The Flora of the PCT
B10, Snow Creek Road to Interstate 10
B10, Snow Creek Road to Interstate 10
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| Fig. 1. Top: View of the San Jacinto alluvial fan traversed by the PCT from Snow Creek Road. Bottom left: Rumex hymenosepalus, wild rhubarb. Middle right: Calandrinia ciliata, red maids. Bottom right: Larrea tridentata, creosote bush. Click on the pictures for larger versions. | ||
| Segment Start | Segment End | Segment Length | Elevation (feet) | ||
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| Min | Max | Range | |||
| B10, Snow Creek Road | Interstate 10 | 2.5 miles | 1200 | 1400 | 200 |
Introduction
Survey Dates
The Trail Plant Checklist
Introduction
See The Flora of the Pacific Crest Trail: Overview for an Introduction to these plant checklists, and B. The San Ysidro and San Jacinto Mountains for an Introduction to this section.
This is a short flat hike that traverses an alluvial fan at the base of the San Jacinto Mountains and crosses the basin of San Gorgonio pass. This low-elevation Colorado Desert is missing a number of its signature plants, and has a major impact from non-native plants. It still contains a high diversity of plants, especially annuals which at this time were just beginning to go into peak bloom.
Fig. 2. Trail Map for the PCT , from USDA Forest Service Interactive Map.
Survey Dates
| Date | Surveyors | # Species recorded |
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| 15 February 2015 | RT and Shaun Hawke | 86 |
The Trail Plant Checklist
The Plant Checklist is available in four different formats:
- Illustrated Family Order List from Calflora, with two thumbnail pictures for every species (80 species). Note the checkbox at right that allows a sort in family order instead of scientific name order, or to sort by bloom start month. Check Show photo service links and then click on Display to get links to all Calphotos et al pictures.
- Species in Order Along the Trail, with links to Jepson Manual Treatment and Calphotos (86 species)
- Species Seen on or near the Trail in a Family Order List, with links to Jepson Manual Treatment and Calphotos (80 species)
- Species Seen on or near the Trail, along with species vouchered from this general area, in a Family Order List, with links to Jepson Manual Treatment and Calphotos (not available yet)
Separate condensed print versions of just the checklist names are available for all except for the Calflora thumbnail picture version.