Plant Guide to PCT C5 from Road 2N01 to Highway 18, San Bernardino Mountains
PCT Segment Begin End PCT Mileage 257.0 267.4 Elevation (feet) 7885 6380
Total Mileage 10.4 miles Elevation gain and loss feet Elevation range feet Survey Date 10 May 2012 122 species observed.
Surveyed 5/10 2012, which in most years would be prime time. This year it was dry, however, which was odd since the previous section was not.
This section begins near the headwaters of Arrastre Creek, which it follows for a ways. The trail then ascends the western ridge which becomes most of this section. The trail also passes through an old burn area in which the Pinyon Pines have yet to regenerate. Pinyon pines apparently have to come in from surrounding areas, and the timescale for recovery is something like 400 years.
This is also the first encounter with Joshua trees. The xeric nature of plants found here on this eastern end of the mountains illustrates the decrease in precipitation that occurs west to east in the San Bernardino mountains.
The Plant Guide See also Plant Guide to PCT from Onyx Summit to 2N04.
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# Fam ID? Scientific Name Common Name 1 Ast Artemisia tridentata ssp. vaseyana mountain sagebrush 2 Pin Pinus jeffreyi Jeffrey pine 3 Scr Penstemon grinnellii var. grinnellii Grinnell's beardtongue 4 Pin Abies concolor white fir 5 Poa ~ Poa fendleriana ssp. longiligula Fendler's blue grass 6 Che Chenopodium fremontii Fremont's goosefoot 7 Gro Ribes cereum var. cereum wax currant 8 Hyd Phacelia hastata ssp. hastata mountain phacelia 9 Bra Erysimum capitatum ssp. capitatum western wallflower 10 Ros Cercocarpus ledifolius curl-leaf mountain-mahogany 11 Rub sp Galium sp. bedstraw 12 Bra Caulanthus major var. major slender wild cabbage 13 Ast ssp Chrysothamnus nauseosus common rabbitbrush 14 Pol Leptodactylon pungens granite prickly phlox 15 Bra Arabis holboellii Holboell's rock-cress 16 Ros ~ Rosa californica California wild rose 17 Pol Eriogonum wrightii var. subscaposum Wright's buckwheat 18 Lam Monardella linoides narrowleaf monardella 19 Ast Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. incompta mountain mugwort 20 Sal sp Salix sp. willow 21 Cup Juniperus occidentalis var. australis Sierra juniper 22 Scr Castilleja montigena Heckard's Indian paintbrush 23 Poa Poa secunda ssp. secunda one-sided bluegrass 24 Eri Arctostaphylos patula green-leaf manzanita 25 Ast Tetradymia canescens spineless horsebrush 26 Eup Euphorbia palmeri woodland spurge 27 Poa Elymus sp. elymus 28 Ast Solidago californica goldenrod 29 Cyp ~ Carex rossii Ross' sedge 30 Ros Purshia tridentata var. glandulosa desert bitterbrush 31 Ast Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus ssp. viscidiflorus sticky-leaved rabbitbrush 32 Ros ssp Potentilla glandulosa sticky cinquefoil 33 Equ Equisetum laevigatum smooth scouring rush 34 Ros Potentilla wheeleri Wheeler's cinquefoil 35 Cyp sp Carex #1 sedge #1 36 Cap Symphoricarpos rotundifolius var. parishii Parish's snowberry 37 Scr sp Penstemon rostriflorus / P. labrosus penstemon 38 Pin Pinus monophylla pinyon pine 39 Ast Taraxacum officinale *common dandelion 40 Ros Horkelia rydbergii Rydberg's horkelia 41 Lil Smilacina stellata little false-solomon's-seal 42 Lam Stachys albens cobwebby hedge-nettle 43 Urt Urtica dioica ssp. holosericea stinging nettle 44 Ran ~ Thalictrum fendleri Fendler's meadow-rue 45 Pol Eriogonum umbellatum var. munzii sulphur buckwheat 46 Ger Geranium californicum California geranium 47 Vis sp Phoradendron sp. mistletoe 48 Bra Descurainia pinnata western tansy-mustard 49 Ros Amelanchier utahensis Utah service-berry 50 Hyd Phacelia ramosissima branching phacelia 51 Ast Artemisia dracunculus wild tarragon 52 Cac Opuntia basilaris var. basilaris beavertail cactus 53 Scr Penstemon centranthifolius scarlet bugler 54 Vio ~ Viola macloskeyi small white violet 55 Cyp ~ Eleocharis macrostachya common spikerush 56 Gro Ribes nevadense mountain pink currant 57 Rha Ceanothus cordulatus mountain whitethorn 58 Ona Oenothera californica ssp. californica California evening-primrose 59 Fag Quercus chrysolepis canyon live oak 60 Cac Opuntia phaeacantha desert prickly-pear 61 Pol Linanthus breviculus Mojave linanthus 62 Fab Astragalus leucolobus Big Bear Valley woollypod 63 Poa Bouteloua gracilis blue grama 64 Poa Bromus tectorum *downy brome 65 Eph Ephedra viridis green ephedra 66 Por Calyptridium parryi var. parryi Parry's sand cress 67 Fag Quercus kelloggii California black oak 68 Bor ~ Cryptantha micrantha var. lepida mountain red-root cryptantha 69 Jun sp Juncus #1 rush #1 70 Scr Castilleja miniata ssp. miniata giant red paintbrush 71 Ran Clematis ligusticifolia virgin's bower 72 Ona sp Onagraceae sp. Onagraceae sp. 73 Jun sp Juncus #2 rush #2 74 Ast Cirsium scariosum elk thistle 75 Cyp sp Carex #2 sedge #1=2 76 Pol Eriogonum davidsonii Davidson's buckwheat 77 Bra Sisymbrium altissimum *tumble-mustard 78 Mal ssp Sphaeralcea ambigua apricot mallow 79 Ast Eriophyllum confertiflorum var. confertiflorum golden yarrow 80 Poa Achnatherum speciosum desert needlegrass 81 Pol Eriogonum fasciculatum var. polifolium California buckwheat 82 Poa Elymus elymoides squirreltail 83 Cac Echinocereus triglochidiatus three-spine hedgehog cactus 84 Ast Gutierrezia sarothrae matchweed 85 Hyd Eriodictyon trichocalyx var. trichocalyx smoothleaf yerba santa 86 Poa Achnatherum parishii Parish's needlegrass 87 Ast Cirsium occidentale var. californicum California thistle 88 Pol Linanthus killipii Baldwin Lake linanthus 89 Bor ~ Cryptantha echinella prickly cryptantha 90 Pol Eriogonum saxatile rock buckwheat 91 Sal Populus balsamifera ssp. trichocarpa black cottonwood 92 Ast Brickellia californica California brickellbush 93 Ast Ericameria linearifolia narrowleaf goldenbush 94 Por Lewisia rediviva bitter root 95 Lam Salvia pachyphylla rose sage 96 Ast Erigeron aphanactis var. congestus clustered fleabane 97 Pol ~ Gilia modocensis Modoc gilia 98 Mal Malacothamnus fremontii Fremont's bush mallow 99 Ste Fremontodendron californicum ssp. californicum flannelbush 100 Ast Chaenactis glabriuscula yellow pincushion 101 Loa Mentzelia montana mountain blazing star 102 Rha Ceanothus greggii var. vestitus Mojave ceanothus 103 Bra Lepidium virginicum wild pepper-grass 104 Ger Erodium cicutarium *redstem filaree 105 Ast Erigeron divergens spreading fleabane 106 Fab sp Lotus sp. lotus 107 Fab Amorpha californica var. californica California false-indigo 108 Bra Arabis pulchra beautiful rock-cress 109 Ast Hymenopappus filifolius var. lugens Columbia cutleaf 110 Ast Layia glandulosa white tidy-tips 111 Lil Yucca brevifolia joshua tree 112 Pol Phlox austromontana southern mountain phlox 113 Ast Eriophyllum pringlei Pringle's woolly sunflower 114 Che Salsola tragus *Russian thistle 115 Bra Arabis shockleyi Shockley's rock cress 116 Fab Astragalus bicristatus crested milk-vetch 117 Api Lomatium nevadense var. parishii Parish's lomatium 118 Poa Achnatherum hymenoides Indian ricegrass 119 Nyc sp Mirabilis sp. four-o'clock 120 Eup sp Chamaesyce sp. rattlesnake weed 121 Bra Lepidium perfoliatum *Klamath pepper-grass 122 Pla sp Plantago sp. plantain
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