Plant Guide to PCT C4 from Rainbow Road to road 2N01, San Bernardino Mountains
PCT Mile Length
(miles)Elevation of ends (feet) Peak
Elevation
(feet)Begin End Begin End 251.7 257.0 5.3 8100 7885 8635 For an updated plant checklist in family order, see PCT Mission Springs to 2N01 north of Onyx Summit.
Survey dates: 2012: 5/6, 5/17, 5/24, 6/17, with species found on surveys in prior years with ^.
102 species observed.
This section of the trail passes though some private land as it goes up and over Onyx Summit pass. A number of rare and endemic plants begin to show up, but a few like Hulsea vestita ssp. parryi and Gilia leptantha ssp. leptantha will drop out after this section. The trail continues on through granite and a number of different metamorphic rocks, as well as a postage-stamp-size meadow that contains a number of rare plants that show up in very wet years.
The Plant Guide See also Plant Guide to PCT from Onyx Summit to 2N04.
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The Family and Scientific Name are from the 2003 First Edition Jepson Manual. An asterisk before the common name indicates a non-native species. A ^ after the scientific name indicates the species was found in a pre-2012 survey.
# Fam ID? Scientific Name(^) (*)Common Name 1 Pol Eriogonum wrightii var. subscaposum Wright's buckwheat 2 Ast Artemisia tridentata ssp. vaseyana mountain sagebrush 3 Ros Cercocarpus ledifolius curl-leaf mountain-mahogany 4 Poa ~ Poa fendleriana ssp. longiligula Fendler's blue grass 5 Pol Eriogonum umbellatum var. munzii sulphur buckwheat 6 Poa Bromus tectorum *downy brome 7 Pin Pinus monophylla pinyon pine 8 Ast Chrysothamnus nauseosus common rabbitbrush 9 Bra Descurainia sophia *herb sophia 10 Cac Opuntia basilaris var. basilaris beavertail cactus 11 Hyd Phacelia hastata ssp. hastata mountain phacelia 12 Cup Juniperus occidentalis var. australis Sierra juniper 13 Bra Erysimum capitatum ssp. capitatum western wallflower 14 Hyd Phacelia ramosissima branching phacelia 15 Scr Collinsia parviflora blue-eyed Mary 16 Rub Galium parishii Parish's bedstraw 17 Hyd Phacelia austromontana southern Sierra phacelia 18 Scr Penstemon grinnellii var. grinnellii Grinnell's beardtongue 19 Vis Phoradendron densum dense mistletoe 20 Scr Castilleja cinerea ash-gray Indian paintbrush 21 Ast Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus ssp. viscidiflorus sticky-leaved rabbitbrush 22 Lil Fritillaria pinetorum^ pine-woods fritillary 23 Bra Arabis holboellii Holboell's rock-cress 24 Lam Salvia pachyphylla rose sage 25 Pol Eriogonum davidsonii Davidson's buckwheat 26 Pol Leptodactylon pungens granite prickly phlox 27 Fab Astragalus leucolobus Big Bear Valley woollypod 28 Ast Machaeranthera canescens var. canescens hoary-aster 29 Cap Symphoricarpos rotundifolius var. parishii Parish's snowberry 30 Cyp Carex rossii Ross' sedge 31 Scr Castilleja montigena Heckard's Indian paintbrush 32 Eri Arctostaphylos patula green-leaf manzanita 33 Ast Eriophyllum confertiflorum var. confertiflorum golden yarrow 34 Bor ~ Cryptantha micrantha var. lepida mountain red-root cryptantha 35 Pol Linanthus breviculus Mojave linanthus 36 Poa Achnatherum parishii Parish's needlegrass 37 Ast Tetradymia canescens spineless horsebrush 38 Api Lomatium nevadense var. parishii Parish's lomatium 39 Pin Abies concolor white fir 40 Pin Pinus jeffreyi Jeffrey pine 41 Bra Draba corrugata var. corrugata Southern California draba 42 Fab Lupinus excubitus var. austromontanus mountain grape-soda lupine 43 Sel ~ Selaginella watsonii Watson's spike-moss 44 Poa Festuca kingii spike fescue 45 Ast Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. incompta mountain mugwort 46 Bor Cryptantha echinella prickly cryptantha 47 Ast Artemisia dracunculus wild tarragon 48 Loa Mentzelia montana mountain blazing star 49 Poa Elymus elymoides squirreltail 50 Hyd Eriodictyon trichocalyx var. trichocalyx smoothleaf yerba santa 51 Bra Caulanthus major var. major slender wild cabbage 52 Pol ~ Gilia modocensis Modoc gilia 53 Ast Erigeron aphanactis var. congestus clustered fleabane 54 Bra Arabis parishii Parish's rock cress 55 Scr Pedicularis semibarbata pine lousewort 56 Ros Potentilla wheeleri Wheeler's cinquefoil 57 Scr Mimulus exiguus^ San Bernardino Mtns. monkeyflower 58 Lam Trichostema micranthum^ small-flowered bluecurls 59 Ast Taraxacum officinale *common dandelion 60 Por Lewisia rediviva bitter root 61 Lil sp Allium sp. onion 62 Pol Phlox gracilis annual phlox 63 Poa Achnatherum hymenoides Indian ricegrass 64 Ran Delphinium parishii ssp. parishii Parish's larkspur 65 Pte Pellaea mucronata var. californica California cliff-brake 66 Cac Echinocereus triglochidiatus claret cup 67 Poa Poa secunda ssp. secunda one-sided bluegrass 68 Poa Bromus carinatus California brome 69 Poa Bouteloua gracilis blue grama 70 Scr Cordylanthus nevinii Nevin's bird's beak 71 Pol Eriogonum parishii Parish's buckwheat 72 Che Chenopodium fremontii Fremont's goosefoot 73 Por Calyptridium monandrum sand cress 74 Pol Linanthus killipii Baldwin Lake linanthus 75 Ast Hymenopappus filifolius var. lugens Columbia cutleaf 76 Ros Amelanchier utahensis Utah service-berry 77 Scr sp Penstemon rostriflorus / P. labrosus 78 Rha Ceanothus cordulatus mountain whitethorn 79 Sal sp Salix sp. 80 Ast Solidago californica goldenrod 81 Ros ~ Rosa californica California wild rose 82 Ros Purshia tridentata var. glandulosa desert bitterbrush 83 Poa Hesperostipa comata ssp. comata needle & thread grass 84 Lil Calochortus invenustus plain mariposa lily 85 Fab Lupinus andersonii Anderson's lupine 86 Ros Potentilla gracilis var. fastigiata slender cinquefoil 87 Poa Muhlenbergia richardsonis mat muhly 88 Car Silene verecunda ssp. platyota white catch-fly 89 Ast Erigeron foliosus var. foliosus leafy daisy 90 Lam sp Monardella sp. 91 Ast Agoseris retrorsa spear-leaved mountain dandelion 92 Ast Hulsea vestita ssp. parryi Parry's sunflower 93 Hyd Phacelia fremontii Fremont's phacelia 94 Pol Gilia leptantha ssp. leptantha fine-flower gilia 95 Oro Orobanche fasciculata clustered broom-rape 96 Ast Chaenactis glabriuscula^ yellow pincushion 97 Pol Eriogonum microthecum var. corymbosoides San Bernardino buckwheat 98 Pol Navarretia breweri^ Brewer's navarretia 99 Pol Navarretia peninsularis^ Baja navarretia 100 Hyd Phacelia exilis^ Transverse Range phacelia 101 Poa Bromus ciliatus^ fringed brome 102 Ast Gutierrezia sarothrae matchweed
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Updated 19 June 2012.