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

Mile	S	#	id?	Common Name	Latin Name	#here	#all
0.00				Begin guide at junction with PCT; elevation ~6780 feet (2067 m); Sign: "PCT [L-R]; Cedar Spring 1 mi [ahead]; Apache Spring 8 mi [L]; Live Oak Spring 6 mi [R]; Bull Canyon Road 6 mi [R]"
0.00	b	1		mountain sagebrush	Artemisia tridentata ssp. vaseyana	20 / 1	10
0.00	l	2		canyon live oak	Quercus chrysolepis	20 / 9	38
0.00	r	3		Wright's buckwheat	Eriogonum wrightii var. membranaceum	30 / 9	11
0.00	l	4		Parish's tauschia	Tauschia parishii	10 / 2	10
0.00	r	5		*downy brome	Bromus tectorum	50 / 9	34
0.00	b	6	sp	gilia	Gilia sp.	/
0.00	b	7		California penstemon	Penstemon californicus	10 / 1	2
0.00	l	8		desert globemallow	Sphaeralcea ambigua var. rugosa	10 / 9	5
0.00	r	9	~	southern mountain phlox	Phlox austromontana	50 / 9	3
0.00	r	10	~	Palmer's ceanothus	Ceanothus palmeri	99 / 9	8
0.01	b	11		mountain grape-soda lupine	Lupinus excubitus var. austromontanus	3 / 1	10
0.02	l	12		cupped-leaf ceanothus	Ceanothus greggii var. perplexans	10 / 9	12
0.02	l	13		Fremont's goosefoot	Chenopodium fremontii	20 / 9	16
0.03	b	14		pink-bracted manzanita	Arctostaphylos pringlei ssp. drupacea	50 / 9	11
0.03	r	15	~	Parish's snowberry	Symphoricarpos rotundifolius var. parishii	50 / 9	21
0.03	r			(California coffeeberry, Rhamnus californica)
0.03	r	16	~	western morning-glory	Calystegia occidentalis ssp. fulcrata	3 / 3	10
0.03	r			Check for Chenopodium with linear leaf
0.04	l	17		slender sunflower	Helianthus gracilentus	20 / 5	17
0.04	r	18		California coffeeberry	Rhamnus californica	10 / 9	7
0.04	r	19		California black oak	Quercus kelloggii	50 / 9	19
0.05	r		~	(spear-leaved mountain dandelion, Agoseris retrorsa)
0.05	r	20		birch-leaf mountain-mahogany	Cercocarpus betuloides var. betuloides	99 / 9	28
0.05	l	21		goldenrod	Solidago californica	30 / 3	53
0.05	r	22	sp	suncup	Camissonia sp.	/
0.06	b	23		naked buckwheat	Eriogonum nudum var. pauciflorum	20 / 9	12
	r	24	~	Sierra gooseberry	Ribes roezlii var. roezlii	3 / 3	16
0.07	l	25	~	southern honeysuckle	Lonicera subspicata var. denudata	2 / 2	49
0.07	l		~	(Oriental mustard, Sisymbrium orientale)
0.07	r	26	sp	groundsmoke	Gayophytum sp.	/
0.07	r			(white fir, Abies concolor)
0.09	r	27	~	Martin's paintbrush	Castilleja applegatei ssp. martinii	5 / 5	23
0.11	l	28	~	slender wheatgrass	Elymus trachycaulus	20 / 9	8
0.12	l	29		San Jacinto Mtns. bedstraw	Galium angustifolium ssp. jacinticum	10 / 9	5
0.13	r	30		California-aster	Lessingia filaginifolia var. filaginifolia	1 / 1	65
0.13	l	31	~	purple nightshade	Solanum xanti	10 / 3	14
0.14	l	32		golden yarrow	Eriophyllum confertiflorum var. confertiflorum	20 / 9	68
0.14	b	33	~	desert Parry manzanita	Arctostaphylos parryana ssp. deserticum	20 / 3	2
0.14	l	34		Parish's bluecurls	Trichostema parishii	2 / 2	5
0.17	l	35	sp	monardella	Monardella sp.	3 / 1
0.17	l	36		squirreltail	Elymus elymoides	2 / 2	15
0.17	r	37	sp	tansy mustard	Descurainia sp.	5 / 1
0.19	r	38		Vasey's prickly-pear	Opuntia vaseyi	1 / 1	29
0.23	l	39		western wallflower	Erysimum capitatum ssp. capitatum	1 / 1	32
0.24	l	40	sp	imbricata phacelia?	Phacelia imbricata?	5 / 1
0.24	l	41	sp	ashy silk tassel	Garrya flavescens	1 / 1	11
0.25	r	42	sp	dodder	Cuscuta sp.	1 / 1
0.28	r		sp	(Mojave prickly-pear, Opuntia erinacea var. erinacea; unk per with capsule fruit)
0.30	r	43	sp	subshrub buckwheat	Eriogonum umbellatum or E. microthecum	10 / 3
0.30				Trail becomes steep
0.33	l		sp	(Mariposa lily, Calochortus sp.)
0.36	l	44		white mugwort	Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. albula	5 / 1	9
0.36	l	45	sp	Mariposa lily	Calochortus sp.	2 / 2
0.38	r	46	~	southern foothill penstemon	Penstemon heterophyllus var. australis	2 / 1	4
0.38				Cross south branch of Cedar Creek; elevation 6560 feet (1999 m)
0.38	b	47	sp	bitter cherry or chokecherry	Prunus emarginata or P. virginiana	5 / 1
0.38	l	48		mountain California-fuchsia	Epilobium canum ssp. latifolium	10 / 1	17
0.39	l	49		whorledleaf penstemon	Keckiella ternata var. ternata	3 / 3	10
0.39	b	50	sp	needlegrass	Achnatherum parishii or A. speciosum	5 / 2
0.42	l	51	~	California thistle	Cirsium occidentale var. californicum	1 / 1	18
0.42				Many dead pink-bracted manzanita, Arctostaphylos pringlei ssp. drupacea from (1980?) fire
0.43	r	52		chamise	Adenostoma fasciculatum	1 / 1	43
0.48	b	53		white-margined oxytheca	Oxytheca emarginata	5 / 1	4
0.49	l	54		bush poppy	Dendromecon rigida	5 / 1	7
0.49	r			(Parish's goldenbush, Ericameria parishii var. parishii)
0.51	l	55		hollyleaf redberry	Rhamnus ilicifolia	1 / 1	51
0.57	l	56	~	California false-indigo	Amorpha californica var. californica	1 / 1	5
0.59	r	57		white-flowering currant	Ribes indecorum	4 / 2	29
0.66	r	58	~	San Diego pea	Lathyrus vestitus var. alefeldii	1 / 1	26
0.66	l	59		interior live oak	Quercus wislizeni var. frutescens	10 / 3	17
0.70	b	60		thick-leaved yerba santa	Eriodictyon crassifolium var. crassifolium	10 / 1	13
0.70	l			(California buckwheat, Eriogonum fasciculatum var. polifolium)
0.70	l	61	sp	annual mentzelia	Mentzelia sp.	10 / 1
0.78	l	62		incense-cedar	Calocedrus decurrens	1 / 1	23
0.81	r	63		white fir	Abies concolor	1 / 1	36
0.81	r	64	?	like vicia with tendrils	?	1 / 1
0.81	r	65	~	beaked penstemon	Penstemon rostriflorus	5 / 1	18
0.82				Jct. Cedar Spring drainage; elevation 6400 feet (1951 m). Additional species in spring area:
		66	ssp	sticky cinquefoil	Potentilla glandulosa	/	6
		67		Mexican rush	Juncus mexicanus	/	27
		68	~	western columbine	Aquilegia formosa	/	15
		69	sp	sedge	Carex sp.	/
		70	sp	rush	bigger Juncus sp.	/
		71		mountain pink currant	Ribes nevadense	/	15
		72		arroyo willow	Salix lasiolepis	/	46
		73		bracken	Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens	/	23
		74		California wild rose	Rosa californica	/	15

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Updated 11 November 2008.