Plant Guide to Cedar Spring Trail: Trailhead to PCT, San Jacinto Mountains - Garner Valley Area

Mile	S	#	id?	Common Name	Latin Name	#here	#all
0.00				Begin guide just inside gate at trailhead, elevation 5480 feet (1670 m)
0.00	r	1		California-aster	Lessingia filaginifolia var. filaginifolia	50 / 9	66
0.00	b	2		matchweed	Gutierrezia sarothrae	20 / 5	20
0.00	b	3		bristly bird's beak	Cordylanthus rigidus ssp. setigerus	99 / 9	39
0.00	r	4		basketbush	Rhus trilobata	20 / 3	30
0.00	l	5		*downy brome	Bromus tectorum	99 / 9	35
0.00	r	6		interior live oak	Quercus wislizeni var. frutescens	40 / 9	18
0.00	l	7		Davidson's buckwheat	Eriogonum davidsonii	50 / 9	23
0.00	l	8		birch-leaf mountain-mahogany	Cercocarpus betuloides var. betuloides	99 / 9	29
0.00	r	9		Parry's nolina	Nolina parryi	20 / 9	5
0.00	l	10		Torrey's scrub oak	Quercus acutidens	5 / 2	31
0.00	r	11	~	California elegant rock-cress	Arabis sparsiflora var. californica	20 / 9	3
0.00	b	12	~	Parish's needlegrass	Achnatherum parishii	50 / 9	13
0.00	l	13		Laguna manzanita	Arctostaphylos glandulosa ssp. adamsii	30 / 4	5
0.00	l	14		red shanks	Adenostoma sparsifolium	99 / 9	7
0.01	r	15		southern honeysuckle	Lonicera subspicata var. denudata	30 / 9	50
0.01	l	16		chaparral yucca	Yucca whipplei	50 / 9	39
0.02	r	17		pink-bracted manzanita	Arctostaphylos pringlei ssp. drupacea	5 / 5	12
0.02	r	18		cupped-leaf ceanothus	Ceanothus greggii var. perplexans	30 / 9	13
0.02	l		sp	(Young three needle pine: Coulter pine, Pinus coulteri, or Jeffrey pine, Pinus jeffreyi)
0.02	r			Sign: "Cedar Spring Trail crosses private land; please stay on trail"
0.03	l	19		canyon live oak	Quercus chrysolepis	99 / 9	39
0.03	r	20		mountain sagebrush	Artemisia tridentata ssp. vaseyana	20 / 4	11
0.03	r			Sign: "Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains Monument 3 miles ahead"
0.03	l	21		chamise	Adenostoma fasciculatum	3 / 1	44
0.03	l	22		California buckwheat	Eriogonum fasciculatum var. polifolium	50 / 9	30
0.03	l			(Vasey's prickly-pear, Opuntia vaseyi; Wright's buckwheat, Eriogonum wrightii var. membranaceum; phlox-leaved bedstraw, Galium andrewsii ssp. andrewsii; desert globemallow, Sphaeralcea ambigua var. rugosa)
0.04				Trail turns right
0.05	l	23		California thistle	Cirsium occidentale var. californicum	20 / 9	19
0.08	l	24		Vasey's prickly-pear	Opuntia vaseyi	3 / 3	30
0.08	l	25		San Jacinto Mtns. bedstraw	Galium angustifolium ssp. jacinticum	30 / 9	6
0.08	l	26		white-margined oxytheca	Oxytheca emarginata	50 / 9	5
0.08	l	27	~	giant four o'clock	Mirabilis multiflora var. pubescens	4 / 4	6
0.08	l	28		*common wheat	Triticum aestivum	1 / 1	4
0.09	l	29		desert globemallow	Sphaeralcea ambigua var. rugosa	20 / 9	6
0.09	b	30		bur-ragweed	Ambrosia acanthicarpa	20 / 3	23
0.11	l			Water tank; trail turns right
0.11	b	31		*shortpod mustard	Hirschfeldia incana	50 / 9	56
0.12	r	32	~	western tansy-mustard	Descurainia pinnata	20 / 9
0.13	b	33	~	spear-leaved mountain dandelion	Agoseris retrorsa	20 / 9	20
0.14	b	34	sp	Mariposa lily	Calochortus sp.	10 / 5
0.14	r	35	sp	popcorn flower	Cryptantha sp.	/
0.14	l	36		ashy silk tassel	Garrya flavescens	20 / 9	10
0.15	b	37	~	scarlet bugler	Penstemon centranthifolius	20 / 9	14
0.19	r	38		Mohave yucca	Yucca schidigera	1 / 1	14
0.22	l	39		San Jacinto buckwheat	Eriogonum apiculatum	10 / 2	12
0.22	r	40	ssp	hoary aster	Machaeranthera asteroides	5 / 2	2
0.22	b	41		flannelbush	Fremontodendron californicum ssp. californicum	50 / 9	8
0.23	r			(green-leaf manzanita, Arctostaphylos patula)
0.23	r	42	~	Parish' Jacumba milk-vetch	Astragalus douglasii var. parishii	1 / 1	8
0.23	r			(loose - not attached to ground here - Russian thistle, Salsola tragus)
0.24	l			(white mugwort, Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. albula; wild tarragon, Artemisia dracunculus)
0.24				Cross East Canyon branch of Morris Creek; trail turns left 90°
0.24	r	43		*ripgut brome	Bromus diandrus	50 / 9	56
0.25	b	44	~	wild pepper-grass	Lepidium virginicum var. pubescens	30 / 9	9
0.25	l	45		white mugwort	Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. albula	30 / 9	10
0.26	c	46		*Bermuda grass	Cynodon dactylon	1 / 1	39
0.27	c	47	sp	subshrub lupine in trail	Lupinus (excubitus?)	1 / 1
0.27	r	48		Wright's buckwheat	Eriogonum wrightii var. membranaceum	40 / 9	12
0.28	l	49	~	western morning-glory	Calystegia occidentalis ssp. fulcrata	10 / 9	11
0.28	r	50	sp	gilia	Gilia sp.	30 / 3
0.28	r	51		hollyleaf redberry	Rhamnus ilicifolia	5 / 5	52
0.28	b	52	?	unk dead annual with whorled flowers like Chinese houses	Collinsia concolor?	10 / 1
0.28	l			Check for narrowleaf monardella, Monardella linoides ssp. linoides, observed on first trip, but not since
0.29	l	53		naked buckwheat	Eriogonum nudum var. pauciflorum	20 / 5	13
0.29	l	54	~	Martin's paintbrush	Castilleja applegatei ssp. martinii	10 / 9	24
0.29	l	55	~	southern mountain phlox	Phlox austromontana	10 / 1	4
0.29	r	56		phlox-leaved bedstraw	Galium andrewsii ssp. andrewsii	20 / 2	9
0.31	r	57		California coffeeberry	Rhamnus californica	30 / 9	8
0.32	r	58	~	Palmer's ceanothus	Ceanothus palmeri	10 / 3	9
0.33				Leave Girl Scout Property; go through gate to Forest Service property that is leased for grazing
0.35	r	59	sp	young three needle pine	Pinus coulteri or P. ponderosa	3 / 2	9
0.35	r			(blue elderberry, Sambucus mexicana)
0.36				Cross creek to left
0.36	l			Sign: "Picnic tables 0.7 mi; Cedar Spring 3 mi; West Fork 10 mi; Toll gate 15 mi"
0.36	l	60		Fremont's goosefoot	Chenopodium fremontii	20 / 9	17
0.37	r	61		goldenrod	Solidago californica	30 / 5	54
0.38	r			hairy-leaf version of California coffeeberry, Rhamnus californica
0.38	r			(velvet ash, Fraxinus velutina)
0.39	r			(California wild rose, Rosa californica; California brickellbush, Brickellia californica)
0.39	l	62	~	angel's gilia	Gilia angelensis	30 / 3	16
0.40	r	63		arroyo willow	Salix lasiolepis	10 / 3	47
0.42	b	64		Mexican rush	Juncus mexicanus	30 / 2	28
0.42				Cross creek to right
0.42	l	65		California wild rose	Rosa californica	40 / 5	16
0.44	l			(red willow, Salix laevigata)
0.46	l	66		incense-cedar	Calocedrus decurrens	1 / 1	24
0.49				Cross creek to left
0.50	r	67		velvet ash	Fraxinus velutina	20 / 3	5
0.50	r			ponderosa pine	Pinus ponderosa	/
0.55	l	68	ssp	San Diego pea	Lathyrus vestitus var. alefeldii	1 / 1	27
0.58	l			golden yarrow	Eriophyllum confertiflorum var. confertiflorum	30 / 9	69
0.59	l	69	~	globe gilia	Gilia capitata ssp. abrotanifolia	40 / 9	9
0.59	r	70		wild tarragon	Artemisia dracunculus	20 / 3	35
0.59	l			Jct. use trail; leave continuous shade for patchy shade
0.60	l	71	sp	suncup	Camissonia sp.	30 / 9
0.60	r	72		goldenstar	Bloomeria crocea	20 / 4	17
0.60	l	73	~	bajada lupine	Lupinus concinnus	1 / 1	21
0.63	r	74		bracken	Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens	20 / 2	24
0.63	l	75	?	scroph with dense sessile fruit	Antirrhinum coulterianum or Linaria?	30 / 9
0.63	l		?	(tall dead annual with pinnate leaves)
0.67				Go through gate back on to Girl Scout Property; note big difference in plants due to grazing not occurring here
0.67	b	76		deergrass	Muhlenbergia rigens	20 / 2	33
0.67	r	77		long-leaved aster	Aster ascendens	10 / 1	1
0.68	r		~	(smooth scouring rush, Equisetum laevigatum; virgin's bower, Clematis ligusticifolia; Pacific rush, Juncus effusus var. pacificus; ~rigid hedge-nettle, Stachys ~ajugoides var. rigida; willowherb, Epilobium ciliatum ssp. ciliatum)
0.68	b	78		Lewis' flax	Linum lewisii var. lewisii	5 / 1	2
0.68	r	79		*prickly lettuce	Lactuca serriola	3 / 1	48
0.68	l	80	~	tower mustard	Arabis glabra var. glabra	10 / 1	2
0.68	l	81		yarrow	Achillea millefolium	5 / 1	23
0.68	r	82		sticky lessingia	Lessingia glandulifera var. glandulifera	20 / 1	4
0.68	b	83	~	*Oriental mustard	Sisymbrium orientale	50 / 9	18
0.73			sp	Jct. road; take it left (on right, past stream, is a clover, Trifolium sp., and further is Mexican manzanita, Arctostaphylos pungens)
0.74	l	84		California barberry	Berberis aquifolium var. dictyota	10 / 2	2
0.77	r	85		virgin's bower	Clematis ligusticifolia	10 / 2	10
0.77	r	86		stinging nettle	Urtica dioica ssp. holosericea	10 / 1	12
0.82	l	87		blue wildrye	Elymus glaucus	5 / 1	11
0.82	b			Huge weedpatch of Oriental mustard, Sisymbrium orientale
0.87	r			Two picnic tables
0.90				Cross main branch of creek for final time to right, but you won't notice the creek since it becomes a meadow here; elevation 5880 feet (1792 m)
0.92	r			Sign: "Be prepared for hazardous conditions..."
0.94	b	88		willow-leaved dock	Rumex salicifolius var. denticulatus	2 / 1	11
0.94	l			Sign: "Cedar Spring Trail 4E17; PCT 1.5 mi; Cedar Spring 2.1 mi"; trail starts steep uphill portion
0.94	r	89		slender wreathplant	Stephanomeria exigua ssp. deanei	5 / 1	20
0.94	b	90		thick-leaved yerba santa	Eriodictyon crassifolium var. crassifolium	40 / 9	14
0.95	l			(rock goldenbush, Ericameria cuneata var. cuneata)
0.97	r	91	sp	rigid hedge-nettle	Stachys ajugoides var. rigida	10 / 2	23
0.97	r	92	~	Hooker's evening-primrose	Oenothera elata ssp. hirsutissima	5 / 1	12
0.97	r	93		Pacific rush	Juncus effusus var. pacificus	1 / 1	7
0.98	r	94		western false-indigo	Amorpha fruticosa	1 / 1	3
1.00	r	95		clustered field sedge	Carex praegracilis	3 / 2	10
1.00				Rock "bridge" over side drainage; good shady rest stop
1.00			~	(~western columbine, ~Aquilegia formosa)
1.00	b	96	ssp	sticky cinquefoil	Potentilla glandulosa	10 / 1	7
1.01	r	97		California brickellbush	Brickellia californica	10 / 5	32
1.01				Switchback left; elevation 6000 feet (1829 m)
1.01	r			(mountain California-fuchsia, Epilobium canum ssp. latifolium)
1.01	b	98	sp	bluegrass or melica?	like Poa or Melica sp.	3 / 1
1.01	r	99		branching phacelia	Phacelia ramosissima var. latifolia	1 / 1	34
1.01	l	100	~	wild grape	Vitis girdiana	1 / 1	9
1.03	r			Check for coffee fern, Pellaea andromedifolia
1.05	r	101	sp	California? dodder	Cuscuta (californica?)	1 / 1
1.06	r	102		hollyleaf cherry	Prunus ilicifolia ssp. ilicifolia	40 / 9	18
1.06	r	103		bird's-foot fern	Pellaea mucronata var. mucronata	20 / 9	37
1.06	r	104	sp	wild Canterbury bells?	Phacelia (minor?)	30 / 9
1.07	r	105	?	unk annual Asteraceae with pappus of scales	Chaenactis??	1 / 1
1.07	r			(desert dudleya, Dudleya saxosa ssp. aloides)
1.09	r	106		desert dudleya	Dudleya saxosa ssp. aloides	2 / 1	6
1.10				Switchback right
1.18				Switchback left
1.23	r	107	sp	annual monkeyflower	Mimulus sp.	3 / 1
1.29				Leave Girl Scout Property through gate into Forest Land
1.30	r	108	~	beady lipfern	Cheilanthes covillei	10 / 5	5
1.30	r			Check Arctostaphylos glandulosa here for subspecies; bracts seem to be leaf-like, leaves are not glaucous
1.30				Switchback right
1.37	l	109		Mojave prickly-pear	Opuntia erinacea var. erinacea	3 / 3	5
1.40	l	110		whorledleaf penstemon	Keckiella ternata var. ternata	5 / 5	11
1.40	l	111		rock goldenbush	Ericameria cuneata var. cuneata	10 / 3	8
1.42	l		~	(caterpillar phacelia, Phacelia cicutaria var. hispida)
1.44				Switchback left; elevation 6200 feet (1890 m)
	l	112	~	Veatch's blazing star	Mentzelia veatchiana	40 / 5	4
1.46	r	113	~	caterpillar phacelia	Phacelia cicutaria var. hispida	20 / 3	18
1.47	r	114		chia	Salvia columbariae	2 / 1	34
1.54				Switchback right
1.62				Switchback left
1.64	r	115	~	imbricate phacelia	Phacelia imbricata	10 / 4
1.70				Switchback right
1.83				Switchback left; elevation ~6450 feet (1966 m)
1.86	r	116	?	unk scroph-type infl with woolly stem and leaves	?	5 / 1
1.86	r	117	?	unk per with filago-type dead or aborted flowers on a white mugwort-like plant	?	5 / 2
1.86	r			Check if these woolly very young plants are the same as one of the previous two species or Hulsea
1.97				Switchback right
2.10				Switchback left; elevation ~6620 feet (2018 m)
2.14	r			(white everlasting, Gnaphalium canescens ssp. microcephalum)
2.16				Switchback right
2.24				Switchback left
2.24	r	118	?	annual Chaenactis?	Chaenactis?	20 / 1
2.28	l	119		California penstemon	Penstemon californicus	5 / 1	1
2.28	l		~	(Parish's tauschia, Tauschia parishii)
2.28	l	120	?	beautiful hulsea?	Hulsea vestita ssp. callicarpha?	3 / 1
2.29				Jct. PCT; elevation ~6780 feet (2067 m). See Guide to rest of Cedar Spring Trail if you are continuing on this trail.

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Updated 9 November 2008.