Plant Guide to Pacific Crest Trail South of SR74, San Jacinto Mountains - Garner Valley Area

Mile	S	#	id?	Common Name	Latin Name	#here	#all
0.00				Begin trail guide at SR74, elevation 4919 feet (1499 m). The following species are found in the immediate vicinity of the trail outside the fence, and are listed in alphabetical order.
0.00		1		bur-ragweed	Ambrosia acanthicarpa	5 / 1	55
0.00		2		big sagebrush	Artemisia tridentata	20 / 3	50
0.00		3		*downy brome	Bromus tectorum	99 / 9	122
0.00		4		strigose suncup	Camissonia strigulosa	20 / 2	27
0.00		5		rattlesnake weed	Chamaesyce albomarginata	50 / 9	32
0.00		6	~	pit-seed goosefoot	Chenopodium berlandieri	5 / 1	12
0.00		7		Fremont's goosefoot	Chenopodium fremontii	20 / 4	68
0.00		8		popcorn flower	Cryptantha intermedia var. intermedia	99 / 9	67
0.00		9		Davidson's buckwheat	Eriogonum davidsonii	99 / 9	72
0.00		10		*redstem filaree	Erodium cicutarium	99 / 9	171
0.00		11		*shortpod mustard	Hirschfeldia incana	50 / 3	88
0.00		12		*foxtail barley	Hordeum murinum	99 / 3	36
0.00		13		wild pepper-grass	Lepidium virginicum ssp. menziesii	30 / 5	26
0.00		14		California-aster	Corethrogyne filaginifolia	50 / 9	122
0.00		15		sticky lessingia	Lessingia glandulifera var. glandulifera	99 / 5	19
0.00		16		Patagonia plantain	Plantago patagonica	50 / 3	17
0.00		17		*knotweed	Polygonum aviculare ssp. depressum	10 / 1	37
0.00		18		Palmer's oak	Quercus palmeri	10 / 2	4
0.00		19		*Russian thistle	Salsola tragus	5 / 1	50
0.00		20		blue elderberry	Sambucus nigra ssp. caerulea	1 / 1	117
0.00		21		*tumble-mustard	Sisymbrium altissimum	40 / 9	47
0.00		22		desert globemallow	Sphaeralcea ambigua var. rugosa	50 / 9	24
0.00				Pass through gate
0.00	l			Sign: "PCT; Table Mountain Road 4.5 mi; Terwilliger Valley 10 mi; Coyote Canyon Road 11 mi; Indian Flat Campground 31 mi"
0.00	r	23		combseed	Pectocarya penicillata	30 / 1	17
0.00		24		*puncture-vine	Tribulus terrestris	5 / 1	12
0.00	b			(Jeffrey pine, Pinus jeffreyi)
0.00	l			(hoary aster, Machaeranthera asteroides; oak mistletoe, Phoradendron villosum)
0.00	r	25		sapphire woolly-star	Eriastrum sapphirinum	30 / 3	22
0.00	b	26		coastal gilia	Gilia diegensis	99 / 9	21
0.00	b	27		*rattail fescue	Festuca myuros	99 / 1	67
0.00	l	28		slender wreathplant	Stephanomeria exigua ssp. deanei	30 / 9	27
0.00	l	29		creeping wild rye	Elymus triticoides	30 / 2	16
0.00	r	30		golden daisy	Pentachaeta aurea	2 / 1	10
0.00	l			(matchweed, Gutierrezia sarothrae)
0.00	l	31		San Bernardino suncup	Camissoniopsis confusa	10 / 5	17
0.00	r	32		oak mistletoe	Phoradendron serotinum ssp. tomentosum	10 / 3	47
0.00	b			(California evening-primrose, Oenothera californica ssp. californica)
0.00	r			(cotton-thorn, Tetradymia comosa)
0.01	r	33		California suncup	Eulobus californicus	99 / 5	124
0.01	l	34		matchweed	Gutierrezia sarothrae	99 / 9	95
0.01	l			(imbricate phacelia, Phacelia imbricata ssp. patula)
0.01	r	35		woolly yellow chaenactis	Chaenactis glabriuscula var. lanosa	50 / 9	5
0.02	l	36		Wright's buckwheat	Eriogonum wrightii var. membranaceum	30 / 3	47
0.03				Begin to cross wide drainage of upper Garner Valley Creek
0.04	l	37		western lupine	Lupinus formosus	10 / 1	7
0.04	l	38		white mugwort	Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. albula	50 / 5	25
0.04	b	39		purple owl's-clover	Castilleja exserta ssp. exserta	99 / 3	23
0.05	l	40		baby blue eyes	Nemophila menziesii	99 / 3	4
0.05	l	41		small-flowered fiddleneck	Amsinckia retrorsa	2 / 2	19
0.05	r			(Mexican manzanita, Arctostaphylos pungens)
0.05	l			(California brome, Bromus carinatus; phlox-leaved bedstraw, Galium andrewsii ssp. andrewsii; southern honeysuckle, Lonicera subspicata var. denudata)
0.06	r	42		showy bajada lupine	Lupinus concinnus ssp. optatus	10 / 9	5
0.06	l			(chaparral bush mallow, Malacothamnus fasciculatus; golden yarrow, Eriophyllum confertiflorum var. confertiflorum)
0.06	r	43		Jones' prickly-nut cryptantha	Cryptantha muricata var. jonesii	99 / 5	20
0.07	r			(threadleaf common rabbitbrush, Ericameria nauseosa var. oreophila)
0.08	r			(cupped-leaf ceanothus, Ceanothus greggii var. perplexans)
0.09	l			(spear-leaved mountain dandelion, Agoseris retrorsa; red shanks, Adenostoma sparsifolium)
0.09	l	44		California buckwheat	Eriogonum fasciculatum var. polifolium	50 / 9	131
0.09	r	45		blue dicks	Dichelostemma capitatum ssp. capitatum	50 / 9	87
0.09	r	46		southern honeysuckle	Lonicera subspicata var. denudata	99 / 9	84
0.09	l			(goosefoot yellow violet, Viola purpurea ssp. quercetorum; California broomrape, Orobanche californica ssp. feudgei)
0.09	r			(coast live oak, Quercus agrifolia var. agrifolia)
0.10	l	47		birch-leaf mountain-mahogany	Cercocarpus betuloides var. betuloides	50 / 9	72
0.10	b	48		mountain red-root cryptantha	Cryptantha micrantha var. lepida	99 / 5	33
0.10	r	49		interior live oak	Quercus wislizeni var. frutescens	20 / 5	45
0.10	l			(closer Mexican manzanita, Arctostaphylos pungens; strigose lotus, Lotus strigosus; wild-cucumber, Marah macrocarpus var. macrocarpus; coast- range melic, Melica imperfecta; giant four o'clock, Mirabilis multiflora var. pubescens; muilla, Muilla maritima; scarlet bugler, Penstemon centranthifolius)
0.11	b	50		bristly bird's beak	Cordylanthus rigidus ssp. setiger	50 / 9	68
0.12	l			(desert prickly-pear, Opuntia phaeacantha)
0.13	r			(ashy silk tassel, Garrya flavescens)
0.13	r	51		narrowleaf bedstraw	Galium angustifolium ssp. angustifolium	30 / 9	101
0.13	r	52		cupped-leaf ceanothus	Ceanothus perplexans	40 / 9	33
0.13	r	53		scarlet bugler	Penstemon centranthifolius	20 / 5	48
0.13	l	54		leafy daisy	Erigeron foliosus var. foliosus	20 / 3	117
0.13	r	55		Parish's needlegrass	Stipa parishii var. parishii	50 / 9	68
0.13	b	56		purple nightshade	Solanum xanti	99 / 9	35
0.14	r	57		desert scrub oak	Quercus cornelius-mulleri	50 / 9	28
0.14	l	58		San Diego pea	Lathyrus vestitus var. alefeldii	5 / 3	44
0.14	r	59		southern Chinese houses	Collinsia concolor	99 / 9	23
0.14	l		sp	(baby pine tree, Pinus sp.)
0.14	r	60		Mohave yucca	Yucca schidigera	10 / 9	64
0.14	l	61		basketbush	Rhus aromatica	5 / 2	57
0.14	r	62		showy penstemon	Penstemon spectabilis var. spectabilis	1 / 1	33
0.16	r	63		wild-cucumber	Marah macrocarpa	10 / 5	77
0.16	l	64		sand cress	Calyptridium monandrum	99 / 9	56
0.16				Trail turns right 90°; now on north side of Lookout Mountain
0.16	r	65		branching phacelia	Phacelia ramosissima	20 / 5	3
0.16	b	66		scattered blazing star	Mentzelia dispersa	99 / 5	10
0.16	b	67		ashy silk tassel	Garrya flavescens	20 / 9	32
0.17	l			(pink-bracted manzanita, Arctostaphylos pringlei ssp. drupacea)
0.18	l	68		whorledleaf penstemon	Keckiella ternata var. ternata	40 / 9	38
0.18	b	69		Mojave prickly-pear	Opuntia polyacantha var. erinacea	20 / 9	14
0.18	l	70		narrow-leaved miner's lettuce	Claytonia parviflora ssp. parviflora	99 / 9	44
0.18	l	71		coast-range melic	Melica imperfecta	99 / 9	85
0.18	l	72		perennial rock-cress	Boechera perennans	18 / 9	33
0.18	l	73		June grass	Koeleria macrantha	1 / 1	30
0.18	b	74		western wallflower	Erysimum capitatum var. capitatum	20 / 5	116
0.18	l	75		hollyleaf cherry	Prunus ilicifolia ssp. ilicifolia	5 / 5	42
0.19	r	76		California bee plant	Scrophularia californica	10 / 3	45
0.19	l			(annual malacothrix, Malacothrix clevelandii; narrowleaf goldenbush, Ericameria linearifolia)
0.19	l	77		Martin's paintbrush	Castilleja applegatei ssp. martinii	1 / 1	79
0.20	b	78		Purpus' wing-nut cryptantha	Cryptantha pterocarya var. purpusii	99 / 9	4
0.20	r	79		sticky false-gilia	Allophyllum glutinosum	50 / 5	18
0.20	r	80		squirreltail	Elymus elymoides	20 / 2	117
0.20	l	81		southern tauschia	Tauschia arguta	30 / 9	27
0.20	l	82		golden yarrow	Eriophyllum confertiflorum var. confertiflorum	99 / 9	141
0.20	l	83		pink-bracted manzanita	Arctostaphylos pringlei ssp. drupacea	5 / 2	44
0.21	l	84		California elegant rock-cress	Boechera californica	64 / 9	28
0.22	l	85		red shanks	Adenostoma sparsifolium	99 / 9	20
0.23	b	86		chamise	Adenostoma fasciculatum	99 / 9	76
0.24	l	87		desert prickly-pear	Opuntia phaeacantha	10 / 9	48
0.30	l	88		annual malacothrix	Malacothrix clevelandii	20 / 4	9
0.30	r	89		western tansy-mustard	Descurainia pinnata	99 / 9	82
0.32	l	90		giant four o'clock	Mirabilis multiflora var. pubescens	20 / 5	22
0.32	l	91		common phacelia	Phacelia distans	50 / 9	107
0.37	b	92		Veatch's blazing star	Mentzelia veatchiana	30 / 3	11
0.37	l			(bigberry manzanita, Arctostaphylos glauca)
0.43				Local high point on trail at east-west ridge near a saddle; elevation 5040 feet (1536 m); cross to southwest side of Lookout Mountain
0.43	l	93		*pineapple weed	Matricaria discoidea	5 / 1	39
0.43	r	94		*red brome	Bromus madritensis ssp. rubens	99 / 5	154
0.44	l	95	sp	mariposa lily	Calochortus sp.	3 / 2	2
0.44	l	96		Parish's bluecurls	Trichostema parishii	3 / 3	22
0.45	r	97		Parry's nolina	Nolina parryi	10 / 9	28
0.45	r	98		three-lobed oxytheca	Sidotheca trilobata	20 / 5	12
0.45	l	99		California chicory	Rafinesquia californica	10 / 5	41
0.46	b	100		Hall's caulanthus	Caulanthus hallii	99 / 9	13
0.48	l	101		spear-leaved mountain dandelion	Agoseris retrorsa	1 / 1	51
0.49	b	102		southern gilia	Saltugilia australis	99 / 9	8
0.52	r	103		California thistle	Cirsium occidentale var. californicum	6 / 2	51
0.53	l	104		beady lipfern	Cheilanthes covillei	10 / 2	59
0.53	b	105		silver puffs	Uropappus lindleyi	50 / 9	66
0.53	r			(hollyleaf redberry, Rhamnus ilicifolia)
0.54	l	106		goldback fern	Pentagramma triangularis ssp. triangularis	1 / 1	42
0.54	r			(dead chaparral yucca, Yucca whipplei, in 2009)
0.54	l	107		cotton-thorn	Tetradymia comosa	5 / 1	4
0.56	l	108		narrowleaf goldenbush	Ericameria linearifolia	20 / 9	40
0.56	r	109		hollyleaf redberry	Rhamnus ilicifolia	10 / 5	86
0.56	l	110		fairy bowties, threadstem	Pterostegia drymarioides	1 / 1	83
0.58	r	111		bigberry manzanita	Arctostaphylos glauca	40 / 9	34
0.59	r	112		purple head	Acourtia microcephala	7 / 1	31
0.61	l	113		sugar bush	Rhus ovata	7 / 4	68
0.63	l	114		chaparral yucca	Hesperoyucca whipplei	30 / 9	99
0.64	l	115		whispering bells	Emmenanthe penduliflora var. penduliflora	99 / 9	73
0.64	b	116		*ripgut brome	Bromus diandrus	99 / 9	103
0.65				Cross drainage
0.66	b			(Parry pinyon pine, Pinus quadrifolia)
0.67				Switchback left
0.69	l	117		Payson's wild cabbage	Caulanthus simulans	99 / 9	12
0.71	l	118		muilla	Muilla maritima	20 / 5	28
0.73	r	119		*herb sophia	Descurainia sophia	1 / 1	6
0.77	l	120		blue larkspur	Delphinium parryi ssp. parryi	20 / 5	33
0.77		121		slender buckwheat	Eriogonum gracile var. incultum	2 / 1	28
0.78	l			~30 baby plants in 5/2015 of California elegant rock-cress, Arabis sparsiflora var. californica
0.78	l	122		short-winged deerweed	Acmispon glaber var. brevialatus	99 / 9	76
0.80	b	123		desert needlegrass	Stipa speciosa	99 / 9	60
0.80	l	124		strigose lotus	Acmispon strigosus	30 / 3	121
0.80				Cross old road, now very overgrown
0.81	l	125		wild canterbury bells	Phacelia minor	99 / 9	48
0.82	r			(prickly lettuce, Lactuca serriola)
0.83	b	126		giant needlegrass	Stipa coronata	30 / 9	45
0.91				Cross bigger old overgrown road; elevation 5000 feet (1524 m)
0.93	r			(Coulter's snapdragon, Antirrhinum coulterianum)
0.96	l	127		bird's-foot fern	Pellaea mucronata var. mucronata	10 / 5	81
0.99	l	128		Coulter's snapdragon	Antirrhinum coulterianum	99 / 9	25
1.02	l	129		chia	Salvia columbariae	99 / 9	122
1.05	r	130		*Mediterranean schismus	Schismus barbatus	99 / 9	126
1.07				begin large patch of California suncup, Camissonia californica
1.08	l			(wide-throated yellow monkeyflower, Mimulus brevipes)
1.10	r	131		white sage	Salvia apiana	30 / 7	101
1.10	r			(woolly Indian paintbrush, Castilleja foliolosa)
1.12				Cross first branch of Hamilton Creek
1.12	b	132		little monardella	Monardella nana	25 / 2	8
1.13	l	133		woolly Indian paintbrush	Castilleja foliolosa	5 / 3	29
1.22				Enter large patch of bigberry manzanita, Arctostaphylos glauca
1.23	l	134		Parish's chaenactis	Chaenactis parishii	1 / 1	4
1.23				Cross small drainage
1.26				Switchback left at ridge
1.26	r	135		cane cholla	Cylindropuntia californica var. parkeri	30 / 9	19
1.28	b	136		Parry pinyon pine	Pinus quadrifolia	10 / 5	5
1.29	l			(Acton encelia, Encelia actoni)
1.31	b	137		Acton encelia	Encelia actoni	30 / 5	34
1.31	b	138		southern California silver-lotus	Acmispon argophyllus var. argophyllus	20 / 5	35
1.33	b	139		thick-leaved yerba santa	Eriodictyon crassifolium	10 / 1	3
1.35	l	140		mountain grape-soda lupine	Lupinus excubitus var. austromontanus	13 / 2	58
1.35	l	141		phlox-leaved bedstraw	Galium andrewsii ssp. andrewsii	10 / 3	23
1.35	r	142		narrowleaf monardella	Monardella linoides ssp. linoides	5 / 1	14
1.39				Cross small drainage
1.52				Cross second branch of Hamilton Creek; elevation 4880 feet (1487 m); enter flat area
1.52	r	143		sacred datura	Datura wrightii	5 / 2	61
1.54	l	144		one-sided bluegrass	Poa secunda ssp. secunda	10 / 1	66
1.57	r	145	~	Powell's amaranth	Amaranthus powellii	10 / 1	2
1.62	l	146		Wallace's woolly daisy	Eriophyllum wallacei var. wallacei	50 / 3	14
1.63	l	147		purple three-awn	Aristida purpurea	10 / 1	61
1.71	r	148		hoary aster	Dieteria asteroides	1 / 1	4
1.73	l	149		Fremont pincushion	Chaenactis fremontii	1 / 1	46
1.73				Cross very small drainage
1.79	l	150		San Jacinto beardtongue	Penstemon clevelandii var. connatus	1 / 1	8
1.79				Switchback left at small ridge; elevation 4800 feet (1463 m)
1.88				Viewpoint on lip of drainage to Coyote Creek (L); trail now parallels third branch of Hamilton Creek (R)
1.91	b	151		southern mountain woolly-star	Eriastrum densifolium ssp. austromontanum	30 / 2	41
1.97	l	152		twiggy wreath plant	Stephanomeria virgata	10 / 3	26
1.97				Second viewpoint in drainage to Coyote Creek
2.05				Third viewpoint in drainage to Coyote Creek; next 4 viewpoints not noted in guide
2.09	l	153		southern jewel-flower	Streptanthus campestris	30 / 2	12
2.13	l	154		green miner's lettuce	Claytonia parviflora ssp. viridis	99 / 1	18
2.24	l			Check for different Mariposa lily, Calochortus sp.
2.25	r	155		fringe-pod	Thysanocarpus curvipes	10 / 1	38
2.26	r			(nodding needlegrass, Stipa cernua)
2.26	l	156		wire-lettuce	Stephanomeria pauciflora	7 / 1	113
2.27	l	157	~	Bigelow's linanthus	Linanthus bigelovii	30 / 1	8
2.46	l	158		chick lupine	Lupinus microcarpus var. densiflorus	13 / 1	2
2.61				Eighth and last viewpoint in drainage to Coyote Creek
2.63	r	159	~	papillate dodder	Cuscuta californica var. papillosa	5 / 2	24
2.66	r			(a number of California broomrape, Orobanche californica ssp. feudgei)
2.72	l			Jct. 4WD trail to 4721 foot peak shown on topo map, but there is no evidence of it now here or at its western junction at mile 2.98
3.11	r	160		beavertail cactus	Opuntia basilaris var. basilaris	10 / 9	118
3.15				Begin descent into Alkali Wash; elevation 4800 feet (1463 m)
3.17	l	161	~	meally white pincushion	Chaenactis artemisiifolia	/	29
3.24				Switchback right
3.28				Switchback left
3.35				Switchback right
3.43				Switchback left
3.48				Switchback right
3.54				Cross drainage of Alkali Wash; elevation ~4540 feet (1384 m)
3.60	r			Dense patch of blue larkspur, Delphinium parryi ssp. parryi
3.74				Cross second branch of Alkali Wash; elevation 4600 feet (1402 m)
4.04	r	162		granite prickly phlox	Linanthus pungens	1 / 1	68
4.04				Cross third branch of Alkali Wash; elevation 4680 feet (1426 m)
4.19				Switchback right on slope of Table Mountain; elevation 4760 feet (1451 m)
4.19				End plant trail guide
4.63				Jct. Table Mountain Road; elevation ~4900 feet (1494 m)
				Species seen only off-trail in the above guide are repeated here:
0.00		163		Jeffrey pine	Pinus jeffreyi	/	128
0.00		164		California evening-primrose	Oenothera californica ssp. californica	/	7
0.01		165		imbricate phacelia	Phacelia imbricata var. patula	/	39
0.05		166		California brome	Bromus carinatus	/	1
0.05		167		Mexican manzanita	Arctostaphylos pungens	/	19
0.06		168		chaparral bush mallow	Malacothamnus fasciculatus	/	20
0.07		169		threadleaf common rabbitbrush	Ericameria nauseosa var. oreophila	/	33
0.09		170		goosefoot yellow violet	Viola purpurea ssp. quercetorum	/	19
0.09		171		California broomrape	Orobanche californica ssp. feudgei	/	6
0.09		172		coast live oak	Quercus agrifolia var. agrifolia	/	51
0.82		173		*prickly lettuce	Lactuca serriola	/	72
1.08		174		wide-throated yellow monkeyflower	Mimulus brevipes	/	23
2.26		175		nodding needlegrass	Stipa cernua	/	21

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Updated 8 January 2016