Plant Guide to Caramba Trail, San Jacinto Mountains

Mile	S	#	id?	Common Name	Latin Name	#here	#all
0.00				Begin guide at Caramba Overlook, elevation ~6740 feet (2054 m). Most landmarks, such as switchbacks, are not yet in guide.
0.00	r	1		sugar pine	Pinus lambertiana	50 / 9	16
0.00	b	2		Wright's buckwheat	Eriogonum wrightii var. subscaposum	99 / 9	17
0.00	r	3		incense-cedar	Calocedrus decurrens	30 / 9	18
0.00	l			(Jeffrey pine, Pinus jeffreyi; incense-cedar mistletoe, Phoradendron libocedri)
0.00	r	4		rose sage	Salvia pachyphylla	50 / 9	2
0.00	r	5		canyon live oak	Quercus chrysolepis	30 / 9	29
0.00	r	6		San Bernardino rubber rabbitbrush	Chrysothamnus nauseosus ssp. bernardinus	40 / 9	19
0.00	l	7		Jeffrey pine	Pinus jeffreyi	50 / 9	25
0.02	r	8	ssp	squirreltail	Elymus elymoides	30 / 9	9
0.02	r	9		San Jacinto buckwheat	Eriogonum apiculatum	1 / 1	7
0.03	b	10		California false-indigo	Amorpha californica var. californica	50 / 9	4
0.03	r			(rock goldenbush, Ericameria cuneata var. cuneata)
0.03	r	11		incense-cedar mistletoe	Phoradendron libocedri	1 / 1	4
0.04	l	12		naked buckwheat	Eriogonum nudum var. pauciflorum	40 / 9	6
0.04	r			(oak mistletoe, Phoradendron villosum)
0.05	r			(California fuchsia, Epilobium canum)
0.07	r			(short-flowered monardella, Monardella nana ssp. tenuiflora)
0.07	r	13		goldenrod	Solidago californica	20 / 3	43
0.07	l	14		white fir	Abies concolor	99 / 9	23
0.07	l	15		arroyo willow	Salix lasiolepis+	1 / 1	43
0.07	r	16	ssp	sticky cinquefoil	Potentilla glandulosa	20 / 5	3
0.08	l	17		Parish's bedstraw	Galium parishii	1 / 1	8
0.08	l	18	~	rush blue grass	Poa secunda ssp. juncifolia	30 / 9	5
0.08	l	19		short-flowered monardella	Monardella nana ssp. tenuiflora	30 / 9	4
0.09	l	20		sulphur buckwheat	Eriogonum umbellatum var. munzii	5 / 3	10
0.10				Jct. main trail along Tahquitz Creek; turn left; lowest elevation on trail, 6640 feet (2024 m)
0.10	l	21		California fuchsia	Epilobium canum	20 / 3	20
0.10	r	22	sp	penstemon	Penstemon labrosus or P. rostriflorus	10 / 1
0.11	r			(definite arroyo willow, Salix lasiolepis)
0.14				Trail curves right
0.18	l	23		Parish's lupine	Lupinus latifolius var. parishii	1 / 1	7
0.18				Trail turns right 90° to cross Tahquitz Creek
0.18	r	24		streambank lotus	Lotus oblongifolius var. oblongifolius	30 / 1	5
0.18	r	25		swamp sedge	Carex senta	20 / 1	8
0.18	r	26		Idaho bentgrass	Agrostis idahoensis	5 / 1	6
0.18	r	27		slender hairgrass	Deschampsia elongata	5 / 1	7
0.18	r	28		spreading brown-headed rush	Juncus phaeocephalus var. paniculatus	5 / 1	3
0.18	r	29		larger mountain monkeyflower	Mimulus tilingii	10 / 1	8
0.18	l			(western columbine, Aquilegia formosa)
0.18				Cross Tahquitz Creek
0.18	l	30		mountain pink currant	Ribes nevadense	5 / 2	8
0.18	c	31	~	brittle bladder fern	Cystopteris fragilis	1 / 1	4
0.18	b	32		giant red paintbrush	Castilleja miniata ssp. miniata	2 / 1	9
0.18	r	33		western azalea	Rhododendron occidentale	5 / 1	6
0.18	b	34		black cottonwood	Populus balsamifera ssp. trichocarpa	2 / 1	7
0.20	l	35		Sierra Nevada lotus	Lotus nevadensis var. nevadensis	2 / 1	8
0.20				Trail turns left on north bank of Tahquitz Creek
0.20	r	36		(Grinnell's beardtongue, Penstemon grinnellii var. grinnellii)
0.26	r			(pine dwarf-mistletoe, Arceuthobium campylopodum)
0.27	l			(pink-bracted manzanita, Arctostaphylos pringlei ssp. drupacea)
0.28	r	37	~	mountain mugwort	Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. incompta	30 / 3	9
0.30	l	38		California-aster	Lessingia filaginifolia var. filaginifolia	30 / 9	59
0.30	r	39		mountain grape-soda lupine	Lupinus excubitus var. austromontanus	50 / 9	8
0.33	r			(green-leaf manzanita, Arctostaphylos patula)
0.34	b	40		beautiful hulsea	Hulsea vestita ssp. callicarpha	10 / 2	7
0.36	l	41	ssp	narrowleaf bedstraw	Galium angustifolium ssp. angustifolium	10 / 2	54
0.36	l	42	?	Parish's goldenbush?	Ericameria parishii?	1 / 1
0.37	r	43		pink-bracted manzanita	Arctostaphylos pringlei ssp. drupacea	50 / 9	5
0.38	l	44	sp	bristly? bird's beak	Cordylanthus (rigidus ssp. setigerus?)	20 / 2
0.38	b	45		deergrass	Muhlenbergia rigens	10 / 3	30
0.38		46		slender everlasting	Gnaphalium canescens ssp. thermale	50 / 9	6
0.38	l	47	sp	Kentucky blue grass?	Poa pratensis ssp. pratensis?	3 / 1
0.38				Cross drainage
0.40				Cross another branch of same drainage
0.74	l		sp	(needlegrass, Achnatherum sp.)
0.74				Local high point, elevation 6965 feet (2123 m)
0.79				Cross first of three main side drainages; local low point, elevation 6955 feet (2120 m)
0.83	l	48		California coffeeberry	Rhamnus californica	3 / 1	4
1.07	r	49	~	plain mariposa lily	Calochortus invenustus	2 / 1	12
				Check for Poa fendleriana
1.14	r			(mountain whitethorn, Ceanothus cordulatus)
1.17				Local high point, elevation ~7270 feet (2216 m)
1.22	r	50		green-leaf manzanita	Arctostaphylos patula	20 / 5	16
1.23	r	51		pine dwarf-mistletoe	Arceuthobium campylopodum	1 / 1	4
1.30				Cross second of three main side drainages; local low point, elevation 7200 feet (2195 m)
1.35	r	52		mountain whitethorn	Ceanothus cordulatus	20 / 5	19
1.40				Local high point, elevation ~7275 feet (2217 m)
1.40	b	53		(dead) San Jacinto lupine	Lupinus hyacinthinus	99 / 9	6
1.45				Local low point, elevation ~7245 feet (2208 m)
1.45	l	54		broad-leaved lotus	Lotus crassifolius var. crassifolius	50 / 3	9
1.48	b	55		yarrow	Achillea millefolium	10 / 1	18
1.48				Cross second of three main side drainages
1.48	r	56	~	slender wheatgrass	Elymus trachycaulus	1 / 1	4
1.55	l	57		*downy brome	Bromus tectorum	20 / 3	29
1.58	l	58	sp	peppergrass	Lepidium sp.	5 / 1
1.71	b			(live) San Jacinto lupine	Lupinus hyacinthinus	/
1.79	l	59		fir mistletoe	Phoradendron pauciflorum	1 / 1	13
1.83				Local high point, elevation 7360 feet (2243 m)
1.89	r			(snow-plant, Sarcodes sanguinea)
1.90	b	60		fragile sheath sedge	Carex fracta	20 / 2	10
1.90				Cross third major side drainage, local low point, elevation ~7290 feet (2222 m)
2.09				Local high point, elevation ~7510 feet (2289 m)
2.16	l	61		pinedrops	Pterospora andromedea	1 / 1	10
2.18	r	62	sp	horsetail	Equisetum hyemale ssp. affine or E. laevigatum	10 / 1
2.19	l	63		bracken	Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens	10 / 1	15
2.21	r			(yellow willow, Salix lutea)
2.26				Cross Willow Creek; local low point, elevation ~7420 feet (2262 m)
2.26	r	64	sp	sedge	Carex sp.	10 / 1
2.26	r	65		breakfast bedstraw	Kelloggia galioides	10 / 1	3
2.26	r	66	sp	tall grass	?	5 / 1
2.26				Laws Junction; elevation ~7425 feet (2263 m); end plant trail guide. See guide for Laws Loop
				Taxa seen in or near Tahquitz Creek just beyond the junction with the Overlook Trail that are not seen elsewhere on the Guide:
				lemon lily	Lilium parryi	/	7
				rigid hedge-nettle	Stachys ajugoides var. rigida	/	21
			sp	rough bentgrass? or bluegrass sp.?	Agrostis scabra? or Poa sp.?	/
				scarlet monkeyflower	Mimulus cardinalis	/	18
				willow-leaved dock	Rumex salicifolius var. salicifolius	/	2
				shaggy-haired alumroot	Heuchera hirsutissima	/	2
				granite prickly phlox	Leptodactylon pungens	/	10
				Durango root	Datisca glomerata	/	8
				silver wormwood	Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana	/	2

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Updated 4 July 2007.