	Gnaphalium californicum	10 / 10	43
0.62	l	44		bicolored everlasting	Gnaphalium bicolor	2 / 2	31
0.63	l	45	sp	baby annual clover2020
0.65	r	46	~	*Italian rye-grass	Lolium multiflorum	10 / 10	19
0.66	l	47		*common cudweed	Gnaphalium luteo-album	10 / 10	18
0.66	l	48		*little horseweed	Conyza bonariensis	2 / 2	19
0.66	l	49		dove weed	Eremocarpus setigerus	10 / 10	26
0.66	l	50		mule fat	Baccharis salicifolia	5 / 5	39
0.66	l	51	~	California-aster	Lessingia filaginifolia var. filaginifolia⁺	/	52
0.69	r			Y-jct. with shortcut road to Poles Road; stay left
0.70	l	52	ssp	Great Valley gumweed	Grindelia camporum	10 / 10
0.70	l	53	~	goldenstar	Bloomeria crocea	10 / 10	13
0.72	r	54	~	sacred datura	Datura wrightii⁺	10 / 10	18
0.73	l	55		*prickly sow thistle	Sonchus asper ssp. asper	5 / 5	31
0.74	l	56		*prickly lettuce	Lactuca serriola	5 / 5	42
0.76	r			white nightshade	Solanum douglasii	50 / 50	16
0.76	r			Jct. Poles Road; go right on it
0.78	l	57		*horehound	Marrubium vulgare	10 / 10	33
0.78	r			(fragrant everlasting, Gnaphalium canescens ssp. beneolens)
0.80	l			Jct. Road; stay right; highest elevation on route, 545 feet (165 m)
0.80		58		western vervain	Verbena lasiostachys var. scabrida	/	3
0.82	r			Jct. shortcut road, the other end of road at mile 0.69
0.84	r	59		laurel sumac	Malosma laurina	2 / 2	42
0.86	r			Jct. use trail
0.90	l	60		*tree tobacco	Nicotiana glauca	3 / 3	19
1.15	l		~	(~nettle-leaved goosefoot, ~Chenopodium murale)
1.15	b			Jct. El Moro Canyon Road / Trail; go right on it. You are now near the creek, but will diverge from it for a distance
1.15	l			(poison hemlock, Conium maculatum)
1.19	l	61		*sow thistle	Sonchus oleraceus	10 / 10	42
1.19	l	62		*poison hemlock	Conium maculatum	99 / 99	5
1.21	l	63	~	*nettle-leaved goosefoot	Chenopodium murale	20 / 20	4
1.21	l	64		seaside heliotrope	Heliotropium curassavicum	20 / 20	10
1.21	l	65		*bristly ox-tongue	Picris echioides	2 / 2	12
1.22	l			Jct. Road; continue forward
1.22	r	66		*milk thistle	Silybum marianum	20 / 20	10
1.23		67	~	*foxtail barley	Hordeum murinum ssp. leporinum	/	14
1.24	l	68		California wild rose	Rosa californica	20 / 20	11
1.32	l	69		western ragweed	Ambrosia psilostachya	/	39
1.35	b	70		giant wild-rye	Leymus condensatus	10 / 10	27
1.37				Minor local high point on road; road curves left
1.40	r			(branching phacelia, Phacelia ramosissima)
1.42	l	71	ssp	branching phacelia	Phacelia ramosissima	99 / 99
1.42		72		virgin's bower	Clematis ligusticifolia	40 / 40	9
1.42	r	73		arroyo willow	Salix lasiolepis	5 / 5	36
1.43	r	74	?	bull or Italian thistle?
1.43	r	75	?	baby stinging nettle or bee plant
1.43		76		Cross side drainage. You are now near the creek again.
1.43	l	77		poison oak	Toxicodendron diversilobum	3 / 3	43
1.44	r	78		climbing bedstraw	Galium nuttallii ssp. nuttallii	2 / 2	31
1.44	r	79		mugwort	Artemisia douglasiana	10 / 10	28
1.44	r	80		saltgrass	Distichlis spicata	50 / 50	16
1.44		81	ssp	California bee plant	Scrophularia californica	/
1.45	l	82		fuchsia-flowered gooseberry	Ribes speciosum	5 / 5	7
1.46	r	83		*nit grass	Gastridium ventricosum	10 / 10	27
1.50	b	84		*common plantain	Plantago major	10 / 10	9
1.50	b	85		prairie rush	Scirpus maritimus	10 / 10	1
1.50				Cross El Moro Creek for the first time
1.51	b	86	~	*celery	Apium graveolens	10 / 10	4
1.51	r	87		*coast goosefoot	Chenopodium macrospermum var. halophilum	3 / 3	1
1.51	r	88		*rabbits-foot grass	Polypogon monspeliensis	10 / 10	26
1.51	r	89		sneezeweed	Helenium puberulum	5 / 5	1
1.52	r	90		black willow	Salix gooddingii	1 / 1	6
1.55	r		sp	Small pond, probably dug out of creek for water for cattle, with these species: salt marsh fleabane, Pluchea odorata; annual tule, Scirpus cernuus; and Typha sp., possibly the T. latifolia on the CCSP Plant List
1.61	l	91		stinging nettle	Urtica dioica ssp. holosericea	1 / 1	9
1.62				Small patch of California wild rose
1.66	r	92	~	California goosefoot	Chenopodium californicum	1 / 1	4
1.67	r	93	~	cotton-batting plant	Gnaphalium stramineum	1 / 1	20
1.67	r			*Italian thistle	Carduus pycnocephalus⁺	10 / 10	21
1.81	l	94		bladderpod	Isomeris arborea	3 / 3	8
1.91	r	95		*Mexican tea	Chenopodium ambrosioides	5 / 5	5
1.91	r	96	~	*white-stemmed filaree	Erodium moschatum	5 / 5	21
2.02	r	97		*purple wild radish	Raphanus sativus	5 / 5	11
2.02	r			(castor bean, Ricinus communis)
				Cross side drainage?
2.12	l	98		*castor bean	Ricinus communis	2 / 2	15
2.12				Large patch of California wild rose
2.14		99		wild tarragon	Artemisia dracunculus	/	21
2.16		100		*nasturtium	Tropaeolum majus	/	4
2.16		101		creeping snowberry	Symphoricarpos mollis	/	7
2.16	r	102		*Kaffir Plum	Harpephyllum caffrum	1 / 1	1
2.18	l			Jct. road to "B.F.I."
2.19		103		*coastal wattle	Acacia cyclops	1 / 1	1
2.21				Cross streambed; low point on route, elevation ~35 feet (10 m); road curves right 90°
2.21		104		*giant reed	Arundo donax⁺	/	8
2.21	r	105		*bermuda grass	Cynodon dactylon	10 / 10	33
2.21	l	106	sp	cattail	Typha sp. (T. latifolia?)	3 / 3
2.21	r		~	(water cress, Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum)
2.23	l			Begin mobile home park; plant guide now lists only plants on right
2.23		107		red willow	Salix laevigata	1 / 1	23
2.30	r	108		long-stemmed buckwheat	Eriogonum elongatum var. elongatum	1 / 1	29
2.31	r	109		white everlasting	Gnaphalium canescens ssp. microcephalum	10 / 10	37
2.36				End this portion of the mobile home park
2.36	r	110		*sourclover	Melilotus indicus	1 / 1	25
2.37	r			Signpost "14" at shale exposure
2.39	r			Jct. road.
2.45	l			Begin another portion of the mobile home park
2.63				Gate across end of El Moro Canyon Road / Trail; go right to parking lot
2.68	l	111		western sycamore	Platanus racemosa	1 / 1	28
2.69				Parking Lot at Visitor Center

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Updated 18 December 2005.