Plant Guide to Ernie Maxwell Scenic Trail, San Jacinto Mountains

Mile	S	#	id?	Common Name	Scientific Name	#Pls
0.00	r			Beginning of trail at Ernie Maxwell sign; 6400 feet (1951 m) elevation.
0.00	l			(incense-cedar mistletoe, Phoradendron juniperinum)
0.00	r	1		incense-cedar	Calocedrus decurrens	99 / 9
0.00	r	2		ponderosa pine	Pinus ponderosa var. pacifica	50 / 9
0.00	r			(snow-plant, Sarcodes sanguinea)
0.00	b	3		California black oak	Quercus kelloggii	99 / 9
0.00	r	4		Sierra Nevada lotus	Acmispon nevadensis var. nevadensis	99 / 9
0.01	l			Jct. shortcut use trail from south end of parking area
0.01	r	5		canyon live oak	Quercus chrysolepis	99 / 9
0.01	l			(white fir, Abies concolor)
0.02	r	6		bristly bird's beak	Cordylanthus rigidus ssp. setiger	99 / 9
0.02	r			Jct. use trail to road
0.02	r	7		broad-leaved lotus	Hosackia crassifolia var. crassifolia	35 / 3
0.02	b	8		white fir	Abies concolor	75 / 9
0.02	r	9		fir mistletoe	Phoradendron bolleanum	2 / 2
0.03	r			(sugar pine, Pinus lambertiana)
0.06	l			Jct. another shortcut use trail from south end of parking area
0.08	r	10		western azalea	Rhododendron occidentale	75 / 2
0.08	l			(pinedrops, Pterospora andromedea)
0.09	r	11		mountain pink currant	Ribes nevadense	99 / 5
0.09	b			(thimbleberry, Rubus parviflorus)
0.09	b	12		white alder	Alnus rhombifolia	3 / 2
0.09				Cross moist creek, the drainage from most of the area south of Saddle Junction and north of Lily Rock / Tahquitz Peak
0.09	r	13		thimbleberry	Rubus parviflorus	99 / 2
0.09	l	14		sugar pine	Pinus lambertiana	50 / 9
0.10	r			(bracken, Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens)
0.11	r	15		pinedrops	Pterospora andromedea	4 / 1
0.13				Trail turns left 90°
0.14	b	16		Grinnell's beardtongue	Penstemon grinnellii var. grinnellii	35 / 2
0.14	l			(mountain whitethorn, Ceanothus cordulatus)
0.15	r			(common bedstraw, Galium aparine)
0.15	r	17		mountain whitethorn	Ceanothus cordulatusdead	4 / 2
0.18	l			Jct. “Climber's Trail” to Lily Rock
0.18	r			(*downy brome, Bromus tectorum)
0.18	l	18		forest sedge	Carex multicaulis	75 / 9
0.18	l	19		green miner's lettuce	Claytonia parviflora ssp. viridis	99 / 2
0.18	r	20		Jones' prickly-nut cryptantha	Cryptantha muricata var. jonesii	20 / 9
0.19	b	21		common bedstraw	Galium aparine	35 / 3
0.19	b	22		Laguna Mtns. jewel-flower	Streptanthus bernardinus	30 / 2
0.19	l	23		beautiful hulsea	Hulsea vestita ssp. callicarpha	27 / 2
0.19	l			(western wallflower, Erysimum capitatum var. capitatum)
0.24	l	24		Coulter pine	Pinus coulteri	30 / 9
0.24	l			Jct. use trail
0.27	l	25		mountain rock-cress	Boechera retrofracta X+	20 / 5
0.28	l	26		June grass	Koeleria macranthadead	99 / 9
0.29	l			Jct. use trail
0.29	r			(pink-bracted manzanita, Arctostaphylos pringlei ssp. drupacea)
0.29	b	27		San Jacinto buckwheat	Eriogonum apiculatum	80 / 2
0.29	b	28		naked buckwheat	Eriogonum nudum var. pauciflorum	99 / 9
0.29	b	29		squirreltail	Elymus elymoides	50 / 9
0.29	l	30	sp	groundsmoke	Gayophytum sp.	4 / 2
0.29	l	31		mountain red-root cryptantha	Cryptantha micrantha var. lepida	99 / 5
0.29	l	32		splendid gilia	Saltugilia splendens ssp. splendens	70 / 3
0.29	l	33		plain mariposa lily	Calochortus invenustus	99 / 9
0.30	r	34		Fremont's goosefoot	Chenopodium fremontii	2 / 1
0.33				Cross very small drainage
0.33		35		spotted coralroot	Corallorhiza maculata	15 / 3
0.35				Cross very small drainage
0.36	b	36		pink-bracted manzanita	Arctostaphylos pringlei ssp. drupacea	99 / 9
0.36	l	37		oak mistletoe	Phoradendron serotinum ssp. tomentosum	99 / 3
0.36	l			(southern mountain woolly-star, Eriastrum densifolium ssp. austromontanum)
0.36	r	38		short-flowered monardella	Monardella nana	99 / 9
0.36	r		?	(plant with two leaves that are 2 ternate like celery, Apium_graveolens, or sweet-cicely, Osmorhiza sp.)
0.36	l	39		wild sweetpea	Lathyrus vestitus var. vestitus	99 / 9
0.36	l	40		western wallflower	Erysimum capitatum var. capitatum	60 / 3
0.36	b	41		Wright's buckwheat	Eriogonum wrightii var. membranaceum	99 / 9
0.36	l	42		California-aster	Corethrogyne filaginifolia	40 / 9
0.37	b	43		mountain grape-soda lupine	Lupinus excubitus var. austromontanus	99 / 9
0.37	r	44		Parish's tauschia	Tauschia parishiidead	61 / 9
0.38	b	45		white catch-fly	Silene verecunda	80 / 9
0.38	r	46		mountain mugwort	Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. incompta	10 / 1
0.38	r			(golden yarrow, Eriophyllum confertiflorum var. confertiflorum)
0.41	l	47		California brome	Bromus carinatus var. carinatus	10 / 3
0.41	l	48		leafy daisy	Erigeron foliosus var. foliosus	99 / 9
0.41	r	49		American vetch	Vicia americana ssp. americana	30 / 5
0.42	l	50		goldenrod	Solidago velutina ssp. californica	99 / 5
0.42	l	51		white hawkweed	Hieracium albiflorum	17 / 2
0.44	l	52		golden yarrow	Eriophyllum confertiflorum var. confertiflorum	99 / 9
0.44	l	53		Martin's paintbrush	Castilleja applegatei ssp. martinii	30 / 9
0.45	l	54		slender everlasting	Pseudognaphalium thermaledead	14 / 3
0.47	l	55		strigose lotus	Acmispon strigosus	30 / 4
0.49				Cross small drainage
0.49	l	56		narrowleaf bedstraw	Galium angustifolium ssp. angustifolium	70 / 9
0.50	l	57		showy bajada lupine	Lupinus concinnus ssp. optatus	99 / 3
0.50	l	58		southern mountain woolly-star	Eriastrum densifolium ssp. austromontanum	50 / 5
0.50	r	59		snow-plant	Sarcodes sanguinea	1 / 1
0.52	l	60		mountain California-fuchsia	Epilobium canum ssp. latifoliumdead	99 / 5
0.60				Cross dry drainage from southwest side of Lily Rock
0.65				Trail begins to descend more steeply; elevation ~6300 feet (1920 m)
0.67	l	61		Yosemite rockcress	Boechera repandadead	36 / 5
0.67	r			Jct. trail probably leading to road just below; stay left
0.71				Enter forest of oak mistletoe, Phoradendron serotinum ssp. tomentosum, for 0.01 miles
0.72	l			(San Bernardino rubber rabbitbrush, Ericameria nauseosa var. bernardina)
0.73				Leave dense continuous forest; forest now interspersed with sunny open areas
0.77	b	62		interior live oak	Quercus wislizeni var. frutescens	30 / 5
0.79	l	63		*downy brome	Bromus tectorum	99 / 9
0.80	l			(oracle oak, Quercus Xmorehus)
0.82	b	64		small fescue	Festuca microstachys	40 / 3
0.82	l	65		pine dwarf-mistletoe	Arceuthobium campylopodum	2 / 2
0.82	l	66		white-margined oxytheca	Sidotheca emarginata	99 / 2
0.83	l			(southern honeysuckle, Lonicera subspicata var. denudata)
0.84	b	67		California elegant rock-cress	Boechera californica	20 / 5
0.84	r	68		southern honeysuckle	Lonicera subspicata var. denudata	2 / 2
0.85	l	69		whisker-brush	Leptosiphon ciliatus	99 / 9
				The following species was found farther along the trail, but without a precise location
?		70		sticky lessingia	Lessingia glandulifera var. glandulifera	1 / 1
0.87	l			(California cliff-brake, Pellaea mucronata var. californica)
0.90		71		silky lotus	Acmispon heermannii var. heermannii	2 / 1
0.91	l	72		Davidson's buckwheat	Eriogonum davidsonii	99 / 1
0.92	l	73		hybrid manzanita	Arctostaphylos patula X A. pringlei ssp. drupacea	1 / 1
0.92				Cross drainage
0.93	l	74		little prince's pine	Chimaphila menziesii	19 / 2
0.97				Switchback left at ridge; elevation ~6100 feet (1859 m)
0.99				Cross moist drainage from Tahquitz Peak which was scoured nearly clean of vegetation and covered in white sand/gravel in summer 2008 from a thunderstorm. Three lemon lilies, Lilium parryi, are up that drainage, not visible from the trail, along with subarctic lady-fern, Athyrium filix-femina var. cyclosorum
0.99	l			(western columbine, Aquilegia formosadead )
1.03	b	75		spreading dogbane	Apocynum androsaemifolium	99 / 2
1.06				Trail levels off; elevation ~6080 feet (1853 m)
1.15	r	76		pine cryptantha	Cryptantha simulans	50 / 9
1.18	l	77		blue dicks	Dichelostemma capitatum ssp. capitatum	20 / 4
1.18				Cross dry drainage
1.18	l	78		volcanic gilia	Gilia ochroleuca ssp. exilis	99 / 9
1.18	l	79		annual phlox	Microsteris gracilis	99 / 4
1.18	l	80		diamond-petaled clarkia	Clarkia rhomboidea	99 / 9
1.20	l	81		red-stemmed miner's lettuce	Claytonia rubra ssp. rubra	99 / 5
1.21	r			(woodland star, Lithophragma affine)
1.21	r	82		California thistle	Cirsium occidentale var. californicum	3 / 1
1.22		83		oracle oak	Quercus Xmorehus	2 / 2
1.22	l			field of plain mariposa lily, Calochortus invenustus
1.22	l	84		spear-leaved mountain dandelion	Agoseris retrorsa	50 / 9
1.22	b	85		*garden trumpet daffodil	Narcissus hybrid	99 / 1
1.23	r			(Large water tank)
1.23	l	86		incense-cedar mistletoe	Phoradendron juniperinum	1 / 1
1.23	r	87		imbricate phacelia	Phacelia imbricata var. patula	75 / 1
1.31	b	88		bracken	Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens	20 / 2
1.31				Cross moist drainage coming from base of upper switchbacks on South Ridge Trail; minor local low point; elevation ~6080 feet (1853 m)
1.31	b	89		Parish's burning bush	Euonymus occidentalis var. parishii	16 / 1
1.31	b	90		sticky cinquefoil	Drymocallis glandulosa var. viscida	99 / 4
1.31	l	91		Parish's lupine	Lupinus latifolius var. parishii	40 / 3
1.31	r	92		western columbine	Aquilegia formosa	3 / 3
1.31	r			(California wild rose, Rosa californica)
1.35	r	93		musk monkeyflower	Mimulus moschatus	20 / 1
1.35	l			(Durango root, Datisca glomerata in distance)
1.35	l	94		California coffeeberry	Frangula californica	1 / 1
1.35				Cross moist drainage coming from small saddle / level section of South Ridge Trail at 7600 feet elevation on that trail.
1.35	r	95	~	common monkeyflower	Mimulus guttatus	1 / 1
1.35	r	96		floriferous monkeyflower	Mimulus floribundus	20 / 1
1.35	r			(fragile sheath sedge, Carex fracta)
1.39		97		woodland star	Lithophragma affine	75 / 5
1.41	b	98		spreading larkspur	Delphinium patens ssp. montanum	10 / 1
1.42				Minor local high point; elevation ~6100 feet (1859 m)
1.42	r	99		clustered broomrape	Orobanche fasciculatadead	1 / 1
1.46	l	100		Parish' Jacumba milk-vetch	Astragalus douglasii var. parishii	10 / 4
1.46	l	101		scattered blazing star	Mentzelia dispersa	10 / 1
1.48	l	102		*prickly sow thistle	Sonchus asper ssp. asper	1 / 1
1.50				Cross small dry drainage; elevation 6000 feet (1829 m)
1.62	l	103		birch-leaf mountain-mahogany	Cercocarpus betuloides var. betuloides	1 / 1
1.66	r			Jct. steep path down to road below with deep roadcut
1.66	l			(rock goldenbush, Ericameria cuneata var. cuneata in distance)
1.67	l	104		rock goldenbush	Ericameria cuneata var. cuneata	2 / 1
1.73				Cross drainage
1.73	l	105		Scouler's willow	Salix scouleriana	1 / 1
1.82	l	106		goldenstar	Bloomeria crocea	10 / 2
1.88	l			(mountain piperia, Piperia transversa)
1.89	l	107		California chicory	Rafinesquia californica	2 / 2
1.91	l	108		mountain piperia	Piperia transversa	20 / 2
1.94	l	109		fragile sheath sedge	Carex fracta	2 / 2
1.94	r	110		California wild rose	Rosa californica	12 / 1
1.94				Cross moist drainage; elevation 5800 feet (1768 m). There are lemon lilies, Lilium parryi, downstream in this drainage, not visible from the trail
2.00	l			(way off-trail: Mexican manzanita, Arctostaphylos pungens)
2.07	l	111		southern Chinese houses	Collinsia concolor	99 / 1
2.08	r	112		blue wildrye	Elymus glaucus	2 / 1
2.10	r			(stream orchid, Epipactis gigantea, not visible from the trail, at seep halfway down to Tahquitz View Drive, the road below the trail)
2.11	r	113		curve-flowered skullcap	Scutellaria siphocampyloides	50 / 1
2.17				Cross dry drainage below spring just north of South Ridge Spring
2.17	r	114		*garden pyracantha	Pyracantha coccinea	1 / 1
2.17	b	115		Durango root	Datisca glomerata	10 / 2
2.25	l	116		leafless wintergreen	Pyrola aphylla	1 / 1
2.29				End trail at Tahquitz View Drive 0.9 miles north of the turnoff to the South Ridge Trailhead; elevation 5720 feet (1743 m); return the way you came
				Species only found off-trail
0.72		117		San Bernardino rubber rabbitbrush	Ericameria nauseosa var. bernardina	1 / 1
0.87		118		California cliff-brake	Pellaea mucronata var. californica	1 / 1
0.99		119		lemon lily	Lilium parryi	3 / 1
0.99		120		subarctic lady-fern	Athyrium filix-femina var. cyclosorum	2 / 1
2.00		121		Mexican manzanita	Arctostaphylos pungens	1 / 1
2.10		122		stream orchid	Epipactis gigantea	99 / 1

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Updated 20 June 2018.