Plant Guide to Fuller Ridge Trail, San Jacinto Mountains

Mile	S	#	id?	Common Name	Scientific Name	#here
0.00				Begin guide at Trailhead near saddle 0.1 mile south of Black Mountain Road, elevation 7700 feet (2350 m)
				Check for Gayophytum diffusum ssp. parviflorum near trailhead
0.00	b	1		pinegrove groundsmoke	Gayophytum oligospermum	50 / 5
0.00	b	2		San Jacinto buckwheat	Eriogonum apiculatum	15 / 2
0.00	r	3		San Jacinto lupine	Lupinus hyacinthinus	50 / 9
0.00	b	4		Jeffrey pine	Pinus jeffreyi	99 / 9
0.00	l	5		incense-cedar	Calocedrus decurrens	1 / 1
0.00	b	6		San Bernardino rubber rabbitbrush	Ericameria nauseosa var. bernardina	40 / 9
0.00	l	7		wax currant	Ribes cereum var. cereum	50 / 9
0.00	b	8		changeable phacelia	Phacelia mutabilis	50 / 9
0.00	l	9		white fir	Abies concolor	99 / 9
0.00	b	10		Sierra Nevada lotus	Acmispon nevadensis var. nevadensis	10 / 2
0.00	b	11		bush chinquapin	Chrysolepis sempervirens	99 / 9
0.00	r	12		green-leaf manzanita	Arctostaphylos patula	30 / 9
0.00				Trail curves left
0.02	l	13		bracken	Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens	20 / 5
0.02	r	14		Sierra gooseberry	Ribes roezlii var. roezlii	50 / 9
0.02	r	15		beaked penstemon	Penstemon rostriflorus	30 / 5
0.02				Switchback right
0.04				Switchback left
0.04	l			Sign: "San Jacinto Wilderness"
0.04	r			Sign: "State Park Wilderness Boundary 1.5 mi; San Jacinto Peak 8 mi"
0.04	r			(mountain whitethorn, Ceanothus cordulatus)
0.04	r			Sign: "Wilderness Permit Required; Be prepared for Hazardous Conditions"
0.04	r			PCT Post (missing 9/4/11)
0.04	b			(sugar pine, Pinus lambertiana)
0.05	b			(pinedrops, Pterospora andromedea)
0.08				(pine lousewort, Pedicularis semibarbata)
0.10	l	16		sugar pine	Pinus lambertiana	99 / 9
0.10	r	17		mountain whitethorn	Ceanothus cordulatus	50 / 9
0.10				Cross very minor drainage
0.12	l	18		pinedrops	Pterospora andromedea	8 / 3
0.17	l	19		forest goosefoot	Chenopodium atrovirens	10 / 7
0.18	r	20		western wallflower	Erysimum capitatum var. capitatum	20 / 5
0.20	r	21		mountain pink currant	Ribes nevadense	10 / 3
0.20	r	22	?	unk small plant similar to Cryptantha but with soft spreading hairs; only one plant seen in 2008		1 / 1
0.23	r	23		pine lousewort	Pedicularis semibarbata	50 / 9
0.24	l	24		spotted coralroot	Corallorhiza maculata	5 / 3
0.28	l	25		Parish's campion	Silene parishii	3 / 2
0.30	b	26		white catch-fly	Silene verecunda	3 / 1
0.30				(Grinnell's beardtongue, Penstemon grinnellii var. grinnellii)
0.31	r	27		fragile sheath sedge	Carex fracta	70 / 5
0.35	r			Cairn, which perhaps marks a use trail to the 8462' peak
0.35	r	28		sticky cinquefoil	Drymocallis glandulosa var. viscida	10 / 2
0.40	l			(fir mistletoe, Phoradendron bolleanum)
0.55	b	29		San Jacinto Mts. keckiella	Keckiella rothrockii var. jacintensis	99 / 9
0.64				First view of Folly Peak
0.83	r			Jct. prominent deer trail below 8462' peak
0.88				Trail turns right 90° at ridge with big rocks, including a Ribes nevadense growing out of one of them
0.90	r	31		little prince's pine	Chimaphila menziesii	10 / 4
0.92	r	30		white-veined wintergreen	Pyrola picta	10 / 2
1.08	l			(Scouler's willow, Salix scouleriana)
1.08	l	32		pussy paws	Calyptridium monospermum	50 / 1
1.08				Enter Ribes cereum meadow at head of drainage to north, elevation 8060 feet (2455 m), just below main saddle on ridge at ~8120 feet (2475 m), This is followed by a large patch of Arctostaphylos patula, with many dead in 2008, followed by a large patch of chinquapin, also mostly dead
1.20				Jct. on topo map with old PCT that went closer to top of ridgeline, not found on 7/20/10
1.35	r			Sign: "Mt. San Jacinto State Park Wilderness"
1.50	l			(Martin's paintbrush, Castilleja applegatei ssp. martinii)
1.51	r			(blue elderberry, Sambucus nigra ssp. caerulea)
1.66	r			Jct. Use Trail with cairn and a quick switchback, possibly to 8600' peak
1.72				Switchback right, then a quick switchback left; then 3 pairs of “switchback right and left”
1.76	r			(in distance: shaggy-haired alumroot, Heuchera hirsutissima)
1.77				Switchback right, near junction on topo map with old PCT
	r			(Parish's snowberry, Symphoricarpos rotundifolius var. parishii)
1.82	r	33		Martin's paintbrush	Castilleja applegatei ssp. martinii	3 / 3
1.82				Trail turns right at ridge and joins ridge; great view of Folly Peak
1.82	r	34		granite prickly phlox	Linanthus pungens	10 / 3
1.82	r	35		prickly hawkweed	Hieracium horridum	2 / 1
1.82	b			(mountain spray, Holodiscus discolor var. microphyllus)
1.82	r			(mountain California-fuchsia, Epilobium canum ssp. latifolium)
1.85				Local high point on trail, elevation ~8480 feet (2585 m)
1.85	l	36		canyon live oak	Quercus chrysolepis	20 / 3
1.85	r	37		southern mountain-monardella	Monardella australis ssp. australis	20 / 5
1.85	r	38		Parish's bedstraw	Galium parishii	10 / 4
1.86	r	39		mountain California-fuchsia	Epilobium canum ssp. latifolium	10 / 3
1.86	r			(Fremont silk tassel, Garrya fremontii)
1.86	l			(little-leaf mock orange, Philadelphus microphyllus)
1.86	r			(Fendler's blue grass, Poa fendleriana ssp. longiligula, on flat rocky area south of trail)
1.86	r			(blue wildrye, Elymus glaucus, along ridge area to west)
1.87				Leave ridge and then rejoin ridge
1.90	l	40		California groundcone	Kopsiopsis strobilacea	10 / 1
1.93	r	41		Grinnell's beardtongue	Penstemon grinnellii var. grinnellii	20 / 5
1.95	l			Jct. older portion of trail
1.95				Leave ridge and go downhill
2.06				Switchback right
2.07				Switchback left
2.10	l	42		little-leaf mock orange	Philadelphus microphyllus	5 / 2
2.12				(snow-plant, Sarcodes sanguinea)
2.13				Four quick switchbacks
2.17	l			(California-aster, Corethrogyne filaginifolia)
2.17	l	43		Fremont silk tassel	Garrya fremontii	3 / 3
2.18				(San Jacinto Mtns. Bedstraw, Galium angustifolium ssp. jacinticum)
2.18	l	44		hybrid manzanita	Arctostaphylos patula X A. pringlei ssp. drupacea	1 / 1
				Two sets of “switchback right then left”
2.21	l	45		California-aster	Corethrogyne filaginifolia	5 / 1
2.21				Local low point on trail, elevation ~8340 feet (2540 m)
2.22		46		squirreltail	Elymus elymoides	5 / 1
				Switchback left, then right
2.23	l			(limber pine, Pinus flexilis)
				Four sets of “switchback left then right”
2.34	b	47		beautiful hulsea	Hulsea vestita ssp. callicarpha	6 / 2
2.34	l			(curl-leaf mountain-mahogany, Cercocarpus ledifolius)
2.34	l			(mountain maple, Acer glabrum var. diffusum)
2.40				Trail turns left 90°
2.41				Switchback right and join ridge; two sets of switchback left then right; leave ridge to the north; three sets of switchback left then right
2.55				Leave ridge to right
2.57	l	48		limber pine	Pinus flexilis	23 / 9
				Switchback left, right, left
2.60	r	49		Ross' sedge	Carex rossii	10 / 2
				Switchback right then left
2.69	l	50		Parish's snowberry	Symphoricarpos rotundifolius var. parishii	2 / 1
2.69				Trail briefly touches ridge immediately north of peak 8734', a local high point on trail at elevation ~8680 feet (2645 m), and then travels below ridge on its north side. The southwest ridge from peak 8734' is the divide between the Fuller Mill Creek drainage and the Dark Canyon (North Fork) drainage
2.81	l			(lodgepole pine, Pinus contorta ssp. murrayana)
2.85				Trail touches ridge
2.88	r	51		lodgepole pine	Pinus contorta ssp. murrayana	5 / 3
2.89	l	52		mountain spray	Holodiscus discolor var. microphyllus	2 / 1
2.90	r	53		shaggy-haired alumroot	Heuchera hirsutissima	2 / 1
2.95				Cross ridge to south side from now on and head slightly downhill
3.12				Switchback left
3.16				Switchback right then left
3.23	l	54		blue wildrye	Elymus glaucus	10 / 3
3.32	b	55		bitter cherry	Prunus emarginata	20 / 4
3.32				Cross small moist drainage; elevation ~8500 feet (2590 m)
3.32	l	56		goldenrod	Solidago velutina ssp. californica	5 / 1
3.32	l	57		long-styled rush	Juncus longistylis	8 / 1
3.32	l			(thimbleberry, Rubus parviflorus)
3.34	r			(broad-leaved lotus, Hosackia crassifolia var. crassifolia)
3.57				Switchback left and join ridge below Gateway Rock (prominent outcrop bottom of Little Round Valley)
3.75	l	58		blue elderberry	Sambucus nigra ssp. caerulea	1 / 1
3.83				Enter branch of the North Fork from saddle between Folly Peak and San Jacinto Peak that passes north of Little Round Valley; elevation 8880 feet (2705 m)
3.83	l	59		brittle bladder fern	Cystopteris fragilis	3 / 1
3.83	l	60		willowherb	Epilobium ciliatum ssp. ciliatum	2 / 1
3.83	l	61		Idaho bentgrass	Agrostis idahoensis	10 / 1
3.83	l	62		western columbine	Aquilegia formosa	5 / 1
3.83	l	63		mountain carpet clover	Trifolium monanthum ssp. grantianum	2 / 1
3.83	b	64		scented shooting star	Dodecatheon redolens	20 / 1
3.83	l			(subarctic lady-fern, Athyrium filix-femina var. cyclosorum; giant red paintbrush, Castilleja miniata ssp. miniata; lemon lily, Lilium parryi; larger mountain monkeyflower, Mimulus tilingii; *common mullein, Verbascum thapsus)
3.83	b			(fireweed, Chamerion angustifolium ssp. circumvagum)
4.04				Cross a neighboring branch of the North Fork from saddle between Jean Peak and peak 10388', elevation ~8940 feet (2725 m)
4.51				Junction with Deer Springs Trail (as shown on topo map), elevation ~8940 feet (2725 m)
5.80				Enter Little Round Valley, elevation 9780 feet (2980 m)
7.03				Jct. Wellman Divide Trail and trail to San Jacinto Peak, elevation 10,600 feet (3230 m)
7.40				San Jacinto Peak, elevation 10842 feet (3305 m)

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Updated 6 August 2016.