Plant Guide to Art Smith Trail, Santa Rosa Mountains

Mile	S	#	id?	Common Name	Latin Name	#here	#all
0.00				Begin guide at end of parking lot pavement; elevation 1020 feet (310 m)
0.00	b	1		brittlebush	Encelia farinosa	99 / 9	10
0.00	b	2		cheesebush	Hymenoclea salsola var. salsola	99 / 9	7
0.00	l	3		smoke tree	Psorothamnus spinosus	10 / 3	4
0.00				Cross between short wood posts
0.00	r			Sign: "Dogs prohibited to protect bighorn sheep"
0.00	r			Sign: "Art Smith Trail" with map
0.00	l	4		small-seeded spurge	Chamaesyce polycarpa	99 / 9	17
0.01	l	5		wire-lettuce	Stephanomeria pauciflora var. pauciflora	30 / 9	10
0.01	r	6	~	*London rocket	Sisymbrium irio	/	13
0.01	r			(catclaw, Acacia greggii)
0.01	r	7		indigo bush	Psorothamnus schottii	99 / 9	8
0.01	r	8		creosote bush	Larrea tridentata	99 / 9	7
0.02	l	9		burroweed	Ambrosia dumosa	99 / 9	9
0.02	r	10		sacred datura	Datura wrightii	1 / 1	20
0.02				Cross wash
0.02	l			(*fountain grass, Pennisetum setaceum; desert tobacco, Nicotiana obtusifolia)
0.03	b	11		desert star-vine	Brandegea bigelovii	20 / 9	1
0.03	l	12		*Asian mustard	Brassica tournefortii	10 / 1	8
0.03	l	13		desert trumpet	Eriogonum inflatum	99 / 9	4
0.03	l	14		Emory's rock-daisy	Perityle emoryi+	50 / 5	5
0.03	l	15		fringed amaranth	Amaranthus fimbriatus	3 / 2	7
0.03	l	16		desert needle	Palafoxia arida var. arida	2 / 2	3
0.03	l	17		desert lavender	Hyptis emoryi	99 / 9	6
0.03	l	18	?	caulanthus?	Caulanthus?	1 / 1
0.03	r	19		*Mediterranean schismus	Schismus barbatus	1 / 1	26
0.03	r	20		baby catclaw	Acacia greggii	50 / 9	8
0.03	l	21		*sorghum	Sorghum bicolor	1 / 1	1
0.03	r			(in distance: *giant reed, Arundo donax)
0.03	l	22	sp	popcorn flower	Cryptantha sp.	/
0.03	l	23		*redstem filaree	Erodium cicutarium	5 / 1	59
0.03	l	24	?	baby jojoba?	Simmondsia chinensis?	/
0.03	l	25	?	baby California fan palm?	Washingtonia filifera?	/
0.04	r			Sign: "Trails closed in Dead Indian Canyon January 1 - September 30"
0.04	l	26		desert pine	Peucephyllum schottii	5 / 2	2
0.04				Trail leaves wash to left
0.04	b	27		desert plantain	Plantago ovata	99 / 9	7
0.04	l			(pencil cholla, Opuntia ramosissima)
0.05	l		~	(white rhatany, Krameria grayi+)
0.05	l	28		pencil cholla	Opuntia ramosissima	20 / 9	3
0.05	r			(*athel, Tamarix aphylla)
0.05	l	29	?	annual grass	grass sp.	/
0.06	l	30		California fagonia	Fagonia laevis	99 / 9	5
0.07				Trail curves left at ridge
0.11	r		~	(Gander's cholla, Opuntia ganderi)
0.12	b			Jct. bulldozed road
0.12	l	31	~	Gander's cholla	Opuntia ganderi	50 / 9	8
0.13				Cross small drainage
0.18	r			(beavertail cactus, Opuntia basilaris var. basilaris; desert agave, Agave deserti)
0.20				Cross side wash on small rock bridge
0.23				Local high point
0.23	l			(blue palo verde, Cercidium floridum ssp. floridum)
0.24				Cross side wash
0.24	l			(rock hibiscus, Hibiscus denudatus)
0.25	l	32		narrowleaf ditaxis	Ditaxis lanceolata	5 / 5	5
0.26				Local low point
0.26	l	33		Thurber's sandpaper-plant	Petalonyx thurberi ssp. thurberi	20 / 5	3
0.26	l	34		sweetbush	Bebbia juncea var. aspera	99 / 9	13
0.27	l	35	~	narrowleaf goldenbush	Ericameria linearifolia	1 / 1	7
0.29	r	36		desert-willow	Chilopsis linearis ssp. arcuata	10 / 3	6
0.31	r			Sign: "Trails closed January 1 - September 30"; go through gate in fence (open only October - December); otherwise, turn around.
0.32				Trail curves left and hugs canyon wall with many desert pine, Peucephyllum schottii
0.33	l	37	~	*red brome	Bromus madritensis ssp. rubens	/	60
0.33	l	38		flat-topped buckwheat	Eriogonum deflexum var. deflexum	2 / 2	2
0.33	l	39		thick-leaved ground cherry	Physalis crassifolia	2 / 2	6
0.33	l	40		chia	Salvia columbariae	99 / 9	25
0.33	l	41	~	wishbone plant	Mirabilis bigelovii var. retrorsa	1 / 1	5
0.34	l	42		*fountain grass	Pennisetum setaceum	10 / 3	12
0.34	l	43		chuparosa	Justicia californica	10 / 5	6
0.35	r	44		desert tobacco	Nicotiana obtusifolia	1 / 1	3
0.38	l	45		Wright's buckwheat	Eriogonum wrightii var. nodosum	5 / 5	5
0.42				Ascend out of wash to left on zigzag path, then trail turns right 90°
0.42	r	46	?	pebble pincushion?	Chaenactis carphoclinia?	/
0.44	l	47		desert mistletoe (on Acacia greggii)	Phoradendron californicum	20 / 5	3
0.55	r	48		beavertail cactus	Opuntia basilaris var. basilaris	10 / 9	12
0.58	l			(narrow-leaf four-wing saltbush, Atriplex canescens ssp. linearis)
0.63				Leave sandy flat and begin to cross main wash
0.64	l		sp	(ann or per buckwheat, Eriogonum sp. with lateral invols)
0.65				Cross middle of wash and go up side wash on other side
0.67	r			Sign: "Trail [ahead]; Dogs prohibited to protect Bighorn Sheet"
0.73	r			(teddy-bear cholla, Opuntia bigelovii)
0.76	r			Sign with Trail Map showing Art Smith Trail and two Schey Trails; sign: "Warning: Trails are subject to erosion, etc."; leave side wash
0.80	l	49	~	white rhatany	Krameria grayi+	10 / 9	2
0.82	b	50		teddy-bear cholla	Opuntia bigelovii	15 / 3	5
0.84	l	51		rock hibiscus	Hibiscus denudatus	5 / 3	4
0.86	r	52		California barrel cactus	Ferocactus cylindraceus+	30 / 9	7
0.91	r	53	~	trailing townula	Sarcostemma hirtellum	2 / 2	2
0.91				Cross small wash
0.91	r			Switchback left; sign: "Art Smith Trail 1977"
0.93				Switchback right
0.94				Switchback left
0.96				Switchback right
0.97				Switchback left
0.98	r	54	sp	dead annual Mentzelia	Mentzelia sp.	1 / 1
1.00	r	55		fish-hook cactus	Mammillaria dioica	2 / 2	3
1.03				Trail curves left at small drainage; elevation 1500 feet (457 m)
1.04				Switchback right
1.06				Switchback left
1.07		56		ocotillo	Fouquieria splendens ssp. splendens	1 / 1	7
1.08				Switchback right at ridge
1.09				Trail turns left 90°
1.14				Trail jogs right
1.16				Trail turns left 90°
1.21				Trail zigzags
1.23	r			Jct. Schey Trail
1.24	r			Sign: "Art Smith Trail"
1.24	l			(Nevada ephedra, Ephedra nevadensis)
1.26	r	57		desert agave	Agave deserti	30 / 9	7
1.26	l	58		California trixis	Trixis californica var. californica	10 / 5	6
1.27	r	59		Nevada ephedra	Ephedra nevadensis	50 / 9	3
1.28	r			(jojoba, Simmondsia chinensis)
1.28				Trail curves left at ridge
1.29				T-jct with old trail; go left; elevation 1640 feet (500 m)
1.29	l			Sign (facing other direction): "Trail closed ..."
1.29	l			(matchweed, Gutierrezia sarothrae)
1.29	r	60		Parish's viguiera	Viguiera parishii	30 / 9	6
1.29	l	61	ssp	apricot mallow	Sphaeralcea ambigua	50 / 9
1.29	l	62		woolly lipfern	Cheilanthes parryi	10 / 5	4
1.30	l	63		San Felipe dogweed	Adenophyllum porophylloides	3 / 2	6
1.36				Trail zigzags up ridge
1.38	l			(white-stemmed milkweed, Asclepias albicans)
1.40	r			Check if this dead smallish (annual?) is a different species
1.41				Local high point
1.41	l	64		jojoba	Simmondsia chinensis	20 / 9	5
1.41				Minor local low point; cross small wash
1.43	l	65		star-flowered bedstraw	Galium stellatum var. eremicum	5 / 2	3
1.43	l	66	~	pellitory	Parietaria hespera var. hespera	1 / 1	7
1.43	l	67		white-stemmed milkweed	Asclepias albicans	2 / 2	1
1.45				Trail now on flattish top of ridge; local high point; elevation ~1760 feet (536 m)
1.46	r	68		desert apricot	Prunus fremontii+	20 / 9	6
1.54				Minor local low point; trail curves left
1.55				Switchback left
1.56				Trail curves right 90°
1.61				Local high point
1.65				Local low point
1.70				Local high point
1.73		69		California fan palm	Washingtonia filifera	10 / 2	4
1.73				Cross wash; elevation 1800 feet (549 m)
1.73	l			(desert baccharis, Baccharis sergiloides; arrow-weed, Pluchea sericea)
1.73	r			(Anderson's desert-thorn, Lycium andersonii)
1.75	l	70	~	Anderson's desert-thorn	Lycium andersonii	5 / 2	3
1.75	r			Sign: "Trail"; trail leaves wash to left
1.76	l	71		arrow-leaf	Pleurocoronis pluriseta	5 / 3	2
1.78	l			California barrel cactus, Ferocactus cylindraceus, uprooted and fallen over, regrowing from stem tops
1.80				Trail joins wash
1.88	r			Trail leaves wash to right; sign "Trail"
1.93	l			(Engelmann's hedgehog cactus, Echinocereus engelmannii)
1.98				Cross small wash
2.04				Switchback left at side wash
2.06				Switchback right
2.08	l			Switchback left
2.13				Switchback right
2.14				Trail turns right
2.15				Trail curves left 90°
2.19				Minor saddle; local high point
2.20	l		~	(short-leaved baccharis, Baccharis brachyphylla)
2.23				Local low point
2.25				Minor local high point; then minor local low point
2.28				Overlook of drainage to left, which has many cut tamarisk branches and big palm trees up drainage; trail curves right 90°; elevation 2120 feet (646 m)
2.32				Trail curves left
2.36	l			(Tall palms); local high point immediately followed by local low point
2.39				Trail again on lip of drainage to left briefly; many tamarisk still present there
2.50				Switchback right
2.56				Switchback left
2.58				Trail begins series of minor local high and low points
2.68	b	72		Mohave yucca	Yucca schidigera	10 / 9	10
2.72	l			Local high point; elevation 2240 feet (683 m); trail continues with series of minor local high and low points
2.74	r	73		Engelmann's hedgehog cactus	Echinocereus engelmannii	5 / 5	8
2.83	r			Jct. Schey Trail
2.94				Trail turns left 90°
2.98				Switchback left
3.01				Local high point
3.03				Trail zigzags right then left
3.05				Trail crosses wash and turns right 90°
3.15	l			Cross wash; sign: "Trail [to right]"
3.16	b	74		California buckwheat	Eriogonum fasciculatum var. polifolium	10 / 3	22
3.32	r			(desert lotus, Lotus rigidus)
3.33				Cross wash; trail turns right 90°
3.35				Trail turns left 90°
3.45	l	75	sp	annual phacelia	Phacelia sp.	2 / 1
3.46	l	76		goldenhead	Acamptopappus sphaerocephalus var. sphaerocephalus	1 / 1	1
3.49	l	77		desert dudleya	Dudleya saxosa ssp. aloides	3 / 3	4
3.56				Local high point
3.57	l	78	~	desert woolly-star	Eriastrum eremicum ssp. eremicum	20 / 3	2
3.64	r			Cross major drainage; sign: "Trail [ahead]"
3.72				Cross side wash
3.75				Saddle; local high point; elevation 2360 feet (719 m)
3.82	r	79		Vasey's sage	Salvia vaseyi	3 / 3	5
3.91	l	80		linear-leaved stillingia	Stillingia linearifolia	1 / 1	4
4.16				Cross wash; elevation ~2190 feet (668 m)
4.18				Trail turns left 90°, then turns right 90°
4.21	l	81		desert spike-moss	Selaginella eremophila	99 / 9	3
4.24				Local high point
4.34				Switchback right at drainage, then trail turns left 90°
4.40				Local high point at saddle between minor side drainages; elevation 2220 feet (677 m)
4.43	l			desert mistletoe, Phoradendron californicum, on white-stemmed milkweed, Asclepias albicans
4.49				Switchback left at ridge; trail then switchbacks down the slope
4.52	l	82	~	California spear-leaved brickellia	Brickellia arguta var. arguta	5 / 1	3
4.60	l	83		desert baccharis	Baccharis sergiloides	3 / 1	4
4.60	b	84	~	*ditch beard grass	Polypogon interruptus	20 / 1	2
4.60	r	85		mountain California-fuchsia	Epilobium canum ssp. latifolium	1 / 1	7
4.60	l			Check for different annual Asteraceae 2.5 feet tall
4.60				Cross Cat Creek; local low point; elevation ~2078 feet (633 m)
4.60	l	86		*saltcedar	Tamarix ramosissima	1 / 1	5
4.60	r			Sign: "Trail [ascends to left]"
4.63				Cross wash and gradually switchback left
4.67				Switchback right and trail turns left 90°
4.76				Switchback left at ridge
4.79				Trail turns right 90°
4.85				Switchback right and trail curves left 90°
5.00				Local high point; elevation 2320 feet (707 m)
5.00				End plant guide

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Updated 19 February 2007.